László Herszényi is associate professor of gastroenterology, internal medicine, clinical oncology, clinical pharmacology and master of health management at the Semmelweis University Medical School, Budapest. He is head of Department of Gastroenterology at Medical Centre Hungarian Defence Forces, Semmelweis University Teaching Hospital Budapest, Hungary. He received his MD from the University of Medicine and Pharmacology of Marosvásárhely (Tg. Mures) in 1985. He served his residency in internal medicine, followed by fellowship in gastroenterology at the Semmelweis University, Budapest. He later completed a Clinical Research Fellowship in Gastroenterology and Clinical Oncology at European Training Center of Gastroenterology, University of Padova, Italy (1993-1997). He is the past president of Hungarian Society of Gastroenterology, secretary general of Hungarian Society of Internal Medicine and council member of Hungarian College of Gastroenterology. He is member of the Council of EAGEN (European Association for Gastroenterology, Endoscopy and Nutrition). He has been council member of UEG - National Societies Committee (2012-2015) and member of the UEG-Education Committee (2014-2015). He has been speaker, chairman and organizer at several national and international symposia and congresses. His main research interests are gastrointestinal endoscopy, clinico-pharmacology of acid-related disorders, gastrointestinal oncology and the role of proteolytic enzymes in gastrointestinal tract.

Gastroenterology

Experienced NASH specialist, a pharmaceutical physician with more than 15 years of both medical affairs and clinical development experience in HCV,HBV,HIV, autoimmune liver diseases, pandemic influenza as well as antibacterials and antimycotics

Gastroenterology

Taiji Akamatsu was graduated from Shinshu University of Medicine in 1980 and completed Postdoctoral studies from Shinshu University Hospital. He is the ViceDirector of Nagano Prefectural Suzaka Hospital, a Councilor of Japan Gastroenterological Endoscopy Society, Japanese Society of Gastroenterology, Japanese Society of Helicobacter Research and a Member of American Gastroenterological Association.

Helicobacterial Pilori and Endocopy

Gastroenterologist

Hepatologist and Liver Transplant.

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- Many research work in the field of bronchial asthma its treatment modalities and recent diagnostic facilities. - Bronchoscopy of all types: • Fiber-optic- flexible bronchoscope- biopsy and lavage. • Rigid bronchoscopy and foreign body extraction. - Lung biopsy using different needles: CT guided and Ultrasonic Guided. - Pleural biopsy, tapping, and tube drainage.

Dr Petrou S. Athanasios is the Head of the Hepatobiliary, Pancreatic (HPB) and Surgical Oncology Services, at the AIMIS (American Institute of Minimal Invasive Surgery), at the American Medical Center, and, Associate Consultant HPB Surgeon, at Nicosia Teaching Hospital, Department of Surgery/Div. HPB, Cyprus, EU. He completed his Higher Surgical Training in the First Department of Surgery, University of Athens Medical School, LAIKO Teaching Hospital, Greece in 2009. During his Higher Surgical Training, he trained extensively in HPB Surgery along with Surgical Oncology. His expertise in HPB and Surgical Oncology was further enhanced during his Fellowships at The Royal Marsden NHS Trust - Department of Academic Surgery (HPB & Surgical Oncology), and, at the University of Oxford, Churchill Hospital, NHS Trust - HPB/UGi & Transplant Center. He gained a Master of Science (MSc in HPB Surgery), in 2009 from the University of Thrace, and a PhD in Medicine, (Liver Surgery) in 2010 from the University of Athens. Dr Petrou deals with Surgical Treatments and Management for the whole spectrum of HPB diseases. He is also specialized in Surgical Oncology. The treatment of the Upper Gastrointestinal Tract malignancies (Oesophageal & Gastric Cancer), as well as, the Abdominal and Retroperitoneal Sarcomas are integrated in his proficiency. Since 2016, Dr Petrou is the Clinical Lead for the Nanoknife program (Irreversible Electroporation - IRE) in Cyprus, and for the recently established Advanced Laparoscopic HPB, & HIPEC surgical programs, at the American Medical Center. Dr Petrou is a member of the Association of Upper GI Surgeons of Great Britain and Ireland. He is also a member of the International & European Hepato – Pancreato - Billiary Association (E-AHPBA and I-HPBA) & European Society of Surgical Oncology (ESSO), and, Member of Subcommittee on educational activities for the E-AHPBA.

He has a strong academic background with more than 80 publications in international peer reviewed journals and decades of studies presented in international surgical meetings and conferences. The main field of research and clinical studies remains the Liver - Pancraetic and the Surgical Oncology.

Experienced healthcare executive with more than a decade in hospital operations, hospital & healthcare business management, strategic restructuring and turnaround hospital projects.

Specialties: Business Plans and Feasibility Studies, Strategic Plans, Hospital Operations, Process reengineering, TQM, Staff Training. was appointed in multiple top managerial positions for many private sector’s hospitals. implementing the overall organizational strategic objectives. my scope covers business generation & sales target achievement, collection, manpower planning, budgeting, structuring of products pricing, ensuring compliance of operations with policies & procedures.

Prof Irfan Ahmed is a Consultant Surgeon specializing in complex liver, pancreas and bile duct diseases with a specialist interest in advanced laparoscopic surgical techniques and the development of modern surgical innovations. He has pioneered various special techniques in Virtual Scarless surgery and introduced these techniques worldwide. He is faculty for various international courses and teach advanced laparoscopic skills to the surgeons and is also involved in developing telemedicine & telementoring for young surgeons using modern technologies. He completed his higher degree (MD) at the University of Leeds working with an internationally renowned team researching organ preservation and did pioneering work on cold liver preservation techniques while developing a novel liver preservation solution. His work was funded by the Royal College of Surgeons of England via a research fellowship. He holds academic appointments at the University of Aberdeen as a senior lecturer and clinical tutor at the University of Edinburgh. He is also a visiting Professor in Robert Gordon University and part of the court of examiners for the Royal College of Surgeons of England and Joint Committee of Intercollegiate Examinations in the UK.

He has extensive experience in research and leads various research groups collaborating with the international institutions. With a broad research base, He has published in all aspects of his areas of clinical interest. With more than 100 peer review publications (book chapters, review, editorials, original articles etc) and more than 100 scientific presentations, he remains on the forefront of latest surgical developments and innovations. I have received a number of awards throughout his career including 5 medals, merit scholarships and various presentation awards on national and international forums.

Dimitrios H. Roukos, MD, Ph.D., is Professor of Surgery – Precision Cancer Medicine and Founding director of “Centre for Biosystems and Genome Network Medicine” in the Ioannina University, School of Medicine. Assessing the unmet needs of traditional linear single – gene research, he has shifted to intrapatient comprehensive coding and non-coding genomic and regulatory network heterogeneity in time and space towards the achievement of Precision Cancer Medicine. He has published > 240 PubMed papers, 32 on Precision Medicine and Oncology, and 44 on static and spatiotemporal genome analysis with NGS. These publications have received more than 8800 citations with h-index: 73 (Scopus). He is a reviewer in many high impact journals including some with impact factor (IF) >30, evaluator in innovative research projects (EU, France, Belgium, Luxemburg, Poland), member in the editorial board of 25 international journals with IF, and Organizing Committee member in >20 International Conferences.

Precision Cancer Medicine: Static and Spatiotemporal genome analysis with conventional and breakthrough NGS systems. Intratumor heterogeneity (MR-NGS, single-cell DNA/RNA seq), serial cfDNA-NGS, comprehensive intra-patient heterogeneity, coding and non-coding genomic and transcriptional heterogeneity. Integration of Hi-C and CRISPR-Cas9 for understanding regulatory networks and future development of non-linear transcriptional network-based next-generation drugs.

Safwan Taha is Professor of Surgery, Basrah College of Medicine and was founding Dean of Thi-Qar College of medicine. He holds Fellowship of the Royal College of Physician and Surgeons of Glasgow, Fellowship of the American College of Surgeons, Diploma laparoscopic Surgery from Strasbourg University and Certificate of the Arab Board of Surgery. Prof. Taha is currently Governor of the UAE Chapter of the American College of Surgeons and VP of the Emirates Society for Laparo-Endoscopic Surgeons. He is an international speaker and has more than 37 published papers. Prof. Taha is the Medical Director and Director of the Bariatric and Metabolic Surgery Center, Mediclinic Airport Road Hospital, Abu Dhabi; UAE.

Prof. Taha is recognized by the Surgical Review Corporation; the USA, as Master Surgeon in Metabolic and Bariatric Surgery. He has keen interests in metabolic surgery, revisional bariatric surgery, quality of life following bariatric surgery, reduced port bariatric surgery and SILS (Single Incision Laparoscopic Surgery). Prof. Taha is an international speaker and has more than 37 published papers.

Prof. Aamir Ghafoor Khan is Past President of Pakistan Society of Gastroenterology & GI Endoscopy. Currently, he heads GI & Hepatology division at Lady Reading Hospital in Peshawar, Pakistan. He was until recently Medical Director of Lady Reading Hospital Peshawar, which is one of the largest tertiary care teaching Hospital in Pakistan. Besides being the Focal Person for Hepatology in KPK Province of Pakistan, Prof. Aamir is actively involved in undergraduate and postgraduate teaching and is an examiner for MRCP(UK) and FCPS exams. He is currently International Adviser(IA) to Royal College of Physician of London and also Royal College of Physician of Edinburgh. He has a sound academic background with the presence on editorial boards and as the reviewer for various Journals like Arab Journal of Gastroenterology, Hepatitis Journal of Iran, and Pakistan Journal of Gastroenterology etc. He is a core committee member of World Gastroenterology Organisation (WGO) Guidelines Committee and Hepatology Interest Group of WGO. Prof. Aamir is a frequent speaker at various International GI & Hepatology meetings and his unit is actively engaged in clinical research in the field of Gastroenterology, with nearly 40 publications to his credit. Besides his academic & professional commitments, he is a keen Squash and Cricket player and a keen Hunter as well.

clinical research in field of Gastroenterology

• Consultant and head of pediatrics gastroenterology and hepatology unit • Professor of pediatrics, Faculty of medicine, Mansoura University Children Hospital, Mansoura University, Egypt. • Head of Dakhalia pediatric association • Member of Egyptian medical syndicate (dakhalia, head of medical education committee)

Since 1996 I hade the interest in the field of pediatric gastroenterology and hepatology at Mansoura University Children hospital where I become completely devoted towards the academic & scientific activity of pediatric gastroenterology and hepatology.

Prof. Dr. Amin El-Gohary completed his MBBCh in 1972 and his Diploma in General Surgery in 1975 at Cairo University, Egypt. Prof. He became the Chief and Head of the Department of Pediatric Surgery of a large government hospital. He also held post as the Clinical Dean of Gulf Medical College, Ajman for 3 years. Prof. Dr. Amin is well known in Abu Dhabi for his extensive interest and involvement in scientific activities. He is the President of the Pediatric Surgical Association of UAE. Prof. Dr. Amin is a member of several associations in Paediatric surgery: Executive Member of the International Society of Intersex and Hypospadias Disorder (ISHID), British Association of Pediatric Surgery, Egyptian Association of Pediatric Surgeons, Asian Association of Pediatric Surgeons, and Pan African Association of Pediatric Surgery. He is also the founder and member of the Arab Association of Pediatric Surgeons.

Prof. Dr. Amin has an intensive academic and teaching experience, has written several publications in distinguished medical journals, and has made several poster and paper presentations in national and international conferences. Currently, he is an external examiner for the Royal College of Surgeons.

Kimlin Ashing, Ph.D., professor and director of City of Hope’s Center of Community Alliance for Research and Education (CCARE), is a researcher focused on improving and expanding care for underserved populations. She received her doctorate in clinical psychology from the University of Colorado, Boulder. She spent 12 years conducting research at the University of California, Los Angeles advancing theoretical and methodological approaches as a behavioural scientist and psycho-oncologist. She serves on the Executive council of Los Angeles American Cancer Society (ACS) and The Intercultural Council on Cancer (ICC).

Dr. Ashing is the notable leader in examining cancer disparities, quality of life and survivorship, and has published over 50 articles and book chapters. Currently, she is developing and implementing community participatory interventions to reduce the risk and burden of chronic illness, in particular cancer. Dr. Ashing has almost 20 years experience in health disparities, behavioral health, minority engagement in research and cancer related population outcomes research. She has published seminal work on the inclusion of cultural, social and ecological domains in investigating patient centered outcomes with a focus on health disparities and increasing recruitment/retention of minority populations in research.

Professor Selden is an experienced researcher in the field of hepatology and one of the lead researchers on the Bio-Artificial Liver project. After completing her PhD at the University of London she held a number of research posts; principally with the Gastroenterology Unit of the Royal Postgraduate Medical School, but also with the Experimental Medicine Unit at the Wellcome Medical Research Institute in New Zealand. Currently she holds the post of Reader in the Department of Medicine within the Royal Free Campus of the University College Medical School.

Prof. Clare Selden research interest"A Bioartificial Liver machine". The Liver Group Charity was started to help us raise enough money to carry out the research for developing a liver machine to treat patients with liver disease as much as kidney dialysis does for patients with kidney disease today.

Yuming Wang M.D. Professor and Chief Physician Institute for Infectious Diseases,Southwest Hospital, Third Military Medical University, Chongqing. Currently serves as the vice president in Infectious Diseases Branch of Chinese Medical Doctor Association. Current research fields include severe hepatitis/liver failure, pathogenesis and treatment of viral hepatitis. Chief Editor of 16 monographs, associated editor for 31 monographs. Has published more than 400 papers, including Gastroenterology, Hepatology and CGH.

Infectious Diseases, Hepatology, Gastroenterology

Hendrik Reynaert, MD, PhD is professor of physiology and pathophysiology at the Vrije Universiteit Brussel. He is head of the hepatology unit at the university hospital Brussels (UZBrussel) and senior researcher in the liver cell biology lab at the Vrije Universiteit Brussel. He is past president of the Belgian Association for study of the liver (BASL) and current president of the Flemish Society of Gastroenterology (VVGE). He is member of many national and international societies, including AASLD, EASL, and AGA.

He is interested in many aspects of liver disease, including cirrhosis and its complications, viral hepatitis and non-alcoholic liver disease (NAFLD).

Dr. Zsuzsanna Gerlei is currently working in Semmelweis University, Department of Transplantation and Surgery. Dr. Zsuzsanna Gerlei has 40 publications.

Hepatology, Infection Diseases, Liver Transplantation

Praxis Dr. med. Oweira is a Partner of the Surgical Center Zurich. He was affiliated doctor at the Andreas Clinic Cham train.

Dr.Praxis Oweira research focus is mainly on Visceral Surgery (SURGERY OF THE ABDOMINAL AREA) Large tumor surgery of the esophagus (esophageal cancer), the liver (hepatocellular carcinoma, liver metastases), the pancreas (pancreatic cancer), the stomach (gastric carcinoma), the small intestine , the rectum (rectal), the peritoneum (peritoneal) and the ovaries (ovarian cancer). Modern intraoperative methods for cancer treatment with HIPEC and PIPAC and nanoknife (Irreversible electroporation) for the treatment of infiltrating into vessels malignancies

Dr. Sanjiv Saigal, a trained Hepatologist, has spearheaded the medical team of liver transplantation in the largest liver transplant program in India for over a decade now, with an experience in dealing with more than 1500 liver transplants, including both cadaveric and living donor liver transplants. He is presently the Director of Transplant Hepatology at Medanta - The Medicity, Gurgaon which is the busiest liver transplant centre in India performing about 25 liver transplants every month with a success rate of over 90%.

Besides clinical work, he holds keen interest in academics and research. Dr Saigal has numerous publications with over 130 presentations in national and international forums to his credit. He has received numerous awards including the Calcutta University Gold Medal, National Pfizer award, INLAKS Fellowship in liver transplantation in King’s College Hospital, London etc. He is a member of Royal College of Physicians (MRCP) and Member of National Academy of Medical Sciences (MAMS).

Dr.Karim Qumosani is currently working as Associate Scientist in Western University Hospital.

Liver disorders, Liver disorders,Transplantation

Dinesh Pashankar has completed his medical school training and pediatric residency in India. He has worked in Glasgow and London in the UK and has passed MRCP examination.. He completed pediatric gastroenterology fellowship training from Vanocuver, Canada. He worked at University of Iowa for 5 years and has been working at Yale University for 11 years. H is the director of Pediatric IBD program at Yale. He is also a fellowship program director. He has given talks in national and international conferences and has more than 50 publications in reputed journals. He serves on an editorial board of Journal of Pediatric Gastroenterology and Nutrition.

Constipation; Gastroenterology; Gastroesophageal Reflux; Obesity; Pediatrics; Inflammatory Bowel Diseases.

Seungil Ro, obtained his Ph.D. in Cell and Molecular Biology from the University of Nevada, Reno, USA in 2002, where he has been Associate Professor since 2015 in the Department of Physiology and Cell Biology in School of Medicine. His research interest includes the roles of microRNAs that regulate gastrointestinal smooth muscle motility and epigenetic remodelling. He has published 35 papers. His research is currently funded by three NIH grants.

Studying the roles of microRNAs (miRNAs) that control gut neuromuscular (motility) disorders.

Graduate from Shinshu University School of Medicine. Resident of The 2nd Department of Internal Medicine, Shinshu University Hospital. Assistant Professor of The 2nd Department of Internal Medicine, Shinshu University Hospital. Associate Professor of Department of Endoscopy, Shinshu University Hospital.Visiting Associate Professor of Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, USA. Director of Department of Endoscopy, Shinshu University Hospital. Director of Endoscopy Center, Nagano Prefectural Suzaka Hospital. Clinical Professor of Shinshu University School of Medicine. Director of Endoscopy Center, and Vice-Director, Nagano Prefectural Suzaka Hospital.

Screening to Identify and Eradicate Helicobacter pylori Infection in Teenagers.

Anthony is an Assistant Professor of Pediatrics and Associate Clinical Chief of Pediatric Gastroenterology at Yale University. He is also the medical director of the Yale Pediatric Celiac Program. He has won numerous awards including the Norman J. Siegel Award at Yale University in 2015 for leadership and providing outstanding clinical care as well as Physician of the Year during his time at Morgan Stanley Children’s Hospital. He is on the American Academy of Pediatrics PREP Gastroenterology Editorial Board. Anthony is interested in nutrition, especially in the care of children with difficulty gaining weight, feeding issues, and celiac disease.traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) in Hubei Province of China. For years, she has been studing the prevention and treatment of pediatric liver and lung disease via TCM. As a host of National Natural Science Foundation project, she has published more than 30 papers in Chinese reputed journals and has been serving as a Standing Director of Pediatric Education Research Association of China Traditional Chinese Medicine Association of Higher Education.

Nutrition, especially in the care of children with difficulty gaining weight, feeding issues, and celiac disease