16^th International Conference on Gastroenterology and Digestive Disorders August 06-07, 2018 Abu Dhabi, UAE

M,B.B,S in medicine and surgery from the university of Basrah/faculty of medicine, june 1988. Ministry of health license for medical practice in Jordan, Sep. 1989 Jordanian Board in general surgery from Jordan Medical Council, March 1996. Consultant in general surgery, hepato-biliary and pancreatic and liver transplantation surgery at King Hussein Medical Center/Royal Medical Services/Amman,Jordan.

Liver surgery

Dr. Mohamad Miqdady is American Board certified in Pediatric Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition. He is the Division Chief, Ped. GI, Hepatology & Nutrition Division at Sheikh Khalifa Medical City in UAE. Also an Adjunct Staff at Cleveland Clinic, Ohio USA. Dr. Miqdady completed his Fellowship in Pediatric Gastroenterology at Baylor College of Medicine and Texas Children’s Hospital in Houston, TX, USA. He held the position of Assistant Professor at Jordan University of Science and Technology in Jordan for six years prior joining SKMC. Main research interests include feeding difficulties, picky eating, obesity, procedural sedation, allergic GI disorders and celiac disease. He has several publications and authored few book chapters including www.uptodate.com On the Editorial Board of few journals including Gastroenterology & Hepatology.

Pediatric gastroenterology, hepatology

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Dr Thwin obtained his basic medical degree from the Institute of Medicine (1), Yangon, Myanmar and served as a medical officer in Yangon before he pursued further basic specialist training in London King’s College Hospital and Oxford Radcliffe Hospitals. He became the member of the Royal Colleges of Physicians of the UK in 2006. He worked as a trainee specialist registrar in the United Kingdom before he joined as a trainee registrar in the Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, NUH in 2007. Dr Thwin completed his advanced specialist training and was accredited by the Specialist Accreditation Board, Singapore Medical Council in 2010. He later obtained the specialty certificate in Gastroenterology from the Federation of Royal College of Physicians & British Society of Gastroenterology in 2011. He completed the Royal College of Physician’s approved advanced fellowship training in Transplant Hepatology at the Institute of Liver Studies, King’s College Hospital (London) in 2013. Dr Thwin is a core faculty member of ACGEM-I Gastroenterology for Senior Residency Programme in addition to his continuing effort in clinical teaching as an Assistant Professor in Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine, Singapore. He is an active member of various international liver associations and societies.

Viral Hepatitis (B,C,D,E,A), Liver cirrhosis from various causes, Fatty liver, Autoimmune related liver disease

Ugo Cioffi obtained his M.D. degree from the University of Naples, Italy, in 1981, specilization in General Surgery, and his Ph.D. degree in medicine from the University of Milan. He worked as a Researcher at IRCCS Ospedale Maggiore Policlinico, University of Milan, since 1989. From 2005 he was a Contract Professor at the University of Milan. Since 2012 he has been working as a Full Professor of surgery. His preferred research interests are esophageal,, mediastinal, and lung surgery, VATS

Surgery,Lung diseases, Minimally invasive surgery

Dr. R P Singh is a well-experienced liver, kidney and multi-viscetaltransplant, HPB & GI surgeon in India with exceptional donor and recipient surgery safety records. He is one of the few surgeons in India to be involved in swap liver transplant, combined liver and kidney transplant, posterior sectoral liver transplant and liver transplant in situs inversus donor or recipient. He is a renowned surgeon who was amongst the pioneer members in establishing successful Liver Transplant Program at three prominent medical institutes in India.

• Donor safety protocols, • Small- for-size syndrome • Immuno-suppression in liver transplant • Mesentric Vascular Surgeries and shunts • Establishment of a successful cadaveric liver transplant program • Complex liver resections and surgeries for gall bladder cancers and hilar cholangiocarcinoma and pancreatic tumours • Advanced Laparoscopic, Robotic GI & HPB Surgeries

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Gallbladder surgery; Cholecystectomy; Hernia surgery; hiatus hernia; oesophageal reflux; Upper gastro-intestinal disease; Obesity; Weight loss surgery; Laparoscopic / keyhole surgery; Upper gastro-intestinal surgery; Pancreatobiliary diseases; endoscopy; colonoscopy; gastroscopy; splenectomy; pancreas; liver diseases; duodenal ulcer; stomach & oesophageal cancer; pancreatitis; bile duct stones; jaundice; small bowel; colon; spleen.

Dimitrios H. Roukos, MD, PhD, 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. His translational and clinical research from traditional and single gene investigation to molecular networks and clinical cancer genome NGS analysis has been recognized by international scientific community. He has published > 236 PubMed papers with recent focus on NGS conventional and breakthrough genome analysis (> 80 articles) and more recently in precision cancer medicine (31 articles). These publications have received more than 8420 citations with h-index: 72 (Scopus). He is reviewer in many high impact journals including some with impact factor (IF) >30, evaluator in innovative research projects (EU, France, Belgium, Luxemburg, Poland), and member in the editorial board of 25 international journals with IF. He has been invited speaker in many international and world congresses

Cancer, Medicine

Dr. Sanjay Singh Negi is a qualified Hepato-Pancreato- Biliary, Liver Transplant, Laparoscopic, and G.I Onco-surgeon who has Indian, European and American Board qualifications. He obtained MCh degree in Gastro-Intestinal Surgery from GB Pant Hospital, University of Delhi and further underwent advanced training in Hepato-Biliary Surgery and Liver Transplantation at centres of excellence like Asan Medical Centre, Seoul and Florence Nightingale Hospital, Istanbul. He has over fifteen years of experience in the field while working at premier institutes like GB Pant Hospital, Sir Ganga Ram Hospital and Institute of Liver and Biliary Sciences as a faculty, managing Gastrointestinal and Hepato-Pancreato- Biliary diseases. He is an accomplished Liver Transplant surgeon who has performed and participated in more than 500 liver transplantation procedures with results at par with the very best centres in the world. Over 20% of these transplants have been performed in pediatric and acute liver failure patients. At Institute of Liver & Biliary Sciences (New Delhi), where he worked as Additional Professor, he had the unique distinction of being the pioneer of establishing successful liver transplant programme in the public sector in India as well as initiating the first and only fellowship course in HPB Surgery towards the award of MCh degree duly accredited by Medical Council of India. He has over 60 publications in international journals of repute and various textbooks and is an authority in the management of Gall Bladder Cancer, Biliary Strictures, Pancreatitis and Liver Diseases. His work is well acknowledged in international community as shown by his active participation in various meetings and nomination as member of the editorial board and reviewer of reputed journals. In recognition of his contribution to the field of Transplantation Surgery, he has been awarded Honorary Diploma in Transplantation Surgery by the European Board of Surgery in collaboration with the European Society of Organ Transplantation. He has also been awarded Honorary Diploma in HPB Surgery in recognition of his contribution to the field of HPB Surgery by the European Board of Surgery in collaboration with the International Hepato- Pancreato-Biliary Association. In this regards, he is the first Indian to be conferred such honorary awards. Recently he has been awarded Fellowship of American College of Surgeons.

HPB Surgery, Liver Transplantation

Dr. Sudheer O.V. joined Amrita Institute of Medical Sciences in 1999 and is now working as Professor and Consultant in the Department of Gastrointestinal Surgery. He is currently in charge of Laparoscopic Surgery and Robotic Surgery. Dr. Sudheer is specialized in advanced laparoscopic surgery and is routinely performing bariatric surgery, minimally invasive colorectal surgery, esophageal surgeries and hepatopancreatobiliary surgeries. One of the pioneers in Kerala in laparoscopic surgery and bariatric surgery, Dr. Sudheer has performed the maximum number of minimally invasive oesophageal surgeries and bariatric surgeries in Kerala. He is keenly interested in laparoscopic hepatobiliary surgery other than bariatric and colorectal surgeries.

Robotic Surgery, Gastrointestinal Surgery, Liver Transplantation, Surgical Oncology, Small Bowel Transplantation, Pancreas Transplantation

1991-1993: Medical Doctor --- Balikesir Gonen Tutuncu cottage hospital, Turkey 1994-1998: Surgery Residency Program --- Istanbul Ministry of Health Taksim Training and Research Hospital, Surgery Department, Turkey 1998-2001: Specialist Doctor (General Surgeon) --- Bursa Cekirge Military Hospital, Surgery Department, Turkey 2002-2007: Specialist Doctor (General Surgeon) --- Buca Seyfi Demirsoy State Hospital, Izmir, Turkey 2007-2009: Specialist Doctor (General Surgeon) --- Izmir Bozyaka Training and Research Hospital, Surgery Department, Izmir, Turkey 2009-2011: Specialist Doctor (General Surgeon) --- Izmir, Tepecik Training and Research Hospital, Surgery Department, Izmir, Turkey 2011-Present: Specialist Doctor (General Surgeon) --- Buca Seyfi Demirsoy State Hospital, Izmir, Turkey

Cholecystectomy

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Bariatric Surgery

Professor Imran Abbas is a Consultant Laparoscopic Metabolic and Bariatric Surgeon who hails fro Pakistan and currently works for the Dubai Health Authority, UAE and the Medical Specialist Centre Dubai,Life Line Hospital Dubai and the Iranian Hospital, Dubai, AE, .He is also the CEO of the Persian Health Tourism company based in Muscat, Oman which facilitates high standard medical care for patients in the Middle East. He completed his medical degree from Qazvin University of Medical Sciences in Iran and is an Iranian Diplomat of the Board of General Surgery from Tehran University of Medical Sciences and Fellowship in Minimal Invasive Surgery from the Iran University of Medical Sciences. He was Faculty and Consultant General Surgeon with an interest in Bariatric surgery for >10 years at Zahedan Medical University and Zanjan Medical University in Iran. He has completed over 2000 bariatric surgery cases to date. His main interest is in One Anastomosis Gastric Bypass. He also has experience in gastric plication and one anastomosis gastric bypass with gastric plication in diabetic patients. He has been an active IBC member since 2013..

Bariatric Surgery

Higinio Mappala is serving as a Dean at St. Paul University Philippines, College of Medicine and he is having 23 years of experience as an Gastroenterologist at Jose Reyes Medical Center. His international experience includes various programs, contributions to reputed journals and participation in different international conferences in diverse fields of study.

Non-alcoholic fatty liver disease, Non-alcoholic steatohepatitis

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Prof. Dr. Amin El-Gohary completed his MBBCh in 1972 and his Diploma in General Surgery in 1975 at Cairo University, Egypt. He became a fellow of The Royal College of Surgeons in UK: Edinburgh in 1979, London in 1980, and Glasgow in 1997. Prof. Dr. Amin worked initially in Egypt, then moved to Kuwait, then to UK, before coming to UAE in 1983. In the same year, he became the Chief and Head of the Department of Pediatric Surgery of a large government hospital. Additionally, he held post as a Medical Director for the same hospital starting 1989. He was appointed as Chief Disaster Officer during Gulf War in 1991. 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. He was awarded the Shield of the College of Pakistan in 1996 and the Medal of International Recognition in pediatric urology from the Russian Association of Andrology in 2010. He was given a Silver Medal from the Royal College of Surgeons – Ireland in 1978 and an Honorary Fellowship from the Royal College of Surgeons – Glasgow in 1997. In 2001, he became a Visiting Professor at Munster University, Germany. Prof. Dr. Amin is a member of several associations in pediatric 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.

Gastroenterology,Pediatric Surgery

Colorectal Cancer Laparoscopic Surgery for colorectal cancer Transanal Endoscopic Micro Surgery (TEMS) for rectal tumours Diverticular Disease Inflammatory Bowel Disease Colonoscopy – colonoscopic ultrasound for malignant polyps Anorectal Physiology Laboratory – Endorectal Ultrasound Pelvic Floor disorders (incontinence, evacuation disorders-constipation, rectal prolapse) Fistula in ano Haemorrhoids Proctology

Mr Papagrigoriadis is a Consultant Colorectal & Laparoscopic Surgeon and Honorary Senior Lecturer in Surgery. His private practice is based in the Guthrie Clinic at King’s College Hospital where he was appointed as a Consultant in 2001. Mr. Papagrigoriadis has an interest in medical law and is an Expert Witness for the courts in personal injury and clinical negligence cases.

Colorectal Cancer Laparoscopic Surgery for colorectal cancer Transanal Endoscopic Micro Surgery (TEMS) for rectal tumours Diverticular Disease Inflammatory Bowel Disease Colonoscopy – colonoscopic ultrasound for malignant polyps Anorectal Physiology Laboratory – Endorectal Ultrasound Pelvic Floor disorders (incontinence, evacuation disorders-constipation, rectal prolapse) Fistula in ano Haemorrhoids Proctology

Mr Papagrigoriadis is a Consultant Colorectal & Laparoscopic Surgeon and Honorary Senior Lecturer in Surgery. His private practice is based in the Guthrie Clinic at King’s College Hospital where he was appointed as a Consultant in 2001. Mr. Papagrigoriadis has an interest in medical law and is an Expert Witness for the courts in personal injury and clinical negligence cases.