Toronto Faculty will join the international HPB community at the 2017 Americas Hepato-Pancreato-Biliary Association Meeting. The annual event is an integral part of the AHPBA’s mission to disseminate knowledge, foster research and innovation, advance education and training and encourage multidisciplinary collaboration.
This year’s Toronto General Hospital participants include Director of Research, Multi Organ Transplant Program: Ian McGilvray (debate), Abdominal Organ Transplant Fellowship Director: Dr. Markus Selzner (panelist), Toronto HPB/Transplant Fellow: Dr. Benjamin Loveday (video and oral presentation), and HPB Program Director: Dr. Steven Gallinger (speaker). Details are provided below and can also be found at the following link: https://www.ahpba.org/meeting/meeting.phtml;
Thursday March 30
1:30pm – 4:00pm
Controversies in Pancreatic Surgery
Moderators: Carlos Chan, MD; Sharon M. Weber, MD
DEBATE: Pancreas Cancer with Isolated Portal Vein Involvement is Best Treated with Upfront Surgery
PRO: Ian McGilvray, MD
CON: Shailesh Shrikhande, MD
Friday March 31
11:00am -12noon
State of the Art Lecture: Liver Replacement Therapy Systems – MARS/ELAD
Americana 1/2 (2nd Floor)
Moderator: Alagappan A. Annamalai, MD
Speaker: Ram M. Subramanian, MD
Panelists: Scott Nyberg, MD, PhD; Markus Selzner, MD; Sukru Emre, MD
1:00pm – 2:30pm
Video Session
Poinciana 4 (2nd Floor)
Moderators: Moises Cukier, MD; Roberto Hernandez Alejandro, MD
1:00pm – 1:12pm
V1. SAFE AND EFFICIENT SURGICAL DISSECTION USING ANATOMICAL’GATEWAYS’ AROUND THE LIVER AND PANCREAS
B Loveday, P Greig, I McGilvray
Presenter: Benjamin Loveday, MD
Invited Discussant: Danny Yakoub, MD, PhD, MRCS
1:18pm – 1:24pm
MO 34. EFFECT OF PORTAL VEIN EMBOLIZATION ON TUMOUR GROWTH AND SURGICAL PLAN PRIOR TO MAJOR HEPATECTOMY FOR HEPATOCELLULAR CARCINOMA
B Loveday, A Jaberi, C Moulton, A Wei, S Gallinger, A Ghanekar, I McGilvray,
G Sapisochin, P Greig, K Tan, S Cleary
Presenter: Benjamin Loveday, MD
Saturday April 1
3:30pm – 5:00pm
Basic/Translational Science in HPB
Poinciana 1/2 (2nd Floor)
Moderators: Ryan C. Fields, MD; Flavio G. Rocha, MD
A Renewed Model of Pancreatic Cancer Evolution Based on Genomic Rearrangement Patterns
Steven Gallinger, MD
