FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
THE 5TH ASIAN-PACIFIC HEPATO-PANCREATO-BILIARY ASSOCIATION CONGRESS
EXPECTED TO DRAW 1,000 TO SUNTEC SINGAPORE
Singapore, 13 March 2015 – The Singapore Hepato-Pancreato-Biliary Association is pleased to host the 5th
Asian-Pacific Hepato-Pancreato-Biliary Association Congress (A-PHPBA 2015) in Singapore this year. APHPBA 2015 is an important regional scientific meeting that offers participants an invaluable opportunity
to stay current on the latest scientific developments and emerging challenges of hepato-pancreato-biliary
(HPB) disorders.
About 1,000 surgeons, coming in from 38 countries including outside of the Asia-Pacific, are expected. They
will be exchanging clinical and scientific knowledge through intensive post-graduate courses, plenary
sessions, oral presentations and scientific sessions on the current management of hepatobiliary
malignancies, pancreatic diseases, cirrhosis and liver transplantation.
Congress Chairman Prof Krishnakumar Madhavan says “It is a great honour and privilege for Singapore to
host this meeting and we warmly welcome our colleagues from all over the world. This year, we are
extending our meeting to include doctors from the other specialties – including hepatology, medical
oncology, interventional radiology and nuclear medicine – who work closely with us every day to deliver
excellent care to our patients”,
Scientific Chairman Prof Pierce Chow explains, “This is why our theme this year is ‘The Multidisciplinary
Treatment of HPB Disorders’. The programme will comprise three multi-disciplinary tracks – malignant
diseases, benign diseases and liver transplantation. We are fortunate to be able have a large number of
expert speakers from all over the world to share their expertise with us at this year’s congress, so
participants can be thoroughly updated on all the latest scientific advancements in the field”.
The Congress, organised by Kenes MP Asia, will be held at Suntec Singapore from 18 to 21 March 2015.
Registration can be made online at http://aphpba2015.com/ as well as onsite.
About A-PHPBA
The vision of forming a society in Asia for Asians started all the way back in the early 1991 when there was
a disparity that existed in the level of medical care in some countries. The Asian Society of Hepato-BiliaryPancreatic Surgery (ASHBPS) was formally inaugurated in Bangkok with Professor Tadahiro Takada as the
first President. After its eighth Congress in Manila, the ASHBPS was shifted to a new Organisation A-PHPBA
in 2005. The inaugural meeting of the A-PHPBA in Fukuoka, Japan closed at the end of March 2007, and
HPB surgeons in Asia-Pacific had found a new home!
The Association was founded with the view to let HPB specialists in this region gather together to share
their experiences and ideas, and fostering mutual understanding. A-PHPBA meets with the American
AHPBA and the European EHPBA under the umbrella of the IHPBA.
Media contact:
Pattama Thuanchaisri: (+66 2) 748 7881 ext. 107 or pthuanchaisri@kenes.com