Day 1, Fri 4 March 2016

07:00 - 09:00

Registration

09:00 - 09:30

Opening Remarks

Hatem Khalaf (Qatar)
Congress Chairman and PALTS President
Yousef Al-Maslamani (Qatar)
Medical Director, Hamad General Hospital
Abdulla Al-Ansari (Qatar)
Chairman of Surgery, Hamad Medical Corporation
Jan Lerut (Belgium)
President, International Liver Transplantation Society (ILTS)
Mehmet Haberal (Turkey)
President, Middle East Society for Organ Transplantation (MESOT)

09:30 - 11:30

Pan Arab Liver Transplant Registry Meeting
Chairpersons: Mehmet Haberal (Turkey), Jan Lerut (Belgium), Ibrahim Mostafa (Egypt), Riadh Fadhil (Qatar)

• Pan Arab Liver Transplantation Society  (5 Minutes)
  Hatem Khalaf (Qatar)
• Pan Arab Liver Transplantation Registry (20 Minutes)
  Mohammed Al-Sebayel (KSA)
• Liver Transplant Activity in Egypt (15 Minutes)
  Ibrahim Marwan (Egypt)
• Liver Transplant Activity in Saudi Arabia (15 Minutes)
  Mohammed Al-Qahatani (KSA)
• Liver Transplant Activity in Jordan (10 Minutes)
  Saeb Hammoudi (Jordan)
• Liver Transplant Activity in Lebanon (10 Minutes)
  Mohamad Khalifeh (Lebanon)
• Liver Transplant Activity in Algeria (10 Minutes)
  Kamel Bentabak (Algeria)
• Liver Transplant Activity in Qatar (10 Minutes)
  Ahmed Elaffandi (Qatar)

PALTS Awarding Ceremony

Coffee Break - Friday Prayer at Congress Venue - Poster viewing

State-of-the-art Lecture
Chairpersons: Adel Hosny (Egypt), Abdullah Bashir (Jordan)

Surgical Management Strategies for Hepatocellular Carcinoma: Past, Present, and Future
Vincenzo Mazzaferro (Italy) 

13:00 - 14:30

Plenary I: (15 minutes each)
Chairpersons: Kakil Rasul (Qatar), Abraham Marcus (Qatar), Amr Helmy (Egypt)

• Management Guidelines for Hepatocellular Carcinoma in Saudi Arabia
  Ayman Abdo (KSA)
  
• Epidemiology of Hepatocellular Carcinoma n Egypt
  Mohamed Shaker (Egypt)
• Liver transplant for Hepatocellular carcinoma at Jordan Hospital
  Anwar Jarrad (Jordan)
• Anesthetic Challenges in Hepatic Resections
  Yaser Hamad (Qatar)
• Infections after Major Liver Surgery
  Muna Almaslamani (Qatar)
  

14:30 - 15:30

Lunch Break

15:30 - 16:00

State-of-the-art Lecture
Chairpersons: Mohammed Al-Sebayel (KSA), Khaled Abou Elella (Egypt)

Hepatocellular Cancer and Liver Transplantation: The End Of The Milan Story?
Jan Lerut (Belgium)

16:00 - 17:30

Plenary II: (30 minutes each)
Chairpersons: Fatma Al-Medahka (Qater), Khaled Abdullah (KSA), Khaled Amer (Egypt)

• Liver Transplantation for Hepatic Malignancy in Children
  Mureo Kasahara (Japan)
• Can We Safely Resect HCC on Cirrhosis with The Laparoscopic Approach?
  Roberto Troisi (Belgium)
• Liver Transplantation for Hepatocellular Cancer
  Mehmet Haberal (Turkey)
  

Break

19:00

Gala Dinner,  Ticketed Event - NOT included in registration - Ticket holders ONLY