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Invited Speakers

* alphabetical order

<International>

Speakers

  • Andrew X. Zhu, M.D., Ph.D.
    Professor, Massachusetts General Hospital Cancer Center, Boston, Massachusetts, USA.
    Professor, Jiahui International Cancer Center, Jiahui Health, Shanghai, China.
  • Augusto Villanueva, M.D., Ph.D.
    Assistant Professor, Division of Liver Diseases and Hematology/Medical Oncology,
    Liver Cancer Program, Tisch Cancer Institute, Department of Medicine,
    Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, USA
  • Bruno Sangro, M.D., Ph.D.
    Professor, Clinica Universidad de Navarra-IDISNA and CIBEREHD, Pamplona, Spain.
  • Do Young Kim, M.D., Ph.D.
    Professor, Department of Internal Medicine, Severance Hospital,
    Yonsei University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea.
  • Josep M Llovet, M.D., Ph.D.
    Professor, Liver Cancer Translational Research Laboratory,
    Institut d'Investigacions Biomèdiques August Pi i Sunyer, Hospital Clínic,
    Universitat de Barcelona, Barcelona, Catalonia,
    Spain; Mount Sinai Liver Cancer Program (Divisions of Liver Diseases,
    Department of Hematology/Oncology, Department of Medicine, Department of Pathology),
    Tisch Cancer Institute, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, USA
  • Pierce Kah Hoe Chow, M.D., Ph.D.
    Professor, Department of Surgical Oncology, National Cancer Centre Singapore, Singapore.
  • Lewis R. Roberts, M.D., Ph.D.
    Professor, Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology Mayo Clinic Rochester MN USA.
  • Schwartz Myron, M.D., Ph.D.
    Professor, Recanati-Miller Transplantation Institute, Mount Sinai School of Medicine, New York,
    USA.
  • Peter R. Galle, M.D., Ph.D.
    Director and Professor, First Department of Medicine,
    University Medical Center of the Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz, D-55131 Mainz, Germany.
  • Riccardo Lencioni, M.D.
    Professor, Diagnostic and Interventional Radiology, University of Pisa, Via Paradisa 2, Pisa, 56124, Italy.
  • Richard S. Finn, M.D.
    Professor, David Geffen School of Medicine at University of California Los Angeles, Santa Monica,
    CA, USA.
  • Sang Hoon Ahn, M.D., Ph.D.
    Professor, Department of Internal Medicine, Yonsei University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea.
  • Seung Up Kim, M.D., Ph.D.
    Professor, Department of Internal Medicine, Yonsei University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea.
  • Stephen L. Chan, M.D., Ph.D.
    Associate Professor, Department of Clinical Oncology, Sir YK Pao Centre for Cancer,
    The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China.
  • David Tai, M.D., Ph.D.
    Professor, Division of Medical Oncology, National Cancer Centre, Singapore, Singapore.
  • Valerie Chew Suk Peng, M.D., Ph.D.
    Professor, Translational Immunology Institute (TII), SingHealth-DukeNUS Academic Medical Centre, Singapore, Singapore.
  • Yi-Hsiang Huang , M.D., Ph.D.
    Professor, Faculty of Medicine, National Yang-Ming University School of Medicine, Taipei, Taiwan.
  • Zobair M Younossi, MD, MPH, FACP, FACG, AGAF, FAASLD
    President and Professor, Betty and Guy Beatty Center for Integrated Research,
    Inova Health System, Falls Church, Virginia, USA., Inova Medicine, Inova Health System,
    Falls Church Virginia, USA.

Moderators

  • Ann-Lii Cheng, M.D., Ph.D.
    Professor, Department of Medical Oncology, National Taiwan University Cancer Center,
    Taipei, Taiwan.
  • Gi Hong Choi, M.D., Ph.D.
    Professor, Department of Hepatobiliary and Pancreatic Surgery,
    Yonsei University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea.
  • Jinsil Seong, M.D., Ph.D.
    Professor, Department of Radiation Oncology, Yonsei Cancer Center,
    Yonsei University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea.
  • Kwang-Hyub Han, M.D., Ph.D.
    President, National Evidence-based Healthcare Collaborating Agency, Seoul, Korea.
  • Pei-Jer Chen, M.D., Ph.D.
    Professor, Hepatitis Research Center, National Taiwan University Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan.

<Domestic>

Speakers

  • Hiroshi Aikata, M.D., Ph.D.
    Associate Professor, Department of Gastroenterology and Metabolism, Hiroshima University
  • Jun Akiba, M.D., Ph.D.
    Professor, Department of Diagnostic Pathology, Kurume University Hospital
  • Norio Akuta, M.D., Ph.D.
    Director, Department of Hepatology, Toranomon Hospital
  • Toru Ikegami, M.D., Ph.D.
    Professor, Division of Hepatobiliary pancreatic surgery, Department of Surgery,
    Jikei University Scholl of Medicine
  • Kazuomi Ueshima, M.D., Ph.D.
    Assistant Professor, Department of Gastroenterology and Hepatology,
    Kindai University Faculty of Medicine
  • Masatoshi Kudo, M.D., Ph.D.
    Professor, Department of Gastroenterology and Hepatology,
    Kindai University Faculty of Medicine
  • Takahiro Kodama, M.D., Ph.D.
    Assistant Professor, Department of Gastroenterology and Hepatology,
    Osaka University Graduate School of Medicine
  • Shuichiro Shiina, M.D., Ph.D.
    Professor, Department of Gastroenterological Imaging and Interventional Oncology,
    Juntendo University
  • Shinji Tanaka, M.D., Ph.D.
    Professor, Molecular Oncology, Advanced Therapeutic Sciences, Medical and Dental Sciences, Graduate School of Medical and Dental Sciences, Tokyo Medical and Dental University
  • Kaoru Tsuchiya, M.D., Ph.D.
    Director, Department of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Musashino Red Cross Hospital
  • Hiroaki Nagamatsu, M.D., Ph.D.
    Associate Professor, Department of Gastroenterological Imaging and Interventional Oncology, Juntendo University
  • Takashi Niizeki, M.D., Ph.D.
    Assistant Professor, Division of Gastroenterology, Department of Medicine,
    Kurume University School of Medicine
  • Naoshi Nishida, M.D., Ph.D.
    Professor, Department of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Kindai University Faculty of Medicine
  • Kiyoshi Hasegawa, M.D., Ph.D.
    Professor, Hepato-Biliary-Pancreatic Surgery Division, The University of Tokyo
  • Hayato Hikita, M.D., Ph.D.
    Associate Professor, Department of Gastroenterology and Hepatology,
    Osaka University Graduate School of Medicine
  • Atsushi Hiraoka, M.D., Ph.D.
    Director, Gastroenterology Center, Ehime Prefectural Central Hospital
  • Shiro Miyayama, M.D., Ph.D.
    Director, Department of Diagnostic Radiology, Fukui-ken Saiseikai Hospital
  • Takamichi Murakami, M.D., Ph.D.
    Professor, Department of Radiology, Kobe University Graduate school of Medicine
  • Taro Yamashita, M.D., Ph.D.
    Associate Professor, Department of Gastroenterology, Kanazawa University Hospital
  • Takaji Wakita, M.D., Ph.D.
    Chief, National Institute of Infectious Diseases

Moderators

  • Hiroko Iijima, M.D., Ph.D.
    Professor, Division of Hepatobiliary and Pancreatic Diseases, Department of Internal Medicine, Hyogo College of Medicine
  • Masafumi Ikeda, M.D., Ph.D.
    Director, Department of Hepatobiliary and Pancreatic Oncology,
    National Cancer Center Hospital East
  • Namiki Izumi, M.D., Ph.D.
    Hospital Director, Musashino Red Cross Hospital
  • Susumu Eguchi, M.D., Ph.D.
    Professor, Department of Surgery, Nagasaki University Graduate School of Biomedical Scienece
  • Sadahisa Ogasawara, M.D., Ph.D.
    Associate Professor, Department of Gastroenterology, Graduate School of Medicine,
    Chiba University
  • Naoya Kato, M.D., Ph.D.
    Professor, Department of Gastroenterology, Graduate School of Medicine, Chiba University
  • Shuichi Kaneko, M.D., Ph.D.
    Professor, Department of Gastroenterology, Kanazawa University
  • Norifumi Kawada, M.D., Ph.D.
    Professor, Department of Hepatology, Osaka City University Graduate School of Medicine
  • Tatsuya Kanto, M.D., Ph.D.
    Director, The Research Center for Hepatitis and Immunology, National Center for Global
  • Hironori Koga, M.D., Ph.D.
    Professor, Division of Gastroenterology, Department of Medicine,
    Kurume University School of Medicine
  • Naoya Sakamoto, M.D., Ph.D.
    Professor, Department of Gastroenterology and Hepatology,
    Hokkaido University Faculty of Medicine
  • Michiie Sakamoto, M.D., Ph.D.
    Professor, Department of Pathology, Keio University School of Medicine
  • Mitsuo Shimada, M.D., Ph.D.
    Professor, Department of Surgery, Tokushima University
  • Tetsuo Takehara, M.D., Ph.D.
    Professor, Department of Gastroenterology and Hepatology,
    Osaka University Graduate School of Medicine
  • Ryosuke Tateishi, M.D., Ph.D.
    Associate Professor, Department of Gastroenterology, The University of Tokyo Hospital
  • Takeo Toshima, M.D., Ph.D.
    Assistant Professor, Department of Surgery, Kyushu University Beppu Hospital
  • Atsushi Nakajima, M.D., Ph.D.
    Professor, Department of Gastroenterology and Hepatology,
    Yokohama City University Graduate School of Medicine
  • Koichiro Haruki, M.D., Ph.D.
    Assistant Professor, Department of Surgery, Jikei University Scholl of Medicine
  • Satoshi Mochida, M.D., Ph.D.
    Professor, Department of Gastroenterology & Hepatology, Saitama Medical University
  • Hirohisa Yano, M.D., Ph.D.
    Professor, Department of Pathology, Kurume University School of Medicine
  • Tatsuya Yamashita, M.D., Ph.D.
    Associate Professor,
    Kanazawa University Advanced Preventive Medical Sciences Research Center
  • Hitoshi Yoshiji, M.D., Ph.D.
    Professor, Department of Gastroenterology, Nara Medical University
  • Tomoharu Yoshizumi, M.D., Ph.D.
    Associate Professor, Department of Surgery and Science, Graduate School of Medical Sciences, Kyushu University
  • Kengo Yoshimitsu, M.D., Ph.D.
    Professor, Department of Radiology, Faculty of Medicine, Fukuoka University