2014 ANNUAL SCIENTIFIC MEETING AND ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING

Date: 27 April 2014 (Sun)

Venue: Ballroom, Island Shangri-La Hotel, Pacific Place, Hong Kong

Back row from left :

Dr. S.H. Chok, Dr. K.H. Chu, Dr. C.F. Wong, Dr. Alvin Young, Dr. S.M. Hou (Hon Treasurer), Dr. K.M. Chow

Front row from left:

Dr. M.F. Lam, Dr. William Lee (Hon Secretary), Prof. S.C. Chan (President), Dr. W.L. Chak (Vice-president), Dr. K.L. Tong

In the Annual general Meeting 2014, a new council was elected to serve HKST in the coming year 2014 to 2015. Prof. S.C. Chan is our president.

Prof. S. C. Chan presented souvenir to our oversea speaker Dr. A. Soyama from Japan

Another oversea speaker, Prof S. Eguchi from Japan, received souvenir from our president.

Prof. Y. L. Kwong reveal the pathogenetic role of Polyoma BK Virus in haematopoietic stem cell transplantation.

Prof. C.C. Szeto updated our members about chronic allograft nephropathy

Powerpoint of the talk:

Frailty and Physiologic Decline: Applying Lessons from Geriatrics to Transplantation (Dr Dorry Segev) <View>

Creative Ways to Increase Living and Deceased Donation (Dr Dorry Segev) <View>

Update on Chronic Allograft Nephropathy (Prof CC Szeto) <View>

Liver Transplantation for Patients with Portal Venous Occlusion: Advances and Challenges (Prof Susumu Eguchi) <View>

The Use of Small for Size Liver Graft (Dr Akihiko Soyama)<View>

Organ Transplantation in Hong Kong: Obstacles and Opportunities Extended Criteria Donors in Liver Transplantation (Dr Tiffany CL Wong)<View>

Corneal Transplantation - Current Status and future possibilities in HK (Dr Alvin L Young) <View>