SOTA 13: Liver Transplantation For Hepatocellular Cancer
Chair
Bill Wall
Dr. William Wall is a graduate of the University of Western Ontario Medical School (1970). After obtaining his fellowship in General Surgery (at UWO), he trained in liver transplantation at the University of Cambridge under Sir Roy Calne (1975-1976). He started the Liver Transplant Program at University Hospital in 1977, where more than 1,500 liver transplants have been performed.
Dr. Wall was President of the International Liver Transplantation Society from 1995 to 1997, and he was the recipient of the Gold Medal of the Canadian Liver Foundation in 1998. He is a Professor of Surgery at UWO and held the position of Director of the Multi-Organ Transplant Program at London Health Sciences Centre from 1996-2007. Dr. Wall was most recently named to the Order of Canada for his significant contributions to transplantation and to his continued important work in the support of scientific research in Canada.
Dr. William Wall has also been awarded the Canadian Society of Transplantation Lifetime Achievement Award in 2009. This was in recognition of his contributions to the development and advancement of liver transplantation in Canada, and for promoting awareness for the need for organ donation at London Health Sciences Centre.
Speakers
Norman Kneteman
Dr. Norman Kneteman trained in surgery at the University of Alberta and did his Fellowship in multi-organ transplantation at Washington University School of Medicine/Barnes Hospital in St. Louis, Missouri. He is currently Professor of Surgery at the University of Alberta, and Regional Program Clinical Director of Transplantation at University Hospital/Alberta Health Services., He heads the Alberta Liver Transplant Program and performed the first liver transplant at the University Hospital in 1989, he is also a practicing hepatobiliary/pancreatic/transplant surgeon Current research interests include clinical trials in immunosuppression in liver transplantation and development and evaluation of therapy for hepatitis C in a mouse model .
Francis Yao
Bio coming soon.