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Contents MSGH Committee 2013 – 2015 2 GUT 2014 – Organising Committee Message from the President, MSGH & Organising Chairperson, GUT 2014 3 14th MSGH Distinguished Orator 4 – Professor Dr Patrick Kamath 11th Panir Chelvam Memorial Lecturer 5 – Professor Dr John A Windsor Programme At A Glance 6 Daily Programme 7 – 10 Moderators / Chairpersons 11 Faculty Bio-Data 12 – 14 MSGH Annual Scientific Meetings and Endoscopy Workshops 16 – 22 Annual Therapeutic Endoscopy Workshops – “Endoscopy” (16 – 17) Distinguished Endoscopy Lecturers (17) Annual Scientific Meetings – GUT (Overseas Invited Faculty) (18 – 21) MSGH Oration Lecturers / Panir Chelvam Memorial Lecturers (22) Conference Information 23 Function Rooms & Trade Exhibition 24 Acknowledgements 25 Abstracts 26 – 94 Lectures & Symposia (26 – 34) Best Paper Award Presentations (35 – 41) Poster Presentations (42 – 94) pg 1 MSGH Committee 2013 – 2015 President Prof Dr Sanjiv Mahadeva President-Elect Dr Mohd Akhtar Qureshi Immediate Past President Dr Ramesh Gurunathan Hon Secretary Dr Tan Soek Siam Hon Treasurer Assoc Prof Dr Raja Affendi Raja Ali Committee Members Dr Chan Weng Kai Assoc Prof Dr Hamizah Razlan Dr Raman Muthukaruppan Dato’ Dr Tan Huck Joo Dr Tee Hoi Poh Prof Dato’ Dr Goh Khean Lee Prof Dato’ Dr P Kandasami Assoc Prof Dr Raja Affendi Raja Ali GUT 2014 – Organising Committee Organising Chairman Prof Dr Sanjiv Mahadeva Scientific Chairman Dato’ Dr Tan Huck Joo Scientific Co-Chairman Prof Dato’ Dr Goh Khean Lee ECCO Coordinator Assoc Prof Dr Raja Affendi Raja Ali Committee Members Dr Ramesh Gurunathan Dr Mohd Akhtar Qureshi Dr Tan Soek Siam Dr Chan Weng Kai Assoc Prof Dr Hamizah Razlan Dr Raman Muthukaruppan Dr Tee Hoi Poh Prof Dato’ Dr Goh Khean Lee Prof Dato’ Dr P Kandasami pg 2 Message from the President, MSGH & Organising Chairperson, GUT2014 It gives me great pleasure to welcome all delegates and our distinguished faculty to GUT 2014. To first time visitors to Kuala Lumpur – “Selamat Datang” – and to the rest, welcome back to a familiar and reliable venue – the Shangri-La Hotel, Kuala Lumpur. On behalf of the Malaysian Society of Gastroenterology and Hepatology (MSGH), I am proud to say that our Annual Scientific Congress continues to deliver some of the highest standards of education in the South East Asian region, with GUT 2014 this year being no exception. For the first time this year, GUT 2014 is being held in conjunction with a one-day European Crohn’s and Colitis Organisation (ECCO) Educational Workshop, the first of such an event to be held in the South East Asian region. The scientific programme committee, led by Dato’ Dr Tan Huck Joo, together with Prof Dato’ Dr Goh Khean Lee and Assoc Prof Dr Raja Affendi Raja Ali, have done a sterling job in putting together a varied programme, covering a broad spectrum of gastroenterology and hepatology. We, in MSGH, have also worked hard to bring you leading experts from both Asia and the rest of the world, to update you with the latest developments in the field. GUT 2014 would not be possible without the assistance from our partners in the biomedical industry, and I would like to thank all of them, on behalf of MSGH, for their continued support. Wishing you a fruitful and enjoyable time over the next three days in GUT 2014 – the ONLY major Annual Scientific Congress in Gastroenterology and Hepatology in Malaysia. Prof Dr Sanjiv Mahadeva pg 3 14th MSGH Distinguished Orator – Professor Dr Patrick Kamath Citation by Professor Dr Sanjiv Mahadeva Patrick S Kamath is Professor of Medicine at the Mayo Clinic College of Medicine and Consultant Gastroenterologist and Hepatologist at the Department of Medicine, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota. He graduated in 1976 from St John’s Medical College, Bangalore University in Karnataka, India and subsequently, underwent postgraduate training at the Postgraduate Institute of Medical Education & Research in Chandigarh, India, where the foundation for his academic interest in the field of Gastroenterology were laid. Even in the early years of his career, Professor Kamath had demonstrated academic excellence by obtaining awards such as the Jane and Camillo Patrao Prize in Internal Medicine at St John’s Medical College and the Kataria Gold Medal (an award for the most outstanding postgraduate student) at the Postgraduate Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi, India. It is no surprise then that he quickly rose to the position of Associate Professor and then Professor and Chief at the Department of Gastroenterology, St John’s Medical College, Bangalore University, in the late 1980’s. In 1991, Professor Kamath moved to the US and took up the position of Assistant Professor of Medicine at the Mayo Clinic College of Medicine. His passion for teaching became evident very soon after, when he started winning “Teacher of the Year in Internal Medicine” awards at the Mayo Graduate School of Medicine, from 1993 onwards. In 1995, he was inducted into the “Hall of Fame for Teacher of the Year in Internal Medicine”, a position that he held steadily until 2002. In 2001, he was appointed as Professor of Medicine. For his leadership in Internal Medicine and Gastroenterology, in the education of future physicians and his exemplary care of patients, Professor Kamath was awarded the Henry J Plummer Distinguished Physician award for the Department of Internal Medicine, in 2003. This was soon followed by the Distinguished Educator Mayo Foundation award in 2005. Professor Kamath’s academic record has not been out-shone by his recognition for teaching. Although his initial research interest was in Gastroenterology, his focus had turned towards Hepatology in the later years. His research has appeared in top-ranking journals including the New England Journal of Medicine, Gastroenterology and Hepatology, and he has even served on the Editorial Board as Associate Editor for Hepatology and Clinical Gastroenterology and Hepatology. With more than 180 publications to his name, he has published widely in various fields, but particularly in the study of clinical outcomes related to cirrhosis and portal hypertension, vascular diseases of the liver, and polycystic liver disease. However, he is mostly known for his work in the development of the Model for End-Stage Liver Disease (MELD) score. Although initially developed to predict outcomes in cirrhotic patients undergoing the TIPS procedure, it has been shown to be a valuable tool in predicting outcome for liver transplantation. A true example of translational research, the MELD score is now being used to direct the process of organ allocation for liver transplantation in the United States. So famous is the MELD score, that even Wikipedia has a write-up on the tool and its developer! With this achievement, and even more, it is not surprising that Professor Kamath was appointed to the Master’s Faculty Privileges in Clinical and Translational Science at the Mayo Graduate School in 2007. Professor Kamath has been a much sought-after speaker at numerous International Meetings around the world. He has been a “State-of-the-art” lecturer at DDW and a regular feature at the “Meet-the- Professor” sessions in the AASLD annual meetings. We, at the Malaysian Society of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, are truly honoured to have a Giant in the field of Internal Medicine and Hepatology grace our humble scientific congress in 2014. pg 4 11th Panir Chelvam Memorial Lecturer – Professor Dr John A Windsor Citation by Dr Mohd Akhtar Qureshi John Windsor is an Upper GI Hospital, the Advanced Clinical Skills Centre, which provides surgeon based at Auckland City multi-disciplinary skills training. The lessons learnt and an Hospital with a particular clinical awareness of limitation current simulation training resulted in in pancreatology, and Professor the development of ‘integrated cognitive simulation’ and the of Surgery at the University of founding of Go Virtual Medical Ltd. After graduating from the Auckland with an active research IceHouse business incubator, the company was rebranded programme focussed on the SIMTICS Ltd, and has grown to have a global reach. John is a pathophysiology and management board director and educational advisor. of acute pancreatitis. He is In the Royal Australasian College of Surgeons, he has helped Director of the Surgical Research introduce new courses, including the Critical Literature Evaluation Network, incorporating the Applied and Research, Surgeons as Teachers and Developing a Career Surgery and Metabolism Laboratory and the Surgical Centre in Academic Surgery. He has recently completed a 5-year term for Outcomes Research and Evaluation, Founding Director of as Chairperson of the Section of Academic Surgery and was a SIMTICS Ltd and Associate Director of the national Medical Foundation Member of the Academy of Surgical Educators. Technology Centre of Research Excellence. RECENT APPOINTMENTS Professor John Windsor obtained his BSc in Physiology and Biochemistry from the University of Otago in 1977. He then • Secretary General, International HPB Association (2008- did his undergraduate medical degree at the University of 2011) Auckland graduating in 1982. This was followed by a diploma • Council Member, International Pancreas Association (2006- in Obstetrics in 1984 and an MD in Surgery from the University 2012) of Auckland in 1989. He obtained his FRACS from the Royal • Chairman, Section of Academic Surgery, RACS (2007-2012) Australasian College of Surgeons in 1990. • Convenor, RACS Annual Scientific Congress (2013) • Chairperson of the National HPB/Upper GI Tumour Stream Having completed his training in general surgery, he (2013) travelled to Edinburgh, Scotland, and had fellowships in HPB, upper GI surgery, vascular surgery and colorectal surgery. SELECTED MEMBERSHIPS He returned to New Zealand in 1992, specialising in HPB and • Honorary Fellow of the American Surgical Association (2012) upper GI surgery. He subsequently set up the first HPB/Upper • Honorary Member of the James IV Association of Surgeons GI surgery unit in New Zealand in 1994. His primary surgical (2013) interests include laparoscopic surgery, pancreatic disease and gastro-oesophageal disease.