The 11th Yangcheng Liver Transplantation Summit was successfully held in Guangzhou

The 11th Yangcheng Liver Transplantation Summit was successfully held in Guangzhou

The 11th Yangcheng Liver Transplantation Summit was successfully held in Guangzhou from February 15th to 17th, 2019. The summit was co-organized by the Third Affiliated Hospital of Sun Yat-sen University, the Institute of Organ Transplantation of Sun Yat-sen University, the Institute of Organ Transplantation of Sun Yat-sen University, the Guangdong Organ Transplantation Research Center, and the Guangdong Provincial Medical Association Organ Transplant Doctors Branch.  Professor Chen Guihua, the Vice President of the Organ Transplantation Physician Branch of the Chinese Medical Association and Academician Li Jieshou, the Nanjing Military Region General Hospital served as the chairman of the conference.

Professor Yang Yang, the Member of the Chinese Medical Association Surgery Branch, Deputy Team Leader of the Transplantation Group, Permanent Member of the Organ Transplantation Physician Branch of the Chinese Medical Association, Vice Chairman of the Liver Transplantation Committee, Chairman of the Organ Transplantation Branch of the Guangdong Medical Association, served as the executive chairman of the summit and hosted the opening ceremony. Executive Vice President Wu Shaolin of Guangdong Provincial Medical Association attended the summit and delivered welcome speech. Academician Zheng Shusen of the Organ Transplantation Physician Branch of the Chinese Medical Association, Academician chen zhaolong of Kaohsiung Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, Professor Li Xianchang of the Houston Medical Center, Professor Seisuke Sakamoto of the National Children's Medical Center of Japan, Professor Li Jun of the Eppendorf Medical Center in Hamburg, Germany, and the Organ Transplantation Branch of the Chinese Medical Association Chairman Shi Bingyi, former Chairman Liu Yongfeng, Professor Chen Shi, and more than 200 experts and scholars from major transplant centers in China gathered together to discuss the focal points and latest developments in the field of liver transplantation.

China is the world second largest transplant country，only after the United States. As the largest liver transplant center in South China, the Liver Transplantation Center of the Third Affiliated Hospital of Sun Yat-sen University has continuously engaged in innovations in terms of surgical techniques, perioperative management and diagnosis and treatment of complications. What is more, in order to promote the international exchanges and cooperation, our intuition initiated the 1st “Yangcheng Liver Transplantation Summit” in 2005. In each year’s summit, participates will discuss difficult issues that exist in different periods of liver transplantation in China thoroughly, and form a consensus or guide to direct clinical practice. So far, the Liver Transplantation Center of our hospital has taken the lead in formulating nearly ten national consensuses and guidelines. As a result, it has greatly promoted the rapid development of liver transplantation in China. The themes of this year’s summit are “Take comprehensive measures to improve the survival rate of liver transplant in severely ill recipient” and “Children and Split liver transplantation”.

The Yangcheng Liver Transplantation Summit is the largest and most influential boutique forum in China's liver transplantation field. It not only promotes the rapid development of liver transplantation in China, but also strengthens the hospital and university’s international academic impacts in transplantation medicine. Inherited good traditions from our predecessors，we will continue to pursue the Chinese dream. Therefore, we will keep focusing on academic hotspots and strengthening discipline construction，and bring the transplant medicine to a new height.