Chan Wah-Kheong University of MalayaMalaysia

Dr Chan is Professor of Medicine at the University of Malaya and Senior Consultant Gastroenterologist and Hepatologist at the University of Malaya Medical Centre and the University of Malaya Specialist Centre. He is a Member of the Academy of Medicine of Malaysia and a Committee Member for the Malaysian Society of Gastroenterology and Hepatology. He is the Scientific Co-Chair for the Virtual Asia Pacific Digestive Week 2021. He is a member of the Asia-Pacific Working Party on Non-Alcoholic Fatty Liver Disease, the Gut and Obesity in Asia (GO ASIA) Workgroup, the CAP Prognosis Study Group, and the Global NASH Council. He is Associate Editor for the Journal of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, a member of the Editorial Board for Clinical and Molecular Hepatology and is a reviewer for several international journals. He has published numerous full papers in peer-reviewed journals and presented in both local and international conferences. His main area of research interest is metabolic dysfunction associated fatty liver disease.

17 August 2021

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11:20 12:50	Session 1: Doing Research: Introduction to Study Designs Ajay Duseja Dedicated Speakers Chan Wah-Kheong Dedicated Speakers Justin Lee Yeong-Yeh Dedicated Speakers Mohammed Eslam Dedicated Speakers Nazri Mustaffa Dedicated Speakers Rakesh Aggarwal Dedicated Speakers Ruveena Bhavani Rajaram Dedicated Speakers Sanjiv Mahadeva Dedicated Speakers Terry Cheuk-Fung Yip Dedicated Speakers Wong Zhiqin Dedicated Speakers Introduction to Study Designs, and Case-Control Studies (30 mins) Terry Cheuk-Fung Yip Speaker Cohort Studies (30 mins) Justin Lee Yeong-Yeh Speaker Interventional Studies, Including Randomised Controlled Trials (30 mins) Chan Wah-Kheong Speaker Join Now
13:00 14:30	Session 2: Analysis of Data From Research Studies Ajay Duseja Dedicated Speakers Chan Wah-Kheong Dedicated Speakers Justin Lee Yeong-Yeh Dedicated Speakers Mohammed Eslam Dedicated Speakers Nazri Mustaffa Dedicated Speakers Rakesh Aggarwal Dedicated Speakers Sanjiv Mahadeva Dedicated Speakers Terry Cheuk-Fung Yip Dedicated Speakers Wong Zhiqin Dedicated Speakers Analysis of Categorical Data (30 mins) Mohammed Eslam Speaker Analysis of Continuous Data (30 mins) Chan Wah-Kheong Speaker Analysis of Survival Data (30 mins) Rakesh Aggarwal Speaker Join Now
14:30 15:30	Session 3: Practical Session on Study Designs Ajay Duseja Facilitator Chan Wah-Kheong Facilitator Justin Lee Yeong-Yeh Facilitator Mohammed Eslam Facilitator Nazri Mustaffa Facilitator Rakesh Aggarwal Facilitator Ruveena Bhavani Rajaram Facilitator Sanjiv Mahadeva Facilitator Terry Cheuk-Fung Yip Facilitator Wong Zhiqin Facilitator Join Now

18 August 2021

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11:00 12:30	Session 4: Practical Session on Study Designs Ajay Duseja Facilitator Chan Wah-Kheong Facilitator Justin Lee Yeong-Yeh Facilitator Mohammed Eslam Facilitator Nazri Mustaffa Facilitator Rakesh Aggarwal Facilitator Ruveena Bhavani Rajaram Facilitator Sanjiv Mahadeva Facilitator Terry Cheuk-Fung Yip Facilitator Wong Zhiqin Facilitator Assessing the Performance of a Diagnostic Test (30 mins) Rakesh Aggarwal Speaker Join Now
13:10 14:40	Session 5: Presenting Research: Writing and Publishing a Scientific Paper Ajay Duseja Dedicated Speakers Chan Wah-Kheong Dedicated Speakers Justin Lee Yeong-Yeh Dedicated Speakers Mohammed Eslam Dedicated Speakers Nazri Mustaffa Dedicated Speakers Rakesh Aggarwal Dedicated Speakers Ruveena Bhavani Rajaram Dedicated Speakers Sanjiv Mahadeva Dedicated Speakers Terry Cheuk-Fung Yip Dedicated Speakers Wong Zhiqin Dedicated Speakers Manuscript Preparation: Introduction and Methods (30 mins) Ajay Duseja Speaker Results and Discussion (30 mins) Terry Cheuk-Fung Yip Speaker Abstract, Title, Keywords, and References (30 mins) Sanjiv Mahadeva Speaker Join Now

19 August 2021

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15:30 17:00	PG4: Hepatology Chan Wah-Kheong Chair Narcissus Teoh Chair Rakesh Aggarwal Chair Transient Elastography in the Care of Patients With Chronic Liver Disease (20 mins) Grace Wong Lai-Hung Speaker Nutrition and Sarcopenia in Patients With Cirrhosis (20 mins) W Ray Kim Speaker Update on Management of Ascites and Spontaneous Bacterial Peritonits (20 mins) Alexander Gerbes Speaker Update on Management of Gastro-Esophageal Varices (20 mins) Yogesh Chawla Speaker Q&A and Live Discussion (10 mins) Join Now
17:00 18:00	Opening Ceremony Chan Wah-Kheong Invisible Role Chu Kent-Man Invisible Role Fan Dai-Ming Invisible Role Goh Khean-Lee Invisible Role Ho Shiaw-Hooi Invisible Role Ida Normiha Hilmi Invisible Role JinMo Yang Invisible Role Justin Lee Yeong-Yeh Invisible Role Kentaro Sugano Invisible Role Molly Kong Invisible Role Raman Muthukaruppan Invisible Role Ramesh Gurunathan Invisible Role Seigo Kitano Invisible Role Tan Soek-Siam Invisible Role Tee Hoi-Poh Invisible Role Welcome Performance Welcome Speech by the President, APDW 2021 Raja Affendi Raja Ali Speaker Address by President of Asian Pacific Digestive Week Federation (APDWF) Kentaro Sugano Speaker Speech by President, Asian Pacific Association of Gastroenterology (APAGE) Fan Dai-Ming Speaker Speech by President, Asian Pacific Association for the Study of the Liver (APASL) JinMo Yang Speaker Speech by President, Asian Pacific Society for Digestive Endoscopy (A-PSDE) Seigo Kitano Speaker Speech by President, International Society for Digestive Surgery – Asian Pacific (ISDS-AP) Chu Kent-Man Speaker Join Now

20 August 2021

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16:10

17:40

Symposium L4: NAFLD/MAFLD SIG Programme 1

Ajay Duseja Chair

Chan Wah-Kheong Chair

Dan Yock-Young Chair

From NAFLD to MAFLD

(10 mins)

Jacob George Speaker
The Epidemiology and Global Burden of NAFLD

(10 mins)

Zobair Younossi Speaker
Natural History of NAFLD: An Update

(10 mins)

Janus P Ong Speaker
Screening for NAFLD: Why, When and How?

(10 mins)

Vincent Wong Wai-Sun Speaker
Risk Stratifying NAFLD Patients for Optimal Care

(10 mins)

Atsushi Nakajima Speaker
NASH and HCC

(10 mins)

Fan Jian-Gao Speaker
Surveillance for HCC in NAFLD: Why, When and How?

(10 mins)

Ajay Duseja Speaker
Case and Live Discussion

(20 mins)

Chan Wah-Kheong Speaker

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21 August 2021

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16:10

17:40

Symposium L9: NAFLD/MAFLD SIG Programme 2

Chan Wah-Kheong Chair

Sombat Treeprasertsuk Chair

Vincent Wong Wai-Sun Chair

Lifestyle Intervention for NAFLD: What Works and How to Get My Patient to Follow?

(12mins)

Jacob George Speaker
Special Considerations in Non-obese NAFLD

(10 mins)

Dan Yock-Young Speaker
Special Considerations in Elderly NAFLD

(10mins)

Sombat Treeprasertsuk Speaker
Special Considerations in NAFLD Patients With Concomitant Chronic Hepatitis B Infection

(10mins)

George Goh Boon-Bee Speaker
NASH in 2020: Current Therapies and How to Use Them?

(12mins)

Vlad Ratziu Speaker
Optimising Diabetes Control and Cardiovascular Outcomes in NAFLD Patients

(12mins)

Arun Sanyal Speaker
Bariatric Surgery and NASH

(10mins)

Chen Chih-Yen Speaker
Q&A and Live Discussion

(14mins)

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22 August 2021

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12:00 12:30	Sponsored Symposium 3B (Pharmaniaga) Chan Wah-Kheong Chair Tan Soek-Siam Chair Ravidasvir; Newer and Better DAA? (20 mins) Tan Soek-Siam Speaker Join Now	Symposium L11: NAFLD / MAFLD SIG Programme 3 Chan Wah-Kheong Chair George Goh Boon-Bee Chair Vincent Wong Wai-Sun Chair Novel Biomarkers for NASH and Fibrosis (12 mins) Leon Adams Speaker Endpoints in Clinical Trials: What Counts and Why? (12 mins) Vincent Wong Wai-Sun Speaker Patient Reported Outcomes and Its Place in NASH Research and Drug Development (12 mins) Zobair Younossi Speaker Emerging Therapy for NASH: Targeting Metabolism (12 mins) Vlad Ratziu Speaker Emerging Therapy for NASH: Targeting Fibrosis (12 mins) Arun Sanyal Speaker Precision Medicine in NAFLD – A Glance Into the Future (12 mins) Scott Friedman Speaker Q&A and Live Discussion (18 mins) Join Now
16:00 17:00	Awards Presentation and Closing Ceremony Chan Wah-Kheong Dedicated Speakers Goh Khean-Lee Dedicated Speakers Ho Shiaw-Hooi Dedicated Speakers Ida Normiha Hilmi Dedicated Speakers Justin Lee Yeong-Yeh Dedicated Speakers Molly Kong Dedicated Speakers Nazri Mustaffa Dedicated Speakers Raja Affendi Raja Ali Dedicated Speakers Raman Muthukaruppan Chettiar Dedicated Speakers Ramesh Gurunathan Dedicated Speakers Tan Soek-Siam Dedicated Speakers Tee Hoi-Poh Dedicated Speakers Alex Leow Hwong-Ruey Master of Ceremony Award Presentation Justin Lee Yeong-Yeh Speaker Lucky Draw Closing Speech Raja Affendi Raja Ali Speaker Join Now