The wait is finally over! We are back with Asia's biggest liver transplant conclave where the best minds in the field of paediatric liver transplant come together to share insights, discuss possible challenges and successful outcomes to make paediatric liver transplant affordable and accessible to one and all.
In the past two years, a lot has changed in healthcare management. COVID-19 has affected almost all areas of medical sciences and forced doctors and healthcare teams to adapt to new practices and challenges overnight. The pressure was tremendous, but doctors did the unthinkable - they came up with innovative ways to provide care and treat their patients amidst the global crisis.
THEME
Keeping in mind the COVID-19 crisis and the ways in which the medical world evolved, Affordable Liver Transplants Conclave 2021, in its 4th edition, brings to you - 'Current Developments in Paediatric Liver Transplantations (PLTs),' to be held as a webinar on 18th October 2021 from 2pm to 4.30pm.
The conclave aims to explore the latest developments in the field of PLTs with respect to COVID-19 and initiate a dialogue on improving donor pool, screening for liver disease in children and promoting wellness amongst transplant patients and their families.
ALTC 2021: Tackling new challenges, securing the future of PLTs
Great things happen when great minds sit together to talk and discuss solutions . We bring together experts from a myriad of fields who are pivotal to the transplant ecosystem – paediatricians, hepatologists, liver surgeons, transplant coordinators, healthcare workers, fundraising organizations and NGOs – from across the globe to discuss ways to make paediatric liver transplants affordable and accessible while also discussing the latest developments made in the wake of COVID-19 challenge
REGISTER NOWPANEL - 1
Management of COVID-19 in children with
liver diseases and liver transplant
Topic of Discussion
- Management of COVID-19 in children with liver disease and post-transplant
- Strategies to handle large scale COVID-19 complications in children with co-morbidities
- Current data from India on use of organs from donors who have had COVID-19
MODERATOR
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Dr. Neelam Mohan
Director Department of Pedatric
Gastroenterology, Hepatology &
Liver Transplantation
Medanata - The Medicity Hospital Gurgaon
PANELLISTS
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Dr. Anurag Shrimal
Lead Consultanat - Pancreas and
Paediatric Liver Transplantation,
Consultant - HPB Liver & Pancreas
Transplant Surgery, Global Hospital,
Mumbai -
Dr. Naresh Shanmugam
Director - Women & Child Health,
Senior Consultant & Clinical Lead,
Paediatric Liver & Gastroentreology,
Dr. Rela Institute & Medical Centre
Chennai -
Dr. Sudhindram S
Clinical Professor and Chief
Transplant Surgeon, Department of
Gastrointestinal & Solid Organ
Transplantation, Amrita
Institute of Medical Sciences, Kochi
PANEL - 2
Exploring new techniques to overcome donor shortage for PLTs
Topic of Discussion
- Stratigies and Policies : Expanding the donor pool for children
- Use of machine perfusion, its indicators and factors affecting its success
- Feasibility of using organs after cardiac deaths and from older donors for PLTs
MODERATOR
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Dr. Sonal Asthana
Senior Consultant, Department of
Hepatobiliary Surgery and Multi-Organ
Transplantation, Aster CMI Hospital,
Bangalore
PANELLISTS
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Dr. Vivek Vij
Founder & Chairman, Liver
Transplant, Hepato-Pancreato -
Biliary Surgery, Fortis Healthcare
Limited (Group Level) -
Dr. Hynek Mergental
Consultant Surgeon Liver
Unit Queen Elizabeth Hospital
and honorary Senior Lecturer at the
University of Birmingham, UK -
Dr. Prashant Bhangui
Associate Director Hepatobiliary
Surgery and Liver Transplantation
Surgery, Medanta-The Medicity
Hospital, Gurgaon
PANEL - 3
Promotion of wellness among PLT patients and their families
Topic of Discussion
- Long term medical care of paediatric transplant patient
- Best diet and nutrition practices to be followed Post-Transplant
- Role of support groups – Managing the need of patients and careers
MODERATOR
PANELLISTS
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Dr. Smita Malhotra
Consultant, Paediatric
Gastroenterology-Hepatology,
Indraprastha Apollo Hospitals,
New Delhi -
Ms Sreemathy Venkatraman
Chief Clinical Dietitian, BRAINS
Hospital,Bangalore, National Office
Bearer- Central committee-IAPEN-
INDIA, Executive Director- Dysphagia INDIA -
special talk
Impact of a mandatory split
liver policy in Italy

Dr. Roberta Angelico
MD, PhD, FEBS, HPB and Transplant Unit,
Department of Surgery, University of Rome
Tor Vergata, Rome, Italy
Setting up a screening program for paediatric liver disease

Dr. Anil B Jalan
MD DCH MCPS, Director and Chief Scientific
Research Officer NIRMAN (Navi Mumbai Institute
of Research In Mental And Neurological Handicap)
Metabolic Clinic, Navi Mumbai