Public Lecture by leading transplantologist, Professor Kwang-Woong Lee of Seoul National University Hospital (SNUH)
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On 1 March, at 16:00, Ilia State University (ISU, B 201) will host a public lecture on Prospects of Liver Transplantation in Georgia through Living and Deceased Organ Donation by a leading transplantologist, Professor Kwang-Woong Lee of Seoul National University Hospital (SNUH). Professor Lee will present his views and recommendations based on the international experience in this field.
In recognition of his support to Georgian doctors and for his contribution Professor Kwang-Woong Lee will be conferred with honorary doctorate from Ilia State University.
About the Speaker
Professor Kwang-Woong Lee graduated from Seoul National University. He has been with Samsung Medical Center and National Cancer Center, Korea as a hepatic and transplant surgeon. He has also been in Johns Hopkins University Hospital as a consultant. He is now the professor of the Department of Surgery, Seoul National University, Korea. Professor Lee is also a chief of the division of Hepato-Pancreatico-Biliary surgery, SNUH and an executive director of International Health Care of Seoul National University and Vice-president of SNUH for Global planning and development. He is an internationally acclaimed liver transplant surgeon. He has performed over 1000 hepatocyte transplantations, including 150 outside South Korea. In Georgia, together with his Georgian colleagues, he has performed 14 liver transplant surgeries, all of which ended successfully.
Professor Lee’s research topics include hepatocyte transplantation, gene delivery, cancer stem cell, best immunosuppressant for HCC, bile duct ischemia induced by warm ischemia, and polymorphism. He developed several innovative techniques to reduce biliary complications after liver transplantation.
Professor Lee is Honorary President of Hepatolo-Transplant Association of Kazakhstan, as well as a visiting professor at University of Medicine of the Republic of the Union of Myanmar, and a member of editorial boards of several high-profile medical journals with a focus on surgery.
A memorandum of cooperation will be signed between ISU, Seoul National University, Seoul National University Hospital (SNUH) and Innova Medical Center with a view to promoting collaboration in the fields of medical education, research, training, and joint clinical and academic activities.
Language: English
Time: 1 March 2019, 16:00
Venue: Room B201, Ilia State University (32 Ilia Chavchavadze Ave.)
Attendance is free.