| About
APAGE |
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Introduction
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| The Asian Pacific Association of Gastroenterology (APAGE)
was founded in Tokyo on March 30th 1961. This organization is an affiliate
of the Organization Mondiale de Gastro-Enterologie (OMGE). |
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| The APAGE was incorporated in the SAR of Hong
Kong, China (hereinafter called Hong Kong) as a legal entity with limited
liability and subject to the relevant laws of Hong Kong. The Treasury located
also in Hong Kong will issue annual, audited accounts in accordance with
the laws of Hong Kong. |
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| Vision,
Mission and Specific Aims |
| APAGE will lead by 2010 in creating
a united, multi-cultural and multi-dimensional organization in the pursuit
of excellence in clinical practice / education and research towards the
improvement of digestive health in this region and the world. |
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| APAGE will endeavour to make the Asian Pacific region excel
in education and research in all aspects of gastroenterology, achieving
this through fellowship, conventions and journalism, thereby bringing to
the region the highest quality of healthcare in this field of medicine.
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| More specifically, APAGE will |
 hold an annual
scientific meeting, the Asian Pacific Digestive Week (APDW) |
encourage and
support co-operative research in the Asian Pacific region |
encourage and
support clinicians, scientists and students to visit the region from outside
and within, for teaching, lecture, study and research |
solicit and
receive donations and raise money for furthering the aims of APAGE (Article
3 of APAGE By-Laws) |
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| Composition |
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| Governing
Body |
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| The APAGE is governed by a Council consisting of members elected
from its member countries and regions at the General Meeting comprising
the following: President; Vice President; Incoming two APDW Presidents;
Secretary-General; Treasurer; Chairpersons of six committees; six Council
Members and up to six co-opted Council Members; and representatives of editor
of the Journal of Gastroenterology and Hepatology (JGH). National or regional
gastroenterological societies with academic standing in the Asian Pacific
region are eligible to be members. Each nation or region is represented
by one society. |
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| Committees |
| The APAGE Council is assisted by the following eight committees,
the chairpersons of the first six committees sit on the Council: |
Programme Advisory
Committee |
Awards Committee |
APDW Steering
Committee |
The Journal
of Gastroenterology and Hepatology (JGH) |
International
Liaison Committee |
Nominations
Committee |
Education and
Research Committee |
Committee of
Past Presidents |
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| APDW
and Other Scientific Meetings |
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| The APDW is held annually, and in collaboration with member
societies and other regional bodies including the Asian Pacific Society
of Digestive Endoscopy (APSDE), Asian Pacific Association for the Study
of Liver (APASL), International Society for Digestive Surgery (ISDS), and
other regional organizations in gastroenterlogy and related fields. Its
mission is to convene an annual meeting in the Asian Pacific
region that would be an annual major medical forum for education and research
especially for Gastroenterology and will be regarded as internationally
one of the three regional major meetings (DDW, UEGW and APDW) |
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| In between congresses, member societies will make known to
other members their scientific meetings, workshops and seminars through
this Homepage, the Journal and other APAGE media to enable interested parties
in the region to attend and participate. |
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| JGH
Trust |
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| The JGH Trust is a new initiative set up in 1999 by senior
editors of JGH with the aim to promoting gastroenterology in the Asian Pacific
region. The Trust provides opportunities for training and education for
young medical scientists, gastroenterologists, hepatologists and endoscoptists.
As at date, the Trust has sponsored the following programmes: |
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| Young
Investigators' awards at the Asian Pacific Congress of Gastroenterology
in Hong Kong, and the meeting of the Asian Pacific Association for the Study
of the Liver in Fukuoka |
| The inaugural JGH
lectureship at the Hong Kong meeting |
| Seeding
grant to senior editors of JGH to initiate the recent consensus guidelines
on Hepatitis B and C |
A new project
into the causes, pathogenesis and better management of chronic pancreatitis |
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| Support for other projects is also being considered,
such as exchange programmes for trainees or isolated practitioners; visiting
lecturer programmes to support the national meeting of smaller gastroenterology
societies, or those with a very limited budget are being considered and
will be developed in conjunction with APAGE. |
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| Publications
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| The JGH is the official publication of APAGE. This Journal
is also the official publication of APASL. The editors and the majority
of the editorial board are elected from the member countries and regions
of the two Associations. The first issue of this Journal was published in
January 1986. Year 2001 marked the fifteenth anniversary of the publication.
Throughout this period continuous efforts had been made by the editors,
contributors, reviewers and its publishers, now Blackwell Science Asia to
improve its quality and standard. Today, JGH can rightly claim considerable
achievements in the Asian Pacific region. |
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| The Asian Pacific Digestive News (APDN) was first published
in December 1999 as a general interest newsletter which serves to encourage
informal communications among colleagues and member countries/related bodies.
It aims to give readers a better understanding of the ethnic, cultural and
social factors which could modify the clinical expression, prevention and
treatment of the gastroenterological diseases found in the region. |
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| Membership |
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| Council
Members |
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| President |
Prof. Kwong Ming Fock
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Singapore |
| Vice - President |
Prof. Shu Dong Xiao |
Shanghai |
| Secretary-General |
Prof. Khean Lee Goh |
Kuala Lumpur |
| Treasurer |
Dr. Wai Mo Hui |
Hong Kong |
| Chairman, Programme Advisory Committee |
Prof. Masao Omata |
Tokyo
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| Chairman, Regional Liaison Committee |
Prof. Pinit Kullavanijaya |
Bangkok |
| Chiarman, Education & Research Committee |
Prof. Neville Yeomans |
Sydney |
| Chairman, Awards Committee |
Prof. Dai Ming Fan |
Xian |
| Chairman, Ethics Committee |
Prof. Sang In Lee |
Seoul |
| Committee of Past Presidents |
Prof. Shiu Kum Lam |
Hong Kong
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| APDW 2007 President |
Prof. Kenji Fujiwara |
Yokohama |
| APDW 2008 President |
Prof. Rakesh Tandon |
New Delhi |
| JGH |
Prof. Geoffrey Farrell |
Sydney |
| Member |
Prof. Yutakal Atomi |
Tokyo |
Member |
Prof. Janaka H De Silva |
Ragama |
| Member |
Prof. Peter Gibson |
Sydney |
| Member |
Prof. Mahmud Hasan |
Dhaka |
| Member |
Prof. Jin Ho Kim |
Seoul |
| Member |
Prof. Ta Long |
Hanoi |
| Member |
Prof. Saad Khalid Niaz |
Karachi |
| Member |
Dr. Choon Jin Ooi (Assistant Treasurer)
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Singapore |
| Member |
Prof. Chutima Pramoolsinsup |
Bangkok
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| Member |
Prof. Aziz H A Rani |
Jakarta Pusat
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| Member |
Prof. Kentaro Sugano |
Tochigi
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| Member |
Prof. John Wyeth |
Wellington |
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| Member
Societies |
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| Bangladesh Gastroenterological Society
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Prof. Mahmud Hasan |
| Gastroenterological Society of Australia
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Prof. Darrell Crawford |
| Gastroenterological Society of Singapore
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Dr. Choon-Jin Ooi |
| Gastroenterological & Digestive Endoscopy
Society of Sri Lanka |
Prof. Kemal Deen |
| Indian Society of Gastroenterology . |
Dr. S K Acharya |
| Indonesian Society of Gastroenterology
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Prof. Aziz H.A. Rani |
| Korean Society of Gastroenterology |
Prof. Jin-Ho Kim |
| Malaysian Society of Gastroenterology
& Hepatology |
Dr. Ryan Ponnudurai |
| Myanmar GI and Liver Society |
Prof. Thein Saw |
| New Zealand Society of Gastroenterology
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Prof. Murray Barclay |
| Pakistan Society of Gastroenterology &
G..I. Endoscopy |
Prof. Muhammad Umar |
| Philippine Society of Gastroenterology |
Prof. Luis. G. Salvador |
| The Chinese Society of Gastroenterology
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Prof. Dai-Ming Fan |
| The Chinese Taiwan Gastroenterological
Society |
Prof. Cheng-Shyong Wu |
| The Gastroenterological Association of
Thailand |
Prof. Sathaporn Manatsathit |
| The Hong Kong Society of Gastroenterology |
Dr. Yat-Wah Yeung |
| The Japanese Society of Gastroenterology |
Prof. Yutaka Atomi |
| Vietnam Association of Gastroenterology
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Prof. Long Ta |
| Regional
Bodies |
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President |
| International
Society for Digestive Surgery |
Professor
Chung Mau Lo |
| Asian
Pacific Association for the Study of Liver |
Professor
Jose Sollano |
| Asian
Pacific Society of Digestive Endoscopy |
Professor
William Chao
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