15^th World Gastro Summit

Hon Director,Indian Institute of Naturopathy. Executive Committee Member of Association of Food Scientist and Technologist,(India) EC Member of National Centre for Science Communicators.Worked with Agro Industries ( 1970 to 1995). At present,Academia and Medical Practitioner..Presented papers & conducted workshops-UK, USA, Germany, Mauritius, Singapore, UAE, Vietnam, Italy & Spain. In India, conducted 715, Health Management workshops. Invited by AICR Washington DC for Intnl Conf on Food Nutrition for Cancer,since 2003,onwards. Awardee of Bombay Para Medical Association & American Institute of Intellectuals-2005. Most Outstanding Professor Award 2018 & 2020. Invited by American Universities,Portland Kenmore,University of Texas in Purdue University in Indiana Police 2019. In Corvid 19pandemic conducted, 50 # solo webinars, for UK,USA, Dubai, Saudi-Arabia, Malaysia, Philippines.Since 1996 conducting Health Mgmt workshops for Govt Officers.

Ayurveda

Dr. Khalil Bitars is a postdoctoral research fellow at the Wake Forest Institute for Regenerative Medicine, has received the Early Career Investigators award from the American Gastroenterological Association (AGA) Institute Council.

Gastroenterology

Lu Liu completed her PhD in Monash University, Australia in 1998, and received the prestigious Mollie Holman Medal for best PhD thesis. From 1998-2005, she worked as a Post-doctoral research officer and senior research fellow in the gastrointestinal pharmacology research field at UNSW Australia. In 2006, she took up an academic position, became a Lecturer in the same institution and was promoted to Senior Lecturer in 2009. As a Chief Investigator, she has obtained research funding over $2.5 million from various grant bodies to support her research. She has established a track record of quality research outputs. She has published over 50 original research papers in high impact pharmacology, gastroenterology and urology journals and over 130 conference abstracts. Her research has been recognized both nationally and internationally. She received many awards and has been frequently invited to present at the conference symposia and seminars.

Pharmacology, Gastroenterology

Anil Kaul was graduated from Madras Medical College in Medicine, King Georges’ Medical College in Dentistry and in Public Health from University of Minnesota. He currently serves as the Director of High-Complexity Clinical Laboratories and a Faculty at Oklahoma State University-Center for Health Sciences. He has been awarded 6 patents and has published more than 50 scientific papers. He has served as Senior Health Advisor to the US Department of State and received “Expeditionary Service Award”. In 2014, he also received “Lifetime Achievement Award” at Global Health Summit and in 2008 he was named as Sony’s “Scientist of the Year Award”.

Global public health and Healthcare administration

Amanda Brisebois is an Internal Medicine and Palliative Care Specialist, who works in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada. She undertook her undergraduate education and Master’s degree at Queen’s University in Kingston, Ontario Canada. She completed her medical school training in Calgary, Alberta, and her General Medicine Specialty at the Mayo Clinic Rochester Minnesota, University of Calgary in Calgary, Alberta, and University of Alberta, in Edmonton. Since 2000, she has been practicing General Internal Medicine in both inpatient and outpatient settings. She also is a certified Palliative Care Specialist. Amanda Brisebois is an Internal Medicine and Palliative Care Specialist, who works in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada. She undertook her undergraduate education and Master’s degree at Queen’s University in Kingston, Ontario Canada. She completed her medical school training in Calgary, Alberta, and her General Medicine Specialty at the Mayo Clinic Rochester Minnesota, University of Calgary in Calgary, Alberta, and University of Alberta, in Edmonton. Since 2000, she has been practicing General Internal Medicine in both inpatient and outpatient settings. She also is a certified Palliative Care Specialist.

Gastroenterology

Safwan AbdulRahman Taha has completed his Graduation from Basrah College of Medicine on 1983 with honors where he became Professor of Surgery, on 2000 and then founding Dean of Thi Qar College of Medicine (Iraq, 2003). He holds Fellowship of the Royal College of Physician and Surgeons of Glasgow, Fellowship of the American College of Surgeons, Diploma laparoscopic Surgery from Strasbourg University; France and Certificate of the Arab Board of Surgery. He is currently Governor of the UAE Chapter of the American College of Surgeons, Member of the Board of Governors of the American College of Surgeons, Member of the International Relations Committee of the American College of Surgeons and Vice President of the Emirates Society for Laparo-Endoscopic Surgeons. He is an international speaker and has more than 37 published papers. He is the Medical Director and Director of the Bariatric and Metabolic Surgery Center, Mediclinic Airport Road Hospital, Abu Dhabi; UAE

Bariatric Surgery

Fong Fong Chu has her expertise in gastrointestinal diseases especially in inflammatory bowel disease (IBD). Her team has established a mouse model of IBD which is very-early onset. These mice are deficient in two isoenzymes which reduce hydrogen peroxide named GPx1/2-double knockout (DKO). This model is a better model than chemical-induced colitis models because it is not injury based and mimic closely to human IBD. She has built this model through 20 years of research and has identified new targets for IBD therapy. She joined Beckman Research Institute of the City of Hope, Duarte CA USA (1987). She is currently associated with the Department of Gastroenterology & Hepatology and the First Affiliated Hospital and College of Clinical Medicine of Henan University of Science and Technology, Luoyang, Henan, P R China since 2016.

inflammatory bowel disease (IBD)

Dr William Alazawi is a London-based Consultant Hepatologist and Reader in Liver Medicine. He sees private patients at The London Bridge and Sloane Hospitals and at the London Digestive Centre, Princess Grace Hospital.

His main interests are abnormal liver tests, fatty liver disease, viral hepatitis and endoscopy.

Associate Professor, Consultant Physician & Gastroenterologist, Head Of Gastroenterology & Hepatology Unit.

Gastrointestinal Diseases,Liver Cirrhosis, Inflammatory Bowel Disease, Endoscopy, Ulcerative Colitis, Gastrointestinal Endoscopy, Colonoscopy, Irritable Bowel Syndrome, Crohn's Disease.

Dr. Vito Annese achieved his MD in 1981 and subsequently the CCST in Internal Medicine and Gastroenterology at the Catholic University of Rome Italy. He has over 30-years of experience in gastroenterology, with specific interest in functional and inflammatory bowel disorders. He authored more than 250 peer reviewed publications. In the last 10-years he has been head of Gastroenterology at the Research Hospital of S. Giovanni Rotondo and at the University Hospital Careggi of Florence and aggregate professor at the University of Foggia and Florence in Italy. Since September 2016 is Consultant Gastroenterologist at the Valiant Clinic of Dubai

Gastroenterology, Inflammatory Bowel disorders