Symposia

GI Cancer Surgery in Aged Patients Management of Large Hepatocellular Carcinoma (≧ 5cm) New Era in Immune Response Following Trauma New Era in Trauma Care Surgical Management of Advanced Thyroid Cancers Management of Small Well-differentiated Thyroid Cancers Laparoscopic Resection for Rectal Cancer Laparoscopic Obesity Surgery Head Trauma Why, When and How to Treat Vesicoureteral Reflux: Dialogues between Pediatric and Adult Urologists Periorbital Rejuvenization Multidisciplinary Management of Head and Neck Cancer Burn Reconstruction: Recent Advancement Lung Transplantation: The Present and the Future

Arrhythmia: Catheter Ablation vs Surgical Ablation Oncoplastic Surgery in Breast Cancer Update in Sentinel Node Biopsy of Breast Cancer Current Trend for the Treatment of Rectal Cancer Inflammatory Blowel Disease Molecular Biology of Colon & Rectal Cancer MIS in Pediatric Surgery Update in Heart Transplantation Evolution of Surgical Techniques in Liver Transplantation Endovascular Grafting Varicose Vein Update Surgical Treatment of Groin Hernia Medical Informatics Practice in Hospital

GB Ong Lecture

Prof. GB Ong was the founder and also the first President of the Asian Surgical Association (the then Association of Surgeons of South East Asia) in 1976. In recognition of Prof. Ong’s substantial contribution to the surgical world and celebration of the twentieth anniversary of the Association, the GB Ong Lecture was named in 1997. Prof. Murray Brennan from USA was the first GB Ong orator at the 11th Biennial Congress of the Association held in 1997 in Hong Kong.

Law-Lui Lecture

The Law-Lui Lecture was named at the request of the donor, Mr. Lorenco Lui, who was a patient of Prof. GB Ong and underwent gastrocystoplasty for bladder augmentation. Mrs. Law-Lui was Mr. Lui’s sister and he named the Lecture in her honor. The 1st Law-Lui lecture was delivered by Dr. Lloyd M. Nyhus from USA at the 3rd Biennial Congress in 1981 in Jakarta, Indonesia.

RACS Foundation Lecture

In 1984, Prof. Richard Bennett proposed that the Royal Australasian College of Surgeons would sponsor a visiting speaker at the 5th Biennial Congress in 1985 held in Singapore. The first RACS Foundation Lecture orator was Dr. Donald Trunkey from USA.