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WORLD GASTROENTEROLOGY NEWS APRIL 2018
Editorial | Expert Point of View | WCOG at ACG 2017 | WDHD News | WGO & WGOF News | WGO Global Guidelines | Calendar of Events
Shiv Kumar Sarin, MD, DM is
the 2017 WGO Henry L. Bockus
Medal Recipient
Shiv Kumar Sarin,
MD, DM received
the WGO Henry L.
Bockus Medal and
presented his lecture
on the topic, “Does
Portal Pressure
Guide Management of Portal Hypertension
and its Complications?” This
event took place during the World
Congress of Gastroenterology at ACG
2017 in Orlando, Florida, USA on 16
October 2017.
blood pressure measurements,” said
Dr. Sarin. “It is the core of liver diseases
because it changes the outcome
of your patient.”
VIDEO - In this exclusive video
from the World Congress of Gastroenterology
at ACG 2017, you
can view Dr. Sarin’s speech at
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dm-does-portal-pressure-guidemanagement
of-portal-hypertensionand
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During his distinguished academic
career spanning 35 years, Dr. Sarin
has contributed immensely to the
field of hepatology. His contributions
include “Sarin’s Classification of
Gastric Varices”; variceal band ligation
as primary prophylaxis which was a
landmark NEJM paper. He has also
defined new disease entities, portal
biliopathy and acute and chronic
liver failure. In addition, his seminal
contributions on liver regeneration using
growth factors have the potential
for providing non-transplant options
to ACLF patients. Prof. Sarin has
authored more than 500 publications
including the WGO Expert
Point of View Scientific Article “Part
II: Global Burden Of Liver Disease:
A True Burden on Health Sciences
and Economies!!”, helped develop
18 major guidelines including the
WGO Esophageal Varices, NAFLD &
NASH and Hepatocellular Carcinoma
(HCC) guidelines and edited 13
books. Dr. Sarin is the founding Co-
Chief Editor of Hepatology International
and has also been recognized by
the government of India for his work,
awarding him the Padma Bhushan,
the third highest civilian award in
India. He is a member of all three
science academies of India. He is currently
the Director of the WGO New
Delhi Training Center inaugurated in
India on 26 April 2015. He has been
a recipient of Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar
Award, the highest Award in
Science in India, The World Academy
of Medical Sciences International
Prize, EASL International Recognition
Award and “Most Distinguished
Physician from India” from the
American Association of Physicians
of India.
About the WGO Henry L. Bockus
Medal and Lecture
A medal, known as the Henry L.
Bockus Medal, is awarded at each
World Congress to a gastroenterologist
who, in the opinion of the
World Gastroenterology Organisation
(WGO) Governing Council, has
made a distinguished contribution to
the clinical practice, science and/or
teaching of gastroenterology.
Dr. Henry L.
Bockus (1894-
1982) was a leading
American gastroenterologist
from
Philadelphia,
Pennsylvania with a
well-deserved reputation due to the
authorship of an outstanding Gastroenterology
treatise and the organiza-
“It is the core of liver
diseases because it changes
the outcome of your
patient.”
Dr. Sarin’s lecture described invasive
and noninvasive measurement of
portal pressure, rational approach to
managing complications of portal
hypertension, and new vistas beyond
beta-blocker therapy. “Liver pressure
has come of age. Gastroenterologists
and hepatologists besides endoscopy
should learn to measure pressures,
should use it in routine practice like
Dr. Sarin delivers the Bockus lecture.
2015-2017 WGO President Prof. David Bjorkman
presents the WGO Henry L. Bockus Medal
to Dr. Sarin.