About - APDW 2025 in Singapore – 18

Asian Pacific Digestive Week 2025

APDW 2025 is a leading international conference focusing on digestive diseases, gastroenterology, bringing together global healthcare professionals, researchers, and industry representatives.

Local Organising Committee

Stephen Tsao

Kieron Lim

Ang Tiing Leong

Chua Tju Siang

Dan Yock Young

Pierce Chow

About Asian Pacific Digestive Week Federation

The Asian Pacific Digestive Week Federation (APDWF) comprises of four professional medical non-profit organizations, namely, the Asian Pacific Association of Gastroenterology (APAGE), the Asian-Pacific Society of Digestive Endoscopy (A-PSDE), the Asian Pacific Association for the Study of the Liver (APASL), and the International Society for Digestive Surgery-Asian Pacific Section (ISDS-AP). These societies have common interest in diseases of the digestive system, including the oesophagus, stomach, liver, gallbladder, pancreas, intestine and bowel. The Federation is set up to organise an annual scientific meeting in collaboration with the member societies.

Visit our website for more information: apdwcongress.org

APDWF Board of Directors (2023-2025)

Justin CY Wu

President | Director, S.H Ho Centre for Digestive Health, The Chinese University of Hong Kong

Hisao Tajiri

Secretary General | Professor, Department of Innovative Interventional Endoscopy Research, Jikei University School of Medicine

Kent-Man Chu

Treasurer | Director of Surgical Endoscopy, The University of Hong Kong

George Lau

Executive Member | Chairman, Humanity and Health Medical Group

Philip Chiu

Board Member | Associate Dean (External Affairs), Faculty of Medicine The Chinese University of Hong Kong

Mitsuhiro Fujishiro

Board Member | Associate Professor, Department of Endoscopy and Endoscopic Surgery, The University of Tokyo

Hyung-Ho Kim

Board Member | Director, Comprehensive Cancer Centre, Seoul National University

Diana Alcantara-Payawal

Board Member | Chair of the Hepatology Unit, Section of Gastroenterology, Cardinal Santos Medical Center

Choon-Jin Ooi

Board Member | Adjunct Associate Professor, Duke-NUS Medical School

Manoj Kumar Sharma

Board Member | Associate Professor of Hepatology, Institute of Liver and Biliary Sciences

John Wong

Board Member | Honorary Clinical Professor, Department of Surgery, The University of Hong Kong

Kai-Chun Wu

Board Member | Honorary Clinical Professor, Department of Surgery, Xijing Hospital of Digestive Diseases

Daiming Fan

Ex-officio | Director, Xijing Hospital of Digestive Diseases

About Gastroenterogical Society of Singapore

In the last three decades, GESS has hosted Scientific Meetings (GIHep), Endoscopy Workshops and Postgraduate Courses for doctors and nurses annually. In 1995, GESS collaborated with American Gastroenterological Association (AGA) to hold its first Asian AGA meeting in Singapore. Since then, GESS has continued to host other successful regional meetings in Gastroenterology and Hepatology, such as the Asian Pacific Digestive Week (APDW) in 2003 and 2011, and the Asian Pacific Association for the Study of the Liver (APASL) Liver Week in 2013.

Its objectives are:

To advance the knowledge and practice of Gastroenterology and Hepatology in Singapore.
To promote research in Gastroenterology and Hepatology.
To promote regional and international collaborations with other Gastroenterological societies.
To organize meetings, seminars and conventions on Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Endoscopy.

Visit our website for more information: gastro.org.sg