Liver Events

14th International Conference on Health Care of the Chinese in North America
Chestnut Hotel, Toronto on September 27, 2008

This symposium on viral hepatitis, moderated by Dr. Edward Lin of the Rouge Valley Centenary Health Centre, featured the following speakers:

• Dr. David Wong: Non-pharmacologic management of the patient with hepatitis B
• Dr. Anna Lok: Treatment of hepatitis B: when to start and when to stop?
• Dr. Jenny Heathcote: Hepatitis C treatment: Past, Present and Future

As a part of this symposium, Dr. Justina Sam, an internal medicine resident at the University of Toronto, studied the knowledge level of conference attendees on viral hepatitis and liver disease.

Chinese Health Fair at the China Town Centre, September 28, 2008
Sponsored by the Toronto Chinese Health Education Committee

More than 250 community members participated in various activities such as health checkups, attended health talks, free massage, and health information booths from numerous agencies. Dr. Hemant Shah, a physician at the TWH Liver Centre, holds a pair of chopsticks at the Liver Booth. The message is that neither hepatitis B nor hepatitis C are spread through sharing food. Special thanks to Katherine Mok of the Save and Sound Consultant Ltd (Etobicoke) and Patrick Wong of the Fairchild Group for their generous donation of the chopsticks.