Wednesday 25 / December / 2024
Muscat: Well-known expert Dr Anil Vaidya gave a talk on ‘Multi-Visceral & Abdominal Transplant with the Emphasis on Pancreas Transplant’ at an international medical conference held in Muscat on Friday.
Dr Vaidya, who is chair and director of Institute of Multi-Visceral and Abdominal Organ Transplant, MGM Healthcare in the Indian city of Chennai, was the guest speaker at the conference held at Grand Hyatt Hotel, Muscat.
Pancreas transplants
During his presentation, Dr Vaidya touched upon three key topics including renal transplants for very small child (<10 kg), pancreas transplant to cure diabetes and, intestinal failure, it’s treatment via TPN and intestinal transplantation.
He highlighted the key points that contribute to a successful outcome in these areas.
Dr Vaidya went on to describe the technique of transplant oncology where slow growing tumours of the abdominal cavity can be treated and cured via intestinal and multi-visceral transplantation.
The cancers that can be cured with transplantation include metastatic neuro-endocrine tumours, desmoid tumours and pseudomyxoma peritonei from an appendiceal cancer.
The highlight of Dr Vaidya’s presentations was ‘Newer treatment for Diabetes’ including cellular therapy such as islet cell transplant and autologous de differentiated pluri potent stem cells.
Dr. Vaidya is one of the few surgeons in the world who has done over 1,000 pancreas transplants. He conducted Asia’s first En-Bloc Heart Liver Transplant. He is also credited with pioneering the field of Transplant Oncology. Dr. Vaidya has a lifetime goal to promote a world that is free of diabetes by the year 2O3O and free of dialysis by the year 2O5O.
Organised by MGM Health Care, Chennai, in joint association with Lama Polyclinic, Muscat Family Physicians’ Group and Global Treatment Services, the conference was attended by 65 practicing doctors of Oman which included Hepato biliary surgeons, general & laparoscopic surgeons, gastroenterologist, internists, pediatricians, A&R doctors, anesthetists, family physicians, homeopathy and ayurvedic doctors. The conference concluded with proactive discussions.
In his concluding remarks, Dr. Sanjay Dalal, the organiser, said, “Unfortunately these kinds of surgeries are not conducted in Oman. Dr Vaidya’s goal is to mentor a transplant programme in Oman so that there is no need of sending patients outside the country for these procedures”.
He thanked the doctors who attended the conference and added, “Irrespective of specialty of the doctors who attended the conference there was a take home message for every doctor”.
Dr Dalal concluded by promising to continue organising such educative medical meetings for the benefit of healthcare professionals of Oman.
