Welcome Address.

Under the Patronage of our Pediatric Hepatology and Gastroenterology Unit leader in 1994, Professor M. Khalil Abd El-Khalik, we started one of the earliest, if not absolutely the first, International Congresses of Pediatric Hepatology, Gastroenterology and Nutrition in the world. My colleagues at Cairo University, particularly Professors Nabil Abd El-Aziz, Hanaa El-Karaksy, Nehal El-Koofy not to mention many others, did a great job and shared in the success of this Congress. With the help from other Universities and Institutes in Egypt, we were able to conduct this annual Congress, invite eminent scientists, clinicians and practitioners and arrange wonderful scientific/social gathering since that time. In 2012, we wish to invite you to share in this landmark Pediatric Hepatology, Gastroenterology and Nutrition event, and we hope that we can keep up to your expectations as we have always tried.

Congress President

Mortada El-Shabrawi, MD

Professor of Pediatrics

Chief of Pediatric Hepatology Unit
Cairo University, Cairo, Egypt