The Tragic Loss of Prof Alaa Fayez: It is with deep regret and sadness that we announce the tragic death of Prof Alaa Fayez in a car accident. Prof Alaa Fayez, who is a founding of member of our society, was an eminent pediatric liver transplant surgeon and the first elected President of Ain Shams University in Egypt. He was a great person and will be extremely missed by all of us who knew him. May Allah bless his soul and give his family courage and patience.
PALTS group on Linkedin 
: we have created a professional group on Linkedin, many Doctors joined the group including some international experts. There are many interesting discussions and questions posted by different members. All future PALTS news and updates will be also posted on the Linkedin. We encourage all PALTS members to join the group by opening the following link; Pan Arab Liver Transplant Society group.
First Liver Transplant in Qatar: Surgeons at Hamad Medical Corporation (HMC) have performed the first deceased donor liver transplant in Qatar. The donor was a 48 yrs Filipino who died of a cerebral stroke; and the recipient was a 43 yrs Egyptian who had end-stage liver disease due to Hepatitis C virus. The procedure was uneventful and the patient was discharged on the 10th post-operative day. The pioneering liver transplant comes a week after the inauguration of the Qatar Center for Organ Transplantation (QCOT). More details...
First Liver Transplant in Iraq: The first liver transplant in Iraq was performed at Zheen International Hospital in Erbil (Kurdistan Region) by Dr Assad Hassoun and his surgical team from San Francisco, CA. This was a living donor liver transplant for cryptogenic cirrhosis in a 21 year-old patient. More details...
Prof Alaa Fayez Hamza, PALTS Treasurer, has been declared as the first elected President for Ain Shams University, Egypt. More details...
Prof Mohammed Al-Sebayel, PALTS President, has been awarded Master of Public Health (MPH) by the University of Liverpool after defending his thesis titled "Donor Organ Shortage Crisis: A Case Study Review of an Economic-Incentive System". Download
Prof. Alaa Hamza, Prof. Refaat Kamel, and Prof. Hatem Khalaf were all granted honorary European Diploma in Transplantation Surgery by the Division of Transplantation of the European Union of Medical Specialists (UEMS) and the European Board of Surgery (EBS) which work in close collaboration with the European Society of Organ Transplantation (ESOT).
