E-AHPBA - HPB Insights
Join Malini Bhana from the E-AHPBA Early Career Group as she leads us through each episode, exploring the latest developments, innovations, and perspectives in HPB surgery and care. Featuring expert voices from across the field, this podcast offers insightful discussions, real-world experiences, and cutting-edge research, all designed to inform, inspire, and connect the HPB community.
Episodes
Episode 4 - Women in HPB Surgery Part 1: Women in Surgical Leadership
This episode explores women, leadership, and the future of HPB surgery — and we’re joined by someone at the very heart of that conversation: Dr Isabella Frigerio, leading pancreatic surgeon from Italy and President‑Elect of the E‑AHPBA.
Together, we delve into the challenges and opportunities for women in HPB, and move beyond gender to discuss mentorship, the qualities that define exceptional surg
Episode 3 - Challenging Decisions in Chronic Pancreatitis
The management of chronic pancreatitis remains challenging, and while advances in endoscopy, imaging, and surgery have improved outcomes, it is harsh testimony that a total pancreatectomy, the earliest operation performed for CP back in 1946, is still a treatment option for a benign disease that was identified on autopsy more than 200 years ago.
Today we are joined by Professor Ajith Siriwardena,
Episode 2 - Pancreas matters: Vascular reconstructions & emergencies in pancreatic surgery
During this episode we turn our focus to one of the more demanding aspects of pancreatic surgery: vascular reconstructions and intra-operative emergencies. These are moments that test not only technical ability, but judgement, preparation, and teamwork. Knowing when and how to perform vascular reconstruction - and how to respond when things don’t go to plan, can be the difference between success a
Episode 1 - Presidential notes on redefining success: Legacy and leadership in HPB surgery
HPB surgery is defined by complexity, high stakes, and constant pressure, it’s easy to measure success in numbers: cases performed, papers published, positions held. But what does a sustainable, fulfilling career in HPB surgery really look like over decades of practice?
Dr Malini Bhana and Dr Brian Kiplagat Misoi are joined for our very first episode by Professor Eduard Jonas, President of the E-A
