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Khin Maung Win

Khin Maung Win

Editorial Board Member
Yangon GI & Liver Centre Myanmar Member since 2017

Biography

Khin Maung Win Graduated from Mandalay University of Medicine, Myanmar in 1974 and obtained Master Degree in Internal Medicine in 1978. Trained in GI and Liver Services in Royal Infirmary Edinburgh under Dr Neil Finalyson in 1983 and joined Liver Unit Royal Free Hospital London as assistant lecturer under Professor Dame Sheila Sherlock and Prof Neil McIntyre. Achieved MRCP in 1984 and FRCP in 1997. After his studies, worked at Liver Unit, Yangon General Hospital (YGH) and Head of Department of Experimental Medicine, Department of Medical Research (DMR). In 1991, he received a scholarship as Senior Research Fellow from WHO and worked at Hôpital Henri Mondor, Paris for one year with Jean-Michel Pawlotsky under Prof Daniel Dhumeaux. Trained in Clinical Hepatology and bench works on effect of TGF β on Hepatic Stellate cells and was able to publish two-peer-reviewed articles on liver fibrosis. He served as Professor and Head of Department of Hepatology in YGH (1994 – 2007). Established GI & Liver Centre and heads the Department of Hepatology in Yangon GI & Liver Centre to date. Involved in many multi-centre trials as Principal Investigator on 'Phase III Multi-Centre Open-Label Randomized Controlled Trial of Selective Internal Radiation Therapy Versus Sorafenib in Locally Advanced Hepatocellular Carcinoma'. One of his greatest achievements is the successful development of Plasma-derived Hepatitis B vaccine in Myanmar in collaboration with WHO, CDC and New York Blood Center in 1997 with funding from UNDP. Awarded as Honorary Professor, Department of Hepatology, University of Medicine (1), Ministry of Health and Sports, Myanmar.

Research Interests

Treatment of Viral Hepatitis B and C Liver Disease and Liver Cancer

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