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IN CONVERSATION WITH Dr Bilal Bobat, a Specialist Gastroenterologist and Transplant Hepatologist at the Wits Donald Gord

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Dr Bilal Bobat, a Specialist Gastroenterologist and Transplant Hepatologist at the Wits Donald Gordon Medical Centre and a lecturer at the University of the Witwatersrand. His work focuses on the care of patients before and after liver transplantation, with clinical interests in autoimmune liver disease and liver cancer. Alongside his clinical practice, Dr Bobat is actively involved in research in gastroenterology and hepatology, contributing to advances in liver disease management and transplant medicine. He joins us today to discuss Africa's first liver perfusion machine and what this groundbreaking technology could mean for the future of organ transplantation in South Africa.
7 Jul English South Africa Science · Technology

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