Liver transplant experts gather at the University of Birmingham to celebrate 30 years of research

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Internationally renowned pioneers of liver transplantation and experts in liver disease were at the two-day International Liver Symposium held at the University’s College of Medical and Dental Sciences on 5-6 September 2017.Birmingham has one of the largest liver transplant programmes in Europe. This year saw the 5,000th liver transplant being performed across Birmingham Children’s Hospital and Queen Elizabeth Hospital Birmingham, part of Birmingham Health Partners, a strategic alliance between the University of Birmingham, University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust and Birmingham Women’s and Children’s NHS Foundation Trust. 2017 also marks the 30th anniversary of the Centre for Liver Research at the University of Birmingham.

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