Sekkapan Thannimalai Sambathan Malaysia

Started houseman ship at hospital Taiping and worked at various KKM hospital all throughout semenanjung Malaysia . Surgical masters were under HUKM off campus at HTAA Kuantan under Dato jiffre. Did gazettement at HSA and continued serving here . UGI sub training were at HUKM , IKN and GEM Hospital Coimbatore India (overseas). My area of interest if minimally invasive esophagectomy for both benign and malignant condition and functional disease of Upper GI track. Actively involved various research on bariatric surgery and functional disease

Day 1 - 17 October 2025

Time	Session

14:00 15:15	Symposium 3b: UGI Emergencies Ahmad Junaidi Bin Ahmad Hamidi Chairperson Azrina binti Abu Bakar Chairperson Managing Gastric Outlet Obstruction Hashimah Binti Abdul Rahman Speaker Management of UGI bleeding Ng Chong Beng Speaker Management of corrosive injury Sekkapan Thannimalai Sambathan Speaker Q&A The Zenith

Day 2 - 18 October 2025

Time	Session

10:05 11:20	Symposium 6b: Salvage UGI surgery Hans Alexander Mahendran Chairperson Tan Yun Rong Chairperson Best Approaches for the High-risk Perforated Peptic Ulcer – Playing it Safe or Pushing the Limits? Sekkapan Thannimalai Sambathan Speaker A step-wise approach to delayed oesophageal perforation Ooi Wei Keat Speaker Multi-modal approach to Recalcitrant peptic ulcer bleeding Hashimah Binti Abdul Rahman Speaker Q&A The Zenith

Time

Session

10:05

11:20

Symposium 6b: Salvage UGI surgery

Hans Alexander Mahendran Chairperson

Tan Yun Rong Chairperson

The Zenith