The EHPBA was founded in 1999 as the European Regional Association of the International Hepato-Pancreato-Biliary Association (IHPBA).

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The primary mission of the Association is to be the prime interdisciplinary organisation for HPB-surgical science and scholarship in our region, and to provide an international forum for presenting the state-of-the-art developments and science of HPB-surgery. 

IHPBA dates back to 1978 when it was founded as the International Biliary Association (IBA) in San Francisco California. The new IHPBA was formally inaugurated at its first General Assembly on May 31st 1994 in Boston, Massachusetts, and USA. The IHPBA was incorporated as a non-profit organisation with the goals of finding effective treatment for the disorders of the liver, pancreas and biliary tree: promoting understanding, encourage change, study problems, foster friendship in the field of HPB surgery, strive towards highest ethical standards and foster education and career development in the field.

Société Française de Chirurgie Digestive