International Hepato-Pancreato-Biliary Association (IHPBA) is a non-profit organization established in 1994 to focus on medical conditions and procedures related to the liver, pancreas and biliary tract.
The organisation traces its origin to International Biliary Association (IBA), which was founded in 1978 in San Francisco.
The organisation was incorporated in the United States in June 2001, and it established the Warren Research Fellowship in the same year.
Regional Associations currently affiliated with the IHPBA include: National Chapters variably affiliated with the IHPBA have existed in Argentina, Greece, Italy, Japan, and the United States for a number of years.
National Chapters have emerged in Brazil, Canada, China, the Czech Republic, Ecuador, Egypt, Germany, India, Italy,[11] Korea, Scandinavia, South Africa, Sri Lanka[12] and the United Kingdom.