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ADAM SLIVKA 
Dr Adam Slivka, MD,PhD is a professor of Medicine at the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center (UPMC). He attended the University of Michigan and earned a BS with Honors in Biochemistry. He then entered an NIH funded Medical Scientist Training Program and Mount Sinai and obtained his MD and PhD degree in Neurochemistry. Medical training culminated in residency and fellowship at the Brigham and Women’s Hospital. Dr Slivka has been on faculty at the University of Pittsburgh since 1994 and was recently promoted to be Director of the GI service line for the UPMC Health System. With over 150 peer-reviewed manuscripts, Dr Slivka is a leading authority on ERCP, mechanisms of disease of the pancreas and bile ducts and non-invasive diagnosis of pancreaticobiliary malignancy.
ADAM SLIVKA
Dr Adam Slivka, MD,PhD is a professor of Medicine at the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center (UPMC). He attended the University of Michigan and earned a BS with Honors in Biochemistry. He then entered an NIH funded Medical Scientist Training Program and Mount Sinai and obtained his MD and PhD degree in Neurochemistry. Medical training culminated in residency and fellowship at the Brigham and Women’s Hospital. Dr Slivka has been on faculty at the University of Pittsburgh since 1994 and was recently promoted to be Director of the GI service line for the UPMC Health System. With over 150 peer-reviewed manuscripts, Dr Slivka is a leading authority on ERCP, mechanisms of disease of the pancreas and bile ducts and non-invasive diagnosis of pancreaticobiliary malignancy.
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ALBERTO R FERRERES
Professor Alberto Ferreres graduated summa cum laude from the University of Buenos Aires in 1979, and then trained in general surgery and surgical oncology at the same institution. Since 2002, he is Professor and Chair of the Department of Surgery at the University of Buenos Aires Dr Carlos Bocalandro Hospital. He is the current Governor of the Argentina American College of Surgeons Chapter and President Elect of the Argentine Surgical Academy. He belongs to the Editorial Board of Annals of Surgery, Annals of Surgery, Journal of Gastrointestinal Surgery and reviewer for Surgery and the Journal of the American College of Surgeons. He is Editor in Chief of the ACS Textbook in Surgical Ethics, announced for October 2017.
ALBERTO R FERRERES
Professor Alberto Ferreres graduated summa cum laude from the University of Buenos Aires in 1979, and then trained in general surgery and surgical oncology at the same institution. Since 2002, he is Professor and Chair of the Department of Surgery at the University of Buenos Aires Dr Carlos Bocalandro Hospital. He is the current Governor of the Argentina American College of Surgeons Chapter and President Elect of the Argentine Surgical Academy. He belongs to the Editorial Board of Annals of Surgery, Annals of Surgery, Journal of Gastrointestinal Surgery and reviewer for Surgery and the Journal of the American College of Surgeons. He is Editor in Chief of the ACS Textbook in Surgical Ethics, announced for October 2017.
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ASADUR JORGE TCHEKMEDYIAN
Presidente electo de la Sociedad Interamericana de Endosocopia Digestiva - SIED.
Ex-Profesor adjunto de Gastroenterología
Ex-Presidente de la Sociedad de Gastroenterología del Uruguay
Editor del Newsletter “Network of Gastroenterologists in Radiation Protection in Latin American Countries”/OIEA.
Miembro de honor de la Sociedad Ecuatoriana de Endoscopia Digestiva
ASADUR JORGE TCHEKMEDYIAN
Presidente electo de la Sociedad Interamericana de Endosocopia Digestiva - SIED.
Ex-Profesor adjunto de Gastroenterología
Ex-Presidente de la Sociedad de Gastroenterología del Uruguay
Editor del Newsletter “Network of Gastroenterologists in Radiation Protection in Latin American Countries”/OIEA.
Miembro de honor de la Sociedad Ecuatoriana de Endoscopia Digestiva
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AURELIO LOPEZ COLOMBO
I am gastroenterologist, endoscopist trained in Centro Medico Nacional Siglo XXI and I was also trained in Neurogastroenterolgy in the Instituto Nacional de Ciencias Medicas y Nutrición Salvador Zubirán.
At this moment I am the President of the Asociación Mexicana de Gastroenterología. (Mexican Gastroenterology Association)
AURELIO LOPEZ COLOMBO
I am gastroenterologist, endoscopist trained in Centro Medico Nacional Siglo XXI and I was also trained in Neurogastroenterolgy in the Instituto Nacional de Ciencias Medicas y Nutrición Salvador Zubirán.
At this moment I am the President of the Asociación Mexicana de Gastroenterología. (Mexican Gastroenterology Association)
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CARLOS ROBLES-MEDRANDA
Dr. Carlos Robles-Medranda, is a physician graduated at the Santiago de Guayaquil Catholic University (School of Medicine) in 2003. He was a resident in Hepato-gastoenterology at the Clementino Fraga Filho Hospital, Federal University of Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brasil, and his fellowship in Hepato-gastoenterology & Interventional Endoscopy at Edouard Herriot Hospital, Claude Bernard Lyon 1 University, Lyon, France. His expertise and research area is Diagnostic and Advanced Endoscopy techniques. Nowadays, Dr. Robles-Medranda is Director of the World Endoscopy Organization Outreach Training Center for Latin America in Guayaquil, Ecuador and member of the Governing Board as Chairman of the Outreach Comittee at World Endoscopy Organization.
Instituto Ecuatoriano de Enfermedades Digestivas- IECED, University Hospital OMNI, World Endoscopy Organization Outreach Training Center
CARLOS ROBLES-MEDRANDA
Dr. Carlos Robles-Medranda, is a physician graduated at the Santiago de Guayaquil Catholic University (School of Medicine) in 2003. He was a resident in Hepato-gastoenterology at the Clementino Fraga Filho Hospital, Federal University of Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brasil, and his fellowship in Hepato-gastoenterology & Interventional Endoscopy at Edouard Herriot Hospital, Claude Bernard Lyon 1 University, Lyon, France. His expertise and research area is Diagnostic and Advanced Endoscopy techniques. Nowadays, Dr. Robles-Medranda is Director of the World Endoscopy Organization Outreach Training Center for Latin America in Guayaquil, Ecuador and member of the Governing Board as Chairman of the Outreach Comittee at World Endoscopy Organization.
Instituto Ecuatoriano de Enfermedades Digestivas- IECED, University Hospital OMNI, World Endoscopy Organization Outreach Training Center
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CHRISTOPHER THOMPSON
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CLAUDIO FIOCCHI
Dr. Fiocchi obtained his medical degree in 1969 from the Santa Casa Faculty of Medicine in São Paulo, Brazil. From 1970 to 1980 he undertook additional training in internal medicine, immunology and gastroenterology in São Paulo, Brazil, and Baltimore and Cleveland, USA. Since 1980 he has held faculty positions and professorships at the Cleveland Clinic and Case Western Reserve University, both in Cleveland, Ohio, USA.
Dr. Claudio Fiocchi is Professor of Molecular Medicine at the Cleveland Clinic Lerner College of Medicine, Cleveland, since 2005. Since 1993 he is also Professor of Medicine in the School of Medicine of Case Western Reserve University, as well as Professor of Pathology and Professor of Pediatrics at the same university since 1994 and 1997 respectively. His lifelong research interest is the pathogenesis of inflammatory bowel disease, where he has made numerous contributions in the areas of immunoregulation, cytokines, immune-nonimmune cell interactions, angiogenesis, fibrosis and pediatric IBD. His most recent area of interest is the use of systems biology to understand IBD pathogenesis in a more comprehensive fashion.
Dr. Fiocchi has received numerous recognitions including the Premier Physician Award, Crohn’s & Colitis Foundation of America (1991), MERIT Award, National Institutes of Health, USA (1999), Honorary Membership, Portuguese Society of Gastroenterology (2005), The Clifford and Jane Anthony Chair for Digestive Disease Research and Education (2007), Honorary Foreign Membership, Brazilian National Academy of Medicine (2010), the Henry Janowitz Lifetime Achievement Award in IBD, Crohn’s & Colitis Foundation of America (2010), Honorary Membership, Brazilian Federation of Gastroenterology (2011), International Herbert Falk Award, Falk Foundation, Germany (2013), DigestScience Research Award, European Crohn’s & Colitis Organization (2014), and the Truelove Lecture, International Organization for Inflammatory Bowel Disease (2017).
In addition, he served as Associate Editor or Editorial Board member of several journal including Gastroenterology, Inflammatory Bowel Diseases, Digestive and Liver Disease, Current Opinion in Gastroenterology, and the American Journal of Physiology (Gastrointestinal & Liver Physiology).
CLAUDIO FIOCCHI
Dr. Fiocchi obtained his medical degree in 1969 from the Santa Casa Faculty of Medicine in São Paulo, Brazil. From 1970 to 1980 he undertook additional training in internal medicine, immunology and gastroenterology in São Paulo, Brazil, and Baltimore and Cleveland, USA. Since 1980 he has held faculty positions and professorships at the Cleveland Clinic and Case Western Reserve University, both in Cleveland, Ohio, USA.
Dr. Claudio Fiocchi is Professor of Molecular Medicine at the Cleveland Clinic Lerner College of Medicine, Cleveland, since 2005. Since 1993 he is also Professor of Medicine in the School of Medicine of Case Western Reserve University, as well as Professor of Pathology and Professor of Pediatrics at the same university since 1994 and 1997 respectively. His lifelong research interest is the pathogenesis of inflammatory bowel disease, where he has made numerous contributions in the areas of immunoregulation, cytokines, immune-nonimmune cell interactions, angiogenesis, fibrosis and pediatric IBD. His most recent area of interest is the use of systems biology to understand IBD pathogenesis in a more comprehensive fashion.
Dr. Fiocchi has received numerous recognitions including the Premier Physician Award, Crohn’s & Colitis Foundation of America (1991), MERIT Award, National Institutes of Health, USA (1999), Honorary Membership, Portuguese Society of Gastroenterology (2005), The Clifford and Jane Anthony Chair for Digestive Disease Research and Education (2007), Honorary Foreign Membership, Brazilian National Academy of Medicine (2010), the Henry Janowitz Lifetime Achievement Award in IBD, Crohn’s & Colitis Foundation of America (2010), Honorary Membership, Brazilian Federation of Gastroenterology (2011), International Herbert Falk Award, Falk Foundation, Germany (2013), DigestScience Research Award, European Crohn’s & Colitis Organization (2014), and the Truelove Lecture, International Organization for Inflammatory Bowel Disease (2017).
In addition, he served as Associate Editor or Editorial Board member of several journal including Gastroenterology, Inflammatory Bowel Diseases, Digestive and Liver Disease, Current Opinion in Gastroenterology, and the American Journal of Physiology (Gastrointestinal & Liver Physiology).
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CYNTHIA LEVY
Dr. Cynthia Levy is a native of Brazil, where she graduated from medical school at Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro. She completed residency in Internal Medicine first at her home institution and then at University of Miami/Jackson Memorial Hospital. Dr. Levy undertook training in Gastroenterology at Mayo Clinic Rochester, MN, and subsequently went to University of Florida, Gainesville, for a Transplant Hepatology Fellowship, later joining their faculty. In 2010 she returned to the University of Miami as an Associate Professor of Medicine.
Dr. Levy currently serves as the Assistant Director for the Schiff Center for Liver Diseases and is the Program Director for the Transplant Hepatology Fellowship. She has a strong research interest in autoimmune and cholestatic liver diseases and runs both investigator-initiated and industry-sponsored studies. Her expertise is recognized internationally; she has more than 60 peer-reviewed publications, in addition to editorials and book chapters.
CYNTHIA LEVY
Dr. Cynthia Levy is a native of Brazil, where she graduated from medical school at Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro. She completed residency in Internal Medicine first at her home institution and then at University of Miami/Jackson Memorial Hospital. Dr. Levy undertook training in Gastroenterology at Mayo Clinic Rochester, MN, and subsequently went to University of Florida, Gainesville, for a Transplant Hepatology Fellowship, later joining their faculty. In 2010 she returned to the University of Miami as an Associate Professor of Medicine.
Dr. Levy currently serves as the Assistant Director for the Schiff Center for Liver Diseases and is the Program Director for the Transplant Hepatology Fellowship. She has a strong research interest in autoimmune and cholestatic liver diseases and runs both investigator-initiated and industry-sponsored studies. Her expertise is recognized internationally; she has more than 60 peer-reviewed publications, in addition to editorials and book chapters.
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DANIEL B. JONES
Dr Jones is Professor of Surgery at Harvard Medical School and Vice Chair of Surgery at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center in Boston . He graduated from Cornell University and Cornel Medical College. He completed his surgical training at Washington University School of Medicine. Dr Jones serves on the Board of the Society for Surgery of the Alimentary Tract (SSAT). He is Past President of the Association for Surgical Education (ASE) and current President of the Society of American Gastrointestinal and Endoscopic Surgeons (SAGES). He has over 250 publications. His academic interests include simulation, surgical education, MIS and bariatric surgery.
DANIEL B. JONES
Dr Jones is Professor of Surgery at Harvard Medical School and Vice Chair of Surgery at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center in Boston . He graduated from Cornell University and Cornel Medical College. He completed his surgical training at Washington University School of Medicine. Dr Jones serves on the Board of the Society for Surgery of the Alimentary Tract (SSAT). He is Past President of the Association for Surgical Education (ASE) and current President of the Society of American Gastrointestinal and Endoscopic Surgeons (SAGES). He has over 250 publications. His academic interests include simulation, surgical education, MIS and bariatric surgery.
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DONALD MACINTOSH
Dr. Donald MacIntosh is a Canadian-trained gastroenterologist and a Professor of Medicine at Dalhousie University in Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada. He has practiced gastroenterology with interests in IBD and therapeutic endoscopy. Since 2007, his main clinical interest has been endoscopy quality improvement.
Dr. MacIntosh is currently the national co-chair of the Canadian Association of Gastroenterology Skills Enhancement for Endoscopy program. He has personally taught over 100 Colonoscopy Skills Improvement and Train the Endoscopy Trainer courses nationally and internationally. He is currently the CAG Visiting Clinical Professor for 2017-18.
DONALD MACINTOSH
Dr. Donald MacIntosh is a Canadian-trained gastroenterologist and a Professor of Medicine at Dalhousie University in Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada. He has practiced gastroenterology with interests in IBD and therapeutic endoscopy. Since 2007, his main clinical interest has been endoscopy quality improvement.
Dr. MacIntosh is currently the national co-chair of the Canadian Association of Gastroenterology Skills Enhancement for Endoscopy program. He has personally taught over 100 Colonoscopy Skills Improvement and Train the Endoscopy Trainer courses nationally and internationally. He is currently the CAG Visiting Clinical Professor for 2017-18.
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DOUGLAS FAIGEL
Dr. Douglas Faigel is the Co-director of the World Endoscopy Organization Program for Endoscopic Teachers. He is Professor of Medicine and Chairman of the Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology at the Mayo Clinic Arizona. He served as President of the American Society for Gastrointestinal Endoscopy from 2015 to 2016. He was educated at Harvard University and received his medical degree from the University of Pennsylvania before completing training in Internal Medicine at the University of California San Francisco and Fellowships in Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Advanced Endoscopy at the University of Pennsylvania. He was previously Professor of Medicine and Director of Endoscopy at Oregon Health and Science University before joining the Mayo Clinic in 2010.
DOUGLAS FAIGEL
Dr. Douglas Faigel is the Co-director of the World Endoscopy Organization Program for Endoscopic Teachers. He is Professor of Medicine and Chairman of the Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology at the Mayo Clinic Arizona. He served as President of the American Society for Gastrointestinal Endoscopy from 2015 to 2016. He was educated at Harvard University and received his medical degree from the University of Pennsylvania before completing training in Internal Medicine at the University of California San Francisco and Fellowships in Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Advanced Endoscopy at the University of Pennsylvania. He was previously Professor of Medicine and Director of Endoscopy at Oregon Health and Science University before joining the Mayo Clinic in 2010.
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EAMONN QUIGLEY
Eamonn M M Quigley is David M Underwood Chair of Medicine in Digestive Disorders, Chief of the Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Medical Director of the Lynda K and David M Underwood Center for Digestive Disorders and Professor of Medicine, Weill Cornell Medical College at Houston Methodist Hospital, Houston, Texas, USA. A graduate of University College Cork, Ireland, Dr Quigley trained in internal medicine in Glasgow and Manchester, UK, and in gastroenterology in Glasgow, the Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota and Manchester. In 1986 he joined the faculty at the University of Nebraska Medical Center in Omaha, Nebraska where he ultimately served as Chief of Gastroenterology and Hepatology. Returning to Cork in 1998 he served as Dean of the Medical School at UCC for 7 years and has been a principal investigator at the Alimentary Pharamabiotic Center (now Institute) since its inception. He took up his current position in January 2013. He served as president of both the American College of Gastroenterology and the World Gastroenterology Organization and is a past editor-in-chief of the American Journal of Gastroenterology. Clinical and research interests include irritable bowel syndrome, gastrointestinal motility and the role of the gut microbiota in health and in gastrointestinal and metabolic disorders. He has authored over 900 publications and edited or co-edited 22 books or monographs. He has received numerous awards world-wide.
EAMONN QUIGLEY
Eamonn M M Quigley is David M Underwood Chair of Medicine in Digestive Disorders, Chief of the Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Medical Director of the Lynda K and David M Underwood Center for Digestive Disorders and Professor of Medicine, Weill Cornell Medical College at Houston Methodist Hospital, Houston, Texas, USA. A graduate of University College Cork, Ireland, Dr Quigley trained in internal medicine in Glasgow and Manchester, UK, and in gastroenterology in Glasgow, the Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota and Manchester. In 1986 he joined the faculty at the University of Nebraska Medical Center in Omaha, Nebraska where he ultimately served as Chief of Gastroenterology and Hepatology. Returning to Cork in 1998 he served as Dean of the Medical School at UCC for 7 years and has been a principal investigator at the Alimentary Pharamabiotic Center (now Institute) since its inception. He took up his current position in January 2013. He served as president of both the American College of Gastroenterology and the World Gastroenterology Organization and is a past editor-in-chief of the American Journal of Gastroenterology. Clinical and research interests include irritable bowel syndrome, gastrointestinal motility and the role of the gut microbiota in health and in gastrointestinal and metabolic disorders. He has authored over 900 publications and edited or co-edited 22 books or monographs. He has received numerous awards world-wide.
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EDUARDO GUTIERREZ GALIANA
Dr. Eduardo Gutiérrez Galiana
Médico Gastroenterólogo y Endoscopista Digestivo de la "Clínica del Aparato Digestivo Prof. H. Gutiérrez Blanco". Montevideo. Uruguay
Ex Presidente de la Sociedad Uruguaya de Endoscopia Digestiva SUED 2004 - 2006
Ex Presidente de la Sociedad de Gastroenterología del Uruguay SGU 2013 - 2015
Presidente Electo de la Organización Panamericana de Gastroenterología OPGE 2018 - 2020
EDUARDO GUTIERREZ GALIANA
Dr. Eduardo Gutiérrez Galiana
Médico Gastroenterólogo y Endoscopista Digestivo de la "Clínica del Aparato Digestivo Prof. H. Gutiérrez Blanco". Montevideo. Uruguay
Ex Presidente de la Sociedad Uruguaya de Endoscopia Digestiva SUED 2004 - 2006
Ex Presidente de la Sociedad de Gastroenterología del Uruguay SGU 2013 - 2015
Presidente Electo de la Organización Panamericana de Gastroenterología OPGE 2018 - 2020
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ELIAS FORERO
Dr. Elias Alfonso Forero Piñeros, medico internista, Gastroenterologo, ecoendoscopista. Ex-director de los servicios de Endoscopia del hospital de la policia y del Hospital Simón bolivar, en bogota. Autor y editor de dos libros de Endosonografia. Actualmente es el Director del Gastrocentro en Bogotá-Colombia.
ELIAS FORERO
Dr. Elias Alfonso Forero Piñeros, medico internista, Gastroenterologo, ecoendoscopista. Ex-director de los servicios de Endoscopia del hospital de la policia y del Hospital Simón bolivar, en bogota. Autor y editor de dos libros de Endosonografia. Actualmente es el Director del Gastrocentro en Bogotá-Colombia.
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FABIAN EMURA
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FERNANDO CONTRERAS
Profesor de Medicina Universidad Nacional Pedro Henriquez Urena
Presidente Asociación Latino Americana para el Estudio del Higado (ALEH)
Director Capitulo de Higado Sociedad Dominicana de Gastroenterologia
Director Centro de Gastroenterologia Avanzada
Director Centro de Entrenamiento Endoscopia para el Caribe FUJI
Fellow American College of Physician
Fellow American College of Gastroenterology
American Gastroenterology Fellow
FERNANDO CONTRERAS
Profesor de Medicina Universidad Nacional Pedro Henriquez Urena
Presidente Asociación Latino Americana para el Estudio del Higado (ALEH)
Director Capitulo de Higado Sociedad Dominicana de Gastroenterologia
Director Centro de Gastroenterologia Avanzada
Director Centro de Entrenamiento Endoscopia para el Caribe FUJI
Fellow American College of Physician
Fellow American College of Gastroenterology
American Gastroenterology Fellow
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FERNANDO DIP
Dr. Fernando Dip is a surgeon and medical researcher from Buenos Aires, Argentina, who is currently running multicenter trials in Near Infrared Guided Surgery between The United States and Europe.
Dr. Dip has made significant scientific contributions to Surgical Oncology and New Technologies.
Dr. Dip received his M.D. from the University of Rosario, Santa Fe, Argentina, and completed his Clinical Training in General Surgery. He’s performed a Fellowship in Surgical Oncology at the same Hospital and, in 2010, he was appointed as Staff of the Cancer Division of The University of Buenos Aires.
In 2011, Dr. Fernando Dip performed a Research at the Cleveland Clinic in Florida and at the Florida InternationalUniversity, where he conducted FDA trials.
Since 2013, Dr. Dip has served as associate Faculty in Cleveland Clinic in Florida.
From 2012 to 2017, the Dr. was a tenured investigator at the University of Buenos Aires in the Near Infrared Guided Surgery field. Dr. Fernando Dip also served as the Chief of Surgical Research, Instructor of Resident of the Department of Surgery at the Hospital de Clinicas, hospital.
FERNANDO DIP
Dr. Fernando Dip is a surgeon and medical researcher from Buenos Aires, Argentina, who is currently running multicenter trials in Near Infrared Guided Surgery between The United States and Europe.
Dr. Dip has made significant scientific contributions to Surgical Oncology and New Technologies.
Dr. Dip received his M.D. from the University of Rosario, Santa Fe, Argentina, and completed his Clinical Training in General Surgery. He’s performed a Fellowship in Surgical Oncology at the same Hospital and, in 2010, he was appointed as Staff of the Cancer Division of The University of Buenos Aires.
In 2011, Dr. Fernando Dip performed a Research at the Cleveland Clinic in Florida and at the Florida InternationalUniversity, where he conducted FDA trials.
Since 2013, Dr. Dip has served as associate Faculty in Cleveland Clinic in Florida.
From 2012 to 2017, the Dr. was a tenured investigator at the University of Buenos Aires in the Near Infrared Guided Surgery field. Dr. Fernando Dip also served as the Chief of Surgical Research, Instructor of Resident of the Department of Surgery at the Hospital de Clinicas, hospital.
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GREGORY D. KENNEDY
Dr. Kennedy is certified by the American Board of Colon and Rectal Surgery and by the American Board of Surgery. In addition, he is a Fellow of the American College of Surgeons and a Fellow of the American Society of Colon and Rectal Surgery. Kennedy’s main interest is in laparoscopic approaches to complex colorectal disease. He has experience with all advanced laparoscopic and minimally invasive approaches including single-incision laparoscopy and robotic surgery. His clinical areas of expertise include colon cancer, rectal cancer, inflammatory bowel disease, benign conditions of colon, rectum, and anus, and endoscopic treatment of colonic disease.
GREGORY D. KENNEDY
Dr. Kennedy is certified by the American Board of Colon and Rectal Surgery and by the American Board of Surgery. In addition, he is a Fellow of the American College of Surgeons and a Fellow of the American Society of Colon and Rectal Surgery. Kennedy’s main interest is in laparoscopic approaches to complex colorectal disease. He has experience with all advanced laparoscopic and minimally invasive approaches including single-incision laparoscopy and robotic surgery. His clinical areas of expertise include colon cancer, rectal cancer, inflammatory bowel disease, benign conditions of colon, rectum, and anus, and endoscopic treatment of colonic disease.
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HARUHIRO INOUE
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HEIKO POHL
Heiko Pohl is Associated Professor of Medicine at the Geisel School of Medicine at Dartmouth and The Dartmouth Institute in New Hampshire, USA. He is the Director of the Endoscopy unit at the Veterans Affairs Hospital in White River Junction, Vermont. He serves as the co-chair of the Image Enhanced Endoscopy working group within the Colorectal Cancer Screening committee of the World Endoscopy Organization. His clinical and academic interest focuses on prevention, detection, and treatment of Barrett’s and colorectal neoplasia with a particular interest in image enhanced endoscopy and resection of colorectal lesions.
HEIKO POHL
Heiko Pohl is Associated Professor of Medicine at the Geisel School of Medicine at Dartmouth and The Dartmouth Institute in New Hampshire, USA. He is the Director of the Endoscopy unit at the Veterans Affairs Hospital in White River Junction, Vermont. He serves as the co-chair of the Image Enhanced Endoscopy working group within the Colorectal Cancer Screening committee of the World Endoscopy Organization. His clinical and academic interest focuses on prevention, detection, and treatment of Barrett’s and colorectal neoplasia with a particular interest in image enhanced endoscopy and resection of colorectal lesions.
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HENRY COHEN
Dr. Henry Cohen was born in Montevideo, Uruguay in 1954; he attended primary and secondary school at the French School, in Montevideo, a school that endowed him with a sound humanistic and cosmopolitan view of life and a number of long-lasting friends. He studied Medicine at the National School of Medicine during hard times for the academia, as it was the only time in history when his country had to endure a military dictatorship. Henry graduated in 1981 and started his postgraduate studies at the Department of Gastroenterology, a field he would devote all his life to. As a young fellow, he was awarded two scholarships to Japan, where he specialized in abdominal ultrasound. He entered the academic career at the age of 28, and quickly made his way obtaining all his tenures through competition and merits, to be finally appointed Chair and Director of the Department of Gastroenterology in 2004, a position he still holds. At the time he was also appointed President of the Uruguayan Society of Gastroenterology.
His interest in a range of topics concerning both patients and healthcare professionals led him to conduct and publish research on hydatic disease, GERD, Hp infection and radioprotection, to name but a few.
Especially worried for the progress of gastroenterology globally, he was entrusted a number of responsibilities at an international level, including the position of Secretary General of the Interamerican Association of Gastroenterology (AIGE) and a seat at ACG’s International Affairs Committee. His most active work, however, has been at the World Gastroenterology Organization (WGO), where he was appointed as General Secretary, Vice President and President. He remains currently active as Past President of WGO. Within that organization, he has played a pivotal role in the training of gastroenterologists worldwide, especially by supporting the Training Centers and the Train the Trainers activities. Also as part of his work in the dissemination of GE, he was responsible for the organization of several courses and congresses, including the 2003 Pan-American Congress of Gastroenterology in Punta del Este, Uruguay.
Along his career he was awarded several recognitions both in his country and abroad. He received the most recent in October 2014, the International Leadership Award by the ACG. He is also FACG and AGAF.
Henry is a member of honor of multiple GE societies across the Americas, and was declared Master of America’s GE by AIGE.
In his country he is currently Vice President of the National Academy of Medicine.
He is frequently invited to lecture across the Americas, Europe, Asia and Africa.
He has been a member of the editorial committees of multiple journals, including a position as associate editor of the AJG.
Henry has been married to Debora, an opera singer, for 37 years. They are proud of their two children, Pablo and Lucia, both journalists. Maria and Pabli, their respective couples, have further expanded the Cohen family, which Henry cherishes as his most precious achievement and source of love. Moreover, Henry’s deceased father has been permanently a source of inspiration, as have been his mother, brother and sister. In keeping with the spirit that characterized his entire career, Henry’s plans for the future are far from over. His current endeavor lies in the implementation of the ECHO Project in Uruguay and Latin America, with his friend Sanjeev Arora, seeking to demonopolize medical knowledge and democratize access to care in his country, regardless of the place where people live.
HENRY COHEN
Dr. Henry Cohen was born in Montevideo, Uruguay in 1954; he attended primary and secondary school at the French School, in Montevideo, a school that endowed him with a sound humanistic and cosmopolitan view of life and a number of long-lasting friends. He studied Medicine at the National School of Medicine during hard times for the academia, as it was the only time in history when his country had to endure a military dictatorship. Henry graduated in 1981 and started his postgraduate studies at the Department of Gastroenterology, a field he would devote all his life to. As a young fellow, he was awarded two scholarships to Japan, where he specialized in abdominal ultrasound. He entered the academic career at the age of 28, and quickly made his way obtaining all his tenures through competition and merits, to be finally appointed Chair and Director of the Department of Gastroenterology in 2004, a position he still holds. At the time he was also appointed President of the Uruguayan Society of Gastroenterology.
His interest in a range of topics concerning both patients and healthcare professionals led him to conduct and publish research on hydatic disease, GERD, Hp infection and radioprotection, to name but a few.
Especially worried for the progress of gastroenterology globally, he was entrusted a number of responsibilities at an international level, including the position of Secretary General of the Interamerican Association of Gastroenterology (AIGE) and a seat at ACG’s International Affairs Committee. His most active work, however, has been at the World Gastroenterology Organization (WGO), where he was appointed as General Secretary, Vice President and President. He remains currently active as Past President of WGO. Within that organization, he has played a pivotal role in the training of gastroenterologists worldwide, especially by supporting the Training Centers and the Train the Trainers activities. Also as part of his work in the dissemination of GE, he was responsible for the organization of several courses and congresses, including the 2003 Pan-American Congress of Gastroenterology in Punta del Este, Uruguay.
Along his career he was awarded several recognitions both in his country and abroad. He received the most recent in October 2014, the International Leadership Award by the ACG. He is also FACG and AGAF.
Henry is a member of honor of multiple GE societies across the Americas, and was declared Master of America’s GE by AIGE.
In his country he is currently Vice President of the National Academy of Medicine.
He is frequently invited to lecture across the Americas, Europe, Asia and Africa.
He has been a member of the editorial committees of multiple journals, including a position as associate editor of the AJG.
Henry has been married to Debora, an opera singer, for 37 years. They are proud of their two children, Pablo and Lucia, both journalists. Maria and Pabli, their respective couples, have further expanded the Cohen family, which Henry cherishes as his most precious achievement and source of love. Moreover, Henry’s deceased father has been permanently a source of inspiration, as have been his mother, brother and sister. In keeping with the spirit that characterized his entire career, Henry’s plans for the future are far from over. His current endeavor lies in the implementation of the ECHO Project in Uruguay and Latin America, with his friend Sanjeev Arora, seeking to demonopolize medical knowledge and democratize access to care in his country, regardless of the place where people live.
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HISAO TAJIRI
President, Japan Gastroenterological Endoscopy Society (JGES)
Dr. Tajiri is currently Professor in the Department of Innovative Interventional Endoscopy Research at the Jikei University School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan. He has worked scientifically in the fields of various new endoscopic diagnosis and treatment for the GI malignancies. Dr. Tajiri has published more than 300 peer-reviewed articles and written numerous book chapters. He has been in the position of President of JGES since 2013 and President of the Japanese Association for Capsule Endoscopy since 2016. In addition, he has been active as Vice President of Asian Pacific Society for Digestive Endoscopy (APSDE). Dr. Tajiri has been awarded several times for his distinguished research achievements, and received Honorary Membership Award from ASGE in 2007, Princess Takamatsu Cancer Research Fund Prize in 2010, International Service Award from SIED (Sociedad InterAmericana de Endoscopia Digestiva) in 2016 and also awarded to ESGE Honorary Membership in 2016. He received Crystal Award (International Service Award) from ASGE in May, 2017.
HISAO TAJIRI
President, Japan Gastroenterological Endoscopy Society (JGES)
Dr. Tajiri is currently Professor in the Department of Innovative Interventional Endoscopy Research at the Jikei University School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan. He has worked scientifically in the fields of various new endoscopic diagnosis and treatment for the GI malignancies. Dr. Tajiri has published more than 300 peer-reviewed articles and written numerous book chapters. He has been in the position of President of JGES since 2013 and President of the Japanese Association for Capsule Endoscopy since 2016. In addition, he has been active as Vice President of Asian Pacific Society for Digestive Endoscopy (APSDE). Dr. Tajiri has been awarded several times for his distinguished research achievements, and received Honorary Membership Award from ASGE in 2007, Princess Takamatsu Cancer Research Fund Prize in 2010, International Service Award from SIED (Sociedad InterAmericana de Endoscopia Digestiva) in 2016 and also awarded to ESGE Honorary Membership in 2016. He received Crystal Award (International Service Award) from ASGE in May, 2017.
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JEAN FRANÇOIS REY
Dr Jean-François Rey is a French hepato-gastroenterologist whose main areas of expertise are on high definition endoscopy with electronic chromoscopy and digestive video capsule explorations (small bowel, stomach and colon). He is current president of the World Endoscopy Organization (WEO) and president of the Second World Congress of GI, ENDO 2020 that will take place in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil in March 2020. Dr Rey has also served multiple functions at ESGE (European Society of Gastrointestinal Endoscopy), including acting as the organization’s president from 2002 to 2006. Currently, he is a practicing physician at Institute Arnault Tzanck, in Saint-Laurent-du-Var, France
JEAN FRANÇOIS REY
Dr Jean-François Rey is a French hepato-gastroenterologist whose main areas of expertise are on high definition endoscopy with electronic chromoscopy and digestive video capsule explorations (small bowel, stomach and colon). He is current president of the World Endoscopy Organization (WEO) and president of the Second World Congress of GI, ENDO 2020 that will take place in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil in March 2020. Dr Rey has also served multiple functions at ESGE (European Society of Gastrointestinal Endoscopy), including acting as the organization’s president from 2002 to 2006. Currently, he is a practicing physician at Institute Arnault Tzanck, in Saint-Laurent-du-Var, France
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JOSÉ GUILLERMO DE LA MORA LEVY
Dr Guillermo de la Mora has been practising Gastrointestinal Endoscopy for 23 years. He did Posgraduate training in Internal Medicine, Gastroenterology and Endoscopy in Mexico. He then completed Three additional fellowships at The Centre for Advanced Therapeutic Endoscopy in Toronto Canada for one year and at The Mayo Clinic in Rochester, USA for two years. He was one of the pioneers of Linear Endoscopic Ultrasound, both in Mexico and Latinamerica more than 21 years ago.
He is currently Director of pancreatobiliary endoscopy and Endoscopic Ultrasound at the National Cancer Institute in Mexico City
JOSÉ GUILLERMO DE LA MORA LEVY
Dr Guillermo de la Mora has been practising Gastrointestinal Endoscopy for 23 years. He did Posgraduate training in Internal Medicine, Gastroenterology and Endoscopy in Mexico. He then completed Three additional fellowships at The Centre for Advanced Therapeutic Endoscopy in Toronto Canada for one year and at The Mayo Clinic in Rochester, USA for two years. He was one of the pioneers of Linear Endoscopic Ultrasound, both in Mexico and Latinamerica more than 21 years ago.
He is currently Director of pancreatobiliary endoscopy and Endoscopic Ultrasound at the National Cancer Institute in Mexico City
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LINDA RABENECK
Dr. Linda Rabeneck, a gastroenterologist, is Vice President, Prevention and Cancer Control at Cancer Care Ontario and Professor of Medicine at the University of Toronto. Dr. Rabeneck led the launch of ColonCancerCheck in Ontario, Canada’s first colorectal cancer screening program. She has an active research program and has authored more than 200 peer reviewed publications. Dr. Rabeneck is Master of the American College of Gastroenterology (ACG) and a recipient of the ACG’s Berk/Fise Clinical Achievement Award. She currently serves as Chair, World Endoscopy Organization (WEO) Colorectal Cancer Screening Committee.
LINDA RABENECK
Dr. Linda Rabeneck, a gastroenterologist, is Vice President, Prevention and Cancer Control at Cancer Care Ontario and Professor of Medicine at the University of Toronto. Dr. Rabeneck led the launch of ColonCancerCheck in Ontario, Canada’s first colorectal cancer screening program. She has an active research program and has authored more than 200 peer reviewed publications. Dr. Rabeneck is Master of the American College of Gastroenterology (ACG) and a recipient of the ACG’s Berk/Fise Clinical Achievement Award. She currently serves as Chair, World Endoscopy Organization (WEO) Colorectal Cancer Screening Committee.
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LUCA PIRETTA
Prof. Luca Piretta, born in Turin (Italy) in 1961, is Professor of Alimentary Allergies and Intolerances at the University Campus Biomedico of Rome. He is also Tutor at the Post-Graduate School of Gastroenterology at the Sapienza University of Rome.
He graduated in medicine at the University of Montevideo (Uruguay) in 1986 and at the University of Rome Sapienza in 1987. He obtained the Post-Graduate in Gastroenterology in 1991 at the University of Rome Sapienza and then he graduated in Science of Human Nutrition in 2008. Since 1996 he is a consultant with national television networks RAI where he participates as an expert in nutrition in scientific programs. In 2014 he won the award “L’attendibile” for research and scientific communication and in 2017 the award “Reporter del gusto” for scientific communication.
He authored over 50 articles, published in international scientific journals or books, regarding nutritional and/or gastroenterological topics. In 2015 he co-authored the Pasta Consensus Statement under the World Pasta Congress held in Milan.
He published two novels : “Fortunatamente tutto passa” (Montedit 2003) and “Prima o poi” (Aljon2013)
He is member of SISA (Italian Society of Alimentary Science) SINU (Italian Society of Human Nutrition) SINPE (Italian Society of Parenteral Nutrition) and SIGE (Italian Society of Gastroenterology)
LUCA PIRETTA
Prof. Luca Piretta, born in Turin (Italy) in 1961, is Professor of Alimentary Allergies and Intolerances at the University Campus Biomedico of Rome. He is also Tutor at the Post-Graduate School of Gastroenterology at the Sapienza University of Rome.
He graduated in medicine at the University of Montevideo (Uruguay) in 1986 and at the University of Rome Sapienza in 1987. He obtained the Post-Graduate in Gastroenterology in 1991 at the University of Rome Sapienza and then he graduated in Science of Human Nutrition in 2008. Since 1996 he is a consultant with national television networks RAI where he participates as an expert in nutrition in scientific programs. In 2014 he won the award “L’attendibile” for research and scientific communication and in 2017 the award “Reporter del gusto” for scientific communication.
He authored over 50 articles, published in international scientific journals or books, regarding nutritional and/or gastroenterological topics. In 2015 he co-authored the Pasta Consensus Statement under the World Pasta Congress held in Milan.
He published two novels : “Fortunatamente tutto passa” (Montedit 2003) and “Prima o poi” (Aljon2013)
He is member of SISA (Italian Society of Alimentary Science) SINU (Italian Society of Human Nutrition) SINPE (Italian Society of Parenteral Nutrition) and SIGE (Italian Society of Gastroenterology)
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LUIS CARLOS SABBAGH
Past President of the Pan-American Gastroenterology Organization (OPGE)
Past President of the Colombian Association for Gastroenterology
Past President of the Colombian Association for Gastrointestinal Endoscopy
Chief of the department of Gastroenterology Reina Sofia and Colombia University Clinics.
Director of the World Gastroenterology Organization (WGO) Bogota Training Center
Director of postgraduate program on Gastroenterology Sanitas University Foundation
LUIS CARLOS SABBAGH
Past President of the Pan-American Gastroenterology Organization (OPGE)
Past President of the Colombian Association for Gastroenterology
Past President of the Colombian Association for Gastrointestinal Endoscopy
Chief of the department of Gastroenterology Reina Sofia and Colombia University Clinics.
Director of the World Gastroenterology Organization (WGO) Bogota Training Center
Director of postgraduate program on Gastroenterology Sanitas University Foundation
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LUIS COLOMBATO
Investigador del Liver Center, Universidad de Yale, Investigador Laboratorio de Microcirculación Hepática Centre de Recherches André-Viallet, Universidad de Montreal, Presidente de la Sociedad Argentina de Gastroenterología (SAGE), y de Asociación Argentina para el Estudio de las Enfermedades del Hígado (AAEEH), Presidente Congreso Argentino de Hepatología 2011.
Jefe de Hemodinamia Hepática , Hospital Británico de Buenos Aires.
Profesor Titular de Medicina UCA
LUIS COLOMBATO
Investigador del Liver Center, Universidad de Yale, Investigador Laboratorio de Microcirculación Hepática Centre de Recherches André-Viallet, Universidad de Montreal, Presidente de la Sociedad Argentina de Gastroenterología (SAGE), y de Asociación Argentina para el Estudio de las Enfermedades del Hígado (AAEEH), Presidente Congreso Argentino de Hepatología 2011.
Jefe de Hemodinamia Hepática , Hospital Británico de Buenos Aires.
Profesor Titular de Medicina UCA
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LUÍS TOMÉ
Head of the Gastroenterology Department at University Hospital in Coimbra, Portugal. President of the Portuguese Society of Gastroenterology. Past President of the Portuguese Association for the Study of Liver Diseases. Past Presidente of Group of Ultrasound in Gastroenterology. Large experience in Liver Diseases and Transplantation. Expert in colonoscopy and associated procedures. Basic preparation in Gastroenterology in Germany.
LUÍS TOMÉ
Head of the Gastroenterology Department at University Hospital in Coimbra, Portugal. President of the Portuguese Society of Gastroenterology. Past President of the Portuguese Association for the Study of Liver Diseases. Past Presidente of Group of Ultrasound in Gastroenterology. Large experience in Liver Diseases and Transplantation. Expert in colonoscopy and associated procedures. Basic preparation in Gastroenterology in Germany.
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MARC GIOVANNINI
I was licencied in medicine ( university of marseilles) in 1987
Diploma of gastroenterology in 1987
Diploma of oncology in 1990
Chef de clinique - assistant of the university of marseille / 1988 to 1990
Praticien hospitalier since 1990 ( paoli-camettes institute )
Chief of unit of endoscopy since 1997 ( paoli-camettes institute )
Chief of oncology unit 2000-2002 ( paoli-camettes institute )
Chief of surgical day hospital since 2002 (paoli-calmettes institute).
Chief of endoscopy medico-surgical oncology department since september 2005(paoli-calmettes institute).
Member of the french society of endoscopy since 1999
Member of the french club of endosonography since 1994
Member of the french fondation of digestive oncology since 1991
Member of the french federation of oncology since 1992
Member of the european society of gastroenterology since 1999
Secretary of french club of endosonography 1996-98
President of french club of endosonography 1998-2000
President of euro-eus society 2008-2013
Member of the board of the french club of endosonography-2014
Honorary prseident of the mena society since 2013
MARC GIOVANNINI
I was licencied in medicine ( university of marseilles) in 1987
Diploma of gastroenterology in 1987
Diploma of oncology in 1990
Chef de clinique - assistant of the university of marseille / 1988 to 1990
Praticien hospitalier since 1990 ( paoli-camettes institute )
Chief of unit of endoscopy since 1997 ( paoli-camettes institute )
Chief of oncology unit 2000-2002 ( paoli-camettes institute )
Chief of surgical day hospital since 2002 (paoli-calmettes institute).
Chief of endoscopy medico-surgical oncology department since september 2005(paoli-calmettes institute).
Member of the french society of endoscopy since 1999
Member of the french club of endosonography since 1994
Member of the french fondation of digestive oncology since 1991
Member of the french federation of oncology since 1992
Member of the european society of gastroenterology since 1999
Secretary of french club of endosonography 1996-98
President of french club of endosonography 1998-2000
President of euro-eus society 2008-2013
Member of the board of the french club of endosonography-2014
Honorary prseident of the mena society since 2013
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MARÍA ROSA CRUELLS
Medica Gastroenterologa y Diplomada en Hepatología
Médica Jefe del Servicio de Gastroenterología de la Asociación Española
Médica Jefe del Servicio de Gastroenterología del Seguro y Sanatorio Americano
Ex Profesora Adjunta de Gastroenterologia
Presidente de la Sociedad de Gastroenterología del Uruguay
MARÍA ROSA CRUELLS
Medica Gastroenterologa y Diplomada en Hepatología
Médica Jefe del Servicio de Gastroenterología de la Asociación Española
Médica Jefe del Servicio de Gastroenterología del Seguro y Sanatorio Americano
Ex Profesora Adjunta de Gastroenterologia
Presidente de la Sociedad de Gastroenterología del Uruguay
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MARTIN GASSER
Graduated and received his MD degree (magna cum laude) from the University of Kiel in 1994. After finishing his clinical fellowship at the Julius Maximilians University of Wuerzburg, Germany and a two-year post-doctoral fellowship at the Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, he received his PhD in transplant immunology. He joined faculty at the University of Wuerzburg in 2006 after completion of his training in general and abdominal surgery. He is EBSQ-certified in Surgical Oncology (Brussels, Belgium). In 2013 he became an Associate Professor of Surgery and in 2016 the head of the Department of General and Abdominal Surgery in Chemnitz, Germany. He has long-term research experience in gastrointestinal oncology and immunology and has published many articles and chapters on immune signaling pathways, chronic inflammation and pluripotent tumor cells in colorectal and pancreatic cancer and other subjects in oncologic surgery.
MARTIN GASSER
Graduated and received his MD degree (magna cum laude) from the University of Kiel in 1994. After finishing his clinical fellowship at the Julius Maximilians University of Wuerzburg, Germany and a two-year post-doctoral fellowship at the Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, he received his PhD in transplant immunology. He joined faculty at the University of Wuerzburg in 2006 after completion of his training in general and abdominal surgery. He is EBSQ-certified in Surgical Oncology (Brussels, Belgium). In 2013 he became an Associate Professor of Surgery and in 2016 the head of the Department of General and Abdominal Surgery in Chemnitz, Germany. He has long-term research experience in gastrointestinal oncology and immunology and has published many articles and chapters on immune signaling pathways, chronic inflammation and pluripotent tumor cells in colorectal and pancreatic cancer and other subjects in oncologic surgery.
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MATTHEW WALSH
Matthew Walsh is currently Chairman of General Surgery at the Cleveland Clinic in Cleveland, Ohio. He came to Cleveland originally to train in HPB surgery with Robert Hermann, prior Chair of the Department of General Surgery. He continued in the Department as faculty for the balance of his career, rising to Professor of Surgery at CWRU and awarded the Rich Family Distinguished Chair in Digestive Diseases. His interests lie in pancreatic surgery, minimally invasive surgery, endoscopy and education. He has been honored with several teaching awards including the highest teaching excellence awards of the Ohio State University and Case Western Reserve University. Originally from Green Bay, Wisconsin he attended college in Nebraska and medical school in Wisconsin. His surgery residency was at Loyola University of Chicago and at Massachusetts General Hospital prior to his HPB Fellowship.
MATTHEW WALSH
Matthew Walsh is currently Chairman of General Surgery at the Cleveland Clinic in Cleveland, Ohio. He came to Cleveland originally to train in HPB surgery with Robert Hermann, prior Chair of the Department of General Surgery. He continued in the Department as faculty for the balance of his career, rising to Professor of Surgery at CWRU and awarded the Rich Family Distinguished Chair in Digestive Diseases. His interests lie in pancreatic surgery, minimally invasive surgery, endoscopy and education. He has been honored with several teaching awards including the highest teaching excellence awards of the Ohio State University and Case Western Reserve University. Originally from Green Bay, Wisconsin he attended college in Nebraska and medical school in Wisconsin. His surgery residency was at Loyola University of Chicago and at Massachusetts General Hospital prior to his HPB Fellowship.
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NATHANIEL J. SOPER
Nathaniel J. Soper, M.D. is the Loyal and Edith Davis Professor and Chairman of the Department of Surgery at Northwestern Medicine and Surgeon-in-Chief at Northwestern Memorial Hospital. Dr. Soper is recognized internationally as an expert in minimally invasive surgery as applied to the treatment of esophageal and biliary diseases, laparoscopic ultrasound, alternative treatments for gallstones and motility of the gastrointestinal tract. Currently he is involved in early clinical experience with Natural Orifice Translumenal Endoscopic Surgery (NOTES), including per-oral endoscopic myotomy (POEM). He has published more than 200 manuscripts in peer-reviewed journals, edited 17 textbooks and authored 100 book chapters. Dr. Soper is on the editorial boards of 8 journals. He is a member of numerous professional societies, including Alpha Omega Alpha, American College of Surgeons, American Surgical Association, Society for Surgery of the Alimentary Tract (Chairman of the Board 2017-2018), and Society of University Surgeons. Dr. Soper is Past-President of the Society for Surgery of the Alimentary Tract, the Society of American Gastrointestinal and Endoscopic Surgeons, the International Society of Digestive Surgery, the Central Surgical Association and the St. Louis Surgical Society.
NATHANIEL J. SOPER
Nathaniel J. Soper, M.D. is the Loyal and Edith Davis Professor and Chairman of the Department of Surgery at Northwestern Medicine and Surgeon-in-Chief at Northwestern Memorial Hospital. Dr. Soper is recognized internationally as an expert in minimally invasive surgery as applied to the treatment of esophageal and biliary diseases, laparoscopic ultrasound, alternative treatments for gallstones and motility of the gastrointestinal tract. Currently he is involved in early clinical experience with Natural Orifice Translumenal Endoscopic Surgery (NOTES), including per-oral endoscopic myotomy (POEM). He has published more than 200 manuscripts in peer-reviewed journals, edited 17 textbooks and authored 100 book chapters. Dr. Soper is on the editorial boards of 8 journals. He is a member of numerous professional societies, including Alpha Omega Alpha, American College of Surgeons, American Surgical Association, Society for Surgery of the Alimentary Tract (Chairman of the Board 2017-2018), and Society of University Surgeons. Dr. Soper is Past-President of the Society for Surgery of the Alimentary Tract, the Society of American Gastrointestinal and Endoscopic Surgeons, the International Society of Digestive Surgery, the Central Surgical Association and the St. Louis Surgical Society.
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RAMI LUTFI
Dr. Rami Lutfi is an American surgeon who comes from Chicago where he is a Clinical Associate Professor of Surgery at the University of Illinois at Chicago and the Chairman of Surgery at Mercy Hospital and Medical Center. He is also the Director of the Chicago Institute of Advanced Bariatrics where he performs complex bariatric surgery and bariatric endoscopy.
Dr Lutfi is a Fellow of the American College of Surgeon and serves on the Executive Council of the American Society of Metabolic and Bariatric Surgery where he Chairs the Private Practice Committee.
He earned his medical degree from Syria, from Damascus University and then finished his surgical training at the University of Illinois at Chicago and completed research fellowship followed by a clinical fellowship in bariatric surgery at Vanderbilt University in Nashville, Tennessee.
RAMI LUTFI
Dr. Rami Lutfi is an American surgeon who comes from Chicago where he is a Clinical Associate Professor of Surgery at the University of Illinois at Chicago and the Chairman of Surgery at Mercy Hospital and Medical Center. He is also the Director of the Chicago Institute of Advanced Bariatrics where he performs complex bariatric surgery and bariatric endoscopy.
Dr Lutfi is a Fellow of the American College of Surgeon and serves on the Executive Council of the American Society of Metabolic and Bariatric Surgery where he Chairs the Private Practice Committee.
He earned his medical degree from Syria, from Damascus University and then finished his surgical training at the University of Illinois at Chicago and completed research fellowship followed by a clinical fellowship in bariatric surgery at Vanderbilt University in Nashville, Tennessee.
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ROBINSON GONZALEZ
Associated Professor
Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile
Director of Nueva Imperial - Chilean Project
Chairman of Chilean Association of Digestive Endoscopy
Chairman (co) of Stomach Committee of World Endoscopy Organization
ROBINSON GONZALEZ
Associated Professor
Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile
Director of Nueva Imperial - Chilean Project
Chairman of Chilean Association of Digestive Endoscopy
Chairman (co) of Stomach Committee of World Endoscopy Organization
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ROQUE SAÉNZ FUENZALIDA
Dr. Roque Sáenz MD, FACG. IDCA
Profesor Titular de Medicina Interna Gastroenterología
Universidad Del Desarrollo, Clínica Alemana, Santiago Chile
Consultor, Clinica Alemana Santiago
ROQUE SAÉNZ FUENZALIDA
Dr. Roque Sáenz MD, FACG. IDCA
Profesor Titular de Medicina Interna Gastroenterología
Universidad Del Desarrollo, Clínica Alemana, Santiago Chile
Consultor, Clinica Alemana Santiago
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SETH SWEETSER
Dr. Seth Sweetser is a Consultant in Gastroenterology and Hepatology at Mayo Clinic and Associate Professor of Medicine at Mayo Clinic College of Medicine, Rochester, Minnesota.
He received his undergraduate degree in neurosciences from Cornell University. He obtained his medical degree from the University of Miami in Florida and graduated AOA. He completed his internship, residency, and chief residency in Internal Medicine at Northwestern University in Chicago. He then did his fellowship in Gastroenterology and Hepatology at the Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minnesota. He was recruited to stay on staff at Mayo Clinic Rochester after fellowship.
He is a member of the Comprehensive and GI Neoplasia Interest groups at Mayo Rochester. The comprehensive GI interest group is responsible for the education of medical students, residents, and fellows. The neoplasia group specializes in the evaluation of hereditary and familial cancer syndromes. His research interests include colorectal neoplasia and GI polyposis syndromes.
SETH SWEETSER
Dr. Seth Sweetser is a Consultant in Gastroenterology and Hepatology at Mayo Clinic and Associate Professor of Medicine at Mayo Clinic College of Medicine, Rochester, Minnesota.
He received his undergraduate degree in neurosciences from Cornell University. He obtained his medical degree from the University of Miami in Florida and graduated AOA. He completed his internship, residency, and chief residency in Internal Medicine at Northwestern University in Chicago. He then did his fellowship in Gastroenterology and Hepatology at the Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minnesota. He was recruited to stay on staff at Mayo Clinic Rochester after fellowship.
He is a member of the Comprehensive and GI Neoplasia Interest groups at Mayo Rochester. The comprehensive GI interest group is responsible for the education of medical students, residents, and fellows. The neoplasia group specializes in the evaluation of hereditary and familial cancer syndromes. His research interests include colorectal neoplasia and GI polyposis syndromes.
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SILVIO MELO
Silvio W. de Melo Junior, MD FACG
Interim Chief Gastroenterology UF College of Medicine Jacksonville
Program Director, GI Fellowship
Director of Endoscopy
Assistant Professor of Internal Medicine
University of Florida College of Medicine
Jacksonville, FL
SILVIO MELO
Silvio W. de Melo Junior, MD FACG
Interim Chief Gastroenterology UF College of Medicine Jacksonville
Program Director, GI Fellowship
Director of Endoscopy
Assistant Professor of Internal Medicine
University of Florida College of Medicine
Jacksonville, FL
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SONIA NIVELONI
Presidenta de la Sociedad Argentina de Gastroenterología SAGE.
Médica de planta del Hospital de de Gastroenterología Bonorino Udaondo de Buenos Aires
Especialista en Intestino Delgado
SONIA NIVELONI
Presidenta de la Sociedad Argentina de Gastroenterología SAGE.
Médica de planta del Hospital de de Gastroenterología Bonorino Udaondo de Buenos Aires
Especialista en Intestino Delgado
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STAVROS STAVROPOULOS
Dr. Stavropoulos has gained international recognition for his pioneering work in the per-oral endoscopic myotomy (POEM) procedure for the treatment of achalasia. Dr. Stavropoulos, was the first gastroenterologist and first operator outside of Japan to perform POEM in New York at Winthrop University Hospital in 2009 shortly after Haruhiro Inoue, a Japanese thoracic surgeon performed the first human POEM in Yokohama Japan. Indeed, as one of the technique’s pioneers, Dr. Stavropoulos has performed more POEMs than any other practitioner in the United States, now at 500 cases, led the effort culminating in the publication of a multisociety NOSCAR POEM white paper, and co-authored the ASGE PIVI document for this revolutionary procedure, the first successful NOTES procedure. Dr. Stavropoulos has also been a pioneer in the United States in ESD (Endoscopic Submucosal Dissection) with over 700 ESDs performed over the past decade with this series recently presented at the meeting of the American College of Gastroenterology. He has also pioneered STER and EFTR (Endoscopic Full Thickness Resection). STER and EFTR were first performed in humans in the United States at Winthrop by Dr. Stavropoulos in 2012 who has now performed over 100 such procedures including pure NOTES resecxtions of tumors up to 6 cm in size situated outside the GI tract within the thoracic and abdominal cavities. Dr. Stavropoulos is invited widely in the US and abroad to lecture, perform live cases and provide instruction in ESD/POEM/STER/EFTR. He has close to 100 publications, including original publications, reviews, editorials and chapters. Upcoming publications in 2017 include original publications of long term outcomes of POEM from the Winthrop series, largest series in the US, (just accepted for publication in GIE), outcomes of Spiral enteroscopy assisted bariatric long Roux-Y ERCP, second largest single center series in the US (GIE under revision), G-POEM series from Winthrop to be published in Digestive Diseases and Sciences and multiple chapters, reviews and case reports on POEM, NOTES and full thickness resection techniques for subepithelial neoplasms.
STAVROS STAVROPOULOS
Dr. Stavropoulos has gained international recognition for his pioneering work in the per-oral endoscopic myotomy (POEM) procedure for the treatment of achalasia. Dr. Stavropoulos, was the first gastroenterologist and first operator outside of Japan to perform POEM in New York at Winthrop University Hospital in 2009 shortly after Haruhiro Inoue, a Japanese thoracic surgeon performed the first human POEM in Yokohama Japan. Indeed, as one of the technique’s pioneers, Dr. Stavropoulos has performed more POEMs than any other practitioner in the United States, now at 500 cases, led the effort culminating in the publication of a multisociety NOSCAR POEM white paper, and co-authored the ASGE PIVI document for this revolutionary procedure, the first successful NOTES procedure. Dr. Stavropoulos has also been a pioneer in the United States in ESD (Endoscopic Submucosal Dissection) with over 700 ESDs performed over the past decade with this series recently presented at the meeting of the American College of Gastroenterology. He has also pioneered STER and EFTR (Endoscopic Full Thickness Resection). STER and EFTR were first performed in humans in the United States at Winthrop by Dr. Stavropoulos in 2012 who has now performed over 100 such procedures including pure NOTES resecxtions of tumors up to 6 cm in size situated outside the GI tract within the thoracic and abdominal cavities. Dr. Stavropoulos is invited widely in the US and abroad to lecture, perform live cases and provide instruction in ESD/POEM/STER/EFTR. He has close to 100 publications, including original publications, reviews, editorials and chapters. Upcoming publications in 2017 include original publications of long term outcomes of POEM from the Winthrop series, largest series in the US, (just accepted for publication in GIE), outcomes of Spiral enteroscopy assisted bariatric long Roux-Y ERCP, second largest single center series in the US (GIE under revision), G-POEM series from Winthrop to be published in Digestive Diseases and Sciences and multiple chapters, reviews and case reports on POEM, NOTES and full thickness resection techniques for subepithelial neoplasms.
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STEPHEN ATTWOOD
Stephen Attwood is Professor of Surgery at Durham University, United Kingdom and Chairman of the Oesophageal Section of the British Society of Gastroenterology. He has performed Randomised Clinical Trials in Surgery, specialising in minimal invasive techniques and Gastro-Oesophageal Reflux Disease. His research also focusses on Barrett’s Oesophagus and Cancer prevention. He has described the new disease of Eosinophilic Oesophagitis. He has authored clinical guidelines, including those for Oesophageal dilatation, Barrett’s Oesophagus and Eosinophilic Oesophagitis.
STEPHEN ATTWOOD
Stephen Attwood is Professor of Surgery at Durham University, United Kingdom and Chairman of the Oesophageal Section of the British Society of Gastroenterology. He has performed Randomised Clinical Trials in Surgery, specialising in minimal invasive techniques and Gastro-Oesophageal Reflux Disease. His research also focusses on Barrett’s Oesophagus and Cancer prevention. He has described the new disease of Eosinophilic Oesophagitis. He has authored clinical guidelines, including those for Oesophageal dilatation, Barrett’s Oesophagus and Eosinophilic Oesophagitis.
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TERCIO LOPES
Residência em Medicina Interna (2002-2005) e Fellowship em Gastroenterologia (2006-2009)- University of Alabama at Birmingham School of Medicine (UAB)
Mestrado em Ciência e Saúde Publica (MSPH) - UAB School of Public Health (2005-2006)
VA National Quality Scholars Fellowship - Dartmouth School of Medicine and VA Administration (2005-2007)
Advance Endoscopy Fellowship - Mayo Clinic Rochester-MN (2009-2010)
Membro do Comitê International - American Gastrenterology Association (AGA) 2016-presente
Diretor to Serviço de Endoscopia Avançada e Terapêutica - Iowa Digestive Disease Center (2015-presente)
Pesquisa focada em Outcomes de Endoscopia
TERCIO LOPES
Residência em Medicina Interna (2002-2005) e Fellowship em Gastroenterologia (2006-2009)- University of Alabama at Birmingham School of Medicine (UAB)
Mestrado em Ciência e Saúde Publica (MSPH) - UAB School of Public Health (2005-2006)
VA National Quality Scholars Fellowship - Dartmouth School of Medicine and VA Administration (2005-2007)
Advance Endoscopy Fellowship - Mayo Clinic Rochester-MN (2009-2010)
Membro do Comitê International - American Gastrenterology Association (AGA) 2016-presente
Diretor to Serviço de Endoscopia Avançada e Terapêutica - Iowa Digestive Disease Center (2015-presente)
Pesquisa focada em Outcomes de Endoscopia
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THIERRY PONCHON
Prof. Thierry Ponchon is Head of the Digestive Disease Department at Edouard Herriot University Hospital, Lyon, France, and Secretary General of the European Society of Digestive Endoscopy (ESGE). He has been president of the French Society of Digestive Endoscopy (SFED). He is a member of several international committees and scientific societies.
Prof. Thierry Ponchon received his medical degree from Lyon Medical University. He completed his hepatogastroenterology residency at Lyon University Hospital and has been nominated Professor in 1995. He is in charge of the French national diploma on interventional endoscopy.
Prof. Thierry Ponchon has published 200 scientific articles in the field of hepatogastroenterology and especially digestive endoscopy. He has been co-editor in chief of the journal Endoscopy and reviewer for several other journals in the field of hepatogastroenterology. He is now editor-in-chief of the journal Endoscopy International Open.
THIERRY PONCHON
Prof. Thierry Ponchon is Head of the Digestive Disease Department at Edouard Herriot University Hospital, Lyon, France, and Secretary General of the European Society of Digestive Endoscopy (ESGE). He has been president of the French Society of Digestive Endoscopy (SFED). He is a member of several international committees and scientific societies.
Prof. Thierry Ponchon received his medical degree from Lyon Medical University. He completed his hepatogastroenterology residency at Lyon University Hospital and has been nominated Professor in 1995. He is in charge of the French national diploma on interventional endoscopy.
Prof. Thierry Ponchon has published 200 scientific articles in the field of hepatogastroenterology and especially digestive endoscopy. He has been co-editor in chief of the journal Endoscopy and reviewer for several other journals in the field of hepatogastroenterology. He is now editor-in-chief of the journal Endoscopy International Open.
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YUTAKA SAITO
Dr. Yutaka Saito is the Director of the Endoscopy Division at the National Cancer Center Hospital, Tokyo, Japan. He also has served as an attending Professor of Gastroenterology at Tokyo Medical University since April 2017.
Dr. Saito is licensed as a Board certified fellow of the Japanese Society of Gastroenterology, the Japan Gastroenterological Endoscopy Society, the Japanese Society of Internal Medicine and the Japanese Gastroenterological Association and fellow of the American Society for Gastrointestinal Endoscopy.
He is also certified as a Foreign Trainee Doctor Clinical Instructor and has served as one of the Editors of the World Journal of Gastroenterology since 2007 in addition to being a member of the American Society of Gastrointestinal Endoscopy.
Dr. Saito has been invited to perform as a faculty member and live demonstrator in numerous countries. He was honored for an invited professor at Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota and Jacksonville, Florida in 2010, and at Arizona in 2016. He was also commended for Basil Hirschowitz Master Endoscopist Award for advancing the art and science of endoscopy throughout the world in 2013 and Certificate of appreciation of Outstanding Reviewer for GIE: Gastrointestinal Endoscopy 2015-2017.
He is now one of the members of International Editorial Board of Gastrointestinal Endoscopy.
He has a wide spectrum of research exposure and interests including
1. Chromo-magnification Colonoscopy;
2. Endoscopic Mucosal Resection and Endoscopic Submucosal Dissection for early gastrointestinal cancer and
3. Colon capsule endoscopy
YUTAKA SAITO
Dr. Yutaka Saito is the Director of the Endoscopy Division at the National Cancer Center Hospital, Tokyo, Japan. He also has served as an attending Professor of Gastroenterology at Tokyo Medical University since April 2017.
Dr. Saito is licensed as a Board certified fellow of the Japanese Society of Gastroenterology, the Japan Gastroenterological Endoscopy Society, the Japanese Society of Internal Medicine and the Japanese Gastroenterological Association and fellow of the American Society for Gastrointestinal Endoscopy.
He is also certified as a Foreign Trainee Doctor Clinical Instructor and has served as one of the Editors of the World Journal of Gastroenterology since 2007 in addition to being a member of the American Society of Gastrointestinal Endoscopy.
Dr. Saito has been invited to perform as a faculty member and live demonstrator in numerous countries. He was honored for an invited professor at Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota and Jacksonville, Florida in 2010, and at Arizona in 2016. He was also commended for Basil Hirschowitz Master Endoscopist Award for advancing the art and science of endoscopy throughout the world in 2013 and Certificate of appreciation of Outstanding Reviewer for GIE: Gastrointestinal Endoscopy 2015-2017.
He is now one of the members of International Editorial Board of Gastrointestinal Endoscopy.
He has a wide spectrum of research exposure and interests including
1. Chromo-magnification Colonoscopy;
2. Endoscopic Mucosal Resection and Endoscopic Submucosal Dissection for early gastrointestinal cancer and
3. Colon capsule endoscopy
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