2 WORLD GASTROENTEROLOGY NEWS APRIL 2015 VOL. 20, ISSUE 1 Editors: J. Enrique Domínguez-Muñoz, Christina Surawicz Managing editors: Marissa Lopez and Elisabeth Vink Art Production: Jennifer Gubbin Editorial Office: WGO Executive Secretariat, 555 East Wells Street, Suite 1100, Milwaukee, WI 53202 USA Email: info@worldgastroenterology.org e-WGN Editorial Board • Anita Afzali, USA • Minhu Chen, China • Amy E. Foxx-Orenstein, USA • Abdel Meguid Kassem, Egypt • René Lambert, France • Björn Lindkvist, Sweden • Chun-Jen Liu, Taiwan • Alejandro Piscoya, Peru • Christoffel Johannes van Rensburg, South Africa • Mário Dinis-Ribeiro, Portugal • Michael Schultz, New Zealand • Ala Sharara, Lebanon • Catherine Wendy Spearman, South Africa • Maria Claudia Stefanoli, Uruguay • Miguel A. Valdovinos, Mexico • Haleh Vaziri, USA • Marcelo F. Vela, USA ©2015 World Gastroenterology Organisation. No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted in any form without the prior permission of the copyright owner. Contents Editorial Message from the Editors of e-WGN 1 J. Enrique Domínguez-Muñoz, MD Christina M. Surawicz, MD, MACG Expert Point of View Migratory Movements and the Risk of Inflammatory Bowel Disease 4 Manuel Barreiro-de Acosta, MD, PhD J. Enrique Domínguez-Muñoz, MD The Impact of Racial and Ethnic Differences in Inflammatory Bowel Disease Phenotype in the United States 6 Anita Afzali, MD, MPH Gastro 2015: AGW/WGO Gastro 2015 – Taking World Congresses to a New Level 8 WDHD News Heartburn: A Global Perspective 10 David Armstrong, MA, MB BChir Upcoming WDHD Events & Celebrations 12 WGO & WGOF News Easier to Digest 13 James Toouli, MD, MBBS, PhD, FRACS WGO Khartoum Training Center Inauguration Day 16 Abdelmounem Eltayeib Abdo, MD Eamonn Quigley, MD A Participant’s View of the New WGO Training Center in Khartoum 18 Suzan Alhakeem, MD XIX Gastroenterology and Digestive Endoscopy Course 19 Luis Carlos Sabbagh, MD WGO Membership Update 21 Iranian Congress of Gastroenterology and Hepatology 2014 23 Shahin Merat, MD New Zealand Society of Gastroenterology Annual Scientific Meeting 2014 24 Michael Schultz, MD, PhD 16th Egyptian Workshop of Therapeutic GI Endoscopy and 7th Hepatology and Gastroenterology Post Graduate Course 27 Ibrahim Mostafa, MD, PhD, FACG, Master of the WGO, FRCP (Glasg) WGO Global Guidelines WGO Global Guidelines & Cascades – 2015 Status and Outlook 30 Anton LeMair, MD Calendar of Events WGO Calendar of Events 33
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