WORLD GASTROENTEROLOGY NEWS
Official e-newsletter of the World Gastroenterology Organisation
VOL. 23, ISSUE 3 FEBRUARY 2019
In this issue
www.worldgastroenterology.org
Dr. Richard N. Fedorak, 1955-2018
Richard Hunt, FRCP, FRCPEd, FRCP(C), AGAF,
MACG, MWGO
A Celebration of Gastro 2018 in
Bangkok, Thailand
More than 1,300 gastroenterologists and other health care professionals from 64
countries around the world convened at the Shangri-La Hotel in Bangkok, Thailand
for Gastro 2018 from 5 – 8 December 2018. The theme of the meeting was “Global
Perspective in Gastroenterology,” and reviewed the latest scientific advances in gastrointestinal
research, treatment of digestive diseases and clinical practice management.
Gastro 2018 was jointly organized by WGO and the Gastroenterological Association
of Thailand (GAT), together with the Thai Association for the Study of the Liver
(THASL), the Thai Neurogastroenterology and Motility Society (TNMS) and the Thai
Association for Gastrointestinal Endoscopy (TAGE). WGO was proud to be back 16
years after holding the World Congress of Gastroenterology in Bangkok in 2002. In
addition to the World Congress of Gastroenterology held every two years, the WGO
is collaborating with its member societies to host joint meetings in between World
Congresses.
On behalf of the Joint Steering Committee: Co-Chairs, Varocha Mahachai and David
Bjorkman, and members, Chomsri Kositchaiwat, Somchai Leelakusolvong, Naima
Amrani and Cihan Yurdaydin as well as the Joint Scientific Program Committee:
Co-chairs, Teerha Piratvisuth and Carolina Olano, and members Tawesak Tanwandee,
Pises Pisespongsa, Joost Drewnth and Geoffrey Metz, WGO along with GAT, THASL,
TNMS and TAGE, are honored to have co-hosted this outstanding conference. Thanks
also to the Asian Pacific Association of Gastroenterology (APAGE) for their endorsement
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of the meeting.
World Digestive Health Day 2018 in
Odisha, India
Shivaram Prasad Singh, MBBS, MD, DM, FSGEI,
FACG, FRCP (Edin)
Varocha Mahachai, MD, FRCPC, FACG, AGAF
David Bjorkman, MD, MSPH SM, FACG
Co-chairs of the Gastro 2018 Joint Steering Committee
Teerha Piratvisuth, MD
Carolina Olano, MD
Co-Chairs of the Gastro 2018 Scientific Program
Committee
This conference was more than a national or regional effort, but
indeed had a truly global program…