WGO Training Center in Santiago, Chile

Introduction:

The Latin-American Training Center for advanced endoscopic techniques was founded in Santiago, Chile in 1997 and endorsed by WGO on July 23, 2004.

Aims/Mission:

• To increase the advanced endoscopy skills of Endoscopists from different latitudes, especially from the Latin-American area.  Upon return to their home institutions, trainees should have attained the knowledge and skills to improve local healthcare delivery and to disseminate this skill set to their colleagues.
• To prepare physicians in the field of endoscopy sedation
• To encourage trainees to increase their academic credentials

Facilities:

The WGO Santiago Training Center is located at the Clinica Alemana in Santiago.  The facilities are housed in a new building with various rooms dedicated to the Training Center on the 3rd and 4th floors of the hospital.  The facilities on the 3rd floor include:

• A training and administrative area
• EUS
• Reception area for public patients
• X-ray – Surgical Endoscopy Room
• Recovery Room
• Video Library
• Physiology Lab

Facilities located on the fourth floor include:

• Reception / Front Desk
• 4 Endoscopy Suites
• Recovery Room
• Waiting Room
• Nurses Area
• Pharmacy
• Supplies

Areas of Training:

• Advanced Therapeutic Endoscopy
• Endoscopy Sedation
• Endoscopic Ultrasound

Contact:

• Training Center Chair: Claudio Navarrete MD

• Email: cnavarrete@alemana.cl

• Training Center Vice Chair: Roque Saenz MD

• Clinica Alemana
• Av.Vitacura 5951
• Vitacura, Santiago, Chile
• Email: rsaenz@alemana.cl

Further Information:

For more comprehensive information on the Santiago Training Center, including trainee application process, course offerings, and other details which may be of importance to potential partners or trainees, please refer the downloadable Santiago Training Center Info Package:

Santiago Training Center Info Package ( )

Images of Santiago:

• Trainees and guests participate in the special endorsement of the WGO Training Center for Advanced Endoscopy Training in Santiago, Chile.
• Dr. C. Navarrete (left), Dr. R. Kozarek (center) and Dr. J. DiSario (right)
• Inauguration of the Hospital Eva Perón Outreach Program. Drs. DiSario and Sáenz

The WGO would like to give special thanks to
Clinica Alemana,
Asociacion Interamericana de Gastroenterologia (AIGE),
and
Olympus Latin America
for their support and sponsorship of the WGO Santiago Training Center.