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19 WORLD GASTROENTEROLOGY NEWS APRIL 2015 Editorial | Expert Point of View | Gastro 2015: AGW/WGO | WDHD News | WGO & WGOF News | WGO Global Guidelines | Calendar of Events XIX Gastroenterology and Digestive Endoscopy Course Luis Carlos Sabbagh, MD Clínica Reina Sofia Centro de Exploraciones Digestivas Bogotá, Colombia The XIX Gastroenterology and Digestive Endoscopy Course on January 29-31, 2015 was attended by 350 gastroenterologists from Colombia and Latin American countries. It was organized by the Department of Gastroenterology and Digestive Endoscopy at the Reina Sofia Clinic and Colombia Hospital, both members of the Sanitas University Foundation and the World Gastroenterology Organisation (WGO) Bogotá Training Center. The following speakers presented on current topics in gastroenterology and endoscopy, • Dr. Jerome Waye (USA). He is affiliated with multiple hospitals in the area and is one of 74 doctors at Lenox Hill Hospital and one of 163 at Mount Sinai Hospital specialized in gastroenterology. Dr. Waye is one of the best experts in colonoscopy. • Dr. Michael Wallace (USA). He is a Mayo Clinic gastroenterologist whose focus is the early detection and treatment of precancerous and cancerous lesions. He is an expert in endosonography and advanced therapeutic endoscopy. Dr. Wallace is currently the Editor of Gastrointestinal Endoscopy. • Dr. Ram Chuttani (USA). He is the Director of Interventional Gastroenterology and Endoscopy at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center in Boston, Massachusetts. He is also an Assistant Professor of Medicine at Harvard Medical School. Dr. Chuttani’s clinical interests include therapeutic endoscopy and colonoscopy, colon polyps and cancer, pancreatic biliary disease, and endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography (ERCP). • Dr. Fumihito Hirai (Japan). He is a member of the Department of Gastroenterology and Assistant Professor at Fukuoka University Chikushi Hospital in Japan. He is an expert in advanced endoscopy and enteroscopy techniques. • Dr. Kazeo Ninomiya (Japan). He is a member of the Department of Gastroenterology and Assistant Professor at Fukuoka University Chikushi Hospital in Japan. He is an expert in advanced endoscopy and enteroscopy techniques. • Dr. Guido Villa-Gomez (Bolivia). He is the Chief of the Endoscopy Unit at the Bolivian-Japanese Gastroenterology Institute, Profes- Drs. Diego Aponte, Jerome Waye, and Luis Carlos Sabbagh


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