The Training Centers Committee oversees all aspects of the relationship between the World Gastroenterology Organisation (WGO) and its officially endorsed Training Centers worldwide.
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Committee ChairLuis Carlos Sabbagh |
Committee Vice ChairGaniyat Oyeleke |
Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
Amir Sultan (Ethiopia)
Ankara, Turkey
Sedat Boyacioglu (Turkey)
Bangkok, Thailand
Sathaporn Manatsathit (Thailand)
Nonthalee Pausawasdi (Thailand)
Blantyre, Malawi
Melita Gordon (Malawi)
Bogotá, Colombia
Luis Carlos Sabbagh (Colombia)
Cairo, Egypt
Ibrahim Mostafa (Egypt)
Karachi, Pakistan
New director to be appointed (Pakistan)
Khartoum, Sudan
Abdelmounem E. Abdo (Sudan)
Lagos, Nigeria
Olufunmilayo Lesi (Nigeria)
La Paz, Bolivia
Miguel Villa-Gomez (Bolivia)
La Plata, Argentina
Nestor Chopita (Argentina)
Francisco Tufare (Argentina)
Mexico City, Mexico
Miguel Valdovinos (Mexico)
New Delhi, India
Shiv Kumar Sarin (India)
Nairobi, Kenya
Elly Ogutu (Kenya)
Porto, Portugal
Guilherme Macedo (Portugal)
Porto Alegre, Brazil
Mário Reis Álvares-da-Silva (Brazil)
Rabat, Morocco
Amine Benkabbou (Morocco)
Laila Amrani (Morocco)
Rome, Italy
Guido Costamagna (Italy)
SAGES-ADD, South Africa
Gill Watermeyer (South Africa)
San José, Costa Rica
Herbert Burgos (Costa Rica)
Suva, Fiji
Christopher Hair (Australia)
Mai Perman (Fiji)
Xi'an, China
Kaichun Wu (China)
Yangon, Myanmar
Moe Myint Aung (Myanmar)
Thein Myint (Myanmar)
Other Training Center Committee Representatives
Henry Cohen (Regional Coordinator, Latin America TCs) (Uruguay)