World Gastroenterology Organisation

Global Guardian of Digestive Health. Serving the World.

 

Governing Council

The World Gastroenterology Organisation (WGO) vests its general management in a Governing Council. Acting through the Governing Council, the WGO is empowered to undertake the necessary activities to fulfill the goals and mission of the organization.
 

Executive Committee

Guilherme Macedo

President

Professor Guilherme Macedo
Centro Hospitalar São João
Porto, Portugal

President-Elect and
Climate Change Committee Chair

Professor Geoffrey Metz
Epworth Hospital
Richmond, VIC, Australia

Past President, Prof. Naima Amrani

Past President and Chair of Nominations

Professor Naima Lahbabi-Amrani
Mohammed V University
Rabat, Morocco

Treasurer

Professor Mark Topazian
Rochester, MN, USA

Carolina Olano

Secretary General

Professor Carolina Olano
Universidad de La Republica
Montevideo, Uruguay

Prof. Kaichun Wu

At-Large Member and WGO Foundation Chair

Professor Kaichun Wu
Xijing Hospital
Xi'an, China

Committees Chairs

Govind Makharia

Chair, Clinical Research Committee

Professor Govind Makharia
All India Institute of Medical Sciences, Gastroenterology & Human Nutrition
New Delhi, India

Chair, Endoscopy Committee

Professor Vivek Kaul
University of Rochester Medical Center
Rochester, NY, USA

Chair, Hepatology Committee

Professor Nancy Reau
Rush University Medical Center
Chicago, IL, USA

Chair, Publications Committee

Chair, Guidelines Committee

Professor Alejandro Piscoya
Hospital Guillermo Kaelin de La Fuente
Lima, Peru

Chair, Publications Committee

Professor Dan Dumitrascu
University of Medicine and Pharmacy
Cluj-Napoca, Romania

Promotion of Education in Asia-Pacific Region

Professor Varocha Mahachai
Gastro Network
Bangkok, Thailand

Chair, Scientific Programs Committee

Professor Joost Drenth
Radboud UMC
Nijmegen, The Netherlands

Chair, Training Centers Committee

Professor Luis Carlos Sabbagh
Sanitas University Foundation
Bogota, Colombia

Chair, Train the Trainers Committee

Professor Kelly Burak
University of Calgary Liver Unit
Calgary, Canada

Chair, Young Members Committee

Chair, Young GIs Committee

Professor Aasma Shaukat
NYU Langone Health
New York, NY, USA

Regional Association Presidents

African Middle East Association of Gastroenterology (AMAGE)

Professor Abdelmounem Abdo
Ibn Sina Hospital
Khartoum, Sudan

Asian Pacific Association of Gastroenterology (APAGE)

Professor Justin Che-Yuen Wu
Prince of Wales Hospital
Hong Kong

Pan-American Gastroenterological Association (OPGE)

Professor Arnoldo Riquelme
Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile
Santiago, Chile

Helena Cortez-Pinto, UEG Representative

United European Gastroenterology (UEG)

Professor Helena Cortez-Pinto
Faculdade de Medicina de Lisboa, Centro Hospitalar Lisboa Norte, HSM
Lisbon, Portugal

 

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