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

	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 and Chair of Nominations Professor Naima Lahbabi-Amrani Mohammed V University Rabat, Morocco		Treasurer Professor Mark Topazian Rochester, MN, USA
	Secretary General Professor Carolina Olano Universidad de La Republica Montevideo, Uruguay		At-Large Member and WGO Foundation Chair Professor Kaichun Wu Xijing Hospital Xi'an, China
Committees Chairs
	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, 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 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		United European Gastroenterology (UEG) Professor Helena Cortez-Pinto Faculdade de Medicina de Lisboa, Centro Hospitalar Lisboa Norte, HSM Lisbon, Portugal

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