Executive Committee

President

Prof. Guilherme Macedo
Portugal
Centro Hospitalar São João
Porto

President-Elect and Climate Change Working Group Chair

Prof. Geoffrey Metz
Australia
Epworth Hospital
Richmond, VIC

Past President and Chair of Nominations

Prof. Naima Lahbabi-Amrani
Morocco
Mohammed V University
Rabat

Secretary General

Prof. Carolina Olano
Uruguay
Universidad de La Republica
Montevideo

Treasurer

Prof. Mark Topazian
USA
Rochester, MN

At-Large Member and WGO Foundation Chair

Professor Kaichun Wu
China
Xijing Hospital
Xi'an

Committee and Interest Group Chairs

Chair, Clinical Research Committee

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

Chair, Guidelines Committee

Prof. Alejandro Piscoya
Peru
Hospital Guillermo Kaelin de La Fuente
Lima

Chair, Publications Committee

Prof. Dan Dumitrascu
Romania
University of Medicine and Pharmacy
Cluj-Napoca

Promotion of Education in Asia-Pacific Region

Prof. Varocha Mahachai
Thailand
Gastro Network
Bangkok

Chair, Scientific Programs Committee

Prof. Joost Drenth
The Netherlands
Radboud UMC
Nijmegen

Chair, Training Centers Committee

Prof. Luis Carlos Sabbagh
Colombia
Sanitas University Foundation
Bogota

Chair, Train the Trainers Committee

Prof. Kelly Burak
Canada
University of Calgary Liver Unit
Calgary

Chair, Young GIs Committee

Prof. Aasma Shaukat
USA
NYU Langone Health
New York, NY

Chair, Endoscopy, Other Procedures and Outreach Interest Group

Prof. Vivek Kaul
USA
University of Rochester Medical Center
Rochester, NY

Chair, Hepatology Interest Group

Prof. Nancy Reau
USA
Rush University Medical Center
Chicago, IL

Regional Association Presidents

African Middle East Association of Gastroenterology (AMAGE)

Prof. Abdelmounem Abdo
Sudan
Ibn Sina Hospital
Khartoum

Asian Pacific Association of Gastroenterology (APAGE)

Prof. Justin Che-Yuen Wu
Hong Kong
Prince of Wales Hospital

Pan-American Gastroenterological Association (OPGE)

Prof. Arnoldo Riquelme
Chile
Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile
Santiago

United European Gastroenterology (UEG)

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