31 WORLD GASTROENTEROLOGY NEWS SEPTEMBER 2015 Editorial | Expert Point of View | Gastro 2015: AGW/WGO | WDHD News | WGO & WGOF News | WGO Global Guidelines | Calendar of Events 5th Bosnian-Herzegovinian Congress of Gastroenterology and Hepatology with International Participation - A Meeting Summary Milenko Bevanda, MD, PhD Professor of Internal Medicine GASTROBiH2015 Congress president Dean of Mostar University Medical School Head of Clinical Department of Gastroenterology at University Clinical Hospital Mostar Mostar, Bosnia and Herzegovina The Gastroenterology and Hepa-tology Association of Bosnia and Herzegovina is surely one of the most active medical societies in the country. Our congresses, conferences, schools, symposia, and meetings are well known for their high professional and scientific level. We always try to bring latest knowl-edge in the fields of gastroenterology and hepatology. In addition to the topics from everyday clinical prac-tice, we devote attention to basic and translational research. Also, we discuss the problems and dilemmas that we face in everyday work. From 11-14 June 2015 we orga-nized the 5th Bosnian-Herzegovinian Congress of Gastroenterology and Hepatology with International Par-ticipation (GASTROBiH 2015) in the beautiful and the charming city of Mostar. This was most important and big-gest medical event that Mostar has ever hosted and we are very pleased that even people who are not involved in medicine recognized the relevance of GASTROBiH 2015. Croat Mem-ber of the Presidency of Bosnia and Herzegovina, Professor Dragan Covic, accepted high patronage of the con-gress. All major media outlets in the country had their journalists at the venue and reported on the congress. More than 400 physicians, nurses/ technicians, and medical students from 12 countries attended GAS-TROBiH 2015. We are extremely proud of all the eminent experts from the region that accepted invitations; world famous names such as Franco Bazzoli (Italy), Moon Jae Chung (Republic of Korea), Leonid Lazebnik (Russia), John O’Grady (England), Istvan Racz (Hungary), Boris Vucelic (Croatia), and WGO Secretary General, Cihan Yurdaydin (Turkey), presented excel-lent lectures. In total 64 lectures were held, in-cluding a postgraduate course and the annual meeting of gastroenterology nurses and technicians. The congress began with a postgraduate course in inflamma-tory bowel disease. About 80 young doctors from throughout the whole region enthusiastically listened to 10 top-quality lectures. We especially want to thank Professor Vucelic who was the course director. The next three days of the congress were filled with great topics. The second day was dedicated to gastro-intestinal tract diseases, hepatology, and pancreatology. The third day of the congress, attendants could hear many interesting things in the field of inflammatory bowel diseases, viral Opening ceremony. hepatitis, and gastrointestinal oncol-
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