7 WORLD GASTROENTEROLOGY NEWS FEBRUARY 2017 Editorial | Expert Point of View | Gastro 2016: EGHS-WGO | WDHD News | WGO & WGOF News | WGO Global Guidelines | Calendar of Events A Celebration of Gastro 2016: EGHS-WGO International Congress! The World Gastroenterology Organ-isation (WGO) along with the Emir-ates Gastroenterology & Hepatology Society (EGHS) were honored to have been part of this outstanding Con-gress which took place 17-19 Novem-ber 2016 in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates. In addition to the World Congress of Gastroenterology held every two years, the WGO is collabo-rating with its member societies to host joint meetings in between World Congresses. This is the first time in the his-tory of WGO that a joint congress has been held with one of the Arab Middle Eastern member societies. The congress was timed to coincide with the annual meeting of the EGHS, emphasizing the growing scope and demand for our specialty in the UAE and the region. We wish to thank the members of the Steering Commit-tee, International Program Commit-tee, Local Host Committee and the Local Scientific Committee for their contributions in making this a truly remarkable and successful congress. For those of you who attended, we trust that you found Gastro 2016 to be a positive educational experience and one that continues to benefit your work and research in the fields of gas-troenterology, hepatology, endoscopy, and related disciplines. We are very pleased to note that the attendance was more than double that of the annual meeting of the EGHS with over 1500 delegates from 80 countries. We were privileged to have provided all who attended with the Dr. Maryam Al Khatry President EGHS Co-chair Steering Committee Prof. James Toouli WGO Past President Co-chair Steering Committee Prof. Naima Amrani, WGO Secretary General, Prof. James Toouli, WGO Past President and Chair of Nominations, Dr. Mouza AlSharhan, President, Emirates Medical Association, Dr. Maryam Al Khatry, EGHS President, Prof. David Bjorkman, WGO President, Dr. Yousif Al Sarkal, UAE MOH Assistant Undersecretary for Hospitals Sector, Abdulla Bin Souqat, Executive Director, Sheikh Hamdan Bin Rashid Al Maktoum Award for Medical Sciences, Prof. Ibrahim Mostafa, Director, WGO Cairo Training Center, Prof. Cihan Yurdaydin, WGO President-Elect and Chair of the WGO Foundation Demonstration area at Gastro 2016 Registration at Gastro 2016
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