22 WORLD GASTROENTEROLOGY NEWS MAY 2017 Editorial | Expert Point of View | WCOG at ACG 2017 | WDHD News | WGO & WGOF News | WGO Global Guidelines | Calendar of Events XV Brazilian Digestive Week Maria do Carmo Friche Passos, MD, PhD President of XV Brazilian Digestive Week President of the Brazilian Federation of Gastroenterology 2015/2016 Over 5,000 medical professionals and researchers attended the XV Brazil-ian Digestive Week (SBAD) held in Belo Horizonte between the 29th of October and the 2nd of November of 2016. This congress is considered one of the most important and respected of Latin American gastroenterology thanks to the combined work of Bra-zilian Federation of Gastroenterology (FBG), Brazilian Society of Digestive Endoscopy (SOBED) and Brazilian College of Digestive Surgery (CBCD). During five days the most current and relevant topics in all gastroenterologi-cal, endoscopic and surgical fields pro-vided all the participants an excellent update and moments of friendship. It is important to highlight the presence of 35 world-renowned speakers and 590 speakers from all over Brazil who presented with remarkable compe-tence the scientific advances and the latest researches of basic areas related to digestive diseases. It should be emphasized the occur-rence of twelve pre-congress courses held on the first two days of SBAD. The participants could choose courses in specific areas as liver, pancreas, inflammatory bowel disease (IBD), motility, endoscopy and digestive sur-gery. Furthermore, there were courses promoted by the Brazilian Societies of Hepatology, Pediatric Gastroenterol-ogy, Coloproctology and Bariatric This congress is considered one of the most important and respected of Latin American gastroenterology... Surgery, and by the Brazilian Nucleus for the Study of H. pylori. One of the most attended courses was promoted by FBG -- Potpourri in Gastroenterology. Its goal was to promote a wide review of the most important and current topics of clinical gastroenterology, and it had 812 participants. Similarly, the live interactive course of diagnostic and therapeutic endoscopy counted almost 700 attendees. The exams were performed by national and foreign experts and took place in Hospital of Clinics of the Federal University of Minas Gerais and transmitted live to the convention center. The course of gastroenterological imaging, which was held for the first time in a SBAD, emphasized the importance of new diagnostic methods such as contrast-enhanced abdominal ultrasound. Two internationally recognized special-ists, Stephanie Wilson (University of Calgary) and Dean Huang (King’s College London) lectured and shared with the gastroenterologists and radiologists their great scientific and technical knowledge. We should also highlight the sym-posia, roundtables and conferences promoted in partnership with impor-tant international medical societies as the American Gastroenterological Association, American Society for Gastrointestinal Endoscopy, Sociedad Argentina de Gastroenterología and the Japanese/Brazilian course with Japanese endoscopists. Some of the congress sessions had a high demand, such as those present-ing the new Rome IV Criteria for Functional Gastrointestinal Disorders. Professor Magnus Simrén (University of Gothenburg) brilliantly presented conferences on this topic. Similarly, Professor José Cotter (University of Minho), the President of the Portu-guese Society of Gastroenterology, Opening Ceremony - XV Brazilian Digestive Week (SBAD) Exhibition area – Brazilian Federation of Gastroenterology
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