29 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 Annual Scientific Meeting of the New Zealand Society of Gastroenterology (NZSG) Dr. Campbell White, MBChB, FRACP Executive Committee NZSG The 50th Annual Scientific Meet-ing of the New Zealand Society of Gastroenterology was held from 23rd to 25th November 2016 in the leafy river city of Hamilton, deep in the dairy country of the Waikato. This celebratory 50th anniversary meeting is a highlight of the New Zealand gastroenterology calendar and is held in conjunction with the New Zealand Nurses Organisation Gastroenterol-ogy Nurses Section. Prior to the full meeting a capsule endoscopy symposium was held. This informative practical session was convened by Dr. David Edge. The symposium included hands on learning lab sessions and sample video studies. Guest presenter Dr. Mark Appleyard, director of the department of gastroenterology and hepatology at the Royal Brisbane and Women’s Hos-pital, demonstrated how he reported capsule studies. Simon Turner from Medtronic presented information about the latest capsule technology. Review papers were presented regard-ing capsule endoscopy findings in NSAID enteropathy, “white lesions”, Crohn’s, obscure GI bleeding, small bowel tumors and celiac disease. This was followed by an interactive panel of doctors, namely Ali Jafer, Mark Appleyard, David Edge, Jim Brooker, Alasdair Patrick, on the topic: “What is this and what do I do.“ The 50th anniversary full meet-ing was fittingly introduced by New Cake to celebrate 50 years of NZSG Zealand gastro icon Emeritus Profes-sor Gill Barbezat who led us through the history of the NZ Gastro Society and the changes in gastroenterology over those years. Dr. H. Bramwell Cook provided a display of historical gastroenterology implements from the last 50 years. As a new initiative live steaming was made available from the lectures of the conference. The birth-day cake – an anatomically correct open abdomen – added a macabre introduction to the Zombie theme. We were fortunate to have a fine range of eloquent international guest speakers. Prof. Michael Camilleri from the Mayo Clinic presented us with a tour through therapeutics avail-able in functional gastrointestinal dis-ease. New Zealand gastroenterologists can only look jealously at the range of therapeutics available - we currently have few funded options. Prof. Jane Andrews, head of IBD services and Clinical Professor from Adelaide School of Medicine and Royal Adelaide Hospital presented her experience with Vedolizumab. The NZSG is currently trying to gain Dr. David Edge, Mr. Simon Turner, Dr. Mark Appleyard, Dr. Jim Brooker funding for additional biological
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