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WORLD GASTROENTEROLOGY NEWS APRIL 2018
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WGO Announces Recipients of the Masters of the
WGO (MWGO) Award
Established in 2009, the Master of the WGO (MWGO) Award is the highest honor the World Gastroenterology Organisation
(WGO) can bestow on a member and is granted only to those individuals who have provided outstanding
dedication to the mission of the WGO and achieved distinction in such areas as scholarly research, teaching, and service
to WGO and the community at large.
The MWGO Award was created to recognize these contributions and by this recognition provide incentive, encouragement,
and guidance for others to significantly contribute to their fields. The Masters of the WGO Award is a capstone
career award and is given in conjunction with each World Congress of Gastroenterology.
Recipients of the 2017 Masters of the WGO Award were recognized with an engraved plaque at the WGO General Assembly
during the World Congress of Gastroenterology at ACG 2017 on Tuesday, 17 October 2017 in Orlando, Florida,
USA. Recipients may now use the title of “Master of the WGO” and the letters “MWGO” in conjunction with their name.
Please join WGO in congratulating the 2017 recipients of this prestigious award!
WGO is Honored to Announce the 2017 MWGO Award Recipients:
Professor Luiz de Paula Castro,
MWGO (Brazil)
Professor Suliman Fedail, MWGO
(Sudan)
Professor Michael Fried, MWGO
(Switzerland)
Professor Jean Paul Galmiche,
MWGO (France)
Professor Joseph Geenen, MWGO
(USA)
Professor Richard Hunt, MWGO
(UK)
Professor Richard Kozarek, MWGO
(USA)
Professor Bernard Levin, MWGO
(USA)
Professor Juan Malagelada, MWGO
(Spain)
Professor Finlay Macrae, MWGO
(Australia)
Professor Solly Marks, MWGO
(South Africa)
Professor Ibrahim Mostafa, MWGO
(Egypt)
Professor D Nageshwar Reddy,
MWGO (India)
Professor Melvin Schapiro, MWGO
(USA)
Professor Isidor Segal, MWGO
(South Africa)
Professor Zeyad Sharaiha, MWGO
(Jordan)
Professor Joseph Sung, MWGO
(China)
Professor Rakesh Tandon, MWGO
(India)
Professor Guido Tytgat, MWGO (The
Netherlands)
Professor Guido Villa-Gomez,
MWGO (Bolivia)
Professor Shu-Dong Xiao, MWGO
(China)
Julio Bai, MWGO
(Argentina)
Khean-Lee Goh,
MWGO (Malaysia)
Günter Krejs,
MWGO (Austria)
Shuji Shimizu,
MWGO (Japan)
Sandie Thomson,
MWGO (South
Africa)
Past recipients of the MWGO Award include