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WORLD GASTROENTEROLOGY NEWS APRIL 2018
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Viva Endoscopy! – ASGE-WGO Postgraduate Course
at WCOG at ACG 2017
The WGO-ASGE Endoscopy Course highlighted state-of-the-art endoscopic management of gastrointestinal
diseases that attendees encounter daily, and presented important recent innovations that are changing
clinical practice!
Held in conjunction with the WCOG at ACG 2017 in Orlando, Florida, USA, the ASGE-WGO Postgraduate Course at
ACG: Viva Endoscopy took place on Friday, October 13, 2017. Led by Course Directors Andres Gelrud, MD, MMSc,
FASGE and Mark D. Topazian, MD, FACG, FASGE, the ASGE-WGO Postgraduate course provided tips and techniques
that could be immediately employed to improve endoscopic outcomes. The course also provided attendees with
a series of presentations including case discussions and video content to stimulate audience dialogue with the panel of
world-renowned faculty experts.
Course Directors: Andres Gelrud, MD, MMSc, FASGE and Mark D. Topazian, MD, FACG, FASGE
WGO-ASGE Endoscopy Course Faculty
Barham Abu Dayyeh, MD, MPH
Nicholas J. Shaheen, MD, MPH,
Assistant Professor of Medicine
FASGE
Mayo Clinic
Chief of Gastroenterology
Rochester, Minnesota, USA
University of North Carolina
Peter V. Draganov, MD, FASGE
School of Medicine
University of Florida
Chapel Hill, North Carolina, USA
Gainesville, Florida, USA
Uzma Siddiqui, MD, FASGE
Antonio Rollan Rodriquez, MD
Associate Professor of Medicine
Clinica Alemana de Santiago
University of Chicago
University of Desarrollo
Chicago, Illinois, USA
Santiago, Chile
Claudio Rolim Teixeira, MD, PhD
Steven A. Edmundowicz, MD,
Interventional Endoscopy
FASGE
Moinhos Vento Hospital
University of Colorado Denver
Porto Alegre, Brazil
Aurora, Colorado, USA
Reem Z. Sharaiha, MD, BSc, MBBS
Assistant Professor of Medicine
Presbyterian Hospital
Weill Cornell Medical College
New York, New York, USA
World-renowned faculty experts discussing
important endoscopic topics for attendees.
WGO and WGO Foundation Program Manager,
Ashley Huren-Johnson, staffing the ASGE/
WGO registration table.