Training Centers Committee

The Training Centers Committee oversees all aspects of the relationship between the World Gastroenterology Organisation (WGO) and its officially endorsed Training Centers worldwide.

	Committee Chair Finlay Macrae (Australia)
	Committee Vice Chair Damon Bizos (South Africa)

Members

Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
Amir Sultan (Ethiopia)

Ankara, Turkey
Sedat Boyacioglu (Turkey)

Bangkok, Thailand
Sathaporn Manatsathit (Thailand)
Nonthalee Pausawasdi (Thailand)

Blantyre, Malawi
Melita Gordon (Malawi)

Bogotá, Colombia
Luis Carlos Sabbagh (Colombia)

Cairo, Egypt
Ibrahim Mostafa (Egypt)

Karachi, Pakistan
Wasim Jafri (Pakistan)

Khartoum, Sudan
Abdelmounem E. Abdo (Sudan)

Lagos, Nigeria
Olufunmilayo Lesi (Nigeria)

La Paz, Bolivia
Pending (Bolivia)

La Plata, Argentina
Nestor Chopita (Argentina)
Francisco Tufare (Argentina)

Mexico City, Mexico
Miguel Valdovinos (Mexico)

New Delhi, India
Shiv Kumar Sarin (India)

Nairobi, Kenya
Elly Ogutu (Kenya)

Porto, Portugal
Guilherme Macedo (Portugal)

Porto Alegre, Brazil
Mário Reis Álvares-da-Silva (Brazil)

Rabat, Morocco
Naima Amrani (Morocco)

Rome, Italy
Guido Costamagna (Italy)

SAGES-ADD, South Africa
Jan van Zyl (South Africa)

San José, Costa Rica
Herbert Burgos (Costa Rica)

Suva, Fiji
Christopher Hair (Australia)
Mai Perman (Fiji)

Xi'an, China
Kaichun Wu (China)

Yangon, Myanmar
Moe Myint Aung (Myanmar)
Thein Myint (Myanmar)

Other Representatives

Shuji Shimizu, Japan (Coordinator E-Learning Network)
Tomohiko Moriyama, Japan (Coordinator E-Learning Network)
Carolina Olano, Uruguay (Scientific Programs Committee Chair)
Desmond Leddin, Ireland (Clinical Research Committee Chair)
Saeed Hamid, Pakistan (Hepatology Interest Group Chair)
Andy Veitch, UK (Endoscopy, Other Procedures and Outreach Interest Group Chair)
Eamonn Quigley, USA (WDHD 2020 Chair)
Henry Cohen, Uruguay (Regional Coordinator, Latin America TCs)
Alejandro Piscoya, Peru (Regional Coordinator, Latin America TCs)

Staff Liaison

Jim Melberg, WGO Program Manager