Faculty

Aasma Shaukat
Chair
Young GI’s Committee – WGO
Professor of Gastroenterology
NYU Langone Health
United States

Abed Al Lehibi
Chairman
Gastroenterology and Hepatology Department
Endoscopy Director
King Fahad Medical City
Saudi Arabia

Abdel Meguid Kassem
Professor, Endemic Diseases Dept.
Cairo University
Egypt

Abdulrahman AlFadda
Consultant Gastroenterology and Hepatology
King Faisal Specialist Hospital and Research Center
Saudi Arabia

Abdelmounem E. Abdo
Director
National Centre for Gastrointestinal and Liver Diseases
Sudan

Abdullah Shatnawei
Consultant Gastroenterology/ Nutrition
Cleveland Clinic
United Arab Emirates

Adnan Abuhammour
Consultant Gastroenterologist
Abuhammour Medical Center
United Arab Emirates

Ahmad Al Fadhli
Consultant Gastroenterology and Hepatology
Haya Al Habib Center- Mubarak
Kuwait

Ala’ Sharara
Professor of Medicine
American University of Beirut
Lebanon

Alejandro Forner
Consultant Hepatology
Barcelona Hospital Clinic
Spain

Ali Al Fazari
Consultant Gastroenterologist
American Hospital
United Arab Emirates

Ammar Kheir
Consultant Gastroenterologist
Cleveland Clinic Abu Dhabi
United Arab Emirates

Asad Dajani
Gastroenterologist
Asad Dajani Specialized Clinic
United Arab Emirates

Bronte Holt
Consultant Gastroenterologist
St Vincent’s Hospital 
Australia

Carol Semrad
Professor of Medicine
The University of Chicago
United States

Carol Burke
Consultant Gastroenterologist
Director Center for Hereditary Polyposis
Cleveland Clinic
United States

Carolina Olano
Secretary General – WGO
Professor of Gastroenterology
Clínica De Gastroenterología
Universidad de La Republica
Uruguay

Charles Bernstein
Distinguished Professor of Medicine
University of Manitoba
Canada

Christina Surawicz
Emeritus Professor
University of Washington
United States

Cihan Yurdaydin
Chief
Department of Gastroenterology and Hepatology
Koç University Medical School
Turkey

Claudia Defillipi
Consultant Gastroenterologist
Department of Medicine
Gastroenterology Section
University Hospital
University of Chile
Chile

Catalin Sfarti
Head Of Endoscopy Department
Gr. T. Popa Iasi University of Medicine and Pharmacy
Romania

Daphne Ang Shih-Wen
Consultant
Changi General Hospital
Singapore

David Bjorkman
Professor Emeritus
University of Utah School of Medicine
United States

David Russell
Consultant Gastroenterologist
General Physician
Director Clinical Nutrition
The Royal Melbourne Hospital
University of Melbourne
Australia

Desmond Leddin
Professor
Division of Digestive Care and Endoscopy
Department of Medicine
Dalhousie University
Canada

Domingo Balderramo
Gi Endoscopy Head
Hospital Privado Universitario De Cordoba
Argentina

Dong Wan Seo
Chairman of Department of Internal Medicine
Asan Medical Center
Korea

Elias Makhoul
Professor of Gastroenterology
University hospital Notre Dame des Secours Byblos
Lebanon

Elly Ogutu
Associate Professor
University Of Nairobi
Kenya

Francis Chan
Dean
Faculty of Medicine
The Chinese University of Hong Kong
Hong Kong

Francisco Guarner
Consultant of Gastroenterology
Teknon Medical Center
Spain

Gabriele Capurso
Deputy Director, Pancreas Translational and Clinical Research Center
San Raffaele Scientific Institute
Italy

Gamal Esmat
Professor
Endemic Medicine and Hepatogastroenterology Department
Cairo University
Egypt

Ghaniyat Oyeleke
Consultant Gastroenterologist
Lagos University Teaching Hospital
Nigeria

Georgiana-Emmanuela Gilca-Blanariu
Assistant Professor
Department of Gastroenterology
Grigore T Popa University of Medicine And Pharmacy Iasi
Romania

Govind K. Makharia
Chair
Clinical Research Committee – WGO
Professor of Gastroenterology
All India Institute of Medical Sciences
India

Gwee Kok Ann
Adjunct Associate Professor
National University of Singapore
Singapore

Hailemichael Desalegn
Director Project Echo Subsaharan Africa
St. Paul’s Hospital Millennium Medical College
Ethiopia

Heba Al-Farhan
Consultant Gastroenterologist and Hepatologist
Al-Amiri Hospital
Kuwait

Harshit S. Khara
Associate Professor of Medicine
Geisinger Medical Center
United States

Helena Cortez-Pinto
Full Professor of Medicine, FMUL
President, United European Gastroenterology
Portugal

Henry Cohen
Professor
Udelar
Uruguay

Humaid Al Shamsi
Director of Oncology and Professor of Oncology
Burjeel Cancer Institute
United Arab Emirates

Ibrahim Mostafa
Professor of Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Endoscopy
Theodor Bilharz Research Institute – Wadi El Nile Hospital
Egypt

Jan Tack
Professor of Medicine
University of Leuven
Belgium

Javier Molina Infante
Consultant Gastroenterologist
Department of Gastroenterology
Hospital Universitario De Cáceres
Spain

Jean Christophe Saurin
Head of Unit
Gastroenterology Unit E. Herriot Hospital
France

Jonathon A. Leighton
Professor
Mayo Clinic
United States

Joost PH Drenth
Chair
Scientific Programs Committee – WGO
Radboud UMC
Netherlands

José Maria Remes Troche
Director
Medical Biological Research Institute
Universidad Veracruzana
Mexico

Khadija Ahmed Salem Hafidh
Consultant Physician
Dubai Health Authority
United Arab Emirates

Kelly Burak
Professor, Medicine and Oncology
University of Calgary
Canada

Leticia Moreira
Md
PhD
Aeg (asociación Española De Gastroenterología)
Spain

Lin Chang
Professor Of Medicine
David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA
United States

Luis C. Sabbagh
Chair
Training Centers Committee – WGO
Sanitas University Foundation
Colombia

Mark D. Topazian
Treasurer – WGO
Professor of Medicine
Mayo Clinic
United States

Maria Ines Pinto-Sanchez
Assistant Professor, Division of Gastroenterology
McMaster University Medical Centre
Canada

Michael Mwachiro
Director
Endoscopy Department
Tenwek Hospital
Kenya

Miguel Mascarenhas
Fellow
Centro Hospitalar São João
Portugal

Michael B. Wallace
Chief
Division Of Gastroenterology
Shiekh Shakhbout Medical City
United Arab Emirates

Michal F. Kamiński
Head Of Department
National Cancer Research Institute
Poland

Michelle Joosun Kim
Chair
Department of Gastroenterology and Hepatology and Nutrition
Cleveland Clinic
United States

Miklosh Bala
Director of Trauma and Acute Care Surgery Unit
Hadassah – Hebrew University Medical Center
Israel

Nahum Mendez-Sanchez
Professor of Gastroenterology
Natioanl Autonomous University of Mexico
Mexico

Naima Amrani
WGO P-President & Chair of Nominations
Prof of Medicine,Mohammed V University,Rabat
Morocco

Nalini Guda
Clinical Adjunct Professor Of Medicine
University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health
GI Associates
WI
United States

Nancy Reau
Chair
Hepatology Interest Group – WGO
Rush University Medical Center
United States

Nayantara Coilho Prabhu
Associate Professor of Medicine
Mayo Clinic Rochester
United States

Nicholas Talley
Distinguished Laureate Professor
University of Newcastle
Australia

Omar Al Mazrouqi
Assistant Professor of Surgery
MBRU
United Arab Emirates

Patrick S. Kamath
Professor of Medicine
Mayo Clinic College of Medicine and Science
United States

Rami Eliakim
Senior Physician
Sheba Medical Center
Israel

Rebecca Burgell
Gastroenterologist
Alfred Health
Australia

Rodrigo Jover
Chief of Gastroenterology Department
Hospital General Universitario Dr Balmis Alicante
Spain

Ronnie Fass
Professor of Medicine
Case Western Reserve University
United States

Saeed Hamid
Director Clinical Trials Unit
Aga Khan University
Pakistan

Sandie Thomson
Division of Gastroenterology
University of Cape Town
South Africa

Satish S. C. Rao
Professor of Medicine
Augusta University Medical Center
United States

Sara El Ouali
Consultant Gastroenterologist
Cleveland Clinic Abu Dhabi
United Arab Emirates

Seth A Gross
Clinical Chief of Gastroenterology and Hepatology
NYU Langone Health
United States

Shabana F. Pasha
Professor of Medicine
Vice Chair
Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology
Mayo Clinic
United States

Sherif Abd Elsalam
Associate Professor Hepatology and Gastroenterology and Infectious Diseases
Tanta University
Egypt

Susana Lopes
Senior Consultant
Centro Hospitalar São João
Portugal

Uday Ghoshal
Professor and Head of Department
Sanjay Gandhi Post Graduate Institute of Medical Sciences
India

Vivek Kaul
Chair
Endoscopy, Other Procedures and Outreach Interest Group – WGO
Professor of Medicine
University of Rochester Medical Center
United States

Wafaa Khanoussi
Professor of Gastroenterology
University Hospital Oujda
Morocco

Walid Ahmady
Professor of Hepatology and Gastroenterology
Zagazig University
Egypt

Wai Kay Seto
Clinical Professor
The University of Hong Kong
Hong Kong

Yaser Meeralam
Consultant Gastroenterologist
King Abdullah Medical City
Saudi Arabia

Zeyad K. Sharaiha
Chief of Gastroenterology Section
King Hussein Medical Center
Jordan