Analia Pasqua
Department of Gastroenterology - Pancreatic Diseases Section
Hospital Italiano of Buenos Aires
Argentina
Argentina
Domingo Balderramo
Gi Endoscopy Head
Hospital Privado Universitario De Cordoba
Argentina
Australia
Andrew Metz
Associate Professor
Royal Melbourne Hospital
Australia
Bronte Holt
Gastroenterologist
St Vincent's Hospital Melboure
Australia
David Russell
Gastroenterologist, General Physician, Director Clinical Nutrition
The Royal Melbourne Hospital, University Of Melbourne
Australia
Geoffrey Metz
President-Elect and Climate Change Working Group Chair, The World Gastroenterology Organisation
Professor of Medicine, The University of Melbourne
Australia
Lilian Kow
Past President
IFSO
Australia
Mayur Garg
Director Of Gastroenterology
Northern Health
Australia
Nicholas Talley
Distinguished Laureate Professor
University Of Newcastle
Australia
Rebecca Burgell
Gastroenterologist
Alfred Health
Australia
Belgium
Jan Tack
Professor Of Medicine
University Of Leuven
Belgium
Sven Francque
Prof. Dr.
Antwerp University Hospital
Belgium
Canada
Charles Bernstein
Distinguished Professor Of Medicine
University Of Manitoba
Canada
Desmond Leddin
Professor, Division of Digestive Care and Endoscopy
Department of Medicine, Dalhousie University
Canada
Kelly Burak
Chair, Train the Trainers Committee, The World Gastroenterology Organisation
University Of Calgary Liver Unit
Canada
Maria Ines Pinto-Sanchez
Assistant Professor, Division of Gastroenterology
McMaster University Medical Centre
Canada
Chile
Arnoldo Riquelme
President
Panamerican Society of Gastroenterology (OPGE)
Chile
Claudia Defillipi
Gastroenterologist
Department of Medicine, Gastroenterology Section. Univerisity Hospital. University Of Chile
Chile
Colombia
Luis Carlos Sabbagh
Chair, Training Centers Committee, The World Gastroenterology Organisation
Chief Of Gastroenterology Department, Reina Sofia And Colombia University Clinics
Colombia
Egypt
Gamal Esmat
Professor Of Hepatogastroenterology And Infectious Diseases
Cairo University Hospitals
Egypt
Ibrahim Mostafa
Professor Of Gastroenterology And Hepatology
Theodore Bilharz Institute
Egypt
Mohammed Khorshid
President
Edge Foundation
Egypt
Sherief Abdel-Salam
Associate Professor Hepatology, Gastroenterology And Infectious Diseases
Tanta University
Egypt
Walid Ahmady
Professor of Hepatology and Gastroenterology
Zagazig University
Egypt
Ethiopia
Hailemichael Desalegn
Director Project Echo Subsaharan Africa
St. Paul’s Hospital Millennium Medical College
Ethiopia
France
Jean-Christophe Saurin
Header Of Unit
Gastroenterology Unit E.herriot Hospital Lyon France
France
Hong Kong
Francis Chan
Dean, Faculty of Medicine
The Chinese University Of Hong Kong
Hong Kong
WK Seto
Clinical Professor
The University Of Hong Kong
Hong Kong
India
Govind Makharia
Chair, Clinical Research Committee, The World Gastroenterology Organisation
Professor, All India Institute Of Medical Sciences, Gastroenterology & Human Nutrition
India
Mahesh Goenka
Director & Head, Gastroenterology Department
Apollo Multispeciality Hospital, Kolkata, India
India
Nageshwar Reddy
Chairman
Asian Institute of Gastroenterology & AIG Hospitals
India
Uday Ghoshal
Professor And Head
Sanjay Gandhi Post Graduate Institute of Medical Sciences
India
Iran
Anahita Sadeghi
Associate Professor
Tehran University of Medical Sciences
Iran
Reza Malekzadeh
Distinguished Professor of Medicine and Gastroenterology
Digestive Disease Research Institute Tehran University Of Medical Science
Iran
Iraq
Nawal Alkhalidi
Consultant Gastroenterology & Hepatology
GIT & H Teaching Hospital
Iraq
Israel
Miklosh Bala
Director of Trauma and Acute Care Surgery Unit
Hebrew University Medical Center
Israel
Rami Eliakim
Senior Physician, Department of Gastroenterology
Sheba Medical Center, Ramat Gan
Israel
Italy
Gabriele Capurso
Deputy Director, Pancreas Translational and Clinical Research Center
San Raffaele Scientific Institute
Italy
Giovanni Barbara
Full Professor of Internal Medicine and Gastroenterology
University of Bologna
Italy
Silvio Danese
Head Gastroenterology and Gastrointestinal Endoscopy Unit
Vita-Salute San Raffaele University and IRCCS San Raffaele Hospital
Italy
Japan
Naohisa Yahagi
Professor of Medicine
Keio University
Japan
Jordan
Ahmad Bashir
Minimally Invasive & Bariatric Surgeon
GBMC- Jordan Hospital
Jordan
Ziad Sharaiha
Chairman of Gastroenterology Department, Amman Hospital
Founding President AMGE
Jordan
Kenya
Elly Ogutu
Associate Professor
University Of Nairobi
Kenya
Michael Mwachiro
Director, Endoscopy Department
Tenwek Hospital
Kenya
Korea
Dong-Wan Seo
Chairman Of Department Of Internal Medicine
Asan Medical Center
Korea
Kuwait
Ahmad Al Fadhli
President of Kuwait Gastroenterology Association
Consultant Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Head of Department, Haya Al Habib Center - Mubarak Al Kabeer Hospital
Kuwait
Ali Al Ali
Assistant Professor
Kuwait University
Kuwait

Asma Al Kandari
Physician
Al Jahra Hospital
Kuwait
Heba Al-Farhan
Consultant Gastroenterologist & Hepatologist
Al Amiri Hospital
Kuwait
Salman Al Sabah
President Of Agency For Medical Responsibility (amr)
Agency For Medical Responsibility
Kuwait
Talal Al Taweel
Head of the Gastroenterology Unit
Jaber Al-Ahmad Hospital
Kuwait
Lebanon
Ala Sharara
Professor Of Medicine
American University Of Beirut Medical Center
Lebanon
Elie Makhoul
Head Of Hepatobiliary And Pancreas Division
University Hospital Notre Dame De Secours Byblos Lebanon
Lebanon
Hayssam Fawal
Ceo
BSC
Lebanon
Mexico
José María Remes Troche
Director
Medical Biological Research Institute, Universidad Veracruzana
Mexico
Nahum Mendez-Sanchez
Professor
National Autonomous University of Mexico
Mexico
Morocco
Mustapha Benazzouz
Professor of Hepatogastroenterology
Mohamed V University
Morocco
Naima Amrani
Past President & Chair of Nominations, The World Gastroenterology Organisation (WGO)
Professor of Medicine, Mohammed V University
Morocco
Wafaa Khannoussi
Professor, senior GI and endoscopist
Mohammed Vi University Hospital
Morocco
Netherlands
Evelien Dekker
Gastroenterologist
Amsterdam Umc
Netherlands
Joost PH Drenth
Chair, Scientific Programs Committee, The World Gastroenterology Organisation
Chair of the Department of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Radboudumc
Netherlands
Nigeria
Ganiyat Oyeleke
Gastroenterologist
Lagos University Teaching Hospital
Nigeria
Oman
Said Al-Busafi
Associate Professor Senior Consultant, GI and Transplant Hepatology Department of Medicine College of Medicine
Sultan Qaboos University
Oman
Pakistan
Saeed Hamid
Director Clinical Trials Unit
Aga Khan University
Pakistan
Peru
Alejandro Piscoya
Chair, Guidelines Committee, The World Gastroenterology Organisation
Chief Of Gastroenterology, Hospital Guillermo Kaelin De La Fuente
Peru
Poland
Michal Kaminski
Head Of Department
National Cancer Research Institute
Poland
Portugal
Guilherme Macedo
President, The World Gastroenterology Organisation
Chair of Gastroenterology and Hepatology Department, Centro Hospitalar São João
Portugal
Helena Cortez-Pinto
President
United European Gastroenterology
Portugal
Miguel Mascarenhas
Fellow
Centro Hospitalar São João
Portugal
Pedro Moutinho Ribero
Consultant In Gastroenterology
Centro Hospitalar Universitário Sao Joao, Wgo Training Center, Porto, Portugal
Portugal
Rodrigo Liberal
Gastroenterology Consultant
Centro Hospitalar e Universitário São João
Portugal
Susana Lopes
Senior Consultant
Centro Hospitalar São João
Portugal
Romania
Catalin Sfarti
Head Of Endoscopy Department
University Of Medicine And Pharmacy Gr. T. Popa Iasi
Romania
Dan L Dumitrascu
Chair, Publications Committee, The World Gastroenterology Organisation
Professor, University Of Medicine And Pharmacy
Romania
Georgiana Gîlcă-Blanariu
Assist. Prof.
Grigore T Popa University of Medicine And Pharmacy Iasi Romania
Romania
Saudi Arabia
Aayed Al Qahtani
Professor of Bariatric and MIS
President of Saudi Arabian Society of Metabolic and Bariatric Surgery (SASMBS)
Saudi Arabia
Abdulrahman AlFadda
Director, Advanced Therapeutic Endoscopy Program
King Faisal Specialist Hospital And Reserch Center
Saudi Arabia
ABED AL LEHIBI
Chairman, Gastroenterology And Hepatology Department, Endoscopy Director
King Fahad Medical City
Saudi Arabia
Ehab Abu Farhaneh
Consultant Gastroenterology& Hepatology
King Faisal Specialized Hospital & Research Centre
Saudi Arabia
Yaser Meeralam
Consultant Gastroenterologist/IBD
KAMC
Saudi Arabia
Singapore
Daphne Ang Shih-Wen
Consultant
Changi General Hospital
Singapore
Kok-Ann Gwee
Adjunct Associate Professor
National University Of Singapore
Singapore
South Africa
Sandie Thomson
Division Of Gastroenterology
University of Cape Town
South Africa
Spain
Alejandro Forner
Consultant Hepatology
Hospital Clinic Barcelona
Spain
Begoña Gonzalez Suarez
Consultor In Gastroenterology And Endoscopy
Clinic Hospital Of Barcelona
Spain
Francisco Guarner
Consultant of Gastroenterology
Teknon Medical Center, Barcelona
Spain
Javier Molina Infante
Department Of Gastroenterology
Hospital Universitario De Cáceres, Cáceres, Spain
Spain
Leticia Moreira
Md, PhD
Aeg (asociación Española De Gastroenterología)
Spain
Manuel Pérez-Miranda
Head Of Gastroenterology & Hepatology Department
Hospital Universitario Rio Hortega
Spain
Rodrigo Jover
Chief Of Gastroenterology Department
Hospital General Universitario Dr Balmis. Alicante
Spain
Sudan
Abdelmounem E. Abdo
Director Of The National Centre For Gastrointestinal And Liver Diseases - Vice President Of The Sudanese Society Of Gastroenterology, Director Of Khartoum Wgo Training Centre
National Centre For Gastrointestinal And Liver Diseases
Sudan
Sweden
Magnus Simren
Professor of Medicine
University of Gothenburg
Sweden
Thailand
Varocha Mahachai
Promotion of Education in Asia-Pacific Region, The World Gastroenterology Organisation
Department of Medicine, Chulabhorn International College of Medicine (CICM), Thammasat University
Thailand
Turkey
Cihan Yurdaydin
Chief, Department Of Gastroenterology and Hepatology
Koç University Medical School
Turkey
United Arab Emirates
Abdulaziz Al Naemi
Consultant Gastroenterology
Tawam Hospital
United Arab Emirates
Abdulla Al Hassani
Head – Gastroenterology and Endoscopy Department
Zayed Military Hospital
United Arab Emirates
Abdullah Shatnawei
Consultant Gastroenterology/nutrition
Cleveland Clinic Abu Dhabi
United Arab Emirates
Abdulqader Almessabi
Consultant - Gastroenterology & Hepatology
Mafraq Hospital (AD)
United Arab Emirates
Abdulrahman Saadeddin
Consultant Gastroenterologist
Valiant Clinic and Hospital
United Arab Emirates
Abid Showkat Zargar
Consultant Gastroenterologist
Saudi German Hospital, Dubai
United Arab Emirates
Adnan Abuhammour
Medical Director
Abuhamour Medical Centre
United Arab Emirates
Ahmad Jazzar
Consultant Gastroenterologist and chief of the Gastroenterology Division
Burjeel VPS Al Reem
United Arab Emirates
Ahmed Khassouan
Gastroenterologist and Hepatologist
Rashid Hospital, Dubai Academic Health Corporation
United Arab Emirates
Ahmed Sultan
Consultant Gastroenterologist
Healthpoint Hospital
United Arab Emirates
Ali Al Fazari
Consultant Gastroenterologist and Chief of Internal Medicine
American Hospital Dubai
United Arab Emirates
Ali Khammas
Consultant General Surgeon
Rashid Hospital
United Arab Emirates
Ammar Kheir
Gastroenterologist & Theraputic Colonoscopist
Cleveland Clinic Abu Dhabi
United Arab Emirates
Asad Dajani
Gastroenterologist
Asad Dajani Specialized Clinic
United Arab Emirates
Balaji Krishnamurthy
Paediatric Gastroenterologist
Al Jalila Children's Specialty Hospital
United Arab Emirates
Bashir AlFakih
Consultant Physician And Gastroenterologist
Rashid Hospital
United Arab Emirates
Cecilio Azar
Consultant Gastroenterologist
Clemenceau Medical Center, Dubai
United Arab Emirates
Christos Tzivinikos
Consultant Paediatric Gastroenterologist
Al Jalila Children's Specialty Hospital
United Arab Emirates
David Rawat
Paediatric Gastroenterologist
Sheikh Khalifa Medical City (SKMC)
United Arab Emirates
Elhassan Elhassan
Consultant Physician & Gastroenterologist
Rashid Hospital
United Arab Emirates
Essa Aleassa
Consultant Surgeon
Cleveland Clinic Abu Dhabi
United Arab Emirates
Filippos Georgopoulos
Consultant Gastroenterologist & Hepatologist
Al Zahra Hospital
United Arab Emirates

George Hani Makdisi
Gastroenterologist
Mediclinic AlNoor
United Arab Emirates

Huda Al Quraishi
Gastroenterologists
Rashid Hospital
United Arab Emirates
Humaid Al Shamsi
Director Of Oncology And Professor Of Oncology
Burjeel Cancer Institute
United Arab Emirates
Hussam Saleh
Consultant Gastroenterologist/Hepatologist/Endoscopist
Dr Sulaiman Al Habib Hospital
United Arab Emirates
Ibrahim Al Hosani
Consultant Gastroenterologist
Sheikh Shakhbout Medical City
United Arab Emirates
Jamil Akhras
Consultant Gastroenterologist and Hepatologist
Mediclinic City Hospital
United Arab Emirates
Kaiser Raja
Consultant in Gastroenterology and Hepatology
King's College Hospital London, Dubai
United Arab Emirates
Khadija Hafidh
Consultant Physician and Diabetologist
Rashid Hospital, Dubai Health Authority
United Arab Emirates
Khaled Bamakhrama
Consultant Physician & Gastroenterologist
Rashid Hospital
United Arab Emirates

Khalid Osman Elamin Elsayed
Gastroenterologist
Burjeel Hospital
United Arab Emirates
Kote Shamsheer
Consultant Gastroenterologist
Medcare Hospital Al Safa
United Arab Emirates
Labib Al-Ozaibi
Consultant Coloproctology
Associate Professor of Surgery at MBRU & DMCG
United Arab Emirates
Luis Campos
Director of Liver Transplant
Cleveland Clinic Abu Dhabi
United Arab Emirates
M. Azzam Kayasseh
Hepatogastroenterologist
Dr. Kayasseh Medical Clinic (Dr. Kayasseh Liver Center)
United Arab Emirates
Majidah Bukhari
Consultant in Gastroenterology and Advanced Therapeutic Endoscopy, Gastrointestinal Motility and Hepatology
American Hospital Dubai
United Arab Emirates
Makki Fayadh
Consultant Gastroenterologist
Advanced Center For Day Care Surgery
United Arab Emirates
Maryam Al Khatry
Head, Gastroenterology and Endoscopy Department
RAK Hospital
United Arab Emirates
Mazen Taha
Consultant Gastroenterologist
Chairman of Internal Medicine at Tawam Hospital
United Arab Emirates
Mazin Aljabiri
Consultant
Mediclinic Parkview Hospital
United Arab Emirates
Michael Wallace
Chief, Division Of Gastroenterology
Shiekh Shakhbout Medical City, Abu Dhabi
United Arab Emirates
Mohamad Miqdady
Consultant Doctor & Chief
Sheikh Khalifa Medical City (AD)
United Arab Emirates
Mohammed Banama
Gastroenterologist/Hepatologist
Rashid Hospital – Dubai Health Authority
United Arab Emirates
Muflih Alketbi
Consultant Gastroenterologist
Zayed Military Hospital - Batayeh
United Arab Emirates
Mustafa Sabri
Consultant Gastroenterologist
Rashid Hospital
United Arab Emirates
Nawal AlNahdi
Consultant Gastroenterologist and Hepatologist
Rashid Hospital
United Arab Emirates

Nigel Umar Beejay
Consultant Physician/Gastroenterologist
Advanced Center for Daycare Surgery
United Arab Emirates
Omar Al Marzouqi
Assistant Professor Of Surgery
MBRU
United Arab Emirates
Piyush Somani
Consultant Gastroenterologist
NMC Royal Hospital, Sharjah and NMC Specialty Hospital Dubai
United Arab Emirates
Rahul Nathwani
Consultant gastroenterologist
Mediclinic
United Arab Emirates
Rashad Albatani
Consultant Gastroenterology
Rashid Hospital - DHA
United Arab Emirates

Saeed Al Shaikh
Gastroenterologist
Medcare Hospital
United Arab Emirates
Saeed Al Marzooqi
Consultant Hepatology, Gastroenterology program director
SSMC
United Arab Emirates
Salem Awadh
Consultant Gastroenterology
Advanced Center For Daycare Surgery
United Arab Emirates
Salem Alharthi
Consultant General, Gastrointestinal and Hepatobiliary Surgeon
Al Mafraq Hospital
United Arab Emirates
Sameer Al Awadhi
Head Gastroenterology and Endoscopy Department
Rashid Hospital
United Arab Emirates
Samuel Ho
Chair, Clinical Sciences and Professor of Medicine
Mohammed Bin Rashid University Of Medicine And Health Sciences
United Arab Emirates
Sara El Ouali
Consultant Gastroenterologist
Cleveland Clinic Abu Dhabi
United Arab Emirates
Talha Malik
Director, Inflammatory Bowel Diseases, Gastroenterology and Hepatology
Sheikh Shakhbout Medical City
United Arab Emirates
Thomas Cherukara
Senior Consultant Gastroenterology
MOH - Al Qassimi & Kuwait Hospitals
United Arab Emirates
Vito Annese
Consultant Gastroenterologist, Head of Gastroenterology
Fakeeh University Hospital
United Arab Emirates
Wael Dahhan
Consultant Gastroenterologist, King's College Hospital London ( Dubai)
Endoscopy Digestive Health & Consultants ( DHCC)
United Arab Emirates
Wagdy Mikhail
Specialist Gastroenterologist
Mediclinic Deira /United Medical Center
United Arab Emirates
Yogesh Shastri
HOD GASTROENTEROLOGY
NMC Specialty Hospital
United Arab Emirates
Zaher Koutoubi
Consultant Gastroenterology
Cleveland Clinic Abu Dhabi
United Arab Emirates
United Kingdom
Andy Veitch
Consultant Gastroenterologist, New Cross Hospital
President, British Society of Gastroenterology
United Kingdom
Emmanuel Tsochatzis
Professor Of Hepatology
Ucl Institute For Liver And Digestive Health
United Kingdom
Pradeep Bhandari
Professor, Department of Gastroenterology
Queen Alexandra Hospital
United Kingdom
United States
Aasma Shaukat
Chair, Young GI's Committee, The World Gastroenterology Organisation
Professor Of Gastroenterology, Director Gi Outcomes Research, NYU Langone Health
United States

Abdelrahman Ali Nimeri
Associate Professor & Chief of Bariatric Surgery
Carolinas HealthCare System
United States
Amy Oxentenko
Professor of Medicine
Mayo Clinic College of Medicine
United States
Anita Afzali
Professor of Clinical Medicine
University of Cincinnati College of Medicine
United States
Carol Semrad
Professor of Medicine
The University of Chicago
United States
Carol Burke
Gastroenterologist, Director Center For Hereditary Polyposis
Cleveland Clinic
United States
Christina Surawicz
Emeritus Professor
University Of Washington
United States
David Bjorkman
Professor Emeritus
University Of Utah School Of Medicine
United States
Harshit Khara
Associate Professor of Medicine, Director of Endoscopy, Director of Endoscopic and Translational Research, Associate Director, Advanced Therapeutic Endoscopy Fellowship Program
Geisinger Medical Center, Danville, PA, USA
United States
Jonathan Leighton
Professor
Mayo Clinic In Arizona
United States
Lin Chang
Professor Of Medicine
David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA
United States
Mark Topazian
Treasurer, The World Gastroenterology Organisation
Professor of Medicine, Mayo Clinic
United States
Michelle Kim
Chair, Department Of Gastroenterology, Hepatology, And Nutrition
Cleveland Clinic
United States
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, The World Gastroenterology Organisation (WGO)
Chief, Section of Hepatology, Rush University Medical Center
United States
Nayantara Coelho-Prabhu
Associate Professor Of Medicine
Mayo Clinic Rochester
United States
Patrick Kamath
Professor Of Medicine
Mayo Clinic College Of Medicine And Science
United States
Prateek Sharma
Professor Of Medicine
University Of Kansas
United States
Ronnie Fass
Professor of Medicine
Case Western Reserve University
United States

Scott Shikora
Professor of Surgery
Harvard Medical School
United States
Seth Gross
Clinical Chief Of Gastroenterology And Hepatology
Nyu Langone Health
United States
Shabana Pasha
Professor Of Medicine, Vice Chair, Division Of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Mayo Clinic Arizona
Mayo Clinic, Arizona
United States
Shyam Varadarajulu
President, Digestive Health Institute
Orlando Health
United States
Vivek Kaul
Chair, Endoscopy, Other Procedures and Outreach Interest Group, The World Gastroenterology Organisation
Professor Of Medicine, University of Rochester Medical Center
United States
Uruguay
Carolina Olano
Secretary General, The World Gastroenterology Organisation
Professor of Gastroenterology, Clínica de Gastroenterología. Universidad De La República
Uruguay
Henry Cohen
Professor
Udelar
Uruguay