OESO-SEMPIRE 17th World Conference | Esophagus 2026 Versailles | June 14-17, 2026
Session 1: Oncology – Multimodal therapy
Monday, June 15, 9:00 – 10:30 pm
Auditorium Lulli
- EO of cancer: what should we do know for screening, prevention and early diagnosis
- After neoadjuvent therapy with (n)cCR, local endoscopic resections?
- Pro: First joice Chemo (instead of CROSS) in adenocarcinoma of esophagus
- Contra: First joice CROSS (instead Chemo) in adenocarcinoma of esophagus
- De-escalation strategies: ATTENUATION or FLOT-like combinations
- Adjuvant therapy - an option after missed neodjuvant therapy?
- MSI: how do we treat, w+w or operate?
- ASCO 2026: New important SOC-changing phase III trials?
- Multidisciplinary Tumor Board-Harmonizing other Local and Systemic Control in Gastric or Gastroesophageal Cancer
- Decision making and translational research: Challenges and evidence in tumor conferences
- Sport program and Resilience: what helps in perioperative setting?
Session 2: Functional Disorders – From Brain to Diaphragm and Back
Monday, June 15, 9:00 – 10:30 am
Auditorium Richelieu
- Belch or no belch: what is the approach to belching disorders?
- When to suspect and confirm the diagnosis of rumination?
- How does symptom-specific anxiety and hypervigilance intersect with esophageal conditions?
- What is the role of brain-gut behavioral therapy in treating esophageal symptoms?
- How to leverage pharmacologic neuromodulation for esophageal symptoms?
- Are there roles for complementary therapies such as acupuncture and nerve stimulation for treating esophageal conditions?
Panel Chat/Q&A
Session 5: Functional Disorders – Talking Rome in Versailles
Monday, June 15, 11:00 am – 12:30 pm
Auditorium Richelieu
- How should non-cardiac chest pain be diagnosed?
- How is functional heartburn different from reflux-induced heartburn?
- Should reflux hypersensitivity be managed as a DGBI, GERD, or both?
- Is globus a LPRD symptom or a primary DGBI?
- What test(s) should be performed to diagnose functional dysphagia?
- How does functional dyspepsia overlap with esophageal symptoms or disorders?
Panel Chat/Q&A
Session 6: Interventional Endoscopy: New Frontiers
Monday June 15, 11:00 am – 12:30 pm
Auditorium Condé
I. POEM and Third-Space Procedures
- Does the side of mucosal entry affect POEM procedure outcomes?
- What is the true incidence of reflux after POEM & how can that be reduced?
- Does it matter whether full-thickness or circular muscle-only myotomy is performed for POEM?
- Do we know the long-term durability of POEM?
- Can we predict which patients will fail POEM?
- Should we aim for same day discharge after POEM?
II. Endoscopic Submucosal Dissection & Tumor Resection
- How large is too large for ESD in 2026?
- How deep is too deep for ESD in 2026?
- Is endoscopic ultrasound helpful or required for optimal ESD?
- Will artificial intelligence change the way we perform ESD?
- What technological advances are needed for ESD to make the next leap forward?
- What are the next steps for 3rd space endoscopy in the esophagus?
Session 7: Laryngopharyngeal Reflux Disease (LPRD): Cutting Through the Noise
Monday, June 15, 2:00 – 3:30 pm
Auditorium Lulli
Talks:
- What does the San Diego Consensus change in clinic?
- Is GMA biomarker subtyping the key to understanding and treating GERD/LPR?
- Alginate, H2RA, PPI, neuromodulation, or lifestyle first—what’s your first script?
- What is the current understanding of the role of reflux in promoting laryngopharngeal cancer?
- Are PCABs effective for LPRD?
- What is the status of pepsin inhibitors for LPR?
- Which surgical or endoscopic options work for extra-esophageal disease?
- Pediatrics: are kids just little adults when it comes to LPRD?
Motion: "This house supports the San Diego Consensus Statement as the governing guideline for LPRD."
- FOR: (defending the Consensus statements & pathways).
- AGAINST: (challenging external validity, symptom-first pathways, and laryngology-specific nuances).
Format: 5-minute opening per side → 5-minute discussion → 5-minute audience Q&A → live poll - vote on the debate motion.
Case-Based Panel + Audience Interaction:
Rapid Cases (5 minutes each x3)
- Professional singer with chronic throat clearing and normal EGD: “Treat or test first?”
- Chronic cough with normal acid exposure but high non-acid events: “Does therapy change?”
- Mucosal protection: formulations and their place in the management of GERD and LPR
- Refractory LPS after maximal PPI & alginate: “Is it time for surgery or is it not reflux?”
3 take-home messages aligned to consensus language
Session 8: Robotic Surgery
Monday, June 15, 2:00 – 03:30 pm
Auditorium Richelieu
- Why and when to resect thoracic duct during RAMIE and in which anatomical plane?
- da Vinci Single Port subcostal Esophagectomy – How to and first results?
- Cardia cancer – how to treat differently compared to esophageal adenocarcinoma?
- Vision of Robot Assisted Cervical Esophagectomy (RACE)
- Results of the randomized prospective multi-center ROBOT-2 Trial of MIE vs RAMIE
- Different robotic systems for esophageal surgery, where do we go?
Panel Chat/Q&A
Session 11: Robotic Surgery
Monday, June 15, 4:00 – 05:30 pm
Auditorium Richelieu
- ICG during RAMIE
- RAMIE in Middle East – Multiport Results
- RAMIE in difficult Cases – Proximal esophagus
- New techniques treating early cancer with robotic surgery vs. endoscopy
- Benign Foregut – Robotic Update
- Implementation of AI / Digital Assist in robotic surgery
Panel Chat/Q&A
Session 12: Eosinophilic Esophagitis: State of the Art
Monday June 15, 4:00 – 5:30 pm
Auditorium Condé
I. Diagnosis, Clinical Presentation & Pathophysiology
- What is the true prevalence of EoE and is it increasing?
- What do we know about the microbiome in EoE?
- How should esophageal biopsies ideally be analyzed for EoE patients?
- What is the role of allergy testing for EoE patients?
- Does the presentation and management of EoE differ in South America?
- What is the role for non-endoscopic techniques for diagnosis & surveillance?
II. Management
- How to transition EoE patients from pediatric to adult practices?
- Is there still a role for proton pump inhibitors in the management of EoE?
- Topical steroids: who, what & how long?
- How to approach biologic therapies for EoE in 2026?
- How I approach endoscopic dilation for EoE
- Is EoE therapy forever?
Session 14: Best surgical treatment for esophageal adenocarcinoma
Tuesday June 16, 9:00 – 10:30 am
Auditorium Richelieu
- Which classification system we need 2026?
- Double Tract reconstruction after limited resection
- How long we can wait after neoadjuvant treatment for surgery and how long we should wait?
- Which access is the best open, HYBRID or minimal invasive?
- What is the safest anastomotic technique after esophagectomy?
- How we can prevent and treat Enterothorax after Esophagectomy?
Panel Chat/Q&A
Session 15: Techniques and Tips in Esophageal Practice: GERD, Antireflux Surgery, and Esophageal Cancer
Tuesday June 16, 9:00 – 11:30 am
Auditorium Condé
- How to approach Tissue Cypher in the low vs. high risk patients with Barrett’s esophagus
- How to approach chronic belching, what’s my personal approach
- How I work up and manage the manometric finding of absent peristalsis
- How I approach refractory reflux, before pre-operative work up
- Patient selection for magnetic sphincter augmentation vs. fundoplication
- Workup and surgical procedure selection in GERD patients with morbid obesity
- When and how to remove the magnetic sphincter augmentation device (LINX)
- Patient selection for and technique of the RefluxStop procedure
- Management of patients with post-antireflux surgery gastroparesis
Session 17: Esophageal Cancer – Special aspects for treatment of squamous cell esophageal carcinoma
Tuesday, June 16, 11:00 am – 12:30 pm
Auditorium Richelieu
- Is there a place for surgery in proximal cancer?
- When we need McKeown, when Ivor-Lewis approach is sufficient?
- What is necessary extent of lymphadenectomy in thoracic esophageal cancer?
- Technical aspects of cervical anastomosis after McKewon esophagectomy?
- What are the arguments for surgery in squamous cell carcinoma?
- What are the pitfalls for salvage esophagectomy?
Panel Chat/Q&A
Session 18: KSNM-OESO Joint Session: Esophagology – East vs West
Tuesday June 16, 11:00 am – 12:30 pm
Auditorium Condé
GERD
- Approach to GERD in the Western population: what’s beyond Lyon?
- Clinical Limitations of the Lyon Consensus 2.0 in Asian Populations
Motility
- When Testing Modalities Disagree: Rethinking Diagnostic Hierarchies in Esophageal Physiology
- Esophageal Motility Diagnostics in Asia: Epidemiology, Testing Trends, and Unmet Need
Eosinophilic Esophagitis
- Phenotypes of Eosinophilic Esophagitis: Impact on Presentation, Diagnosis, and Management
- Eosinophilic Esophagitis in Asia: Distinct Clinical and Endoscopic Profiles Compared with the West
Keynote Lecture:
Comparative Effectiveness of P-CAB vs PPI: Real-World Evidence
Session 20: Eosinophilic Esophagitis – Hot Topics & Unanswered Questions
Tuesday June 16, 2:00 – 3:30 pm
Auditorium Richelieu
- Do we really know what causes EoE?
- Is EoE really a new disease or just unrecognized previously?
- How should one ideally pursue an EoE-elimination diet?
- How to approach medical therapy for EoE: my algorithm?
- What is the role for artificial intelligence in EoE?
- How will we treat EoE in 10 years?
Panel Chat/Q&A
Session 21: Dynamic Radiology
Tuesday June 16, 2:00 – 3:30 pm
Auditorium Condé
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Dynamic Esophageal Radiology
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Benign stenosis: measurements for treatment
- Dynamic Radiology in esophageal carcinoma
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Dynamic Radiology of the PE segment: the perspective of surgery
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Dynamic Radiology: the perspective of bariatric surgery
- Dynamic Radiology: the gastroenterologic perspective
Panel Chat/Q&A
Session 22: Oncology – Palliative treatment options
Tuesday, June 16, 4:00 – 5:30 am
Auditorium Lulli
- ESMO standards of care: equal to other countries in the world?
- Biomarker in advanced esophageal cancers: what do we need to know
- IO tailored personalized medicine included side effects, drug holidays and maintenance
- Does Microbiome, helicobacter eradication or antibiotics help or worsen chemo and IO therapy–regional differences in clinical characteristics and treatment strategies"
- Oligometastatic disease: recommendations or studies ahead?
- What’s new on Bispecific Antibodies, T-cell engager, Innovative Biomarkers and Vaccines?
- Gender medicine: already prime time?
- Young or old: Do we differentiate in intensity of care
- ASCO 2026: important news and approvals ahead?
- Artificial intelligence (AI) as a practical decision support tool for oncologists: ready for prime time
Session 23: GERD – When Standard Therapy Fails
Tuesday, June 16, 4:00 – 5:30 pm
Auditorium Richelieu
- When do PPI fail and when should PCAB be considered in treating reflux symptoms?
- How should reflux symptoms refractory to PPI be evaluated?
- What other primary or adjunctive non-surgical options are useful for reflux symptoms?
- What are the causes of failed fundoplication?
- How should symptomatic post-fundoplication patients be assessed?
- When should endoscopic anti-reflux interventions be considered?
Panel Chat/Q&A
Session 24: Dynamic Radiology
Tuesday June 16, 4:00 – 5:30 am
Auditorium Condé
- Dynamic Videomanometry in Deglutology and Esophagology
- Dynamic Radiology in multilevel dyphagia: patient history and tailored examination
- Neurogastrointestinal dynamic aspects of Parkinsons Disease in Deglutology and Esophagology
- Dynamic Radiology in reflux disease: the surgical demands
- Dynamic radiology für complications of reflux disease
- Dynamic radiology of achalasia
Panel Chat/Q&A
Session 25: Esophageal Motility Disorders: Controversies and Challenges (this or that)
Wednesday, June 17, 9:00 – 10:30 am
Auditorium Lulli
- When to FLIP – up-front, at the end, any time, or never?
- Advantages of barium esophagram versus FLIP for EGJ outflow obstruction
- Achalasia subtyping: FLIP + Barium versus HREM alone
- Achalasia treated, recurrent – how to evaluate?
- Achalasia treated, recurrent – recut or dilate?
- Treatment of spastic disorders in the esophagus (non-achalasia): pharmacologic versus endoscopic interventions
- Only time for one provocative maneuver today – how do you choose – MRS, Rapid drink or SLR?
- Treatment or observation for Ineffective Esophageal Motility, which is better?
- Pre-operative testing for GERD: esophageal manometry AND imaging or is less more?
- Absent contractility and proven GERD: lifestyle modification and medical management or wrap?
- Should we care more or less about bolus clearance during HREM?
- An abnormal looking manometry that is NORMAL by Chicago 4.0 – Explore or ignore?
Session 26: State of the Art Surgery
Wednesday, June 17, 9:00 – 10:30 am
Auditorium Richelieu
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Current Art of Antireflux Surgery
- Current Art of Surgery for Achalasia
- Current Art of Surgery for Esophageal Diverticula
- Current Art of Surgery for Esophageal Squamous Cell Carcinoma
- Current Art of Surgery for Esophageal and Junctional Adenocarcinoma
Panel Chat/Q&A
Session 28: Obesity
Wednesday, June 17, 11:00 am – 12:30 pm
Auditorium Lulli
- How does obesity impact esophageal physiology?
- Should esophageal physiologic testing be routinely performed prior to bariatric intervention?
- How should dysphagia following bariatric surgery be evaluated?
- Can bariatric surgery cause achalasia and achalasia-like disorders?
- How do weight regain and associated interventions affect esophageal symptoms? –
- What are the consequences of intragastric balloons on esophageal and gastrointestinal symptoms?
- What are the mechanisms underlying excessive reflux following bariatric surgery?
- How should reflux following bariatric surgery be managed?
- What is the approach to a hiatal hernia following bariatric surgery?
- Do endoscopic gastric remodeling procedures cause esophageal symptoms?
- What are the esophageal and gastrointestinal side effects of GLP-1 receptor agonist use?
- What is the impact of obesity and weight loss interventions on the risk of Barrett’s esophagus and esophageal cancer?
Session 29: Barrett’s Esophagus: Management
Wednesday, June 17, 11:00 am – 12:30 pm
Auditorium Richelieu
1. How should patients with established Barrett’s esophagus be followed?
2. Is long-term surveillance necessary for low-risk patients?
3. Should all patients with dysplasia undergo ablation?
4. How should Barrett’s esophagus & nodularity be treated?
5. How should patients be followed after endoscopic ablation?
6. Will artificial intelligence change the management of Barrett’s esophagus?
Panel Chat/Q&A
Session 31: GERD: Nuts and Bolts
Wednesday, June 17, 2:00 – 3:30 pm
Auditorium Lulli
- How should the optimal reflux monitoring modality and protocol be selected for different reflux presentations?
- Can patients with AET <4% off PPI have actionable GERD?
- How should reflux-symptom association data on reflux monitoring tests be used for planning symptom management?
- Is there a role for anti-reflux therapy in treating reflux hypersensitivity
- The AET is 4-6% off PPI – now what?
- Can total reflux episode count on impedance monitoring direct management?
- What methods are available for clinical measurement of esophageal mucosal integrity?
- What are the roles of mucosal impedance metrics in evaluating typical and atypical reflux symptoms?
- Are there roles for barium esophagram and high-resolution manometry in GERD evaluation?
- How can FLIP be utilized for GERD diagnosis and management?
- What is the diagnostic approach to suspected reflux-related airway diseases?
- How can reflux management protect the lungs in pre- and post-transplant patients?
Session 32: Challenging Cases in Surgery
Wednesday, June 17, 2:00 am – 3:30 pm
Auditorium Richelieu
- A minimalist surgical approach to iatrogenic esophageal perforation following balloon dilation for achalasia
- Single stage definitive surgical repair of an aortoesophageal fistula
- Visualization of the antireflux wrap using Navicam technology in an awake patient
- Surgical approach to post-fundoplication outflow obstruction
- The fate of TIF fasteners for large hiatal hernia: fire and forget?
- The Unexpected Foregut: Lessons from a Challenging Surgical Case
- Minimally invasive resection of a GIST of the gastroesophageal junction
- When experts say “I Don’t Know”: A post esophagectomy paraesophageal hernia with intrathoracic bowel obstruction
- Challenging Esophageal Case
- Dysphagia because of a localized mass – how to proceed?
Session 33: Challenging Cases in Oncology
Wednesday, June 17, 2:00 – 3:30 am
Auditorium Condé
- HER2-Targeted Therapies: new upcoming trials
- Role of Immunotherapy for long-term survivorship
- Claudin 18.2 Therapies for Gastroesophageal Cancer: full remission possible?
- TNT a new option?
- CtDNA guidance?: PLAGAST and more
- Lung metastases: important or not?
- Thinking out of the box with localized disease
- When de-escalation after first line?
- liver limited disease: resect metastases like in colon cancer?
- Surveillance after “cure”
Conference Speakers
(speakers will continue to be added as they are confirmed)
- Nitin Ahuja (University of Pennsylvania, USA) (GI)
- Hiroyuki Aihara (Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Harvard Medical School, USA) (GI)
- Jacqui Allen (University of Auckland, New Zealand) (ENT)
- Aymen AlMuhaidb (King Faisal Specialist Hospital, Saudi Arabia) (GI)
- Thierry Andre (Hospital Saint-Antoine, Paris) (Oncology)
- Daphne Ang (Changi General Hospital, Singapore) (GI)
- Ahmad Najdat Bazarbashi (King Faisal Specialist Hospital, Saudi Arabia) (GI)
- Alberto Barchi (IRCCS San Raffaele Scientific Institute, Italy) (GI)
- Reg Bell (Past President, American Foregut Society) (Surgery)
- Irit Ben-Aharon (Rambam Health Care Campus, Israel) (Oncology)
- Felix Berlth (Universitätsklinik Tübingen, Germany) (Surgery)
- Katharina Beyer (Universitätsklinikum Augsburg, Germany) (Surgery)
- Shobna Bhatia (HBT Medical College Mumbai, India) (GI)
- Martin Birchall (University College London, UK) (ENT)
- Jonathan Bock (Medical College of Wisconsin, USA) (ENT)
- Serhat Bor (Ege University, Turkey) (GI)
- Baruch Brenner (Rabin Medical Center, Israel) (Oncology)
- Marcia Canto (Johns Hopkins University, USA) (GI)
- Thomas L. Carroll (Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Harvard Medical School, USA) (ENT)
- Walter W. Chan (Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Harvard Medical School, USA) (GI)
- Kenneth Chang (Hoag Health, USA) (GI)
- Ian Chau (The Royal Marsden – NHS Foundation Trust, UK) (Oncology)
- Chien-Lin (Harry) Chen (Hualien Tzu Chi Hospital, Tzu Chi University, Taiwan) (GI)
- Joan Chen (University of Michigan, USA) (GI)
- Judy Chen (University of Washington, USA) (Surgery)
- Philip Chiu (Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong SAR) (Surgery)
- Yu Kyung Cho (The Catholic University of Korea, Korea) (GI)
- Reena Chokshi (Baylor College of Medicine, USA) (GI)
- Seung-hun Chon (University Hospital of Cologne, Germany) (Surgery)
- Daniel Cisternas (Facultad de Medicina Clínica Alemana Universidad del Desarrollo, Chili) (GI)
- John O. Clarke (Stanford University School of Medicine, USA) (GI)
- Don Codipilly (Mayo Clinic, USA) (GI)
- Yaniv Cozacov (Horizon Health, USA) (Surgery)
- Enrique Coss-Adame (Instituto Nacional de Ciencias Médicas y Nutrición "Salvador Zubirán", Mexico) (GI)
- Tanuja Damani (NYU, USA) (Surgery)
- Nicola de Bortoli (University of Pisa, Italy) (GI)
- Christelle De la Fouchardiere (Institut PAOLI-CALMETTES, Marseille, France) (Oncology)
- Massimiliano Di Pietro (University of Cambridge, UK) (GI)
- Kerry Dunbar (University of Texas Southwestern, USA) (GI)
- Jorge Luis Espinoza Rios (Cayetano Heredia Medical School, Peru) (GI)
- Micaela Esquivel (Stanford University School of Medicine, USA) (Surgery)
- Vincent Wentao Fang (Shanghai East Hospital, China) (Surgery)
- Medhat Fanous (Aspirus Iron River Hospitals and Clinics, USA) (Surgery)
- Ronnie Fass (MetroHealth Medical Center, Case Western Reserve University, USA) (GI)
- Nielsen Fernandez-Becker (Stanford University, USA) (GI)
- Mark Fox (University Hospital Zurich and Klinik Arlesheim, Switzerland) (GI)
- Shai Friedland (Stanford University School of Medicine, USA) (GI)
- Sravanya Gavini (The University of Texas Southwestern, USA) (GI)
- Gaurav Ghosh (Cornell, USA) (GI)
- Ines Gockel (University Hospital and Clarahospital of Basel, Switzerland) (Visceral Surgery)
- Simone Giacopuzzi (University of Verona, Italy) (Surgery)
- Suzanne Gisbertz (Amsterdam UMC, Holland) (Surgery)
- Nirmala Gonsalves (Northwestern University, USA) (GI)
- Jonathan Gould (Medical College of Wisconsin, USA) (Surgery)
- Robert Giuli (OESO, France) (Surgery)
- Peter Grimminger (University Medical Center Mainz, Germany) (Surgery)
- Livia Guadagnoli (Northwestern Feinberg School of Medicine, USA) (Psychology)
- Christian Gutschow (Universitätsspital Zürich, Switzerland) (Surgery)
- C. Prakash Gyawali (Washington University School of Medicine, USA) (GI)
- Albis Hani (Pontificia Universidad Javeriana, Colombia) (GI)
- Joo Ha Hwang (Stanford, USA) (GI)
- Brent Hiramoto (University of Southern California, USA) (GI)
- Daikō Hiroyki (National Cancer Center Hospital, Japan) Surgery
- Arnulf Hölscher (Elisabeth-Krankenhaus-Essen GmbH, Germany) (Surgery)
- Toshitaka Hoppo (Rutgers Robert Wood Johnson Medical School, USA) (Surgery)
- Jennifer Horsley-Silva (Mayo Clinic, USA) (GI)
- Inna Husain (Indiana University School of Medicine, USA) (ENT)
- Joo Ha Hwang (Stanford University School of Medicine, USA) (GI)
- Prasad Iyer (Mayo Clinic, USA) (GI)
- Yan Jiang (Stanford University School of Medicine, USA) (GI)
- Pichamol Jirapinyo (Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Harvard Medical School, USA) (GI)
- Daniela Jodorkovsky (Mount Sinai School of Medicine, USA) (GI)
- Nikki Johnston (Medical College of Wisconsin, USA) (ENT)
- Kee Wook Jung (University of Ulsan, Korea) (GI)
- Minoa Jung (Hôpitaux Universitaires de Genève, Switzerland) (Surgery)
- Allon Kahn (Mayo Clinic, USA) (GI)
- Anthony Kalloo (Johns Hopkins University, USA) (GI)
- Afrin Kamal (Stanford University School of Medicine, USA) (GI)
- Priya Kathpalia (University of California San Francisco, USA) (GI)
- Ronan Kelly (Baylor Scott White, USA) (Oncology)
- Courtney Kemp (Twin Cities Heartburn Center, USA) (Surgery)
- Abraham Khan (New York University Langone School of Medicine, USA) (GI)
- Mouen Khashab (Johns Hopkins University, USA) (GI)
- Do Hoon Kim (University of Ulsan, Korea) (GI)
- Dagmar Kollman (University of Vienna, Austria) (Surgery)
- Do Hoon Kim (University of Ulsan, Korea) (GI)
- Vani Konda (Baylor Scott and White Health, USA) (GI)
- Yusef Kudsi (Harvard University, USA) (Surgery)
- Braden Kuo (Columbia University Vagelos College of Physicians and Surgeons, USA) (GI)
- Adriana Lazarescu (University of Alberta, Canada) (GI)
- Jerome R. Lechien (Université de Mons, Belgium) (ENT)
- Ju Yup Lee (Keimyung University, Korea) (GI)
- Sang Kil Lee (Yonsei University, Korea) (GI)
- Yeong Yeh Lee (Universiti Sains Malaysia, Malaysia) (GI)
- Wai-Kit Lo (Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Harvard Medical School, USA) (GI)
- Nayna Lodhia (Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Harvard Medical School, USA) (GI)
- Sara Lonardi (Veneto Institute of Oncology IOV, Italy) (Oncology)
- Kristle Lynch (University of Pennsylvania, USA) (GI)
- Pavan Mallur (Harvard University, USA) (ENT Surgery)
- Stella Mantziari (CHU de Lille, FR) GI
- Sheraz Markar (Univeristy of Oxford, UK)
- Sheraz Markar (University of Oxford, UK) (Surgery)
- Hiroshi Mashimo (Harvard University, USA) GI
- Tomoaki Matsumura (Chiba University Hospital, Japan) (GI)
- Emily McGowan (University of Virginia, USA) (Allergy)
- Calies Menard-Katcher (Childrens Colorado USA) (GI)
- Paul Menard-Katcher (University of Colorado USA) (GI)
- Jean-Philippe Metges (CHU de Brest, France) (Oncology)
- Markus Moehler (Johannes-Gutenberg University, Germany) (Oncology)
- Andres Francisco Navarrete Molina (Clínica Alemana, Chile) (Surgery)
- Stefan Mönig (Hôpitaux Universitaires de Genève, Switzerland) (Surgery)
- Jacob Moremen (University of Mississippi Medical Center, USA) (Surgery)
- Mayssan Muftah (Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Harvard Medical School, USA) (GI)
- Amanda Muir (Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia, University of Pennsylvania, USA) (GI)
- Beat Müller (University Digestive Healthcare Center Basel, Switzerland) (Surgery)
- Anh Nguyen (Baylor University Medical Center of Dallas, USA) (GI)
- Mark Noar (Endometriosis and Neuroenterology Research Institute, USA) (GI)
- Radka Obermannova (Masaryk Memorial Cancer Institute, CZ) (Oncology)
- Jung-Hwan Oh (The Catholic University of Korea, Korea) (GI)
- Oliver Old (Gloucestershire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, UK) (Surgery)
- Darshan Parekh (Mumbai Institute of Gastroenterology, India) (GI)
- Moo In Park (Kosin University, Korea) (GI)
- Walter Park (Stanford University School of Medicine, USA) (GI)
- Sylvana Peretta (Université de Strasbourg, France) (Surgery)
- Guillaume Piessen (CHU de Lille, France) (Surgery)
- Peter Pokieser (Medical University of Vienna, Austria) (Radiology)
- Shaun Preston (Royal Surrey NHS, UK) (Surgery)
- Alberto Puccini (IRCCS Humanitas Research Hospital, Italy) (Oncology)
- Daryl Ramai (University of Utah, USA) (GI)
- Karthik Ravi (Mayo Clinic, USA) (GI)
- William Ravich (Yale University School of Medicine, USA) (GI)
- José María Remes Troche (Universidad Veracruzana, Mexico) (GI)
- Sun Young Rha (Yonsei University College of Medicine, Korea) (Oncology)
- Megan Riehl (University of Michigan, USA) (Psychology)
- Benjamin Rogers (University of Louisville, USA) (GI)
- Sabine Roman (CHU Lyon, France) (GI)
- Riccardo Rosati (IRCCS San Raffaele Scientific Institute and San Raffaele Vita-Salute University, Italy) (Surgery)
- Sallum Rubens (University of Sao Paolo, Brazil) (Surgery)
- Renato Salvador (University of Padua, Italy) (Surgery)
- Santosh Sanagapali (St. Vincent’s Hospital, University of New South Wales, Australia) (GI)
- Netu Sarkaria (UT Southwestern, USA) (Surgery)
- Bryan Sauer (University of Virginia, USA) (GI)
- Edoardo Savarino (University of Padua, Italy) (GI)
- Akinari Sawada (Osaka Metropolitan University, Japan) (GI)
- Carmelo Scarpignato (United Campus of Malta, Malta) (Pharmacology)
- Christoph Schlag (University Hospital Zurich, Switzerland) (GI)
- Sebastian Schoppmann (Medical University of Vienna, Austria) (Surgery)
- Allison Schulman (University of Michigan, USA) (GI)
- Jordi Serra (University Hospital Vall d'Hebrón, Spain) (GI)
- Eric Shah (University of Michigan, USA) (GI)
- Eric Sheu (Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Harvard Medical School, USA) (Surgery)
- Eun Ji Shin (Johns Hopkins University, USA) (GI)
- Stefano Siboni (IRCCS Policlinico San Donato, University of Milan, Italy) (Surgery)
- Daniel Sifrim (Barts and The London School of Medicine and Dentistry, Queen Mary University of London, UK) (GI)
- Joshua Sloan (University of Minnesota, USA) (GI)
- Michael Smith (Mount Sinai School of Medicine, USA) (GI)
- Diana Snyder (Mayo Clinic, USA) (GI)
- Renato Soares (Hospital Santa Cruz, Curtiba, Brazil) (Surgery)
- Irene Sonu (Stanford University School of Medicine, USA) (GI)
- Marco Sozzi (IRCCS Policlinico San Donato, University of Milan, Italy) (Surgery)
- Ellen Stein (Rutgers University, USA) (GI)
- Lee Swanström (Institutes des Hôpitaux Universitaires, University of Strasbourg, France) (Surgery)
- Roger Tatum (University of Washington, USA) (GI)
- Salvatore Tolone (University of Campania Luigi Vanvitelli, Italy) (Surgery)
- David Tougeron (CHU de Poitiers, France) (Oncology)
- Ping-Huei Tseng (National Taiwan University, Taiwan) (GI)
- Luis Raúl Valdovinos García (Instituto Nacional de Ciencias Médicas y Nutrición Salvador Zubirán, Mexico) (GI)
- Kenneth Vega (Prisma Health, USA) (GI)
- Marcelo Vela (Mayo Clinic, USA) (GI)
- Pierfrancesco Visaggi (University of Pisa, Italy) (GI)
- Russell White (Tenwek Hospital, Kenya) Surgery
- Ian Wong (Queen Mary Hospital, Hong Kong) Surgery
- Marc Wong (Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong SAR) (GI)
- Andrew Wright (University of Washington) Surgery
- Justin Wu (Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong SAR) (GI)
- Robert Yates (University of Washington) Surgery
- Aziz Zaanan (European George Pompidou Hospital, University of Paris Cite, France) (Oncology)
- Frank Zerbib (Bordeaux University, France) (GI)
- Adam Zeyara (Lund University, Sweden) (Surgery)
- Margaret Zhou (Stanford, USA) (GI)