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)