Conference Speakers

OESO-SEMPIRE 17th World Conference | Esophagus 2026 Versailles | June 14-17, 2026

(speakers will continue to be added as they are confirmed)

Nitin Ahuja (University of Pennsylvania, USA) (GI) – S28
Hiroyuki Aihara (Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Harvard Medical School, USA) (GI) – S6
Jacqui Allen (University of Auckland, New Zealand) (ENT) – S7 – DS7
Aymen AlMuhaidb (King Faisal Specialist Hospital, Saudi Arabia) (GI) – S28
Thierry André (Hospital Saint-Antoine, Paris, France) (Oncology) – S1
Daphne Ang (Changi General Hospital, Singapore) (GI) – S25
Emanuele Asti (University of Milan, Italy) (Surgery) – S19 – S27
Chang Seok Bang (Hallym University College of Medicine, Korea) (GI) – S9
Alberto Barchi (IRCCS San Raffaele Scientific Institute, Italy) (GI) – S25
Ahmad Najdat Bazarbashi (King Faisal Specialist Hospital, Saudi Arabia) (GI) – S28
Reginald Bell (Past President, American Foregut Society) (Surgery) – S19
Irit Ben-Aharon (Rambam Health Care Campus, Israel) (Oncology) – S1
Frank Benedix (University Hospital Magdeburg, Germany) – S14
Anthony Berger (France) – S6
Felix Berlth (Universitätsklinik Tübingen, Germany) (Surgery) – S8
Katharina Beyer (Universitätsklinikum Augsburg, Germany) (Surgery) – S26
Claire Beveridge (Cleveland Clinic, USA) – S12
Shobna Bhatia (HBT Medical College Mumbai, India) (GI) – S5
Martin Birchall (University College London, UK) (ENT) – DS7
Jonathan Bock (Medical College of Wisconsin, USA) (ENT) – DS7
Serhat Bor (Ege University, Turkey) (GI) – DS7 – S13
Baruch Brenner (Rabin Medical Center, Israel) (Oncology) – S33
Marcia (Mimi) Canto (Johns Hopkins University, USA) (GI) – S19 – S27 – CS29
Thomas L. Carroll (Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Harvard Medical School, USA) (ENT) – S7 – DS7
Walter W. Chan (Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Harvard Medical School, USA) (GI) – DMC – CS2 – DS7 – S13 – CS23
Kenneth Chang (Hoag Health, USA) (GI) – S19 – S23
Deyali Chatterjee (Vanderbilt University, USA) (Pathology) – S30
Ian Chau (The Royal Marsden – NHS Foundation Trust, UK) (Oncology) – S22
Chien-Lin (Harry) Chen (Hualien Tzu Chi Hospital, Tzu Chi University, Taiwan) (GI) – S2
Joan Chen (University of Michigan, USA) (GI) – S25
Judy Chen (University of Washington, USA) (Surgery) – S15
Mickael Chevallay (Switzerland) – S14
Philip Chiu (Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong SAR) (Surgery) – CS6 – S6 – DS19
Yu Kyung Cho (The Catholic University of Korea, Korea) (GI)
Reena Chokshi (Baylor College of Medicine, USA) (GI) – S25
Seung-Hun Chon (University Hospital of Cologne, Germany) (Surgery) – S9
Daniel Cisternas (Facultad de Medicina Clínica Alemana Universidad del Desarrollo, Chili) (GI)
John O. Clarke (Stanford University School of Medicine, USA) (GI) – S12 – CS20
Don C. Codipilly (Mayo Clinic, USA) (GI) – S29
Yaniv Cozacov (Horizon Health, USA) (Surgery) – S32
Enrique Coss-Adame (Instituto Nacional de Ciencias Médicas y Nutrición "Salvador Zubirán", Mexico) (GI) – S23
Eric Van Cutsem – CS22
Tanuja Damani (NYU, USA) (Surgery) – S11
Nicola de Bortoli (University of Pisa, Italy) (GI) – S13 – S31
Hiroyuki Daiko (National Cancer Center Hospital in Tokyo, Japan)
Christelle De la Fouchardière (Institut PAOLI-CALMETTES, Marseille, France) (Oncology) – S1 – CS33
Giovanni De Manzoni (University of Verona, Italy) – CS14 – S14
Massimiliano Di Pietro (University of Cambridge, UK) (GI) – S29
Bastian Dislich (University of Bern, Switzerland) (Pathology) – S30
Kerry Dunbar (University of Texas Southwestern, USA) (GI) – S29 – CS31
Anneli Elme – CS22 – S33
Moustafa Elshafai (Krankenhaus Nordwest, Frankfurt am Main, Germany) (Surgery) – S26
Jorge Luis Espinoza Rios (Cayetano Heredia Medical School, Peru) (GI) – S25
Micaela Esquivel (Stanford University School of Medicine, USA) (Surgery) – S6
Vincent Wentao Fang (Shanghai East Hospital, China) (Surgery) – CS17
Medhat Fanous (Aspirus Iron River Hospitals and Clinics, USA) (Surgery) – CS32 – S32 – S19
Ronnie Fass (MetroHealth Medical Center, Case Western Reserve University, USA) (GI) – S5 – S13
Nielsen Fernandez-Becker (Stanford University, USA) (GI)
Mark Fox (University Hospital Zurich and Klinik Arlesheim, Switzerland) (GI) – S13 – S23 – CS31
Shai Friedland (Stanford University School of Medicine, USA) (GI) – S6
Sravanya Gavini (The University of Texas Southwestern, USA) (GI) – MC – PMC
Gaurav Ghosh (Cornell, USA) (GI) – MC – PMC
Simone Giacopuzzi (University of Verona, Italy) (Surgery) – S8 – S26
Mike Gibson – S1 – CS22 – S22
Suzanne Gisbertz (Amsterdam UMC, Holland) (Surgery)
Ines Gockel (University Hospital and Clarahospital of Basel, Switzerland) (Visceral Surgery) – S17 – S27 – S33
Ajay Goel – S22
Nirmala Gonsalves (Northwestern University, USA) (GI) – CS12 – S13 – S20
Jean-Michel Gonzalez (France) – S6
Jonathan Gould (Medical College of Wisconsin, USA) (Surgery) – DS7
Matthew Greenhawt (University of Colorado Childrens, USA) – S12
Robert Giuli (OESO, France) (Surgery)
Peter Grimminger (University Medical Center Mainz, Germany) (Surgery) – S8 – CS11 – CS17
Livia Guadagnoli (Northwestern Feinberg School of Medicine, USA) (Psychology) – S2
Maha Guindi (Cedars Sinai, USA) (Pathology)
Christian Gutschow (Universitätsspital Zürich, Switzerland) (Surgery) – S14 – S26
C. Prakash Gyawali (Washington University School of Medicine, USA) (GI) – DMC – CS2 – CS13 – S13 – CS23
Suntrea Hammer (UT Southwestern, USA) (Pathology) – S30
Albis Hani (Pontificia Universidad Javeriana, Colombia) (GI) – S25
Joo Ha Hwang (Stanford University, USA) (GI)
Brent Hiramoto (University of Southern California, USA) (GI) – S28
Daikō Hiroyki (National Cancer Center Hospital, Japan) Surgery
Arnulf H. Hölscher (Elisabeth-Krankenhaus-Essen GmbH, Germany) (Surgery) – CS14 – CS26
Toshitaka Hoppo (Rutgers Robert Wood Johnson Medical School, USA) (Surgery) – S6
Jennifer Horsley-Silva (Mayo Clinic, USA) (GI) – DS12 – S12
Inna Husain (Indiana University School of Medicine, USA) (ENT) – DS7
Joo Ha Hwang (Stanford University School of Medicine, USA) (GI) – CS6 – S9
Prasad Iyer (Mayo Clinic, USA) (GI) – S27 – CS29
Dhanpat Jain (Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, USA) – CS30
Yan Jiang (Stanford University School of Medicine, USA) (GI) – MC – PMC
Daniela Jodorkovsky (Mount Sinai School of Medicine, USA) (GI) – CS25 – S25
Nikki Johnston (Medical College of Wisconsin, USA) (ENT) – CS7 – S13
Kee Wook Jung (University of Ulsan, Korea) (GI)
Da Hyun Jung (Yonsei University College of Medicine, Korea) (GI) – S9
Hwoon-Yong Jung (University of Uslan College of Medicine, Korea) (GI) – CS9 – S22
Minoa K. Jung (Hôpitaux Universitaires de Genève, Switzerland) (Surgery) – CS28 – S28
Allon Kahn (Mayo Clinic, USA) (GI) – S15 – S29
Anthony Kalloo (Johns Hopkins University, USA) (GI) – S6
Afrin Kamal (Stanford University School of Medicine, USA) (GI) – CS15
Tania Fleitas Kanonnikoff – S1
Hanoch Kashtan – S1
Paul Menard Katcher (USA) – MC – PMC
Priya Kathpalia (University of California San Francisco, USA) (GI) – MC – PMC
Ronan Kelly (Baylor Scott White, USA) (Oncology)
Courtney Kemp (Twin Cities Heartburn Center, USA) (Surgery) – S15
Abraham Khan (New York University Langone School of Medicine, USA) (GI) – S31
Mouen Khashab (Johns Hopkins University, USA) (GI) – CS6 – S9 – S19
Do Hoon Kim (University of Ulsan, Korea) (GI)
Dagmar P. Kollmann (University of Vienna, Austria) (Surgery) – CS32 – S32
Byung-Wook Kim (Catholic University of Korea, Korea) (GI) – S6 – CS9
Do Hoon Kim (University of Ulsan, Korea) (GI)
Vani Konda (Baylor Scott and White Health, USA) (GI)
Yusef Kudsi (Harvard University, USA) (Surgery) – CS11
Braden Kuo (Columbia University Vagelos College of Physicians and Surgeons, USA) (GI) – S5
Jasmina Kuvendjiska (University Medical Center Freiburg, Germany)
Rupert Langer (Kepler University Hospital and Johannes Kepler University, Linz, Austria) – CS30
Adriana Lazarescu (University of Alberta, Canada) (GI) – S31
Jérôme R. Lechien (Université de Mons, Belgium) (ENT) – S7 – DS7
Ju Yup Lee (Keimyung University, Korea) (GI)
Sang Kil Lee (Yonsei University, Korea) (GI)
Yeong Yeh Lee (Universiti Sains Malaysia, Malaysia) (GI) – S25
Wei-Yi (Ray) Lei (Hualien Tzu Chi Hospital, Taiwan) – S31
Mikhail Lisovsky (Dartmouth University, USA) (Pathology) – S30
Wai-Kit Lo (Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Harvard Medical School, USA) (GI) – S31
Nayna Lodhia (Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Harvard Medical School, USA) (GI) – S28
Sara Lonardi (Veneto Institute of Oncology IOV, Italy) (Oncology) – S33
Manfred Lutz – CS33
Kristle Lynch (University of Pennsylvania, USA) (GI) – S25
Pavan Mallur (Harvard University, USA) (ENT Surgery)
Stella Mantziari (CHU de Lille, FR) GI – S32
Celia Marginean (Baylor College of Medicine, USA) (Pathology) – S30
Sheraz Markar (University of Oxford, UK) (Surgery) – S15 – S17
Tomoaki Matsumura (Chiba University Hospital, Japan) (GI) – S6
Emily McGowan (University of Virginia, USA) (Allergy) – DS12 – S20
Calies Menard-Katcher (Childrens Colorado USA) (GI) – S20
Paul Menard-Katcher (University of Colorado USA) (GI)
Helmut Messmann (Germany) – S6
Jean-Philippe Metges (CHU de Brest, France) (Oncology) – S33
Markus Moehler (Johannes-Gutenberg University, Germany) (Oncology) – S1 – S33
Andrés Francisco Navarrete Molina (Clínica Alemana, Chile) (Surgery) – CS8 – S8
Stefan Mönig (Hôpitaux Universitaires de Genève, Switzerland) (Surgery) – CS14
Jacob Moremen (University of Mississippi Medical Center, USA) (Surgery) – S15
Mayssan Muftah (Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Harvard Medical School, USA) (GI) – S12
Amanda Muir (Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia, University of Pennsylvania, USA) (GI) – S20
Beat Müller (University Digestive Healthcare Center Basel, Switzerland) (Surgery) – S11 – S33
Michael Murray (USA) – S32
Ilke Nalbantoglu (Yale University, USA) (Pathology) – S30
Anh Nguyen (Baylor University Medical Center of Dallas, USA) (GI) – MC – S25
Mark Noar (Endometriosis and Neurogastroenterology Research Institute, USA) (GI) – S7 – DS7
Radka L. Obermannová (Masaryk Memorial Cancer Institute, Brno, Czech Republic) (Oncology) – S22
Jung-Hwan Oh (The Catholic University of Korea, Korea) (GI)
Oliver Old (Gloucestershire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, UK) (Surgery) – S29
Pech Oliver – S1
Darshan Parekh (Mumbai Institute of Gastroenterology, India) (GI)
Moo In Park (Kosin University, Korea) (GI)
Walter Park (Stanford University School of Medicine, USA) (GI) – S9
Neha Patel (UT Southwestern Medical Center, USA) – S31
Silvana Peretta (Université de Strasbourg, France) (Surgery) – S11
Ralph Peterli (St. Clara Hospital and University Hospital, Switzerland) – S28
Katja Petrowski – S1
Guillaume Piessen (CHU de Lille, France) (Surgery) – S17
Peter Pokieser (Medical University of Vienna, Austria) (Radiology)
Shaun Preston (Royal Surrey NHS, UK) (Surgery) – S17
Alberto Puccini (IRCCS Humanitas Research Hospital, Italy) (Oncology) – S33
Daryl Ramai (University of Utah, USA) (GI) – S19 – S27
Jari Räsänen (Helsinki University Hospital, Finland) – S17
Karthik Ravi (Mayo Clinic, USA) (GI) – S28
William Ravich (Yale University School of Medicine, USA) (GI) – S12
Matthew Read (St. Vincent's Hospital, Melbourne, Australia) – CS8
José María Remes Troche (Universidad Veracruzana, Mexico) (GI) – S2 – DMC – S13
Florence Renaud (INSERM/University of Paris, France) (Pathology) – S30
Sun Young Rha (Yonsei University College of Medicine, Korea) (Oncology)
Riblosi – S31
Allyson Richardson (USA) – MC – PMC
Megan Riehl (University of Michigan, USA) (Psychology) – S2
Benjamin Rogers (University of Louisville, USA) (GI) – PMC – S31
Sabine Roman (CHU Lyon, France) (GI) – S5
Riccardo Rosati (IRCCS San Raffaele Scientific Institute and San Raffaele Vita-Salute University, Italy) (Surgery) – CS26
Rubens Sallum (University of Sao Paolo, Brazil) (Surgery) – CS11 – S11
Renato Salvador (University of Padua, Italy) (Surgery) – DMC – S23
Salih Samo – S19
Santosh Sanagapali (St. Vincent’s Hospital, University of New South Wales, Australia) (GI) – S2
Netu Sarkaria (UT Southwestern, USA) (Surgery) – S11
Bryan Sauer (University of Virginia, USA) (GI)
Edoardo Savarino (University of Padua, Italy) (GI) – S5 – DS7 – CS20
Akinari Sawada (Osaka Metropolitan University, Japan) (GI) – PMC – S2
Carmelo Scarpignato (United Campus of Malta, Malta) (Pharmacology) – S7 – DS7 – CS13 – S13
Christoph Schlag (University Hospital Zurich, Switzerland) (GI) – S20
Paul Schneider (Center for Surgery Zurich, Switzerland) – S14
Tilmann Schlick (Intuitive Surgical Deutschland, Germany)
Sebastian Schoppmann (Medical University of Vienna, Austria) (Surgery) – S15
Allison Schulman (University of Michigan, USA) (GI) – S28
Guido Schumacher (South Tyrol Health Service, Brixen, Italy) – CS17
Jordi Serra (University Hospital Vall d'Hebrón, Spain) (GI) – S25
Eric Shah (University of Michigan, USA) (GI)
Ealaf Shemmeri (Brigham and Women’s Hospital, USA) – S32
Eric Sheu (Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Harvard Medical School, USA) (Surgery) – S28
Eun Ji Shin (Johns Hopkins University, USA) (GI) – S27
Sung Kwan Shin (Yonsei University College of Medicine, Korea) (GI) – DS6 – S6
Stefano Siboni (IRCCS Policlinico San Donato, University of Milan, Italy) (Surgery) – DS7 – S31
Alexander Siebenhuener – S22
Daniel Sifrim (Barts and The London School of Medicine and Dentistry, Queen Mary University of London, UK) (GI) – CS5 – S13
Aleksandar P. Simić (University of Belgrade, Serbia) (Surgery) – S26
Joshua Sloan (University of Minnesota, USA) (GI) – S12 – CS25
Michael Smith (Mount Sinai School of Medicine, USA) (GI) – S29
Diana Snyder (Mayo Clinic, USA) (GI) – MC – PMC
Renato Soares (Hospital Santa Cruz, Curtiba, Brazil) (Surgery) – S32
Irene Sonu (Stanford University School of Medicine, USA) (GI) – PMC – MC
Marco Sozzi (IRCCS Policlinico San Donato, University of Milan, Italy) (Surgery) – MC – PMC
Magali Svrcek (France) (Pathology) – S22
Ellen Stein (Rutgers University, USA) (GI) – DMC – S12 – CS25
Alex Strauss (University of Pennsylvania, USA) – S12
Cathy Streutker (Unity Health, Canada) (Pathology) – S30
Lee Swanström (Institutes des Hôpitaux Universitaires, University of Strasbourg, France) (Surgery) – S19
Flavio Takeda (University Sao Paolo) (Surgery)
Roger Tatum (University of Washington, USA) (GI) – CS15 – DMC
Eduardo Terán – S1
Salvatore Tolone (University of Campania Luigi Vanvitelli, Italy) (Surgery) – S28
David Tougeron (CHU de Poitiers, France) (Oncology) – S33
Monika Tripathi (Unity Health, Canada) (Pathology) – S30
Ping-Huei Tseng (National Taiwan University, Taiwan) (GI) – S15 – S19
Luis Raúl Valdovinos García (Instituto Nacional de Ciencias Médicas y Nutrición Salvador Zubirán, Mexico) (GI) – S25
Kenneth Vega (Prisma Health, USA) (GI) – S27
Marcelo Vela (Mayo Clinic, USA) (GI) – S13 – S31
Felipe Victor – S11
Pierfrancesco Visaggi (University of Pisa, Italy) (GI) – CS12 – S20
Anna Wagner – S22
Dave Wang – S1 – CS33
Russell E. White (Tenwek Hospital, Kenya) Surgery – S32
Ian Wong (Queen Mary Hospital, Hong Kong) Surgery – S17
Marc Wong (Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong SAR) (GI) – MC – PMC
Phillip Woodworth (Institute of Esophageal and Reflux Surgery Colorado, USA) – S32
Andrew Wright (University of Washington) Surgery
Justin Wu (Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong SAR) (GI) – S13 – S23
Lucjan Wyrwicz – S1
Şuayib Yalçın – S22
Hyo-Joon Yang (Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine, Korea) (GI) – S9
Robert Yates (University of Washington) Surgery
Aziz Zaanan (European George Pompidou Hospital, University of Paris Cite, France) (Oncology)
Johannes Zacherl (Medical University of Vienna, Austria) – S14
Frank Zerbib (Bordeaux University, France) (GI) – S5 – CS7 – DS7
Adam Zeyara (Lund University, Sweden) (Surgery) – S32
Xuchen Zhang (Yale University, USA) (Pathology) – S30
Lei Zhao (Brigham and Women’s hospital, Boston, USA (Pathology) – S30
Margaret Zhou (Stanford, USA) (GI) – S27