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 (USA) – S28
Hiroyuki Aihara (USA) – S6
Jacqui Allen (New Zealand) – S7 – DS7
Aymen AlMuhaidb (Saudi Arabia) – S28
Thierry André (France) – S1
Daphne Ang (Singapore) – S25
Emanuele Asti (Italy) – S19 – CS27 – S27
Chang Seok Bang (Korea) – S9
Alberto Barchi (Italy) – S25
Anastasia Bartasova – S16 – DS16
Rahul Bharadwaj (OESO, Malaysia) – S10
Ahmad Najdat Bazarbashi (Saudi Arabia) – S6 – S28
Reginald Bell (USA) – S19
Irit Ben-Aharon (Israel) – S1
Frank Benedix (Germany) – S14
Felix Berlth (Germany) – S8
Luisa Bertin (Italy) – S16
Katharina Beyer (Germany) – S26
Claire Beveridge (USA) – S12 – S20
Shobna Bhatia (India) – S5
Martin Birchall (UK) – DS7
Jonathan Bock (USA) – DS7
Serhat Bor (Turkey) – DS7 – S13
Yves Borbely (Switzerland) – S15 – S32
Baruch Brenner (Israel) – S33
Marcia (Mimi) Canto (USA) – S19 – S27 – CS29
Thomas L. Carroll (USA) – S7 – DS7
Walter W. Chan (USA) – DMC – CS2 – DS7 – S13 – S18 – CS23
Kenneth Chang (USA) – S19 – S23
Deyali Chatterjee (USA) – S30
Ian Chau (UK) – S22
Chien-Lin (Harry) Chen (Taiwan) – S2
Joan Chen (USA) – S25
Judy Chen (USA) – S15
Mickael Chevallay (Switzerland) – S14
Philip Chiu (Hong Kong) – CS6 – S6 – S10 – DS19
Yu Kyung Cho (Korea) – S18
Reena Chokshi (USA) – S25
Cheol Woong Choi (Korea) – S6
Seung-Hun (Daniel) Chon (Germany) – S9 – S19
Daniel Cisternas (Chile)
John O. Clarke (USA) – S12 – CS20
Don C. Codipilly (USA) – S29
Yaniv Cozacov (USA) – S32
Enrique Coss-Adame (Mexico) – S23
Eric Van Cutsem – CS22
Tanuja Damani (USA) – S11 – S23
Nicola de Bortoli (Italy) – S13 – S31
Hiroyuki Daiko (Japan)
Christelle De la Fouchardière (France) – S1 – CS33
Jonathan Delong (USA) – S16 – DS16
Giovanni De Manzoni (Italy) – CS14 – S14
Massimiliano Di Pietro (UK) – S27 – S29
Bastian Dislich (Switzerland) – S30
Kerry Dunbar (USA) – CS18 – S27 – S29 – CS31
Anneli Elme – CS22 – S33
Moustafa Elshafai (Germany) – CS26
Jorge Luis Espinoza Rios (Peru) – S25
Vincent Wentao Fang (China) – CS17
Medhat Fanous (USA) – S19 – CS32 – S32
Ronnie Fass (USA) – S5 – S13
Valter N. Felix (Brazil) – S19
Nielsen Fernandez-Becker (USA)
Filippo Filicori (USA) – S16 – DS16
Mark Fox (Switzerland) – S13 – S23 – CS31
Shai Friedland (USA) – S6 – S27
Sravanya Gavini (USA) – MC – PMC
Gaurav Ghosh (USA) – MC – PMC
Simone Giacopuzzi (Italy) – S8 – S19 – S26
Mike Gibson (USA) – S1 – CS22 – S22
Suzanne Gisbertz (The Netherlands) – S10
Robert Giuli (France) – OC – S10
Ines Gockel (Switzerland) – S10 – S17 – S27 – S33
Ajay Goel – S22
Nirmala Gonsalves (USA) – CS12 – S13 – S20
Jean-Michel Gonzalez (France) – S6
Jonathan Gould (USA) – DS7
Matthew Greenhawt (USA) –
Peter Grimminger (Germany) – S8 – S10 – CS11 – CS17
Livia Guadagnoli (USA) – S2
Maha M. Guindi (USA) – S16 – S27
Christian Gutschow (Switzerland) – S14
C. Prakash Gyawali (USA) – DMC – CS2 – CS13 – S13 – S18 – CS23
Suntrea Hammer (USA) – S30
Albis Hani (Colombia) – MS18 – S25
Joo Ha Hwang (USA)
Brent Hiramoto (USA) – S28
Daikō Hiroyki (Japan)
Arnulf H. Hölscher (Germany) – CS14 – CS26
Toshitaka Hoppo (USA) – S6 – CS19
Jennifer Horsley-Silva (USA) – DS12 – S12
Inna Husain (USA) – DS7
Joo Ha Hwang (USA) – CS6 – S9
Prasad Iyer (USA) – S27 – CS29
Gretchen Purcell Jackson (USA) – CS16 – S16 – MS16
Dhanpat Jain (USA) – S10 – CS30
Yan Jiang (USA) – MC – PMC
Daniela Jodorkovsky (USA) – CS25 – S25
Nikki Johnston (USA) – CS7 – S10 – S13
Moon Kyung Joo (Korea) – S6
Kee Wook Jung (Korea) – S18 – CS27
Da Hyun Jung (Korea) – S9
Hwoon-Yong Jung (Korea) – CS9 – S22
Minoa K. Jung (Switzerland) – CS28 – S28
Allon Kahn (USA) – S15 – S29
Anthony Kalloo (USA) – S6 – CS28
Afrin Kamal (USA) – CS15
Hanoch Kashtan (Israel) – S1
Priya Kathpalia (USA) – MC – PMC
Ronan Kelly (USA)
Kourtney L. Kemp (USA) – S15
Abraham Khan (USA) – S31
Mouen Khashab (USA) – CS6 – S6 – S9 – S19
Do Hoon Kim (Korea) – S18
Dagmar P. Kollmann (Austria) – CS32 – S32
Byung-Wook Kim (Korea) – CS6 – CS9
Do Hoon Kim (Korea)
Vani Konda (USA)
Ludwig Kramer (Austria) – S21
Yusef Kudsi (USA) – CS11
Braden Kuo (USA) – S5
Jasmina Kuvendjiska (Germany)
Rupert Langer (Austria) – S16 – DS16 – CS30
Adriana Lazarescu (Canada) – S31
Jérôme R. Lechien (Belgium) – S7 – DS7 – S10
Ju Yup Lee (Korea) – S18
Sang Kil Lee (Korea) – CS18
Yeong Yeh Lee (Malaysia) – S25
Wei-Yi (Ray) Lei (Taiwan) – S31
Johannes Lenglinger (Switzerland) – S15
Mikhail Lisovsky (USA) – S30
Wai-Kit Lo (USA) – S31
Nayna Lodhia (USA) – S28
Sara Lonardi (Italy) – S33
Manfred Lutz – CS33
Kristle Lynch (USA) – S25
Pavan Mallur (USA)
Stella Mantziari (France) – S32
Celia Marginean (USA) – S30
Sheraz Markar (UK) – S15 – S17
Tomoaki Matsumura (Japan) – S6
Emily McGowan (USA) – DS12 – S12 – S20
Calies Menard-Katcher (USA) – S12
Paul Menard-Katcher (USA) – MC – PMC
Helmut Messmann (Germany) – DS6 – S6
Jean-Philippe Metges (France) – S33
Markus Moehler (Germany) – S1 – S33
Andrés Francisco Navarrete Molina (Chile) – CS8 – S8
Stefan Mönig (Switzerland) – CS14
Jacob Moremen (USA) – S15
Mayssan Muftah (USA) – S12
Amanda Muir (USA) – CS18 – S18 – S20
Beat Müller (Switzerland) – S11 – S33
Rishi Naik (USA) – S15 – S31
Ilke Nalbantoglu (USA) – S30
Anh Nguyen (USA) – MC – S25
Mark Noar (USA) – S7 – DS7
Radka L. Obermannová (Czech Republic) – S22
Jung-Hwan Oh (Korea) – MS18
Oliver Old (UK) – S29
Pech Oliver (Germany) – S1
Frank G. Ondrey (USA) – S10
Darshan Parekh (India)
Moo In Park (Korea) – CS18
Walter Park (USA) – S9
Neha Patel (USA) – S31
Silvana Perretta (France) – S6 – S11 – CS28 – S28
Katja Petrowski (Denmark) – S1
Guillaume Piessen (France) – S17
Peter Pokieser (Austria) – S10 – S16 – CS21 – S21 – S24
Gerhard Prager (Austria) – S21
Shaun Preston (UK) – S17
Alberto Puccini (Italy) – S33
Daryl Ramai (USA) – S19 – S27
Jari Räsänen (Finland) – S17
Karthik Ravi (USA) – S28
William Ravich (USA) – S12 – S21
Matthew Read (Australia) – CS8 – S10
José María Remes Troche (Mexico) – S2 – DMC – S13
Florence Renaud (France) – S30
Sun Young Rha (Korea)
Allyson Richardson (USA) – MC – PMC
Megan Riehl (USA) – S2
Benjamin Rogers (USA) – PMC – CS15 – S16 – DS16 – S31
Sabine Roman (France) – S5
Nathalie Rommel (Belgium) – CS24 – S24
Riccardo Rosati (Italy) – CS26
Rubens Sallum (Brazil) – S11 – S26
Renato Salvador (Italy) – DMC – S23
Jason Samarasena (USA) – S16 – DS16
Salih Samo – S19
Tina Samuels (USA) – S7
Santosh Sanagapali (Australia) – S2
Inderpal (Netu) Singh Sarkaria (USA) – S11 – S21
Ayodele Sasegbon (UK) – S24
Bryan Sauer (USA)
Edoardo Savarino (Italy) – S5 – DS7 – CS20
Akinari Sawada (Japan) – PMC – S2
Carmelo Scarpignato (Malta) – S7 – DS7 – CS13 – S13
Christoph Schlag (Switzerland) – S20
Nirmal Sharma (USA) – S31
Paul Schneider (Switzerland) – S14
Tilmann Schlick (Germany)
Sebastian Schoppmann (Austria) – S15
Allison Schulman (USA) – S28
Guido Schumacher (Italy) – CS17
Jordi Serra (Spain) – S25
Eric Shah (USA) – S16 – DS16
Ealaf Shemmeri (USA) – S32
Eric Sheu (USA) – S28
Eun Ji Shin (USA) – CS19 – S27
Sung Kwan Shin (Korea) – DS6
Stefano Siboni (Italy) – DS7 – S31
Alexander Siebenhuener – S22
Daniel Sifrim (UK) – CS5 – S13
Aleksandar P. Simić (Serbia) – S26
Joshua Sloan (USA) – S12 – CS25
Michael Smith (USA) – S29
Diana Snyder (USA) – MC – PMC
Renato Soares (Brazil) – S32
Irene Sonu (USA) – PMC – MC
Marco Sozzi (Italy) – MC – PMC
Magali Svrcek (France) – S22
Ellen Stein (USA) – DMC – S12 – CS25
Alex Strauss (USA) – S12
Cathy Streutker (Canada) – S30
Lee L. Swanström (France) – CS16 – S16 – MS16 – CS19 – S19
Flavio Takeda (Brazil) – CS11
Roger Tatum (USA) – CS15 – DMC
Eduardo Terán (Spain) – S1
Salvatore Tolone (Italy) – S28
David Tougeron (France) – S33
Monika Tripathi (Canada) – S30
Ping-Huei Tseng (Taiwan) – S15 – S19
Luis Raúl Valdovinos García (Mexico) – S25
Kenneth Vega (USA) – S27 – S31
Marcelo Vela (USA) – S13 – S31
Felipe Victor – S11
Pierfrancesco Visaggi (Italy) – CS12 – S20
Burkhard H.A. von Rahden (Germany) – S26
Anna Wagner – S22
Dave H. Wang (USA) – S1 – CS33
Kevin Waters (USA) – S12
Russell E. White (Kenya) – S10 – S32
Ian Wong (Hong Kong) – S17
Marc Wong (Hong Kong) – MC – PMC
Phillip Woodworth (USA) – S32
Andrew Wright (USA) – S32
Justin Wu (Hong Kong) – S13 – S23
Lucjan Wyrwicz (Poland) – S1
Şuayib Yalçın – S22
Hyo-Joon Yang (Korea) – S9
Robert Yates (USA)
Aziz Zaanan (France)
Johannes Zacherl (Austria) – S14 – CS21 – S21 – S24
Frank Zerbib (France) – S5 – CS7 – DS7 – S10
Adam Zeyara (Sweden) – S32
Xuchen Zhang (USA) – S30
Lei Zhao (USA ( – S30
Bruno Zilberstein (Brazil) – S10
Margaret Zhou (USA) – CS27 – S27