The GIEQs faculty

With a stellar international faculty GIEQs VI promises to be a launch-pad for innovative thinking in everyday endoscopic practice.

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International Faculty

Dr Giulio Antonelli
Dr Giulio Antonelli

Consultant Gastroenterologist

Castelli Hospital and Sapienza University

Focus: Artificial Intelligence in colonoscopy, and colorectal cancer early diagnosis, treatment and management.

Professor Robert Bechara
Professor Robert Bechara

Consultant Gastroenterologist

Kingston Health Sciences Center, Kingston Ontario

Focus: Optical diagnosis, Tissue resection, and Third-space procedures

Professor Stefano Crino
Professor Stefano Crino

Consultant Gastroenterologist

University Hospital of Verona

Focus:

Professor Jason A. Dominitz
Professor Jason A. Dominitz

Consultant Gastroenterologist

University of Washington School of Medicine, Seattle

Focus: Colorectal Cancer Screening

Dr Paul Dunckley
Dr Paul Dunckley

Consultant Gastroenterologist

Gloucestershire NHS Foundation Trust

Focus: Endoscopy, Endoscopy training and Inflammatory Bowel Diseases

Professor Monika Ferlitsch
Professor Monika Ferlitsch

Consultant Gastroenterologist

Ordinationsgemeinschaft Semperstrasse 29 - Medical University of Vienna

Focus: Quality in Endoscopy

Professor Lawrence Hookey
Professor Lawrence Hookey

Consultant Gastroenterologist

Queen’s University and Kingston Health Sciences Centre

Focus: Advanced Therapeutic Endoscopy

Dr Vikash Lala
Dr Vikash Lala

Consultant Interventional Endoscopist

Charlotte Maxeke Johannesburg Academic Hospital and Wits Donald Gordon Medical Centre

Focus: Quality, Colonoscopy training, Polypectomy

Professor Christopher Ma
Professor Christopher Ma

Consultant Gastroenterologist

University of Calgary

Focus: IBD

Dr Michele Montori
Dr Michele Montori

Consultant Gastroenterologist

UNIVPM, Ancona

Focus: Endoscopic diagnosis and treatment of dysplastic lesions

Professor Leon Moons
Professor Leon Moons

Consultant Gastroenterologist

UMC Utrecht

Focus: Endoscopic interventions in GI oncology, with a special focus on colorectal cancer

Professor Massimiliano Mutignani
Professor Massimiliano Mutignani

Consultant Interventional Endoscopist

ASST Grande Ospedale Metropolitano Niguarda, Milano

Focus: ERCP, EUS

Dr Niroshan Muwanwella
Dr Niroshan Muwanwella

Consultant Gastroenterologist

Royal Perth Hospital

Focus: POEM, C-POEM, G-POEM, ESD, EMR, ERCP, and advanced Barrett’s endotherapy

Dr Andrea Palermo
Dr Andrea Palermo

Consultant Interventional Endoscopist

ASST Grande Ospedale Metropolitano Niguarda, Milan

Focus: Biliopancreatic diseases

Dr Enrico Palmeri
Dr Enrico Palmeri

Consultant Gastroenterologist

Gasttroenterologic Endoscopy Unit, AOPD, Padua

Focus: ERCP and interventional EUS

Dr Roos Pouw
Dr Roos Pouw

Consultant Gastroenterologist

University Medical Center Utrecht

Focus: Endoscopic detection of early upper gastrointestinal neoplasia, and minimally invasive endoscopic treatment techniques such as ablation, endoscopic resection and endoscopic submucosal dissection, as well as management of defects in the upper GI-tract using endoscopic vacuumtherapy

Professor Enrique Pérez-Cuadrado-Robles
Professor Enrique Pérez-Cuadrado-Robles

Consultant Interventional Endoscopist

Georges Pompidou European Hospital, Paris - University of Paris Cité

Focus: Bilio-Pancreatic Endoscopy and Advanced Therapeutic Endoscopic Ultrasound

Professor Enrique Rodríguez de Santiago
Professor Enrique Rodríguez de Santiago

Consultant Gastroenterologist

University Hospital Ramón y Cajal, Ramon y Cajal Health Research Institute

Focus: Gastrointestinal Endoscopy, with an emphasis on EMR-ESD-POEM, sustainability, hemostasis, and novel therapeutic approaches

Dr Andrea Sorge
Dr Andrea Sorge

Consultant Gastroenterologist

Fondazione IRCCS Ca' Granda Ospedale Maggiore Policlinico, Milan

Focus: Complex Tissue Resection, third-space endoscopy

Dr Rogier Voermans
Dr Rogier Voermans

Consultant Gastroenterologist

Amsterdam UMC

Focus: Pancreatic and Biliary Diseases and (Advanced) Endoscopic Pancreatic and Biliary Interventions

Organising Committee

Dr John Anderson
Dr John Anderson

Consultant Gastroenterologist

Cheltenham General Hospital

Focus: Polypectomy, Colonoscopy training

Dr Lobke Desomer
Dr Lobke Desomer

Consultant Interventional Endoscopist

AZ Delta Hospital

Focus: Endoscopy Quality, Polypectomy, Training

Dr Jeroen Geldof
Dr Jeroen Geldof

Consultant Gastroenterologist

UZ Ghent

Focus: IBD

Professor Pieter Hindryckx
Professor Pieter Hindryckx

Consultant Interventional Endoscopist

UZ Ghent

Focus: ERCP, interventional EUS

Professor Triana Lobaton
Professor Triana Lobaton

Consultant Gastroenterologist

UZ Ghent

Focus: Quality in IBD and endoscopy

Dr David Tate
Dr David Tate

Consultant Interventional Endoscopist

UZ Ghent

Focus: Endoscopy Quality, Tissue resection, Training

Dr Roland Valori
Dr Roland Valori

Consultant Gastroenterologist

Gloucestershire Royal Hospital

Focus: Quality, Colonoscopy training

National Faculty

Professor Raf Bisschops
Professor Raf Bisschops

Consultant Gastroenterologist

University Hospital of Leuven

Focus: Endoscopic imaging, Barrett's oesophagus

Dr Peter Bossuyt
Dr Peter Bossuyt

Consultant Gastroenterologist

Imelda General Hospital, Bonheiden

Focus: IBD

Dr Lynn Debels
Dr Lynn Debels

Consultant Gastroenterologist

UZ Brussels

Focus: Training, ESD, EMR and POEM

Professor Helena Degroote
Professor Helena Degroote

Consultant Interventional Endoscopist

UZ Brussels

Focus: Quality in ERCP and EUS

Dr Phillipe Leclercq
Dr Phillipe Leclercq

Consultant Gastroenterologist

CHC Groupe Santé & UZ Leuven & CHU UCL Namur

Focus:

Dr Christophe Schoonjans
Dr Christophe Schoonjans

Consultant Gastroenterologist

AZ Sint-Jan Brugge-Oostende

Focus:

Dr Christophe Snauwaert
Dr Christophe Snauwaert

Consultant Interventional Endoscopist

AZ Sint-Jan Brugge-Oostende

Focus:

Local Faculty

Professor Hans Van Vlierberghe
Professor Hans Van Vlierberghe

Consultant Gastroenterologist

UZ Ghent

Focus: Hepatology and Endoscopy