The GIEQs faculty
With a stellar international faculty the fourth edition of GIEQs promises to be a launch-pad for innovative thinking in everyday endoscopic practice.
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Organising Committee
Dr John Anderson
Consultant Gastroenterologist
Cheltenham General Hospital
Focus: Polypectomy, Colonoscopy training
Professor Danny De Looze
Consultant Gastroenterologist
UZ Ghent
Focus: Barrett's, Proctology, General gastroenterology
Professor Helena Degroote
Consultant Interventional Endoscopist
UZ Ghent
Focus: Quality in ERCP and EUS
Dr Lobke Desomer
Consultant Interventional Endoscopist
AZ Delta Hospital
Focus: Endoscopy Quality, Polypectomy, Training
Dr Jeroen Geldof
Consultant Gastroenterologist
UZ Ghent
Focus: IBD
Professor Pieter Hindryckx
Consultant Interventional Endoscopist
UZ Ghent
Focus: ERCP, interventional EUS
Professor Triana Lobaton
Consultant Gastroenterologist
UZ Ghent
Focus: Quality in IBD and endoscopy
Dr Suzane Ribeiro
Consultant Gastroenterologist
UZ Ghent
Focus: Quality in EUS and digestive oncology
Dr David Tate
Consultant Interventional Endoscopist
UZ Ghent
Focus: Endoscopy Quality, Tissue resection, Training
Dr Roland Valori
Consultant Gastroenterologist
Gloucestershire Royal Hospital
Focus: Quality, Colonoscopy training
Professor Hans Van Vlierberghe
Consultant Gastroenterologist
UZ Ghent
Focus: Hepatology and Endoscopy
International Faculty
Dr Eduardo Albeniz Arbizu
Consultant Gastroenterologist
Hospital Universitario de Navarra
Focus:
Professor Matthew Banks
Consultant Gastroenterologist
University College London Hospitals
Focus: Upper GI Endoscopy
Professor Michael Bourke
Consultant Interventional Endoscopist
Focus:
Dr Trevor Brooklyn
Consultant Gastroenterologist
Cheltenham General Hospital / Cheltenham Nuffield Hospital
Focus: Colorectal screening Colonoscopy, Colorectal surgery, Gastroscopy (or gastrointestinal (GI) endoscopy), Flexible sigmoidoscopy, Diagnostic endoscopy, Therapeutic Endoscopy
Professor Stefano Crino
Consultant Gastroenterologist
University Hospital of Verona
Focus:
Dr Paul Dunckley
Consultant Gastroenterologist
Gloucestershire NHS Foundation Trust
Focus: Endoscopy, Endoscopy training and Inflammatory Bowel Diseases
Professor Steven Heitman
Consultant Gastroenterologist
University of Calgary
Focus:
Professor Marietta Iacucci
Consultant Gastroenterologist
University College Cork
Focus:
Professor Julio Iglesias Garcia
Consultant Gastroenterologist
University Hospital of Santiago de Compostela, Spain
Focus: Endoscopy (EUS and its associated techniques) and Pancreatic Diseases
Professor Michael Kaminski
Consultant Gastroenterologist
Medical University of Warsaw
Focus:
Professor Kostas Katsanos
Consultant Gastroenterologist
University of Ioannina
Focus: IBD
Dr Vikash Lala
Consultant Gastroenterologist
Charlotte Maxeke Johannesburg Academic Hospital, Johannesburg
Focus: Quality, Colonoscopy training, Polypectomy
Professor Yuichi Mori
Consultant Gastroenterologist
University Hospital of Oslo
Focus:
Dr John Morris
Consultant Gastroenterologist
Ross Hall Hospital - Glasgow
Focus: Upper GI endoscopy, Upper GI bleeding
Dr Rebecca Palmer
Consultant Gastroenterologist
Oxford University Hospitals NHS Trust
Focus: Endoscopy, IBD, Polyp Detection
Professor Manuel Perez-Miranda
Consultant Gastroenterologist
Hospital Universitario Rio Hortega
Focus:
Dr Pauline Riviere
Consultant Gastroenterologist
Bordeaux University Hospitals
Focus: IBD
Professor Neil A Shepherd
Consultant Gastroenterologist
Cheltenham General Hospital
Focus:
Dr Mayenaaz Sidhu
Consultant Gastroenterologist
CityWest Gastroenterology Westmead
Focus: Advanced Endoscopy
Dr Sebastian Stefanovic
Consultant Gastroenterologist
Diagnostic Center Bled Group
Focus: Advanced endoscopy techniques, including Endoscopic Ultrasonography (EUS) and Endoscopic Retrograde Cholangiopancreatography (ERCP) with emphasis on LAMS stent placement
Professor Siwan Thomas-Gibson
Consultant Gastroenterologist
St Mark's Hospital London - the London Clinic
Focus: Quality in Endoscopy, Endoscopy Training
Dr Nigel Trudgill
Consultant Gastroenterologist
Sandwell and West Birmingham Hospitals NHS TRUST
Focus:
National Faculty
Professor Marianna Arvanitaki
Consultant Gastroenterologist
Erasme University Hospital
Focus:
Professor Raf Bisschops
Consultant Gastroenterologist
University Hospital of Leuven
Focus: Endoscopic imaging, Barrett's oesophagus
Prof Martine De Vos
Consultant Gastroenterologist
UZ Ghent
Focus:
Professor Anja Geerts
Consultant Gastroenterologist
UZ Ghent
Focus: Hepatology and Endoscopy
Professor Tom Moreels
Consultant Gastroenterologist
UC Louvain
Focus:
Dr Brecht Pauwels
Consultant Gastroenterologist
VITAZ
Focus: ERCP, EUS
Professor Harald Peeters
Consultant Gastroenterologist
AZ Sint Lucas
Focus:
Dr Lieven Pouillon
Consultant Gastroenterologist
Imelda General Hospital - Bonheiden
Focus: IBD
Dr Christophe Snauwaert
Consultant Interventional Endoscopist
AZ Sint-Jan Brugge-Oostende
Focus:
Professor Hannah van Malenstein
Consultant Gastroenterologist
University Hospital of Leuven
Focus: Hepatology, Endoscopy, ERCP, EUS
Local Faculty
Professor Frederik Berrevoet
Consultant Surgeon
UZ Ghent
Focus: Hepatobilliary and Pancreatic Surgery
Dr Eduard Callebout
Consultant Gastroenterologist
UZ Ghent
Focus: Oncology in the GI tract
Dr Venita D'Cruz
Consultant Gastroenterologist
UZ Ghent
Focus:
Dr Lynn Debels
Consultant Gastroenterologist
UZ Ghent
Focus:
Dr Elisabeth Dhondt
Consultant Radiologist
UZ Ghent
Focus:
Professor Karen Geboes
Consultant Oncologist
UZ Ghent
Focus: Oncology, Gastroenterology
Dr Sarah Raevens
Consultant Hepatologist
UZ Ghent
Focus: Quality in Hepatology and Endoscopy
Dr Christophe Schoonjans
Consultant Gastroenterologist
AZ Sint-Jan Brugge-Oostende
Focus:
Professor Yves Van Nieuwenhove
Consultant Surgeon
UZ Ghent
Focus: Coloncancer, Rectumcancer, Bariatric Surgery
Professor Xavier Verhelst
Consultant Gastroenterologist
UZ Ghent
Focus: