We congratulate all the young colleagues for their brilliant presentations and the course directors, Dr. Monserrate Largacha from Ecuador, member of our OPGE Committee, and Dr. Hugo Guedes from Brazil.
The Sobed 2024 Symposium lands in Gramado, which is a city marked by many beauties, possessing exuberant natural riches, being the largest tourist hub in Rio Grande do Sul and one of the most important in Brazil.
The SOBED 2024 Symposium will take place in the city of Gramado, a city surrounded by beauty and possessing exuberant natural riches, being the tourist attraction of Rio Grande do Sul and one of the most important in Brazil.
The academic program is very varied and rich in gastroenterology and endoscopy training. We invite you to participate in the Symposium SOBED, OPGE, SIED to be held in room 1, on April 12, 2024.
For more information you can visit: https://simposiosobed.com.br/index.php
From June 6 to 10, 2024 and in the cities of La Paz and Cochabamba, the 18th International Course on Advances in Gastroenterology and Digestive Endoscopy will be held.
The main objective of the International Course is to contribute to the primary and advanced gastrointestinal training of specialists from Bolivia and Latin America, with emphasis on regionally prevalent diseases, and in accordance with the most relevant advances in the specialty, linked to a social vision.
In this sense, the WGO La Paz Training Center invites young specialists no older than 45 years of age and final-year gastroenterology residents from Bolivia and the rest of the Latin American countries to benefit from partial scholarships (40 places) that include free registration. , material, accommodation in La Paz and Cochabamba, ground transportation from La Paz to Cochabamba and local transportation in La Paz and Cochabamba.
General practitioners and national and international specialists are also invited to participate in the conferences and live cases, through previously registered registrations.
For more information: https://www.lapaztrainingcenter.org/
The course has the academic endorsement of:
– World Gastroenterology Organization (WGO)
– Spanish Association of Gastroenterology (AEG)
– Pan American Organization of Gastroenterology (OPGE)
– Inter-American Society of Digestive Endoscopy (SIED)
– Bolivian Society of Gastroenterology (SBG)
– La Paz Medical College
We invite you to learn about the courses on the online platform Training in Optical Diagnosis of early CRC, which are endorsed by the Spanish Society of Digestive Endoscopy, the Spanish Association of Gastroenterology and our organization.
TOD early CRC aims to learn to systematically evaluate the invasive pattern in colorectal polyps. This knowledge allows the lesions to be described clearly, completely and specifically in the colonoscopy reports so that, together with adequate photodocumentation, the therapeutic options can be discussed in the committee and with the patient. The training has an international panel of tutors and is aligned with the recommendations of international guides. You can find more information and register for the platform at: https://training.goesresearchgroup.com/es/que-es-tod-early-crc/
MESSAGES TO TAKE HOME:
· Colon and rectal cancer represents one of the top five neoplasms in frequency throughout the world.
· It mostly affects patients over 50 years of age.
· A diet rich in processed foods, low in fruits and vegetables, sedentary lifestyle, obesity, smoking and excessive alcohol consumption are factors associated with lifestyle that contribute to the development of colon and rectal cancer.
· Although the development of this type of cancer is slow, most patients are diagnosed in advanced stages, which markedly limits the possibility of cure.
· Public Health strategies aimed at primary prevention, healthy lifestyles, reducing risk factors and establishing early detection programs have a positive impact.
March 31 of each year we seek to raise awareness among the general population and the health team about the importance of having prevention strategies for Colon and Rectal Cancer (CRC). Early detection is the key. CRC progresses slowly from small tumors called polyps. Performing regular examinations to detect and completely remove polyps prevents the development of CRC. When we limit ourselves to detecting advanced tumors, although both surgery and oncological treatments with innovative drugs have improved greatly, the possibility of a complete cure decreases significantly.
The Pan American Gastroenterology Organization greets the different member countries that, with different activities, seek to promote healthy lifestyles and raise awareness among both the general population and health professionals to seek strategies for the early diagnosis of precancerous lesions of CRC.
ARGENTINA
The Argentine Society of Gastroenterology conducted a walk and visit to a giant inflatable colon that visitors could tour and receive information at the same time.
BRAZIL
The Brazilian Federation of Gastroenterology (FBG) had a prominent participation in the field activities of the Blue March that took place in the city of Óbidos, in the Pará Amazon, between March 9 and 15. The FBG Caravan provided gastroenterological consultations, digestive endoscopies, abdominal ultrasounds and liver elastographs on board the Pope Francis Hospital Ship, which belongs to the Diocese of Óbidos.
PARAGUAY
The Paraguayan Society of Gastroenterology and Digestive Endoscopy organized a successful Run-Walk day “Fight against colon cancer” in the Ñu Guasú Park.
ECUADOR
The Ecuadorian Society of Gastroenterology Manabí Chapter has developed a series of activities aimed at doctors in relation to: 2024 Azul – Commitment and task of all, Walking towards Blue March in Cuenca and the Second International Meeting of Colorectal Cancer and artificial intelligence.
We congratulate the doctors: Diego Reyes (Chile), Juan Frias (Colombia), Sofia Laudanno (Argentina) and Siomara Chavez (Peru) who will represent the OPGE at the UEG 2024 Summer School in Prague.
OPGE has strengthened its relationship with United European Gastroenterology over the past few years.
Thus, four young Latin American colleagues will once again be part of “Summer School 2024” to be held in Prague next June.
At OPGE we want to highlight the high level of the candidates selected by the companies that make up our organization.
Congratulations to all of them!!!
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These are Drs. Carolina Olano (Elected President), Luis Carlos Sabbagh (Director of the Training Centers Program) and Alejandro Piscoya (Director of the Guides Committee).
On December 14, the General Assembly ratified the new Executive Committee of the Organization
World of Gastroenterology (WGO). Prof. Dr.Carolina Olano will serve in the position of Vice President (President-Elect) for the next 2 years.
PUCEM Auditorium
Saturday, November 11, 2023
TIME: 7:45 AM-17:00 PM
For gastroenterologists, endoscopists, oncologists, coloproctologists and internal medicine specialists. family, occupational or first and/or second level of care doctors
With optimal results and new contact networks, 4 representatives from Argentina, Uruguay and Colombia traveled to Prague to participate in the main European hands-on gastroenterology course.
After various efforts by OPGE that began in 2012 with the United European Gastroenterology (UEG), joint symposiums began to be held between both entities. Thus, year after year “Hot topics in Latin America” take place at UEG Week and “The best of UEG Week” at the Pan-American Week of Gastroenterology. On this occasion, we proudly share the joy of a new appointment held at Summer School 2023, an activity that took place in Prague (Czech Republic), between June 9 and 10.
The Pan American participants were: Gustavo Andino (Argentina), Florencia Gordienko (Uruguay), Caterina Chesta (Colombia) and Laura Osorio (Colombia). The young people made a positive assessment and expanded their contact networks, after the experience in Europe.
Dr. Edgardo Smecuol (Argentina), OPGE Honorary Executive Secretary, pointed out: “From the current management, the boundaries of the agreement were extended to carry out other joint activities such as webinars in Spanish on the UEG website and recently the incorporation of young OPGE colleagues at the aforementioned Summer School, an event initially limited to European participants”.
For his part, Dr. Ignacio Catalán, coordinator of this activity from the UEG, commented: “It has been a pleasure and an honor to receive these young Latin American talents at the UEG Summer School this year. They have had the opportunity to participate in the hands-on workshops and to interact with the European participants and the teachers, increasing the ties and synergies between UEG and OPGE. We trust that this is only the beginning of many more participations and exchanges in the context of our collaboration with OPGE”.
This activity, considered one of the most relevant in terms of intensity and interactivity in the hands-on courses category, has positioned itself as a unique gastroenterological training opportunity in Europe. During two days, practical training addresses various topics by experts in charge of small groups, opening the opportunity to meet, socialize and share ideas and learning. It is a fantastic instance to improve practical skills and strengthen networks of contacts.
The “Pan American Week of Gastroenterology” is a great scientific event that brings together the countries of North, Central and South America and that in October of this year will be held between October 8 and 11 in Santiago de Chile. Traditionally it was held biannually, but due to the pandemic it has not been held for several years. The organization of the event includes the participation of the Pan American Gastroenterology Organization (OPGE), the Inter-American Endoscopy Society (SIED) and the Gastroenterology Society of the host country, this year corresponding to the Chilean Gastroenterology Society.
In the words of Dr. Juan Pablo Roblero, “In this Pan-American Week we will have more than 120 invited speakers, from the region and also from Europe and Asia. We expect an attendance of more than 2000 people and the presentation of a large number of scientific papers “.
On Saturday, October 7, we will have a Postgraduate course, a pre-congress on Endoscopy and another pre-congress course on Inflammatory Bowel Diseases. Both will have outstanding teachers.
“During the scientific event, the different topics of gastroenterology will be addressed, such as the different endoscopic procedures, their new applications and lines of development. In addition, there will be endoscopy workshops, analysis and discussion of videos of endoscopic procedures”, says the specialist .
Likewise, the meeting will have the participation of prominent speakers who will update the audience on the study and treatment of pancreatic and liver diseases, functional digestive disorders, inflammatory bowel diseases, Helicobacter pylori and gastric cancer, celiac disease, nutrition, digestive oncological diseases. , imaging, gastroenterology in pediatrics and numerous topics that will be covered through conferences, symposiums and lunches with the professor.
In addition, there will be conferences and activities aimed especially at nurses working in the area of gastroenterology and also activities organized by and for paramedical technologists working in these areas.
For his part, Dr. Alex Navarro commented that in the Pan American Week of Digestive Diseases, the conferences are oriented towards updating concepts, both in the diagnostic field and in the treatment of prevalent pathologies. In our region, Helicobacter pylori and gastric cancer are of high interest.
“We will have a plenary session aimed at discussing the relevant topics of the Maastricht Consensus on the management of Helicobacter pylori Infection. Other notable topics to mention are the advances in the global registry of Helicobacter pylori, the bacterium genome project and the antibiotic resistance studies that lead to new therapeutic regimens,” he specified.
Regarding gastric cancer, the specialist points out that it is important to highlight conferences aimed at the current epidemiological situation, pathophysiological mechanisms of carcinogenesis, genetic studies and biomarkers that affect treatment results. In these topics, we will have outstanding speakers, whose relevance and related publications is indisputable. We can mention, for example, Dr. Peter Malfertheiner, Dr. Constanza Camargo, Dr. Leticia Moreira, Dr. Robert Huang, Dr. Richard Peek, Dr. Douglas Morgan, Dr. Massimo Rugge, among others.
Within the framework of the OPGE assembly, during the course of DDW in May 2023, the presidents / representatives of Latin American Gastroenterology Societies were exposed to the outstanding aspects of the topics and exhibitors, arousing immediate interest. We are currently reinforcing the dissemination of topics and exhibitors at the Latin American level, inviting everyone to participate in this great scientific event.
New in the Celiac Disease and Small Intestine module
The activities related to celiac disease (CD) will have great relevance in the Pan American Week of Digestive Diseases (SPED), an instance in which various aspects will be analyzed by continental and international references.
In the opinion of Dr. Edgardo Smecuol, executive secretary of OPGE, “SPED will have the presence of Prof. Riccardo Troncone (Italy) who served as President of the last “International Celiac Disease Symposium” held in Sorrento (Italy) in October 2022, who will refer in his conferences to all the novelties that arose in said event.Another important international figure in the matter will also be present, such as Prof. Julio C. Bai (Argentina), a relevant researcher in celiac disease, who has developed numerous lines of research that marked milestones in the knowledge of the disease”.
The module will also include interesting topics to be developed, such as the different clinical aspects of this entity, with special emphasis on the numerous extraintestinal manifestations of CD and a highly topical situation such as the adherence of many patients to a gluten-free diet, despite not having an appropriate diagnosis, impairing an adequate identification of the disease.
“During SPED, new developments related to CD-associated blood markers will also be discussed, which have undergone notable progress in recent years; thus, at the event we will see the bases that have led to considering the possibility of diagnosing CD without perform the “classic” intestinal biopsy, using exclusively specific antibodies.
Other novelties of great significance will be presented by Prof. Elena Verdú (Mc Master University, Canada), an international reference in the knowledge of the intestinal microbiota, who will address the influence of the microbiome on the pathophysiology of CD and the potential use of probiotics in the treatment,” Smecuol said.
In the specialist’s opinion, there is widespread concern about the follow-up of celiac patients and about compliance with a gluten-free diet, a challenging situation in clinical practice. In this sense, SPED will be the area in which an update is offered on how to identify adherence and transgressions, particularly from the recent incorporation into clinical practice of determining the presence of immunogenic gliadin peptides (GIP) in urine or feces of patients.
The management of patients with persistent or refractory symptoms is another highly topical topic and will also be addressed in SPED, together with the numerous drug proposals under development for the treatment of these severe CD complications. In summary, everything of importance and current affairs related to celiac disease will have its place in the symposia dedicated to this important pathology at SPED.
News of the Neurogastroenterology module
The neurogastroenterology module has the participation of two large groups, on the one hand the Roma Foundation and on the other the Latin American Society of Neurogastroenterology and Motility.
In the opinion of Dr. Claudia Defilippi, President of the Chilean Society of Gastroenterology (host country), “Fundación Roma will have three different symposiums where the doctor-patient relationship will be delved into, interviews, the vision of both the clinician and the patient, as well of the discussion of clinical cases. This is something very practical that has the objective of improving our skills and leaving with concrete knowledge after the talks. Likewise, we will also have the participation of their world expert in gastroesophageal reflux disease, such as the Dr Daniel Sifrim, who will develop the topic of refractory reflux, how to manage and treat it, along with keynote talks and clinical cases.”
For his part, Dr. Hugo Monrroy added that: “From the SLNG a broad varnish will be made on the prevalent pathology and from the Roma Foundation topics will be added from the perspective of the patient. The modules where Dr. Sifrim will participate will be mainly focused to esophageal pathology. There is great expectation among national and international residents, gastroenterologists, and neurogastroenterologists, due to the importance of the issues to be addressed by world leaders in the area.”
To close the module, the specialist highlights the block of the Latin American Neurogastro Society, in which different topics such as irritable bowel syndrome, functional dyspepsia, microbiota and news from the latest Ascona 2023 motility meeting will be addressed.
“Until now, the reception from the medical audience has been excellent, arousing high expectations, especially due to the quality and experience of the international guests and the large number of talks that cover all the topics of neurogastroenterology. Although they are topics specific to the area, the idea is to provide an updated view of different topics that is useful to adult and pediatric gastroenterologists,” Defilippi said.
For the host authority of SPED 2023, among its main news stands out: Dr. Daniel Sifrim, an expert in reflux disease, who will surely shed light on the new Lyon 2 consensus that is in development and will comment on the news of Ascona III, where a new technique to evaluate gastric electrical activity called Gastric Alimetry and the usefulness of magnetic resonance imaging to evaluate the functionality and motility of the digestive tract were studied in depth. And undoubtedly, having the participation of doctors Douglas Drossman, Lin Chang and Max Schmulson from Fundación Roma will be an enormous privilege for those attending the meeting.
Inflammatory Bowel Diseases Module
The Inflammatory Bowel Disease (IBD) block will feature internationally renowned guests, including Dr. Croitoru, Dr. Charabaty and Dr. Kotze, all leaders in inflammatory disease research and development, who will present talks plenary sessions and will participate in specialty modules. “In addition, we will have two modules from PANCCO, the Pan American Organization for Inflammatory Disease, with exponents from Latin America,” said Dr. Carolina Pavez.
This module aims to be a great event to share, update and generate collaborative work networks. The program includes a diverse thematic guideline among which stand out: Amerindian genes in IBD, pregnancy and IBD, biological treatments, surgical approach in Crohn’s Disease, among others.
