Webinar 6: Management of Pancreatic Cysts

Made on November 19, 2019

Pancreatic cysts are detected with increasing frequency and a percentage of them progress to cancer. In this new Webinar that will take place on Tuesday, November 19 at 6:00 p.m. EDT (8:00 p.m. Montevideo), Dr. José Nieto from the Borland Groover Advanced Endoscopy Therapeutic Center in Jacksonville will discuss the differences between these cysts and their management.

The conferences will be presented in Spanish and our moderator will be the renowned Dr. Vitor Arantes from the Federal University of Minas Gerais in Belo Horizonte, Brazil, who will accept questions from different parts of the Americas, which will be discussed.

Webinar 5: Treatment of constipation and intestinal ileus in hospitalized patients

Made on September 17, 2019

In this new Webinar that will take place on Tuesday, September 17 at 6pm EDT (7pm Mvdeo), Dr. Melissa Latorre from New York University will discuss the treatment of constipation and intestinal ileus in hospitalized patients. She will discuss how to diagnose and manage these conditions. She will teach how to distinguish these conditions from their life-threatening mimics.

The conferences will be presented this time in Spanish and our moderator will be Dr. María Teresa Galiano from Bogotá, former president of the Colombian Association of Gastroenterology.

Webinar 4: Management of PPI Refractory Symptoms

Made on July 24, 2019

In this new Webinar that will take place on July 24 at 6pm EDT (7pm Mvdeo), Dr. Marcelo Vela, from the Mayo Clinic in Rochester, will discuss the effectiveness of proton pump inhibitor (PPI) therapy. for various symptoms, focusing on patients with symptoms refractory to PPIs and will formulate a management strategy for these patients who do not respond to PPI therapy.

This time the Webinar will be presented in Spanish and our moderator, Dr. Rosa Cruells, Past-President of the Society of Gastroenterology of Uruguay, will accept the questions that are sent and will transmit them to the group for discussion.

Webinar 3: Management of pregnancy in patients with Inflammatory Bowel Disease

Made on June 12, 2019

In this third webinar to be held on June 12 at 6pm EDT, the President of the American College of Gastroenterology, Dr. Sunanda Kane, will discuss the different aspects of care for patients with Inflammatory Bowel Diseases, before, during and after pregnancy, including fertility, treatment safety, and managing thrusting during pregnancy.

The lectures will be presented in English and our moderator, Dr. Alicia M. Sambuelli from Hospital de Gastroenterología Dr. Carlos Bonorino Udaondo, Bs As, Argentina will accept and translate questions submitted in Spanish.

Webinar 2: Celiac Disease, the great simulator: challenges in diagnosis

Made on May 1, 2019

In this second webinar to be held on May 1 at 6pm EDT, Amy Oxentenko, MD (Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota) will present the challenges involved in diagnosing celiac disease by focusing discussion on the great variability of celiac disease. its clinical presentation that usually simulates the presence of other entities.

The lectures will be presented in English and our moderator, Dr. Edgardo Smecuol (Hospital de Gastroenterología C. Bonorino Udaondo, Buenos Aires, Argentina), will accept and translate questions submitted in Spanish.

Webinar 1: Colon Cancer

In the first webinar in this series, Dr. Pochapin will highlight topics related to colon cancer prevention in honor of Colorectal Cancer Awareness Month, which falls in March.

Lectures will be presented in English and our moderator Dr. Paul Thomas Kröner will accept and translate questions submitted in Spanish.