Directors

Jacques Devière(Belgium)

Mahmoud Omar(Kuwait)

The First Digestive Endoscopy Symposium will be a full day postgraduate course on the recent advances of digestive endoscopy and its utility in the management of related gastrointestinal diseases. The symposium will include both lectures and video case presentations. This combination of state of the art lectures and unedited videos will provide an excellent opportunity for discussion and interaction between participants and international experts.

• Discuss indications, utility, safety and local applicability of the latest endoscopic techniques
• Compare and contrast methods for effective endoscopic management of digestive diseases
• Participate in interactive discussion to evaluate multidisciplinary plans of digestive diseases management

The Symposium is designed for gastroenterologists, surgeons, internists, pediatricians, GPs, family practitioners, nurses and biomedicals

Dr. Mahmoud M. Omar
Symposium Director
New Mowasat Hospital
P.O. Box 6661, Salmiya 22077
Kuwait
Tel.: 00 965 97150602
e-mail: mmmmomar@hotmail.com
www.newmowasat.com

TOPICS:

• Therapeutic ERCP
• Diagnostic and therapeutic EUS (FNA, pseudocyst drainage, anastomosis)
• Mucosal resection and submucosal dissection
• Capsule endoscopy
• Bariatric endoscopy
• Post-liver transplant endoscopy
• Portal hypertension-related gut bleeding
• Non-variceal GI bleeding
• Endoscopic management of Barrett’s esophagus
• Diagnostic and therapeutic endoscopy in IBD
• Management of gut strictures (dilatation and stenting)
• Management of endoscopic complications (perforation, bleeding)
• Image-enhancement endoscopy
• Confocal endomicroscopy

The Symposium is Endorsed by
The European Society of Gastrointestinal Endoscopy

FACULTY:

Fouad AL-ALY

(Kuwait)

Federico BUFFOLI

(Italy)

Jacques DEVIÈRE

(Belgium)

Marc GIOVANNINI

(France)

Martin KEUCHEL

(Germany)

Ibrahim MOSTAFA

(Egypt)

Mahmoud OMAR

(Kuwait)

Thierry PONCHON

(France)

And more……

ORGANIZING COMMITTEE :

Alaa Al-Mansour

May Saliba

Zeeshan Miraj

Fadia Fouda

Maher Fakeh

Rebecca Camot

           Next Meeting

     October 8, 2011, Salmiya, Kuwait.

Venue:

Al-Hashemi II Hall, Radisson SAS Hotel
Tel.:   +965 2567 3000
Fax:   +965 2575 0155
www.radissonblu.com/hotel-Kuwait

Language:

The official language of the symposium is English.

Registration:

• Click for online registration
• Or visit New Mowasat Hospital, or mail to

Medical Department, c/o Ms. Rebecca Camot,
P.O. Box 6661, Salmiya 22077, Kuwait

• Onsite registration will be at Al-Hashemi II Hall, Radisson SAS hotel from 0800 on 9th Oct. ‘10

Registration Fees:

Before September 15, 2010:      5 KD

After September   15, 2010:      10 KD

(Individual ESGE members will have 20% discount)

(Registration fee includes all symposium material, lunch and refreshments)

Letter of Invitation:

A formal letter of invitation can be sent upon request.

CME

Reg. No.      

All participants will be issued with a certificate of participation and CME points

Hotel Reservation:

Hotel bookings can be made on-line directly to Radisson Hotel
(www.radissonblu.com/hotel-Kuwait) Special rate will be arranged.