SCIENTIFIC PROGRAM

TIME HALL A TIME HALL B
Hands on Course 1: Intestinal Ultrasound
Instructors: Heba Al-Farhan (Kuwait), Tarkan Karakan (Turkiye)
Hands on Course 2: Gastrointestinal Motility
Instructors: Serhat Bor (Turkiye), Mohamed Alboraie (Egypt)
14:00-14:30 Introduction to IUS in IBD
Tarkan Karakan (Turkiye)
15:30-16:00 Introduction to High Resolution Esophageal Manometry
Mohamed Alboraie (Egypt)
14.30-15:00 Utilization of IUS in Real Clinical Practice
Heba Al-Farhan (Kuwait)
16:00-16:30 Introduction to High Resolution Anorectal Manometry
Serhat Bor (Turkiye)
15:00- 15:10 Break 16:30-17:00 Case Discussants with Tracings, Esophagus
Serhat Bor (Turkiye), Mohamed Alboraie (Egypt)
15:10-16:00  Hands on in Normal Participant
(Two Groups; Rotates After 20 Minutes.)
17:00-17:30 Case Discussants with Tracings,  Anorectal
Serhat Bor (Turkiye), Mohamed Alboraie (Egypt)
16:00-16:50 Hands on in IBD Patients
(Two Groups Rotates After 20 Minutes.)
17:30 Q&A, Closing
16:50-17:00 Q&A, Closing    
  HALL A HALL B HALL C
  CASE DISCUSSIONS; SESSION I
09:00-09:55 Case Discussion: Anorectal Crohn's Disease
Coordinator: M. Khan (Saudi Arabia) 
Chairs: Charbel Yazbek  (Lebanon) & Taylan Kav (Turkiye)
Case Presenters: Babak Tamizifar (Iran) & Reshad Khamedov (Azerbaijan)
Case Discussion: How to Deal with Gastrointestinal Bleeding in Global South?
Coordinator: Asad Dajani (UAE)
Chairs: Atif Majeed (Pakistan) & Fatih Tekin (Turkiye)
Case Presenter: Mahrukh Bughti (Pakistan) & Murat Buyruk (Turkiye)
Case Discussion: From PD to POEM; Which Treatment is Optimal for Achalasia?
Coordinator: Serhat Bor (Turkiye)
Chairs: Salem Alotaibi (SA) & Mohamed Elsherbiny (Egypt)
Case Presenters: Nargiz Afandiyeva (Azerbaijan) & Margarita Chebotareva (Russia)
10:00-10:25 OPENING CEREMONY
Serhat Bor (Turkiye)
   
10:25-10:45 H.Pylori Resistance to Antibiotics: A Global Threat
Houssam Aboumeri (Minister of Health of Latvia)
   
  Session 1: ESOPHAGUS & STOMACH
Chairs: Mirvasit Karimov (Uzbekistan) & Misfar Alghamdi (Saudi Arabia)
   
10:45-11:05 Session-1: Eosinophilic Esophagitis; Is It a Problem for Us?
Hesham Dhahab (Oman)
   
11:05-11:25 Session-1: Endoscopic Management of GERD
Salih Boğa (Turkiye)
   
11:25-11:45 Session-1: P CAB in Acid Related Disorders: How to Position
Shahab Abid (Pakistan)
   
11:45-12:00 Session-1: Q&A    
12:00-13:00 Lunch Break & Abstract Sessions
  Session 2: INTESTINE & COLON
Chairs: Gulustan Babayeva (Azerbaijan), Jawad Khamis (Bahrain)
   
13:00-13:20 Session-2: SIBO Diagnosis and Management, Does It Exist in DGBI?
Tarkan Karakan (Turkiye)
   
13:20-13:40 Session-2: Non-Celiac Wheat Sensitivity
Reshad Hasanov (Azerbaijan)
   
13:40-14:00 Session-2: NSAID induced entero-colopathy
Bilger Çavuş (Turkiye)
   
14:00-14:15 Session-2: Q&A    
14:15-14:45 Satellite Symposium-1: Functional Abdominal Bloating and Distention: Moving Beyond Myths to new guidelines
Serhat Bor (Turkiye)
   
14:45-15:00 Coffee Break
  Session 3: INFLAMMATORY BOWEL DISEASE
Chair: Ziad Sharaiha (Jordan)  
   
15:00-15:20 Session-3: Role of Intestinal Ultrasound in Inflammatory Bowel Diseases
Heba Al-Farhan (Kuwait)
   
15:20-15:40 Session-3: Adverse Events and Possible Complications of Biologics
Joey Sollano (Philippines)
   
15:40-16:00 Session-3: Diet in Inflammatory Bowel Diseases
Jamilla Kabullayeva (Kazakstan)
   
16:00-16:15 Session-3: Q&A    
  Session-4: LIVER
Chairs: Mamiraim Djumabaev (Kirghizistan) & Nazish Butt (Pakistan)
   
16:15-16:35 Session-4: Navigating Complex Decision-Making in Liver Transplantation: The Gastroenterologist's Evolving Role in Patient Selection, Timing, and Post-Transplant Care
Kamran Lankarani (Iran)
   
16:35-16:55 Session-4: Impact of Gut Microbiome on Fatty Liver Disease
Mohamed Alboraie (Egypt)
   
16:55-17:00 Session-4: Q&A    
  CASE DISCUSSIONS; SESSION II
17:00-18:00 Case Discussion: Liver Fibrosis Assessment and Staging
Coordinator: Mohamed Alboraie (Egypt)
Chairs: Bilal Hoteit (Lebanon) & Lubna Kamani (Pakistan)
Case Presenters: ⁠Farhana Noserwani (Pakistan) & Mohamed Elbasiony (Egypt)
Case Discussion: Management of Pancreatic Cysts  
Coordinator: Mohammed Tahiri (Morocco)
Chair: Hossam Soliman (Egypt) & Ernst Fredericks (South Africa)
Case Presenter: Bengi Öztürk (Turkiye) & Amna Subhan (Pakistan)
Case Discussion: IBS on IBD
Coordinator: Shahab Abid (Pakistan)
Chairs: İsmail Hakkı Kalkan (Turkiye) & Mohammed Khan (Saudi Arabia)
Case Presenter: Tarık Kani (Turkiye) & ⁠Mohammed Daniyal (Pakistan)
18:00 Country Representatives Meeting Working Groups Meetings Working Groups Meetings
  HALL A HALL B HALL C
  CASE DISCUSSIONS; SESSION III
09:00-10:00 Case Discussion: TIPS Indications in Hepatology
Coordinator & Chairs: Zeki Karasu (Turkiye), Cesar Yaghi (Lebanon)
Case Presenter: Aneel Kumar (Pakistan) & Nilay Daniş (Turkiye)
Case Discussion: Electronic Chromoendoscopy Systems in Gastric Pathologies
Coordinator: Mohamed Alboraie (Egypt)
Chairs: Zahid Azam (Pakistan) & Sherif Elbehiry (Egypt)
Case Presenters: Abid Ali (Pakistan) & Mohamed Salah Shiha (Egypt)
Case Discussion: Functional Defecation Disorder/Pelvic Outlet Obstruction
Chairs: Fady Daniel (Lebanon) & Anahita Sadaghi (Iran)
Case Presenter: Ozan Sarıkaya (Turkiye) & Maha Elhosseiny (Egypt)
10:00-10:15 Coffee Break
10:15-10:45 Satellite Symposium-2: Modern Perspectives on Benign Anorectal Disorders
Serhat Bor (Turkiye)
   
  Session-5: PANCREAS
Chairs: Edries A. Tejan (Sierra Leone) & Om Parkash (Pakistan)
   
10:45-11:05 Session-5: IgG4 Related Pancreatitis
Ahmed Morad Hashim (Egypt) 
   
11:05-11:25 Session-5: Pancreatic Exocrin Insufficieny; an Underdiagnosed Disease
Dmitry Bordin (Russia)
   
11:25-11:45 Session-5: Hydatic Cystes in Pancreas & Liver
Sabri Abdelmaseeh (Latvia)
   
11:45-12:00 Session-5: Q&A    
12:00-12:45 Lunch Break
12:45-13:15 Satellite Symposium-3: Intrahepatic Cholestasis Causes & Management
Asad Dajani (UAE)
   
  Session-6: ENDOSCOPY
Chairs: Ferid Guliyev (Azerbaijan) & Ghias un Nabi Tayyab (Pakistan)
   
13:15-13:35 Session-6: Endoscopic Bariatric Techniques
Ayman AlMuhaidab (Saudi Arabia)
   
13:35-13:55 Session-6: Botulinum Toxin Indications in the Gastrointestinal Tract
Suna Yapalı (Turkiye)
   
13:55-14:15 Session-6: Optimizing Procedural Efficiency: Ergonomic Strategies for Minimizing Burnout in Endoscopy 
Shahram Agah (Iran)
   
14:15-14:30 Session-6: Q&A    
14:30-14:45 Coffee Break
  Session-7: GENERAL GASTROENTEROLOGY
Chairs: Firoz Alimohamed (Kenya) & Sher Rehman (Pakistan)
   
14:45-15:05 Session-7: Using Social Media for Patient Care, Research, and Professional Development
Mohamed-Naguib Wifi (Egypt)
   
15:05-15:25 Session-7: Management of Gastrointestinal, Pancreatic and Hepatic Toxicities of Immune Checkpoint Inhibitors
Badre Wafaa (Morocco) 
   
15:25-15:55 Session-7: Gastrointestinal Tract Tuberculosis; Great Mimicker
Mohamned Tahiri (Morocco)
   
15:55-16:00 Session-7: Q&A    
  Session-8: IMPORTANT SINGLE TOPICS IN GASTROENTEROLOGY
Chairs: Dilek Oğuz (Turkiye) & Amna Subhan (Pakistan)  
   
16:00-16:20 Session-8: Vaccination for Viral Hepatitis
Kolawole Oluseyi Akande (Nigeria)
   
16:20-16:40 Session-8: Woman in Gastroenterology
Maisam Akroush (Jordan)
   
16:40-17:00 Session-8: Training in Gastroenterology in Global South countries
Hela Elloumi (Tunisia)
   
17:00-17:15 Session-8: Q&A    
17:15-17:30 CLOSING CEREMONY
Serhat Bor (Turkiye)
   

Important Date

August

29th
Conference
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May

1st
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July

1st
Deadline for
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