Hybrid edition

September 9-10, Bucharest Romania

Bucharest PancreaticFest 2022
Scientific coordinator Cristian Gheorghe

9th

10th

GUEST FACULTY
Peter Vilmann
Robert Hawes
Erwin Santo
Radu Tutuian
Peter Hegyi
 Dear colleagues and friends,

Bucharest PancreaticFest, the premier
educational event in the field of pancreatology in
Romania, is growing and now we are at the 10th
edition of EUS Workshop for Pancreatic
Pathology and the 9th Course for Pancreatic Diseases. After a virtual edition last
year due to COVID restrictions we are back in this year with hybrid edition.
Bucharest PancreaticFest 2022, will take place at the same place for last years,
Crowne Plaza Hotel in Bucharest, from 9th to 10th September. The format of this
event hasn’t changed: we’ll spend together two days – one dedicated to EUS
Workshop in Pancreatic Diseases, and the other to Pancreatic Diseases Course.
The EUS Workshop day will be devoted to live case presentations
transmitted from Emergency Military Hospital "Dr Carol Davila" in Bucharest
spaced out by state-of-the-art lectures on hot topics. We take pride in combining
both more basic techniques with advanced interventional cases. We strictly
follow the guidelines of the ESGE in order to fulfill a maximal educational benefit
for the audience and, at the same time, to maximize our patients’ best interest.
Our 2022 guest faculty consists of international renowned endoscopists, already
friends of us and almost permanent guests: Peter Vilmann from Copenhagen,
Denmark, Erwin Santo from Tel Aviv, Israel, Radu Tutuian from Berne,
Switzerland and Rob Hawes from Orlando, USA. At the same time, endo-live
facilitates close educational interactions between experts/faculty and attendants
– so, please, take this opportunity to ask and share opinions and experience. Real
time video transmission from the Endoscopy unit of the Emergency Military
Hospital to the Conference Center at the Crowne Plaza Hotel will allow us a two-
way communication between the registrants and faculty members. The talks
scheduled between endo-live demonstrations will focus on practical issues.
The theme of the second day – the day dedicated to the Pancreatic Diseases
Course - is „Navigating innovations and evolving guidelines in pancreatology”. It
is devoted to issues in the diagnosis and management of common pancreatic
diseases: pancreatic cancer, acute and chronic pancreatitis. Peter Hegyi from
Szeged - Hungary, a permanent invited speaker and friend of Romanian
pancreatologists, will be once again with us and will give a state-of-the-art
conference entitled ‘First-year mortality after discharge is twice as higher as the
in-hospital one in acute pancreatitis”. After this conference another state-of-the-
art lecture will be delivered by world class endoscopist Rob Hawes. The keynote
will be entitled “The Orlando Protocol for endoscopic management of pancreatic
fluid collections”.
This year will be the second one when we will organize a special session,
"Original Papers: preliminary results from PhD Thesis"; where fellows from
Hungary and Romania will present parts from their PhD theses in pancreatology.
To participate in the meeting virtually, please register through the link
below: https://workshop-pancreas.ro/2022/registration/. Access will only be
granted to those who are registered. We will do our utmost to make your
participation an educational one and also make sure that you will take home
some new evidence-based knowledge, tips and tricks in pancreatology. We look
forward to welcoming you at Bucharest PancreaticFest 2022!

Cristian Gheorghe
Scientific Coordinator of the Program


Event Info
Dates
September 9-10th, 2022

Registration
Registration is available for on-site and online attendance. Click the
“Registration” button on the main menu at www.workshop-pancreas.ro for more
details.

Certificates of attendance. CME credits

The certificates of attendance will be issued Saturday, September 10th and send
by e-mail to participants, after completing the evaluation form. The conference
is credited by the Romanian College of Physicians with 12 CME credits according
to address no. 6960/23.08.2022.

Language
The official languages will be Romanian and English.

Catering
Coffee and lunch breaks will be served at Crowne Plaza Hotel.

Accommodation
Participants requiring accommodation can contact Mihaela Becherescu at Emma
Travel, office@emmatravel.ro, phone +40724056526

Venue
The event will take place at Crowne Plaza Hotel, Bucharest, Romania and
broadcasted online. Oral presentations will be held in the Conference Room at
the hotel. Live demonstrations will be transmitted from the Digestive Endoscopy
Unit at “Dr. Carol Davila” Central Military Emergency University Hospital. Online
access to the lectures will be based on your personal login credentials, which you
will receive via the e-mail you used for registration, before the event.

 Organizing committee

Course Directors Workshop Directors

Cristian GHEORGHE Mariana JINGA
Marcel TANȚĂU Adrian SĂFTOIU

Board of APPR

Adrian SĂFTOIU, UMF Bucharest – Mihai Mircea DICULESCU, UMF Bucharest
executive president – honorary president
Vasile-Marcel TANŢĂU, UMF Cluj- Cristian GHEORGHE, UMF Bucharest
Napoca –past president Cristina CIJEVSCHI Prelipcean, UMF Iaşi
Andrada SEICEAN, UMF Cluj Napoca – Simona Olimpia DIMA, Fundeni Clinical
future president Institute
Mariana JINGA, UMF Bucharest – Gabriel CONSTANTINESCU, UMF
secretary Bucharest
Eugen DUMITRU, UMF Constanta – Bogdan MATEESCU, UMF Bucharest
treasurer Mihai CIOCIRLAN, UMF Bucharest
Lucian NEGREANU, UMF Bucharest

Scientific Comittee

Gabriel BECHEANU Robert HAWES
Gabriel CONSTANTINESCU Ioana LUPESCU
Adina CROITORU Bogdan MATEESCU
Mihai CIOCÎRLAN Lucian NEGREANU
Marius DUMITRESCU Irinel POPESCU
Simona DIMA Mihai RIMBAȘ
Vasile DRUG Adrian SĂFTOIU
Eugen DUMITRU Erwin SANTO
Liana GHEORGHE Andrada SEICEAN
Cristian GHEORGHE Alina TANȚĂU
Peter HEGYI Marcel TANȚĂU
Mariana JINGA Radu ȚUȚUIAN
Florentina IONIȚĂ RADU Peter VILMANN



Organizing committee

Cristian GHEORGHE, Scientific Coordinator,
or Florin Mali NĂFTĂNAILĂ
Course Director Dragoș CUZINO
Mariana JINGA, Workshop Director Cezar BEȚIANU
Adrian SĂFTOIU, Workshop Director Augustin DIMA
Marcel TANȚĂU, Course Director Marius DUMITRESCU
Florentina IONIŢĂ RADU Eftimie LUCIAN
Petruţ Ionel NUŢĂ Vasile Daniel BALABAN
Raluca COSTACHE Cristian NEDELCU
Săndica BUCURICĂ Iulia ENACHE
Bogdan MACADON Mirela CHIRVASE
Mihaiţă PĂTRĂŞESCU Andrada Loredana POPESCU
Bogdan TEUȘDEA Andrei GAVRILĂ
Dan CORNECI
Narcis Valentin TĂNASE

Nurses
Constantin MANGARU
Veronica NICULIȚĂ
Mariana MOLDOVEANU
Aurica AVRAM
Nicoleta HELMIS
Andrei CRIȘU
Elena ZANFIR
Corina PEȚU

Media Col. Oana CIOBANU, Head of Communications and Public Relations Department


Programme
Friday, September 9th

08.00 – 08.30 Welcome and introductory remarks

Cristian Gheorghe, Mircea Diculescu, Andrada Seicean, Florentina
Ioniță-Radu, Marcel Tanțău

10th EUS Workshop for Pancreatic Pathology

Chair: Cristian Gheorghe, Andrada Seicean, Radu Țuțuian

08.30 – 09.00 Lecture: Best way to reduce cost in EUS service for
pancreatic diseases in 2022: indications, material and
technique
Cristian Gheorghe (Romania)

09.00 – 09.40 Live demonstration 1
Peter Vilmann, Erwin Santo, Mariana Jinga

09.40 – 10.00 Lecture: EUS tissue acquisition for pancreatic mass

Radu Țuțuian (Switzerland)

10.00 – 10.40 Live demonstration 2
Erwin Santo, Peter Vilmann, Mihai Ciocîrlan

10.40 – 11.00 Lecture: Curriculum for EUS training - ESGE position
Andrada Seicean (Romania)

11.00 – 11.30 Coffee break

Chair: Adrian Săftoiu, Mihai Ciocîrlan, Peter Vilmann

11.30 – 12.10 Live demonstration 3

Radu Țuțuian, Lucian Negreanu, Mihai Rimbaș


 12.10 – 12.40 Lecture: Clinical impact of EUS through-the-needle
microbiopsy in patients with pancreatic cysts
Peter Vilmann (Denmark)

12.40 – 13.20
Live demonstration 4
Erwin Santo, Andrada Seicean, Mariana Jinga

13.20 – 13.50 Lecture: Pancreatic cysts, 5 guidelines. Can we simplify?
Mihai Ciocîrlan (Romania)

13.50 – 14.10 Educational session organized by APPR with support
from VIATRIS: Optimal treatment for PEI

14.10 – 15.00 Lunch

Chair: Marcel Tanțău, Lucian Negreanu, Erwin Santo

15.00 – 15.20 Lecture: Endoscopic palliation for obstructive

pancreatic mass and jaundice
Marcel Tanțău (Romania)

15.20 – 15.40 Lecture: Hot topics in therapeutic EUS

Adrian Săftoiu (Romania)

15.40 – 16.00 Lecture: Celiac plexus neurolysis

Erwin Santo (Israel)

16.00 – 16.20 Lecture: Immunohistochemistry indications for EUS -

FNB pancreatic mass specimen
Mona Dumbravă, Gabriel Becheanu (Romania)

16.30 – 16.45 Educational session organized by APPR with support

from Innergy: The role of gut microbiota in pancreatic
diseases: possible new therapeutic strategies

 Saturday, September 10th
9th Course for Pancreatic Diseases: Navigating Innovations and Evolving
Guidelines in Pancreatology

08.15 – 08.35 Epidemiology of pancreatic diseases

Cristian Gheorghe (Romania)

Session 1: Pancreatic tumours

Chair: Cristian Gheorghe, Ioana Lupescu, Mariana Jinga

08.35 – 08.55 Deep learning analysis for the detection of PDAC on EUS
images
Adrian Săftoiu (Romania)

08.55 – 09.15 Structured CT reporting of PDAC: impact for surgical

planning
Ioana Lupescu (Romania)

09.15 – 09.35 Neoadjuvant or upfront surgery for resectable PDAC

Irinel Popescu, Simona Dima, Traian Dumitrașcu (Romania)

09.35 – 09.55 ATM mutations profile in pancreatic ductal
adenocarcinoma assessed by targeted ultra-deep next
generation sequencing of FNA-genomic DNA and cfDNA
samples
Iacob R, Chelaru R, Dima S, Sorop A, Manea I, Spiridon A, Varzaru
B, Bunduc S, Constantinescu D, Chiosa A, Cazacu I, Croitoru V,
Iacob S, Becheanu G, Dumbrava M, Herlea V, Croitoru A, Csiki I,
Popescu I, Gheorghe C

09.55 – 10.15 Decision-making in surgery for IPMN

Mariana Jinga, Vasile Daniel Balaban (Romania)

10.15 – 10.30 Coffee break


Session 2: Original Papers – preliminary results from PhD Thesis – success
of Romanian-Hungarian collaborations
Chair: Simona Dima, Răzvan Iacob, Adrian Săftoiu

10.30 – 10.45 In-Hospital Patient Education Markedly Reduces

Alcohol Consumption after Alcohol-Induced Acute
Pancreatitis
Rita Nagy (Hungary)

10.45 – 11.00 Contrast-enhanced EUS does not appear to result in

higher diagnostic adequacy of solid pancreatic masses
compared to conventional EUS – a systematic review
and meta-analysis
Brigitta Teutsch (Hungary)

11.00 – 11.15 One Episode of Acute Pancreatitis is just the beginning:

the Incidence of Recurrent Acute and Chronic
Pancreatitis. A systematic review and meta-analysis
Endre-Botond Gagyi (Hungary)

11.15 – 11.30 New biomarkers in the intracystic liquid of non-

inflammatory cystic pancreatic lesions
Miruna Olar (Romania)

11.30 – 11.45 Anticoagulants decrease mortality and major

complication rates in moderately severe and severe
acute pancreatitis – a systematic review and meta-
analysis
Cristina Patoni (Romania)

11.45 – 12.00 Prognostic role of exosomal biomarkers in pancreatic

adenocarcinoma
Stefania Bunduc (Romania)

12.00 – 12.15 The relation between post-ERCP pancreatitis and

different cannulation techniques: the experience of a
high-volume center from North-Eastern Romania
Stefan Chiriac (Romania)

12.15 – 13.00 Lunch

Session 3: Severe Acute pancreatitis:
Chair: Andrada Seicean, Vasile Drug, Mihai Rimbaș

13.00 – 13.20 Prediction of outcome in acute pancreatitis by the

SOFA, new ERAP score
Vasile Drug (Romania)

13.20 – 13.40 Step up approach in complicated acute pancreatitis

Andrada Seicean (Romania)

13.40 – 14.00 Urgent and emergency ERCP for biliary acute

cholangitis and pancreatitis
Eugen Dumitru (Romania)

14.00 – 14.20 Optimal timing of cholecystectomy after necrotizing

biliary pancreatitis
Oana Stanciulea, Iulian Mosteanu (Romania)

14.20 – 14.40 Imaging follow up in acute pancreatitis. Any role for

contrast enhanced ultrasound?
Zeno Spârchez (Romania)

14.45 – 15.05 State-of-the-art: First-year mortality after discharge is

twice as higher as the in-hospital one in acute
pancreatitis.
Peter Hegyi (Hungary)

15.10 – 15.30 State-of-the-art: The Orlando Protocol for endoscopic

management of pancreatic fluid collections
Robert Hawes (USA)

15.35 – 15.45 Coffee break

Session 4: Chronic pancreatitis

Chair: Liana Gheorghe, Eugen Dumitru, Vasile Drug

15.45 – 16.05 EUS for assessment and follow up of chronic

pancreatitis
Alina Tanțău (Romania)
 16.05 – 16.25 Groove pancreatitis, underrecognized subtype of
chronic pancreatitis
Anda Leș, Cristian Gheorghe (Romania)

16.25 – 16.45 Sarcopenia in chronic pancreatitis

Liana Gheorghe (Romania)

16.45 – 17.05 Pain phenotypes in chronic pancreatitis: it is

important for treatment approach?
Vasile Daniel Balaban (Romania)

Session 4: Cytology and histology slide show

Chair: Marius Dumitrescu, Gabriel Becheanu, Raluca Simona Costache

17.05 – 17.35 Case reports

Raluca Simona Costache, Vasile Daniel Balaban, Lucian Eftimie,
Cristian Ioan Nedelcu, Iulia Enache, Florina Vasilescu

17.45 Wrap-up

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