Sept.

1
GRAND FORUM 08:00 am 09:45 10:15 12:00 pm

POST GRADUATE COURSES (Tatum Triadafilopoulos) OPENING CEREMONY PLENARY SESSIONS 1- Physiology UES-Body-LES
Miller Mion (D: Mashimo)

SYMPOSIA 1- The esophageal mucosa

Riddell Wiley

TOPIC FORA 1- The LES following

surgery
Braghetto Sharma

SPECIAL SESSIONS 1- Esophageal tissue

resistance
Fang Orlando (D: Dvorak)

2- UES Dysfunction
Diverticula Globus
Mittal Sifrim (D: Ekberg)

2- Immuno-Histology
in GERD & BE
Fiocca Vieth (D: Buttar)

2- Outcomes in esophageal surgery

Del Genio Tatum (D: Low)

2- GI sensitivity
Biancani Nardone

Sept. 2

01:15 02:15 02:30 04:15 04:30 06:15 07:00 am 08:00 * 07:45 08:15 10:00

1- Defining esophageal
landmarks
Miller

3- Achalasia
Pellegrini Dantas (D: Penagini)

3- Leaks Perforations
Stents
Dua Siersema (D: Wijnhoven)

3- Imaging
Levine Pokieser (D: Canon)

3- Animal models
Gibson Marks

4- DES-NutcrackerIntermediate forms
Castell Samudio (D: Tutuian)

4- Esophageal stenoses
New tools for dilation Costamagna Triadafilopoulos (D: Siersema)

4- Innovative technologies
Hamdy V. Hillegersberg (D: Bitar)

4- Cancer biology
Chen Das (D: Fitzgerald)

2- Defining GERD
The burning issue
McCallum Pace

5- LES dysfunction
Richter Bechi (D: Wang)

5-* Pediatrics
Jadcherla Nurko

5- Natural orifice surgery

Inoue Swanstrm (D: Reddy)

5- Pharyngeal reflux
ENT & GERD
Belafsky Shaker

Sept. 3

10:15 12:00 pm 01:15 pm 02:15 02:30 04:15 04:30 06:15 * 07:45 08:00 am 09:45 3- Defining Barretts
esophagus
Sampliner Upton

6- Functional testing
Penagini Gyawali (D: Katzka )

6- Eosinophilic esophagitis
Hirano Rothenberg (D: Achem)

6- Oral presentation
Posters

6- Neurophysiology
Hobson Aziz (D: Drewes)

7- Barretts esophagus
Endoscopic Surgical treatments Falk Triadafilopoulos (D: Lightdale)

7- Nutrition
Barroso Braga

7- Video Session 8- Molecular biology

Krishnadath Nardone (D: Souza)

7- Respiratory manifestations of GERD

Harding Sifrim (D: Belafsky)

8- Barretts esophagus
& cancer
Bonavina-Spechler (D: Fitzgerald)

8- HRM in clinical practice

Gyawali Tutuian

8- Endotherapy for GERD

Falk Wang (D: Ponchon)

9-* New therapeutic strategies for squamous cell cancer

Ilson Kandioler (D: Krasna)

9- Non specific motility

disorders
The irritable esophagus McCallum Vega (D: Rothstein)

9- Drugs for esophageal

disease
Hunt Scarpignato (D: Di Mario)

9- Tailored therapeutic approach to the GERD patient

Armstrong Gayet (D: Katz)

Sept. 4

10:00 11:45 12:00 01:30 pm 4- The OESO specific format

A true inter-disciplinary approach to esophageal disease Brasseur Ke

10- Squamous cell esophageal

cancer
Schneider Collard (D: Law)

& motility disorders

Achem Sontag (D: Gerson)

10- Chest pain

10- Neurogenic dysphagia

Oro-pharyngeal dysphagia Clave Martin-Harris (D: Ekberg)

10- The refractory GERD

Savarino Wong (D: Hongo)

GARDEN PARTY