Thanks to a new commitee structure, the AGA International Committee has been able to expand its global educational efforts at #DDW19. Read about the additional offerings at this year’s meeting from Gilaad Kaplan, MD, MPH, AGAF, and Linda Rabeneck, MD, MPH.
Once again at DDW®, ASGE has partnered with international gastroenterology societies to plan several joint sessions that showcase endoscopic advances around the world.
Avinash G. Ketwaroo, MD, walks through sessions designed to meet the unique needs of DDW® attendees in the early stages of their careers in gastrointestinal medicine.
Find poster sessions, clinical symposiums, lectures and more – all related to the Esophageal Diseases Track.
Will you be pinched for time at #DDW19? AGA’s Postgraduate Course course provides a concise and comprehensive update on the latest medical, scientific and technological advances in gastroenterology from the previous 12 months, designed for attendees who have limited time. Joseph Ahn, MD, MS, MBA, AGAF, and course co-directors explain more.
Learn new endoscopic surgical techniques during two SSAT concurrent hands-on courses — “Small Bowel, Abdominal Wall, Hernia and Colorectal” and “Esophagus & Gastric” on Saturday and Sunday, May 18-19 — led by course directors Alessandro Fichera, MD, FACS, FASCRS, and Michael B. Ujiki, MD.
In addition to sessions in English, DDW is including several sessions in Spanish and Chinese for our international attendees.
During the SSAT Presidential Plenary on Sunday, SSAT President Stanley W. Ashley, MD, said the society is preparing for a new strategic plan that will re-evaluate the society’s role as well as its financial future and ongoing relationship with DDW®. “We are at the right time to start planning the next 10 years,” he said.
When developing programming for DDW® 2018, the SSAT Program Committee aimed to create a broad array of options to meet the demands of society members and DDW attendees of all interests and skill levels, according to SSAT Program Committee Chair Vic Velanovich, MD.