Program Saturday, October 8
08:00 Registration and Welcome Coffee
09:00 Welcome
Mahmoud Omar (Salmiya, Kuwait)
09:30-11:00 Session I
Chairpersons: Jean-Marc DUMONCEAU (Geneva, Switzerland), Anwar AL-ENEZI (Al-Jahra, Kuwait), Chandrashekar JANARDAN (Salmiya, Kuwait), Mohammed AL-JARALLAH (Hawally, Kuwait),
09:30-10:00 Lecture
Endoluminal Stents
Gregory Ginsberg (Pennsylvania, USA)
10:00-11:00 Endoscopic Procedures Presentation
10:00 SEMS for duodenal obstruction
Ibrahim Mostafa (Cairo, Egypt)
10:20 NBI for esophageal squamous cell carcinoma and Barrett’s esophagus
Thierry Ponchon (Lyon, France)
10:40 EUS-guided confocal microscopy for pancreatic cystic lesions and lymph nodes
Marc Giovannini (Marseille, France)
11:00-11:30 Coffee break and visit to the exhibition
Program Saturday, October 8
11:30-13:00 Session II
Chairpersons: Metwally AFIFI (Hawally, Kuwait), Marc GIOVANNINI (Marseille, France), Ibrahim MOSTAFA (Cairo, Egypt), Mahmoud OMAR (Salmiya, Kuwait)
11:30-12:00 Lecture
Endoscopic Characterization of Colo-Rectal Polyp
Thierry Ponchon (Lyon, France)
12:00-13:00 Endoscopic Procedures Presentation
12:00 Colonic EMR
Gregory Ginsberg (Pennsylvania, USA)
12:20 Insertion/removal of intragastric balloon
Jean-Marc Dumonceau (Geneva, Switzerland)
12:40 Band ligation for esophageal and gastric Dieulafoy lesions
Yousry Taher (Alexandria, Egypt)
13:00-14:00 Lunch and visit to the exhibition
Program Saturday, October 8
14:00-15:30 Session III
Chairpersons: Thierry PONCHON (Lyon, France), Stephan PATY (Kuwait City, Kuwait), Mohamad N. KANAWATY (Salmiya, Kuwait), Yousry TAHER (Alexandria, Egypt)
14:00-14:30 Lecture
Management of Esophago-Gastric Varices: Revisited
Mahmoud Omar (Salmiya, Kuwait)
14:30-15:30 Endoscopic Procedures Presentation
14:30 Control of gastric, duodenal and rectal variceal bleeding
Ibrahim Mostafa (Cairo, Egypt)
14:50 Endoscopic papillectomy
Gregory Ginsberg (Pennsylvania, USA)
15:10 Pancreatico-gastrostomy guided by EUS
Marc Giovannini (Marseille, France)
15:30-16:00 Coffee break and visit to the exhibition
Program Saturday, October 8
16:00-18:00 Session IV
Chairpersons: Saleh EL-ENEZI (Farwaniya, Kuwait), Amr GAMAL (Salmiya, Kuwait), Gregory GINSBERG (Pennsylvania, USA), Mahmoud AL-SAYED (Jabriya, Kuwait)
16:00-16:30 Lecture
EUS and Oncology
Marc Giovannini (Marseille, France)
16:30-18:00 Endoscopic Procedures Presentation
16:30 ESD of Barrett’s adenocarcinoma
Jean-Marc Dumonceau (Geneva, Switzerland)
16:50 Management of endoscopy-induced perforation and bleeding
Thierry Ponchon (Lyon, France)
17:10 Transgastric pseudocyst drinage
Gregory Ginsberg (Pennsylvania, USA)
17:30 Extraction of large CBD stone
Ibrahim Mostafa (Cairo, Egypt)
17:50 Preparation for colon capsule endoscopy
Mahmoud Omar (Salmiya, Kuwait)
18:00 Adjourn
Program Sunday, October 9
09:30-11:00 Session V
Chairpersons: Jean-Marc DUMONCEAU (Geneva, Switzerland), Wafaa AL-HASHASH (Al-Sabah Area, Kuwait), Mousa KHOURSHEED (Jabriya, Kuwait)
09:30-10:00 Lecture
Primary Management of Obesity and Treatment of Post-Bariatric Complications
Jacques Devière (Brussels, Belgium)
10:00-11:00 Endoscopic Procedures Presentation
10:00 BARRX for Barrett’s esophagus with high grade dysplasia and visible lesion
Jean-Marc Dumonceau (Geneva, Switzerland)
10:20 EUS-guided cyst drainage
Jacques Devière (Brussels, Belgium)
10:40 Endoscopic management of ileo-anal pouch outlet obstruction
Yousry Taher (Alexandria, Egypt)
11:00-11:30 Coffee break and visit to the exhibition
Program Sunday, October 9
11:30-13:00 Session VI
Chairpersons: Lars AABAKKEN (Oslo, Norway) , Fahd AL-ASFAR (Jabriya, Kuwait), Walid AL-AZMY (Kuwait City, Kuwait)
11:30-12:00 Lecture
Prevention of Post-ERCP Pancreatitis
Jean-Marc Dumonceau (Geneva, Switzerland)
12:00-13:00 Endoscopic Procedures Presentation
12:00 Control of peptic ulcer bleeding
Lars Aabakken (Oslo, Norway)
12:20 Peroral endoscopic myotomy for achalasia
Jacques Devière (Brussels, Belgium)
12:40 Adjunctive biliary balloon sphincteropalsty
Gregory Ginsberg (Pennsylvania, USA)
13:00-14:00 Lunch and visit to the exhibition
Program Sunday, October 9
14:00-15:30 Session VII
Chairpersons: Jacques DEVIÈRE (Brussels, Belgium), Anwar AL-ENEZI (Al-Jahra, Kuwait), Mohamad SAAD (Salmiya, Kuwait)
14:00-14:30 Lecture
Navigating Unfamiliar Paths
Lars Aabakken (Oslo, Norway)
14:30-15:30 Endoscopic Procedures Presentation
14:30 Choledico-bulbostomy
Jacques Devière (Brussels, Belgium)
14:50 Endoscopic treatment of chronic pancreatitis
Thierry Ponchon (Lyon, France)
15:10 Endoscopic management of cysto-biliary fistula
Yousry Taher (Alexandria, Egypt)
15:30-16:00 Coffee break and visit to the exhibition
Program Sunday, October 9
16:00-17:50 Session VIII
Chairpersons: Gregory GINSBERG (Pennsylvania, USA), Mahmoud OMAR (Salmiya, Kuwait), Thierry PONCHON (Lyon, France)
16:00-16:30 Lecture
SBC for Obscure Gut Bleeding
Thierry Ponchon (Lyon, France)
16:30-17:50 Endoscopic Procedures Presentation
16:30 Post-gastric bypass fistula
Jacques Devière (Brussels, Belgium)
16:50 Endoscopic removal of foreign body
Lars Aabakken (Oslo, Norway)
17:10 Esophageal EMR
Gregory Ginsberg (Pennsylvania, USA)
17:30 Detection and ESD of esophageal epidermoid carcinoma
Jean-Marc Dumonceau (Geneva, Switzerland)
17:50- 1800 Evaluation, Closing