36th International Course on Therapeutic Endoscopy

🗓 October 16-17, from 8:00 AM EST | 🌐  ONLINE | 🇬🇧 ENGLISH

The event is complimentary and will be held in English

Event Description

The 36ᵗʰ edition of the International Course on Therapeutic Endoscopy is back, featuring an exceptional program with renowned international experts. This event will include practical presentations and live demonstrations streamed directly from the endoscopy unit at St. Michael’s Hospital to the conference center.

This long-standing course addresses the ongoing educational needs in gastroenterology, providing an invaluable opportunity for participants to enhance their knowledge and skills in therapeutic endoscopy. Join us for an exciting and informative experience that continues to set the standard in endoscopic education.

Key objectives and highlights of the event include:

  • Enhance Ability to Manage Endoscopic Complications: Improve your capability to identify and appropriately treat complications that arise during endoscopic procedures.
  • Refine Endoscopic Techniques: Recognize and correct deficiencies in your techniques by comparing them with those of leading experts in the field.
  • Stay Updated on New Techniques: Stay informed about new endoscopic techniques that are relevant to your clinical practice.
  • Apply Consensus Guidelines: Apply consensus guidelines, informed by expert opinion, on the indications for endoscopy and the endoscopic treatment of luminal and hepatobiliary diseases.

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Course Directors

International Faculty

National Faculty


Agenda

Day 1
36th International Course on Therapeutic Endoscopy | October 16
8:00-8:15am EST

Welcome & Opening Remarks

Course Directors
8:05am – 12:15pm EST

Mini-symposium: Interventional endoscopic ultrasound (EUS)

8:05 am – 8:25 am
Biliary drainage approaches: indications and techniques
Amrita Sethi
8:25 am – 8:45 am
Endoscopic GJ: indications, safety and outcomes
Yen-I Chen
8:45 am – 9:05 am
EUS-RFA: cysts and pancreatic adenocarcinoma (PDAC)
Anand Sahai
9:05 am – 9:15 am
Q&A
9:15 am – 10:30 am EST
Video transmission of live procedures
10:30 am – 10:50 am EST
Break
10:50 am – 12:15 pm EST
Video transmission of live procedures
12:15 pm – 1:00 pm EST

Break

1:00pm – 6:00pm EST

Mini-symposium: Improving colonic resection outcomes: from optical diagnosis to resection techniques and management of complications

1:00 pm – 1:15 pm
Predicting SMIC in colonic polyps
Christopher Teshima
1:15 pm – 1:30 pm
Optimizing my EMR technique
Michael Bourke
1:30 pm – 1:45 pm
Closure: which defects and what device?
Alessandro Repici
1:45 pm – 2:00 pm
Q&A
2:00 pm – 3:15 pm
Video transmission of live procedures
3:15 pm – 3:45 pm
Break
3:45 pm – 6:00 pm
Video transmission of live procedures
Day 2
36th International Course on Therapeutic Endoscopy | October 17
8:30am – 12:30pm EST

Mini-symposium: My strategic approach to…

8:30 am – 8:40 am
Preventing PEP
Rob Trasolini
8:40 am – 8:50 am
Selecting patients for G-POEM
Greg Haber
8:50 am – 9:00 am
ESD in colon
Naohisa Yahagi
9:00 am – 9:10 am
Barrett’s LGD – should we be treating it at all?
Clarence Wong
9:10 am – 10:30 am
Video transmission of live procedures
10:30 am – 11:00 am
Break
11:00 am – 12:30 pm
Video transmission of live procedures
12:30 pm – 1:30 pm EST

Break

1:30pm – 5:00pm EST

Barrett’s esophagus

1:30 pm – 1:50 pm
BRUCE Lectureship
Marcia Canto
1:50 pm – 2:00 pm
Q&A
2:00 pm – 3:15 pm
Video transmission of live procedures
3:15 pm – 3:45 pm
Break
3:45 pm – 5:00 pm
Video transmission of live procedures
5:00pm EST

Closing Remarks

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