Scientific Program

 

Thursday 30.6

14:30 – 15:00 Gathering and light lunch

15:00 - 15:05 Welcome and opening words-Prof. Ram Dickman 

15:05 - 16:20 EoE Session

                       Chairs:Dr. Tiberiu Hershcovici, Prof. Udi Ringel

      

  • 15:05 - 15:25 IL-13 and IL-4 Signalling in Type 2 Immunity and EoE- Prof. Ariel Mintz
  • 15:25 - 15:45 EoE treatment: Current and future medications-Dr. Matan Siterman
  • 15:45 - 16:05 Therapeutic challenges in EoE-Prof. Javier Molina- infante, Spain
  • 16:05 - 16:20 Q&A to speakers

16:20 - 16:50 Coffee& refreshments

16:50 - 17:40 Diagnostic modalities for esophageal diseases: the new and the old

                       Chairs: Dr. Ron Yishay, Prof. Ronnie Fass

  • 16:50 - 17:10 EndoFLIP: how does it work? Indications and applications in clinical practice- Dr. Fahmi Shibli.
  • 17:10 - 17:20 Summary of a single center experience of diagnostic EndoFLIP procedures, Rambam Healthcare Campus- Dr. Rita Brun.
  • 17:20 - 17:30 Timed Barium Swallow: The Israeli Neurogastro Statement Position Paper- Dr. Ron Yishay
  • 17:30 - 17:40 Q&A to speakers

17:40 - 18:00 Abstracts

Chairs:Dr. Amir Mari ,Dr. Yossi Lysy

 

17:45-17:50 Etiologic and physiologic characteristics of fecal incontinence in men

  Dr. Reuma Yehuda Margalit

 07:50-18:00

Ethnic Differences in Anorectal Manometry Findings in Patients with Fecal   Incontinence: Results from a Multiethnic Cohort According to the London Classification-Dr. Daniel Cohen

 

                      

18:00 - 18:20 Over 160 years of medicine in Nazareth - EMMS Hospital- Prof. Fahed Hakim.

Closing remarks and goodbye till tomorrow

Friday 1.7 (GERD day)

08:30 - 09:00 Gathering and refreshments

                        Chairs: Prof. Ram Dickman, Prof. Dan Carter

09:00 - 10:15 GERD: challenges, management and more challenges – Part 1

  • 09:00 - 09:10 GERD: Unmet needs in diagnosis and treatment-Prof. Ram Dickman .
  • 09:15 - 09:35 Esophageal pH Impedance monitoring: New metrics-Prof.  Edoardo Savarino, Italy.
  • 09:35 - 09:55 Medical management of GERD beyond -Prof. Ronnie Fass, USA.
  • 09:55 - 10:15 LINX procedure for GERD management -Prof.  Joerg Zahetner, Switzerland.

10:15 - 10:45 Brunch (from the Galilee kitchen)   

10:45 - 11:50 GERD: challenges, management and more challenges – Part 2

                      Chairs:Dr. Rita Brun, Dr. Wissam Abboud

  • 10:45 - 11:05 Endoscopic management of GERD -Prof. Ronnie Fass, USA.
  • 11:05 - 11:20 The surgeon point of view- Prof. Ahmad Assalia.
  • 11:20 - 11:40 Functional Heartburn and Hypersensitive Esophagus -Prof.  Edoardo Savarino, Italy.
  • 11:40-11:50 Q&A to speakers

11:50 - 12:05- Coffee and refreshments

12:05- 13:00 GERD in real life

                      Chairs: Dr. Roy Dekel , Dr. Dan Livovsky

12:05- 12:20 Life quality and symptoms severity in patients with varying severity of reflux esophagitis: a prospective study- Dr. Amir Mari

12:20 - 13:00 Interactive presentation of clinical cases

Closing remarks and goodbye till the next one!

The Israeli Neurogastroenterology & Motility Group