Announcements

The 87th Congress of the Japan Gastroenterological Endoscopy Society

Scientific Program:

Address of JGES President

Endoscopy-Look, observe and judge

Hisao Tajiri (President, Japan Gastroenterological Endoscopy Society/The Jikei University, Japan)

Moderator: Hirohumi Niwa (Honorary President, Supreme Consultant, Japan Gastroenterological Endoscopy Society/St. Marianna University School of Medicine, Japan)

Lecture of Congress President

How to enjoy endoscopy in surgical lifetime training

Masao Tanaka (Department of Surgery and Oncology, Graduate School of Medical Sciences, Kyushu University, Japan)

Moderator: Michio Kaminishi (Showa General Hospital, Japan)

Special Lecture

“Looking” and “Prohibition against Looking”

Osamu Kitayama (Professor Emeritus, Kyushu University/Professor, Hakuoh University/ International Christian University, Japan)

Moderator: Masao Tanaka (Kyushu University, Japan)

Symposium

S1. Apprehensive endoscopy

Moderators: Seigo Kitano (Oita University, Japan) Akio Katanuma (Teinekeijinkai Hospital, Japan)

S2. Diagnosis and treatment for Barrett's esophageal cancer

Moderators: Yasuyuki Seto (The University of Tokyo, Japan) Tsuneo Oyama (Saku Central Hospital, Japan)

S3. Capsule endoscopy; Pros & cons in Japan

Moderators: Takayuki Matsumoto (Iwate Medical University, Japan) Fumihito Hirai (Fukuoka University Chikushi Hospital, Japan)

S4. Criteria and clinical significance of mucosal healing in inflammatory bowel disease

Moderators: Toshiyuki Matsui (Fukuoka University Chikushi Hospital, Japan) Kazuhiko Nakamura (Kyushu University, Japan)

S5. Change of the endoscopic practices by the health insurance application for gastritis of H.pylori eradication

Moderators: Ken Haruma (Kawasaki Medical School, Japan) Naomi Uemura (Kohnodai Hospital, National Center for Global Health and Medicine, Japan)

S6. Indication and procedure of colorectal ESD

Moderators: Shinji Tanaka (Hiroshima University, Japan) Takashi Toyonaga (Kobe University, Japan)

S7. Current status and problems of duodenal ESD

Moderators: Hiroyuki Ono (Shizuoka Cancer Center, Japan) Naohisa Yahagi (Keio University, Japan)

S8. Current situation and issues of the guidelines for gastroenterological endoscopy in patients undergoing antithrombotic treatment

Moderators: Choitsu Sakamoto (Nippon Medical School, Japan) Kazuma Fujimoto (Saga University, Japan)

S9. Magnifying endoscopy for the diagnosis of upper gastrointestinal diseases

Moderators: Kenshi Yao (Fukuoka University Chikushi Hospital, Japan) Ryu Ishihara (Osaka Medical Center for Cancer and Cardiovascular Diseases, Japan)

S10. Endoscopic/Laparoscopic treatment for cholecysto-choledocholithiasis

Moderators: Naotaka Fujita (Sendai City Medical Center, Japan) Toshiharu Ueki (Fukuoka University Chikushi Hospital, Japan)

S11. Role of endoscopy for diagnosis of branch type IPMN

Moderators: Koji Yamaguchi (University of Occupational and Environmental Health, Japan) Keiji Hanada (JA Onomichi Hospital, Japan)

Panel Discussion

PD1. Adequate management and future topics of endoscopic sedation

  Moderators: Junji Yoshino (Fujita Health University Banbuntane Houtokukai Hospital, Japan) Mitsuru Kaise (Toranomon Hospital, Japan)

PD2. Therapeutic strategies for chronic pancreatitis, endoscopic vs. surgical treatment

  Moderators: Tetsuhide Ito (Kyushu University, Japan) Shunichi Takahata (Kyushu University, Japan)

  Keynote Lecture: Vikesh K. Singh (The Johns Hopkins Hospital, USA)

PD3. The pros and cons of preoperative biliary drainage for pancreatobiliary cancer

  Moderators: Hiroyuki Maguchi (Teinekeijinkai Hospital, Japan) Osamu Hasebe (Nagano Municipal Hospital, Japan)

PD4. Endoscopic diagnosis and treatment outcome for gastrointestinal NET

  Moderators: Hajime Isomoto (Nagasaki University, Japan) Yutaka Saito (National Cancer Center Hospital, Japan)

PD5. Complications of interventional EUS and its management

  Moderators: Mitsuhiro Kida (Kitasato University, Japan) Yoshinobu Okabe (Kurume University, Japan)

PD6. Endoscopic upper GI surgery: Apprehensive procedure and perioperative care

  Moderators: Eishi Nagai (Kyushu University, Japan) Naoki Hiki (The Cancer Institute Hospital of JFCR, Japan)

PD7. Safe and inheritable laparoscopic surgery of HPB

  Moderators: Go Wakabayashi (Iwate Medical University, Japan) Masafumi Nakamura (Kawasaki Medial School, Japan)

PD8. Apprehensive laparoscopic surgery: Colon and rectum

  Moderators: Masahiko Watanabe (Kitasato University, Japan) Takashi Akiyoshi (The Cancer Institute Hospital of JFCR, Japan)

Workshop

W1. Diagnosis and treatment for gastrointestinal follicular lymphoma

 Moderators: Hiroyuki Okada (Okayama University, Japan) Shotaro Nakamura (Kyushu University, Japan)

W2. Etiology of post ERCP pancreatitis and prevention

 Moderators: Masanori Sugiyama (Kyorin University, Japan) Tetsuya Mine (Tokai University, Japan)

W3. Laparoscopic treatment strategy in conjunction with endoluminal endoscopy

 Moderators: Yuko Kitagawa (Keio University, Japan) Mitsuhiro Fujishiro (The University of Tokyo, Japan)

W4. Role of endoscopy for preoperative managements and treatments of complications after digestive surgery

 Moderators: Chikara Kunisaki (Yokohama City University Medical Center, Japan) Go Kobayashi (Sendai Open Hospital, Japan)

W5. Actual state of gastric cancer detected after successful eradication of Helicobacter pylori

 Moderators: Mototsugu Kato (Hokkaido University, Japan) Kazunari Murakami (Oita University, Japan)

W6. Update on diagnosis and treatment of esophagogastric varices

 Moderators: Katsutoshi Obara (Fukushima Medical University, Japan) Hiroyuki Kuwano (Gunma University, Japan)

W7. Endoscopic management of common bile duct stones with papillary large balloon dilation

 Moderators: Shomei Ryozawa (Saitama Medical University International Medical Center, Japan) Hiroyuki Isayama (The University of Tokyo, Japan)

W8. Is there any limitation to conduct EGD for elderly patients over 85 years old?

  Moderators: Shinichi Takahashi (Kyorin University, Japan) Suketo So (Tobata Kyoritsu Hospital, Japan)

W9. How do you perform colonoscopy for the elderly patient?

  Moderators: Shinei Kudo (Showa University Northern Yokohama Hospital, Japan) Kaoru Yokoyama (Kitasato University East Hospital, Japan)

W10. Indication of pancreatobiliary endoscopy for elderly patient (over 85 y/o)

  Moderators: Yoshinori Igarashi (Toho University Omori Medical Center, Japan) Atsushi Irisawa (Fukushima Medical University Aizu Medical Center, Japan)

W11. Endoscopic treatment of gastrointestinal stenosis

  Moderators: Soji Ozawa (Tokai University, Japan) Naoki Ohmiya (Fujita Health University, Japan)

W12. For improved quality in GI endoscopy training

  Moderators: Masao Ichinose (Wakayama Medial University, Japan) Naohiko Harada (National Hospital Organization Kyushu Medical Center, Japan)

W13. Quality control of training methods in pancreatobiliary endoscopy

  Moderators: Takao Itoi (Tokyo Medial University, Japan) Kazuo Hara (Aichi Cancer Center, Japan)

W14. Treatment for upper GI tract bleeding (non-variceal)

  Moderators: Ryuichi Iwakiri (Saga University, Japan) Kazuya Akahoshi (Iizuka Hospital, Japan)

W15. Functional and molecular diagnoses using endoscopy (gastrointestinal /pancreatobiliary)

  Moderators: Akira Ando (Shiga University of Medical Science, Japan) Takao Ohtsuka (Kyushu University, Japan)

Live Endoscopy Session:

Plenary Sessions and Poster Sessions

Selected abstracts from those submitted for poster sessions are to be orally presented in plenary sessions.