Thursday, September 28th

PRE-CONFERENCE COURSE – SALA POSEIDON B:
”The Flexible Detective: Solving Cases with Gastrointestinal Endoscopy”.

13:00 – 15:00
  1. Exploring the Ups and Downs of Upper Gastrointestinal Endoscopy. Cristian Gheorghe.
  2. Unraveling the Mysteries of Lesion Assessment. Andrei Voiosu.
  3. The Polypocalypse: Navigating the Hazards of Polypectomy Mishaps. Gabriel Constantinescu.
  4. Inflamed Gut Chronicles. Diagnosis and Follow-Up in Inflammatory Bowel Disease. Bogdan Mateescu.
15:00 – 15:15 Coffee break
15:15 – 18:00 Hands-On Session. Practical skills on the mannequin – Sala Hermes
Hands-on session (colonoscopy and ERCP) supported by the collaborationwith TEMCO (Olympus).
Limited number of seats (25).
The registration will be done in the order of the requests.
16:00 – 17:00 PARALLEL ASSOCIATED EVENT – SALA POSEIDON B
Clarifying day-to-day aspects of inflammatory bowel diseases (activity of the Center dedicated to Inflammatory Bowel Diseases in Constanța). by ASPIIR
19:30 Dinner – Hotel Zenith

Friday, September 29th

 

12:00 – 13:00 Welcome brunch
13:00 – 13:15 OFFICIAL OPENING OF THE CONFERENCE
13:15 – 14:45
(90 min)

Scientific Session 1.
Management of Upper GI Tract Diseases
. Marcel Tantau, Adrian Saftoiu, Gabriel Constantinescu, Gabriela Stefanescu.

  1. The role of EUS in esophageal cancer: Past, Present and Future applications. Cristian Tieranu
  2. Esophageal Stenting: When, Which Stent and Why. Ioan Cristian Nedelcu
  3. Achalasia treatment – update. Voicu Mercea
  4. Endoscopic approach to subepithelial gastric lesions. Vasile Balaban
PHARMA SESSIONS
14:45 – 15:00 A new ERA in Gastroenterology. Bogdan Mateescu
15:00 – 15:15 Restaurarea confortului intestinal: îmbunătățirea calitatii vieții pacienților cu sindrom de intestin iritabil. Prof. Liliana Gheorghe
15:15 – 15:30 Coffee break
PHARMA SESSIONS
15:30 – 16.00

Evolution of UC management. Chairman: Eugen DUMITRU

  1. New vision of remission & What are the therapeutic targets in UC? Dan Gheonea
  2. Unmeet needs remains in UC & Why new treatment options are needed? Anca Trifan
    ABBVIE GASTRO SYMPOSIUM
16:00 – 17.00

Scientific Session 2.
Management of Lower GI Tract Diseases.
Dan Gheonea, Bogdan Mateescu, Vasile Drug, Luana Alexandrescu.

  1. Perfect polypectomy – is there such a thing? Vlad Iovanescu.
  2. Sessile serrated lesions of the colon: evil twin! Cristina Tocia.
  3. Malignant colon polyps. Bogdan Ungureanu.
  4. What is the place of EMR in the era of ESD? . Theodor Voiosu.
PHARMA SESSIONS
17:30 – 17:45 Manipularea microbiotei in Sindromul de Intestin Iritabil. Cristina Tocia
SUNWAVE PHARMA SYMPOSIUM
17:45 – 18:00 Importantă diagnosticarii active și inițierii precoce a conduitei terapeutice in MAFLD/pacienții cu comorbidități metabolice. Elena Dina
SANOFI SYMPOSIUM
19:30 Opening Dinner – Restaurant Diplomatic

Saturday, September 30th

08:30 – 10:00
(90 min)

Scientific Session 3.
Management of Pancreatic and Biliary Diseases. Cristian Gheorghe, Mariana Jinga, Andrada Seicean, Radu Tutuian.

  1. Solid tumors of the exocrine pancreas (when, how, where to biopsy a solid pancreatic tumor). Are we following the guidelines? Radu Tutuian.
  2. What can an endoscopist do in complications of hepatobiliary surgery. Vasile Sandru.
  3. Management of local complications in acute pancreatitis. Gheorghe Balan.
  4. Endoscopist vs. Darth Vater: Dueling Ampullary Tumors. Andrei Dumitru
PHARMA SESSIONS
10:00 – 10:20 Hepatita cronică cu virus C – provocări diferite, strategii noi. Adrian Goldis
GILEAD SYMPOSIUM
10:20 – 10:35 Peagastril – O nouă abordare a tratamentului Sindromului de intestin iritabil și Dispepsiei funcționale. Eugen Dumitru
NATUR PHARMA SYMPOSIUM
10:35 – 10:45 Coffee break
10:45 – 12:15
(90 min)

Scientific Session 4.
Management of Liver Diseases. Liana Gheorghe, Anca Trifan, Corina Pop, Ioan Tiberiu Tofolean.

  1. Diagnosing steatotic liver disease in terms of new nomenclature. Dana Crisan.
  2. Acute Kidney Injury in Cirrhosis and Liver Failure. Irina Girleanu, Anca Trifan.
  3. Diagnosis and management of pyogenic liver abscesses – contemporary strategies and challenges. Larisa Sandulescu
  4. Hepatocellular carcinoma: advances in diagnosis and treatment. Liana Gheorghe.
PHARMA SESSIONS
12:15 – 13:00

MAVIRET : the short therapeutic journey, driver for HCV elimination. Chairman: Eugen Dumitru

  1. The evolving landscape of HCV patients management in Romania.Prof. Dr. Liana Gheorghe
  2. HCV treatment simplification with Maviret in Romania. Prof.Dr. Anca TRIFAN
  3. HCV treatment simplification with Maviret in patients from special populations: prisoners, migrants. Prof.Univ.Dr. Cora POP
  4. HCV treatment simplification with Maviret in patients with different profiles. Prof.Univ. Dr. Mircea DICULESCU
  5. What is patients preference. Dan GHEONEA
    ABBVIE HCV SYMPOSIUM
13:00 – 14:00 Lunch
14:00 – 15:30
(90 min)

Scientific Session 5.
The Great Friendlympics. Interregional work-shop. Young Romanian Gastroenterologists Session.
 Lucian Negreanu, Gabriel Constantinescu, Carol Stanciu.

  1. Challenging case 1. Craiova team: Bogdan Ungureanu, Dan Nicolae Florescu, Roxana Poenaru, Razvan Statie, Alexandra Bocioaga.
  2. Challenging case 2. Iasi team: Gheorghe Jr Balan, Laura Huiban, Cristina Muzica, Sebastian Zenovia, Horia Minea, Arian Rotaru.
  3. Challenging case 3. Constanta team: Cristina Tocia, Andrei Dumitru, Sergiu Micu, Ablalim Ilker, Cornateanu Elizabeth.
  4. Points Assembly, Grand Total, and Final Ranking.
PHARMA SESSIONS
15:30 – 15:45 Celltrion Immunology Portfolio – Remsima SC, the only subcutaneous infliximab. Mateescu Bogan
CELTRION PHARMA SYMPOSIUM
15:45 – 16:00 Eficacitatea si siguranta biosimilarelor SANDOZ: de la studii clinice la date din registrele de pacienti.
Eugen Dumitru
SANDOZ SYMPOSIUM
16:00 – 16:30

Optimizarea Colonoscopiei: de la Ghiduri la practica clinică Clensia Cristina TOCIA

  1. Microbiota intestinala, inflamația subclinica parietala și antibioterapia in sindromul de intestin iritabil cu diaree, Lucian NEGREANU
    ALFASIGMA SYMPOSIUM
18:30 Dinner with colleagues – Restaurant Nava

Sunday, October 1st

09:00 – 10:30
(90 min)

Scientific Session 6.
Inflammatory bowel diseases.
Mircea Diculescu. Alina Tantau. Cristian Gheorghe.

  1. Endoscopy in IBD: Back to the basics. Cristian Gheorghe.
  2. Update of endoscopic management of Crohn’s disease strictures.
    Catalin Sfarti.
  3. Pregnant Women and Inflammatory Bowel Disease. Mihaela Topala.
  4. Malignancy and IBD. Catalina Mihai, Cristina Cijevschi.
PHARMA SESSIONS
10:30 – 11:00 “Putting RWE into practice“
Cristina Tocia, Corina Meianu.
JANSSEN SYMPOSIUM
11:00 – 11:15 Official closing of the conference