Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh (RCPE) in association with American College of Gastroenterology (ACG) & Scottish Society of Gastroenterology (SSG) - Gastroenterology: a Global Perspective

Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh (RCPE) in association with American College of Gastroenterology (ACG) & Scottish Society of Gastroenterology (SSG) - Gastroenterology: a Global Perspective is organized by Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh (RCPE), American College of Gastroenterology (ACG), Scottish Society of Gastroenterology (SSG)  and will be held on Nov 06, 2024 at Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, Scotland, United Kingdom.

Description:
Join the Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh for this year's Gastroenterology Symposium, which has been developed in association with the American College of Gastroenterology and the Scottish Society of Gastroenterology, and we would like to express our sincere thanks for their support. We are excited to bring together leading experts across the globe for this hybrid symposia.

Gastrointestinal diseases account for a significant portion of the overall global disease burden, with more than one-third of prevalent cases having a digestive aetiology in 2019. Liver cirrhosis and other chronic liver diseases had the highest prevalence rate, with an increasing incidence of inflammatory bowel disease and digestive cancers presenting at an earlier age. Digestive diseases can be inversely related to the sociodemographic index, and the impact of obesity is yet to be fully realised. Optimisation of healthcare resources and the application of machine learning may provide tangible solutions to global diseases.

Session 1: Let’s talk about obesity
• Obesity: shared responsibility
• Medical management of obesity and metabolic dysfunction-associated steatotic liver disease (MASLD)
• Endoscopic and surgical management of obesity: will medications replace the need for these approaches?

Session 2: Treating to the target
• Targeting the microbiome from a gastroenterologist’s perspective
• Sir Stanley Davidson Lecture (Keynote Lecture)

Session 3: Public health - global liver disease
• Diagnosis and management of alcohol-associated liver disease
• Viral hepatitis: an endangered species
• Hepatocellular carcinoma

Session 4: Endoscopy - back to basics
• Why quality matters in both upper and lower endoscopy
• Debate: Artificial intelligence (AI) in endoscopy will solve it all