Meetings and Courses Endorsed by IASGO in 2019
World Congress:
The 31st World Congress of IASGO
Congress President: Professor Thawatchai Akaraviputh
October 3-5, 2019
Bangkok, Thailand
www.iasgo2019.org

Postgraduate Courses (confirmed for 2019):
1. The 36th Annual Medical and Surgical Gastroenterology: A Multidisciplinary Approach
Directors: Professors Richard Schulick and Anne Marie Lennon
January 27-31, 2019
Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, University of Colorado & IASGO
Beaver Creek, USA

2. IASGO Postgraduate Course on Hepato-Pancreatico-Biliary Surgery and Oncology
Director: Professor Ender Dulundu
March 8-9, 2019
University of Marmara School of Medicine
Istanbul, Turkey

3. The National Congress of the Romanian Society of Coloproctology
President: Prof. Viorel Scripcariu
March 14-16, 2019
University of Medicine Iasi, Romania & IASGO
Iasi, Romania

4. Harvard Medical School CME Course on Advances and Controversies in Colorectal Surgery
Directors: Professors Liliana Bordeianou, David Berger, Hiroko Kunitake, and Rocco Ricciardi
May 9-11, 2019
Boston, USA

5. The 2nd IASGO/Luzhou PostGraduate Course in “Spinal and Gastrointestinal Surgery and Research”

Director: Professor Yanzheng He
July 6, 2019
Southwest Medical University
Luzhou, China

6. IASGO Postgraduate Course on Hepato-Pancreatico-Biliary Surgery and Oncology

Director: Professor Keiichi Kubota
July 10, 2019
Dokkyo Medical University
Tokyo, Japan

7. The 9th CME Course of IASGO 
Director: Professor Ho-Seong Han
July 12-13, 2019
Seoul National University Bundang Hospital, Seoul, Korea

8. IASGO Verona Expert International Meeting on Evolving Strategies in the Management of Liver Metastases
Director: Professors Alfredo Guglielmi and Calogero Iacono
September 19-20
University of Verona Medical School
Verona, Italy

9. IASGO Postgraduate Course on Hepato-Pancreatico-Biliary Surgery and Liver Transplantation
President: Prof. Cristian Lupascu
September 25, 2019
University of Medicine Iasi, Romania & IASGO
Iasi, Romania

10. Mayo Clinic Hepato-Pancreato-Biliary (HPB) Cancers Symposium
Directors: Professors Ramesh Ramanathan, Mitesh Borad, and Tanios Bekaii-Saab
November 15-16, 2019
Las Vegas, NV, USA

11. E-AHPBA & IASGO Joint Postgraduate Course ERAS France Symposium on Hepato-Biliary and Pancreatic Surgery
Director: Professor Mustapha Adham
November 15-16, 2019
Université Claude Bernard
Lyon, France

12. The 23rd Congress of Latin American Federation of Surgery (FELAC) and Joint Symposium of FELAC and IASGO
President: Professor Luis Ruso Martinez
December 3-5, 2019
Convention & Exhibition Center
Punta del Este, Uruguay