January, 19 – 20, 2024



Scientific Program
08:00 - 08:30 | Registration and Welcome of the Participants |
Gastroenterology Topics Europa Room, Ramada Plaza Bucharest |
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08:30 - 09:30 | Advances in Gastrointestinal Disease Diagnosis Mariana Jinga, Eugen Dumitru, Mircea Mănuc, Răzvan Iacob |
08:30 - 08:50 | Think Big in the Small World: Role of Nanodevices in GI Case debate: Andrei Voiosu & Alexandru Constantinescu |
08:50 - 09:10 | The Dawn of the Robots: Artificial Intelligence in GI Endoscopy Cătălin Sfarti & Cristina Tocia |
09:10 - 09:30 | Gladiators Arena: The fight for the Best Endoscope Bogdan Ungureanu (upper) & Vlad Iovănescu (lower) |
09:30 - 10:00 | What’s more to say in GERD? Think out of the box Lucian Negreanu State of the art presentation organized with the support of Totem |
10:00 - 10:30 | Morning Coffee Break |
10:30 - 12:00 | Managing Inflammatory Bowel Disease: New Approaches Dan Ionuț Gheonea, Ciprian Brisc, Bogdan Mateescu, Lucian Negreanu |
10:30 - 11:00 | Ultrasound and MR in IBD PRO-US: Anda Leș PRO-MR: Osama Alnuaimi, Oana Chiriac, Claudia Bugeac Mitacu, Stefaniță Dima |
11:00 - 11:30 | Personalised Medicine in IBD: genetics and biomarkers Carmen Ștefănescu |
11:30 - 12:00 | Advanced Biologic Therapies Remus Popescu (Crohn’s disease) & Teodora Spătaru (Ulcerative Colitis) |
12:00 - 12:30 | IBD News - Living well with IBD Lucian Negreanu, Bogdan Mateescu State of the art presentation organized with the support of Johnson & Johnson |
12:30 - 12:45 | The Efficacy and Safety of High-Dose Intravenous Iron in Patients with IBD and Iron-Deficiency Anemia Mihai Andrei State of the art presentation organized with the support of Ewopharma |
12:45 - 13:30 | Lunch Break |
Advanced Endoscopy Topics Europa Room, Ramada Plaza Bucharest |
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13:30 - 15:00 | Endoscopic Innovations and Techniques Marcel Tanțău, Cezar Stroescu, Octavian Enciu, Adrian Miron |
13:30 - 14:00 | Advanced Endo-Imaging: the alphabet soup (NBI, I-Scan, BLI, RDI, etc.) Vasile Bălăban, Cristian Nedelcu |
14:00 - 14:30 | Early Upper GI tract Cancer: ESD vs surgery PRO-ESD: Mihai Ciocîrlan vs. PRO-SURGERY: Valentin Calu |
14:30 - 15:00 | The big colonic polyp extracted Individually or through Collaborative Endoscopic - Laparoscopic Surgery (CELS): the EndoSurgeon Single: Voicu Mercea vs. With the Surgeon: Cristian Roșianu |
15:00 - 15:30 | Raising the bar for endotherapy in bilio-pancreatic disease: a pragmatic approach Theodor Voiosu State of the art presentation organized with the support of Boston Scientific |
15:30 - 16:00 | Afternoon Coffee Break |
16:00 - 16:30 | Live demo from Ecuador Carlos Robles Medranda, Daniela Tăbăcelia |
Future of Endoscopy Europa Room, Ramada Plaza Bucharest |
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16:30 - 17:30 | Quo Vadis Endoscopy Gabriel Constantinescu, Mihai Rimbaș, Cristian Gheorghe, Vasile Drug |
16:30 - 16:50 | Cirrhosis and its Complications: the Long Hand of Endoscopists Bogdan Miuțescu |
16:50 - 17:10 | EndoHepatology: the New Kid on the Block EUS in endohepatology: Mădălina Ilie ERCP & cholangio-scopy: Vasile Șandru |
17:10 - 17:30 | Navigating the Depths: Innovations in Endoscopic Hemostasis for GI Bleeding Cristian Tefas |
Future of Ultrasound Europa Room, Ramada Plaza Bucharest |
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17:30 - 18:30 | Quo Vadis Ultrasound Alina Popescu, Roxana Șirli, Horia Ștefănescu, Zeno Spârchez |
17:30 - 17:50 | Contrast-Enhanced Ultrasound and its Place in the Imaging Arena Elena Codruța Gheorghe |
17:50 - 18:10 | Waves of Tomorrow: Elastography as the Nail in the Coffin of Liver Biopsy Tudor Moga |
18:10 - 18:30 | Harmonizing Visions: The Future of Fusion Ultrasound Imaging Cristian Țieranu |
18:30 - 18:45 | Restoring intestinal comfort to patients with irritable bowel syndrome Dan Ionuț Gheonea State of the art presentation organized with the support of Innergy |
19:30 - 19:45 | Europa Room, Ramada Plaza Bucharest Official Opening of the GastroNews Workshop Adrian Săftoiu (Scientific Coordinator) Viorel Jinga (Rector, Carol Davila University of Medicine and Pharmacy) Mugur Ardelean (Manager, Elias Emergency University Hospital) Marcel Tanțău (President, Romanian Society of Gastroenterology and Hepatology) Cristian Gheorghe (President, Romanian Society of Coloproctology) |
19:45 - 22:00 | Informal Networking Cocktail with Speakers and Participants La Parc Restaurant – Ramada Bucharest |
8:30 - 9:00 | Re-cap of Day 1 |
Hepatology Topics Europa Room, Ramada Plaza Bucharest |
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09:00 - 10:30 | Hepatitis and Advanced Liver Disease Management Updates Liana Gheorghe, Cora Pop, Anca Trifan, Ioan Sporea |
09:00 - 09:30 | Chronic Viral Hepatitis Management: When the Virus Doesn’t Dance Carmen Ester (B hepatitis) & Alina Tanțău (C hepatitis) |
09:30 - 10:00 | MAFLD during the Obesity Pandemic: a Multisystem Disease Dana Crișan |
10:00 - 10:30 | New Therapies in Autoimmune Liver Diseases Răzvan Cerban |
10:30 - 10:40 | Acute Hepatic Porphyria - Simplifying the diagnostic path Lucian Negreanu Satelite Symposium organized with the support of Genesis Pharma |
10:40 - 10:45 | A new perspective in the management of Acute Hepatic Porphyria Cristian Țieranu Satelite Symposium organized with the support of Genesis Pharma |
10:45 - 11:00 | Morning Coffee Break |
11:00 - 12:30 | Liver & Biliary Tumors Updates Carmen Fierbințeanu-Braticevici, Mircea Diculescu, Cornelia Nițipir, Erwin Santo |
11:00 - 11:30 | Algorithm of Imaging Diagnosis in Liver Tumors Ioana Gheonea |
11:30 - 12:00 | Burn, Freeze or Resect: Best Choice for Destruction Theodor Voiosu |
12:00 - 12:30 | Chemotherapy and Immunotherapy Advances Ion Cristian Iaciu |
12:30 - 13:00 | Live demo from Elias Emergency University Hospital Gastro Elias Team |
Hands-on workshop Center of Innovation and e-Health (CIeH - UMFCD) |
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14:00 - 19:30 | Endoscopy hands-on (simulator, 3D models, pig models) CIeH-UMFCD Medical Simulation Department Thomas Masaryk Street 19 Coordinators: Cristina Dițescu, Raluca Costache, Daniela Elena Burtea Trainers: Șerban Gologan, Bogdan Cotruță, Ionuț Saizu, Alina Constantin, Radu Pîrvulețu Nurse trainers: Costin Mangâru, Bogdan Toma, Alin Badiu |
16:30 - 16:45 | Paving the way for the future: can we elevate the standard of endoscopy Adrian Săftoiu State of the art presentation organized with the support of TEMCO – Olympus |
16:45 - 17:00 | Break |
14:00 - 16:30 | Ultrasound hands-on (biopsy, RFA, fusion) CIeH-UMFCD Medical Simulation Department Thomas Masaryk Street 19 Coordinators: Mirela Elena Ionescu, Andrei Olteanu, Larisa Săndulescu Trainers: Mădălina Florescu, Cătălina Vlăduț, Nicoleta Podină, Mihai Andrei Nurse trainers: Dana Păduraru, Alex Vădineanu |
19:30 - 19:45 | Closing Session - Workshop Summary and Key Takeaways CIeH-UMFCD Medical Simulation Department Thomas Masaryk Street 19 |

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