9^th Euro-Global Gastroenterology Conference October 24-25, 2016 Valencia, Spain

Director of Gastroenterology Programs Wake Forest Institute for Regenerative Medicine Professor, Core Faculty Member, Virginia Tech-Wake Forest University School of Biomedical Engineering and Sciences Professor of Regenerative Medicine, Gastroenterology and Physiology & Pharmacology

Dr. Bitar is the director of the Gastrointestinal (GI) Program at WFIRM. Signal transduction pathways involved in gastrointestinal smooth muscle cells. Thin filament regulation of smooth muscle activity and provide a regenerative medicine approach to the treatment of gastric motility disorders in an ever expanding aging population. Regenerative medicine approaches to manufacture replacement parts for the human gastrointestinal tract

Dr. Maxwell M. Chait is a practicing gastroenterologist and assistant professor of medicine Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons in New York City. He is a Fellow of several prestigious organizations, including the American College of Physicians, American College of Gastroenterology, American Gastroenterological Association and the American Society for Gastrointestinal Endoscopy. He has authored numerous publications and serves on the editorial board of several journals. He is the editor-in-chief of the Journal of Liver Disease and Transplantation

Gastroenterology

Director of the Surgical Neuromodulation Program at Nationwide Children’s Hospital, Columbus, OH. He has published 57 peer-reviewed papers and 16 book chapters and edited a book entitled Reoperative Pediatric Surgery.Serves on the editorial board of two journals and ad hoc reviewer for many journals Steven Teich, MD, is the Surgical Director of the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit at Nationwide Children’s Hospital and a Clinical Associate Professor of Surgery at The Ohio State University College of Medicine. Dr. Teich coordinates the development of clinical pathways for pediatric surgery. He also serves as the Surgical Director of the Bariatric Surgery Program at Nationwide Children’s Hospital.

Pediatric Surgery, and Surgical Critical Care

Gerard E. Mullin, MD, is a board-certified internist, gastroenterologist and nutritionist. He is an associate professor of medicine and director of Integrative GI Nutrition Services at The Johns Hopkins Hospital. Dr. Mullin is regarded as an authority in integrative gastroenterology. Dr. Mullin teaches medical professionals at international conferences on the role of nutrition and lifestyle and the gut microbiome in digestive health and weight control. He is the author of several professional desk references and trade books (http://thefoodmd.com/books) including his latest The Gut Balance Revolution: Boost Your Metabolism, Restore Your Inner Ecology, and Lose the Weight for Good!

Elimination Diets in Gastrointestinal Disease; Nutrition; Gut Microbiome; Probiotics; Integrative Medicine; Celiac Disease; Spectrum of Gluten Intolerance; Inflammatory Bowel Disease; Small Intestine Bacterial Overgrowth; Gastroesophageal Reflux Disease

He is Director of 3D Imaging Research, Radiology, Massachusetts General Hospital Associate Professor of Radiology, Harvard Medical School

His research interest includes Computer aided Diagnosis, Quantitative medical imaging and imaging informatic systems in general and particular, in the areas of Diagnosis of Colorectal cancer with CT Colonography.

Bing-Rong Liu has completed his MD in 2002 from Chongqing Medical University. He appointed as the director of gastrointestinal department of the Second Affiliated Hospital of Harbin Medical University in June 2004. He has developed so many endoscopic new techniques and published more than 20 papers in reputed journals

Gastrointestinal Surgery,Endoscopy

CHIEF OF ENDOSCOPY SERVICE OF HOSPITAL ESTADUAL ADÃO PEREIRA NUNES. COORDINATOR OF BARIATRIC ENDOSCOPY SERVICE, IN GASTROENDO SERVIÇOS MÉDICOS GASTROENTEROLOGIST FORMED BY FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF ESTATE OF RIO DE JANEIRO

Endoscopy, Surgey

PROFESSOR AND HEAD, DEPT. OF PEDIATRIC SURGERY KASTURBA MEDICAL COLLEGE, MANIPAL UNIVERSITY, MANIPAL, KARNATAKA STATE,INDIA.

PEDIATRIC SURGERY

ERCP in Sahmyook Medical Center Department of Internal Medicine GI division.

majored in ERCP and therapeutic endoscopy and ESD

Member of European Association for Endoscopic Surgery (E.A.E.S.), Member of Società Italiana di Chirurgia Endoscopica (S.I.C.E.), Member of Società Italiana di Chirurgia (S.I.C.), Member of Associazione dei Chirurghi Ospedalieri Italiani (A.C.O.I.)

Main interest is the colorectal surgery and Advanced laparoscopic surgery. Hernioplasty, Colectomy, Adrenalectomy, Splenectomy, Hysterectomy and Ovariectomy and, in emergency, diagnostic laparoscopy, bowel obstruction, gastric perforation as well as Cholecistectomy and appendectomy. Also have wide experience in Colonproctologic surgery performing routinely STARR, Longo, transanal resection, prolapse resection,Anal fistulectomy.