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Doctors’ Programme

Doctors' Programme

11th July 2019: Satellite Symposium - Esophageal Physiology Course

11th July 2019: Satellite Symposium - Upper GI Endoscopy Masterclass

11th July 2019: Satellite Symposium - Singapore NAFLD Symposium

Day 1: Live Endoscopy Workshop

Day 2: Scientific Symposium

Day 3: Scientific Symposium

Day 2: GP Symposium

Thursday, 11th July 2019

Satellite Symposium – Esophageal Physiology Course

Grand Hyatt Singapore

Time Topic
0800 – 0825 Registration
0825 – 0830 Welcome Address
0825 – 0830
 Welcome Address
0830 – 0950 Esophageal HRM I
0830 – 0850
 Introduction to Esophageal HRM
0850 – 0950
 Practical Session: 3 HRM Cases
0950 – 1020 Morning Tea Break
1020 – 1200 Esophageal HRM II
1020 – 1040
 Clinical Application of Esophageal HRM
1140 – 1130
 Practical Session
1130 – 1200
 Case Discussion
1200 – 1300 Lunch Symposium
1200 – 1300
 ROME VS Asian Functional Esophageal Disorder
1300 – 1400 Esophageal pH and Impedance I
1300 – 1320
 Introduction Esophageal pH and Impedance Monitoring
1320 – 1340
 Update on Sandhill Zvu Analysis Software
1340 – 1440
 Practical Session: 2 Cases
1440 – 1510 Afternoon Tea Break
1510 – 1650 Esophageal pH and Impedance II
1510 – 1530
 Clinical Application fo Esophageal pH and Impedance Monitoring
1530 – 1620
 Practical Session: 2 Cases
1620 – 1650
 Case Discussion
1650 – 1700 Closing
1650 – 1700
 Closing Remarks
End of Course
Time Topic
0800 – 0900 Registration
0900 – 1035 Session I
0900 – 0905
 Welcome Address
0905 – 0915
 Pre-Course Picture Quiz
0915 – 0930
 Endoscopic Evaluation of Early Gastric Neoplasia
0930 – 0945
 Endoscopic Evaluation of Early Esophageal Neoplasia
0945 – 1025
 New Imaging Modalities in Assessing Upper GI Lesions
0945 – 1005 Linked Color Imaging and Blue Light Imaging
1005 – 1025 iScan and Optical Enhancement
1025 – 1035
 Question and Answer Sesion
1035 – 1100 Tea Break
1100 – 1235 Session II
1100 – 1120
 Management of Early Duodenal Lesions
1120 – 1140
 Endoscopic Management of Early Upper GI Neoplasia
1140 – 1200
 How to Perform Detailed OGD the Japanese Way
1200 – 1220
 Post-Course Picture Quiz
1220 – 1230
 Question and Answer Session
1230 – 1235
 Closing Remarks and Photo Taking
End of Course

Thursday, 11th July 2019

Satellite Symposium – Singapore NAFLD Symposium

Grand Hyatt Singapore

Time Topic
1230 – 1300 Registration
1300 – 1450 Session I
1300 – 1310
 Welcome Address
1310 – 1330
 Epidemiology of NAFLD in Asia
1330 – 1350
 Best Non-Invasive Screening Modality for NAFLD
1350 – 1420
 Debate: Do We Really Need Liver Biopsy in NASH Management?
1420 -1450
 Endocrinologist’s Take on Fatty Liver
1450 – 1520 Afternoon Tea Break
1520 – 1700 Sesion II
1520 – 1550
 Management of NAFLD – State of the Art
1550 – 1610
 NASH HCC
1610 – 1630
 Role of Liver Supplements in NAFLD; To Use or Not to Use?
1630 – 1700
 Liver Transplantation in NAFLD and Obese Patients
End of Course

Day 1: Friday, 12th July 2019

Live Endoscopy Workshop

Level 2, Kent Ridge Wing, ASTC, National University Hospital

Time Topic Speaker/Chairperson
0800 – 0830 Registration
0830 – 0840 Welcome Address
0830 – 0840
 Welcome Address by Course Director
0840 – 0900 Endoscopy Lecture I
0840 – 0900
 EUS Management of Gastric Outlet Obstruction
0900 – 1010 Live Endoscopy Demostration Session I
1010 – 1030 Morning Tea Break
1030 – 1050 Endoscopy Lecture II
1030 – 1050
 Endoscopic Management of Colorectal Polyps
1050 – 1200 Live Endoscopy Demostration Session II
1200 – 1330 Lunch and Tour of Exhibition
1330 – 1350 Endoscopy Lecture III
1330 – 1350
 Power Spiral – A New Way of Examining the Small Bowel
1350 – 1500 Live Endoscopy Demostration Session III
1500 – 1520 Afternoon Tea Break
1520 – 1540 Endoscopy Lecture IV
1520 -1540
 Guest Lecture: Progress of Advanced Endoscopic Resection in the West
1540 – 1650 Live Endoscopy Demostration Session IV
1650 – 1730 Video Case Presentations
1650 – 1700
 Case 1 Presentation
1700 – 1710
 Case 2 Presentation
1710 – 1720
 Case 3 Presentation
1720 – 1730
 Case 4 Presentation
1730 – 1740 Closing
1730 – 1740
 Closing Remarks by Course Director
END OF ENDOSCOPY WORKSHOP
1930 – 2130 Faculty Dinner (Faculty and Invited Guests Only)

Day 2: Saturday, 13th July 2019

Scientific Symposium

Level 3, Grand Ballroom, Grand Hyatt Singapore

Time Topic Speaker/Chairperson
0820 – 0850 Registration
0850 – 0950 Free Paper Presentations
0850 – 0900
 Free Paper 1
0900 – 0910
 Free Paper 2
0910 – 0920
 Free Paper 3
0920 – 0930
 Free Paper 4
0930 – 0940
 Free Paper 5
0940 – 0950
 Free Paper 6
0950 – 1050 Morning Tea Break & Poster Round
1050 – 1230 Liver Symposium I
1050 – 1020
 State-of-the-Art Lecture: The Cure for Hepatitis B
1120 – 1130
 Ask the Expert
1130 – 1200
 Management of Cirrhosis in 2019
1200 – 1230
 Help! Does my Patient Need a Liver Transplant Now?
1230 – 1345 Lunch
1240 – 1325
 Lunch Symposium Sponsored by Gilead
1240 – 1300
 Reducing the Risk of Long-Term Liver Disease
1300 – 1320
 Reducing the Risks when Treating Patients with CHB
1320 – 1325
 Question and Answer Session
1235 – 1345
 Lunch (continuation) and Viewing of Posters and Exhibitions
1345 – 1400 Opening Ceremony
1345 – 1350
 Welcome Address by Scientific Chair, GESS
1350 – 1355
 Welcome Address by Chairman Nursing Chapter, GESS
1355 – 1400
 Opening Address by President, GESS
1400 – 1500 Plenary Session
1400 – 1430
 Seah Cheng Siang Memorial Oration
1430 – 1500
 Plenary Lecture: Evolution of Management Functional Dyspepsia
1500 – 1530 Afternoon Tea Break
1530 – 1700 IBD Symposium – The Future is NOW
1530 – 1550
 Therapy with Biologics in the Current Era – Is There Still a Role for Immunomodulators? Combo Versus Mono Therapy
1550 – 1610
 Asia-Pacific IBD Consensus
1610 – 1630
 Debate – Dysplasia in UC: Endoscopic Resection and Surveillance – Why Delay the Inevitable?
1630 – 1700
 Fireside Chat – FMT Therapy in IBD: The Nuts and Bolts of FMT in IBD
1700 – 1800 GESS AGM (For GESS Members ONLY)
1730 – 1830 Conference Dinner Cocktail
1830 – 1900 Evening Symposium
1830 – 1900
 Evening Symposium Sponsored by AstraZeneca
1900 – 2100 GIHep Conference Dinner and Award Presentations
1900 – 1915
 Prize and Award Presentation
Award Presentation – Doctors Category
Award Presentation – Nursing Category
1915 – 2100 Conference Dinner

Day 3: Sunday, 14th July 2019

Scientific Symposium

Level 3, Grand Ballroom, Grand Hyatt Singapore

Time Topic Speaker/Chairperson
0800 – 0830 Registration
0830 – 1000 Motility Symposium
0830 – 0910
 Debate: Are GI Motility Investigations Necessary for Patient Care?
0910 – 0930
 Clinical Measurement of Gastrointestinal Motility and Function: Who, When and Which Test?
0930 – 0950
 Belching, Bloating and Flatulence: Management of Difficult Abdominal Gas Syndrome
0950 – 1000
 Question and Answer Session
1000 – 1030 Morning Tea Break
1000 – 1030
 Morning Tea Break Symposium (Sponsored by BMS)
1030 – 1200 Liver Symposium II
1030 – 1050
 Immuno-Oncology Related Liver Diseases
1050 – 1100
 NAFLD in Viral Hepatitis
1100 – 1130
 Is My Cirrhotic Patient Really Coagulopathic?
1130 – 1140
 Question and Answer Session
1140 – 1200
 Abstract Presentation
1200 – 1315 Lunch
1215 – 1245
 Lunch Symposium (Sponsored by Takeda)
1245 – 1315
 Lunch (continuation) and viewing of posters and exhibitions
1315 – 1445 Upper GI Symposium
1315 – 1335
 Immuno-Oncology Related GI Diseases
1335 – 1355
 Upper GI Bleed
1355 – 1415
 Things are Moving Forward in Gastroparesis: Evolving Management Options
1415 – 1435
 Recent Advances in Diagnosis and Management of Gastric Cancer
1435 – 1445
 Question and Answer Session
1445 – 1515 Afternoon Tea Break
1515 – 1650 Endoscopy Symposium
1515 – 1535
 ABCs of Diagnosing Early Upper GI Cancer
1535 – 1555
 Clinical Application and Utility of EUS-Guided Ablative Therapy
1555 – 1615
 Management Approach to Small Bowel Disease in the Horizon
1615 – 1635
 EMR or ESD: When and How?
1635 -1650
 Question and Answer Session
1650 – 1700 Closing
1650 – 1700
 Closing Remarks by President
End of Meeting

Day 2: Saturday, 13th July 2019

GP Symposium

Level 2, Salon 1, Grand Hyatt Singapore

Time Topic Speaker/Chairperson
1245 – 1400 Registration & Lunch
1400 – 1510 Symposium I
1400 – 1430
 GP Plenary Lecture: Colorectal Cancer Screening in Singapore
1430 – 1450
 PPIs and Beyond
1450 – 1510
 Bloating and Burping
1510 – 1540 Afternoon Tea Break
1540 – 1640 Symposium II
1540 – 1600
 Abnormal Hepatobiliary Ultrasound
1600 – 1620
 Update on Fatty Liver
1620 – 1640
 Tumour Markers: Should We be Doing Them?
End of GP Symposium