ENDOSCOPY 2003

GUEST FACULTY

Douglas Howell ( Maine, USA )

Dr. Howell is President of Portland Gastroenterology / Portland Endoscopy Center; Director of Pancreaticobiliary Center; and Director of Advanced Interventional Fellowship Endoscopy Program at the Maine Medical Center. Dr. Howell is a world renowned expert in ERCP and a well respected and gifted teacher in this field. In recognition of his outstanding skills and mastery of endoscopy he was awarded the ASGE "Master Endoscopist" award in 2002. He has also been a great innovator having invented many ERCP accessories, which now bear his name.

Haruhiro Inoue ( Yokohama, Japan )

Dr Inoue is Associate Professor at the Showa University, Yokohama, Japan. He is currently head of Upper GI endoscopy and surgery at the Digestive Disease Center, Northern Yokohama Hospital, Japan. Dr Inoue is world renowned for his expertise in endoscopic mucosal resection where he has introduced several innovative techniques. He is also in the forefront of new technology with endoscopes and has been instrumental in developing magnification, zoom and endo-microscopy techniques.

Simon K Lo ( Los Angeles, USA )

Dr Lo is Associate Professor at the University of California, Los Angeles, USA. He is Chief of Endoscopy at the Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, Los Angeles. Dr Lo is in the forefront in the use of new techniques in diagnosis and treatment of GI diseases being one of the leading proponents of "capsule" endoscopy as well as in several endoscopic suturing techniques for GERD. Dr Lo runs the biggest live demonstration workshop in the USA : the well known "Cedars-Sinai Annual International Symposium on Pancreatic & Biliary Endoscopy" at his center.

Nageshwar Reddy ( Hyderabad, India )

Dr Reddy is Head of the world famous Asian Institute of Gastroenterology in Hyderabad, India. He is well known for his work in therapeutic upper gastrointestinal and bilio-pancreatic endoscopy and is widely regarded as one of the most highly skilled endoscopist today. He runs a center of unsurpassed workload and standards and has also embarked on innovative, groundbreaking procedures such as trans-gastric pertinoneoscopy, endoscopic suturing and capsule endoscopy.