ENDOSCOPY 2004

GUEST FACULTY

FIRAS AL-KAWAS

Firas Al-Kawas is Professor of Medicine at Georgetown University, Washington DC, USA. He is also the Chief of GI Endoscopy as well as the Director of the Center for Pancreatic and Biliary Diseases at the Georgetown University Medical Center. Of Syrian descent, Professor Al-Kawas is a well-kept secret in international GI endoscopy. He is an extremely polished and consummate demonstrator of ERCP skills and without doubt one of the finest endoscopists in the world today. Professor Al-Kawas is an active member of the American Society of Gastrointestinal Endoscopy (ASGE) and is a member of numerous technical review committees of the ASGE.

YOSHIHIRO SAKAI

Yoshihiro Sakai is Professor of Medicine at the University of Toho, Tokyo and without question, one of the leading exponents of colonoscopy in the world today. Together with Drs Christopher Williams and Jerry Waye, Professor Sakai has made colonoscopy into a fine art and has been involved in recent years in the development of the "scope guide" for colonoscopy. Professor Sakai has been involved in teaching colonoscopy throughout the world particularly in the less developed countries in the Asia-Pacific region.

STEFAN SEEWALD

Dr Stefan Seewald is Lecturer and Consultant Therapeutic Endoscopist at the Department of Interdisciplinary Endoscopy at the University Hospital, Eppendorf, University of Hamburg, under the directorship of Professor Nib Soehendra. Dr Seewald belongs to the new breed of endoscopists who are highly skilled and dedicated to interventional EUS procedures. Dr Seewald is also an expert at endoscopic mucosal resection using free hand method.

JOSEPH SUNG

Joseph Sung is Professor and Chairman and Chief of Service, Department of Medicine & Therapeutics, Prince of Wales Hospital, as well as the Associate Dean of Chinese University of Hong Kong. Professor Sung is a "man for all seasons" and is a leader in world gastroenterology with seminal published work in many aspects of gastroenterology and hepatology. A top-class endoscopist, Professor Sung is also co-course director with Professor Sydney Chung of the highly prestigious Annual Hong Kong International Therapeutic Endoscopy Workshop which is considered by many to be the best live endoscopy workshop in the world today.