Chairs

  • Prof Alex Boussioutas

    Steering Committee, Co-Chair

    GESA President
    Monash University & The Alfred
    Melbourne, Australia

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  • Prof Geoffrey Metz

    Steering Committee, Co-Chair

    WGO President
    Epworth Hospital
    Richmond, Australia

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  • A/Prof Amany Zekry

    Steering Committee
    Scientific Program Committee,
    Co- Chair

    GESA
    University of New South Wales
    Sydney, Australia

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  • Prof Jonathan Leighton

    Scientific Program Committee,
    Co-Chair

    WGO
    Mayo Clinic
    Scottsdale, AZ, USA

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Steering Committee Members

  • Prof Carolina Olano

    Steering Committee

    WGO President-Elect
    Universidad de La Republica
    Montevideo, Uruguay

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  • Prof Kaichun Wu

    Steering Committee

    WGO Treasurer
    Xijing Hospital of Digestive Diseases
    Xi'an, China

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Scientific Program Committee Members

  • A/Prof Vipul Aggarwal

    Scientific Program Committee

    Canberra Gastroenterology
    Canberra, Australia

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  • Prof Michael Bourke

    Scientific Program Committee

    University of Sydney &
    Westmead Hospital
    Sydney, Australia

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  • Prof Alan Buchman

    Nutrition Stream

    University of Illinois Chicago
    Chicago, USA

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  • A/Prof Rebecca Burgell

    Scientific Program Committee

    Alfred Hospital & Monash University
    Melbourne, Australia

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  • A/Prof Claudia Defilippi

    Scientific Program Committee

    Hospital Clínico Universidad de Chile 
    Chile

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  • Prof Dan Dumitrascu

    Scientific Program Committee

    University of Medicine and Pharmacy
    Cluj-Napoca
    Romania

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  • Prof Seth Gross

    Scientific Program Committee

    NYU Langone Health
    New York, USA

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  • Dr Sunil Gupta

    Scientific Program Committee

    University of Sydney
    Sydney, Australia

  • Dr Emma Halmos

    Scientific Program Committee

    Alfred Hospital & Monash University
    Melbourne, Australia

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  • Prof Georgina Hold

    Scientific Program Committee
    Research Stream

    University of New South Wales
    Sydney, Australia

  • A/Prof Katharine Irvine

    Research Stream

    University of Queensland
    Queensland, Australia

  • Prof Nikhil Thapar

    Paediatrics Stream

    Queensland Children's Hospital
    Brisbane, Australia

  • Daniel Lightowler

    Nursing Stream

    The University of Western Australia
    Perth, Australia

  • Prof Eamonn Quigley

    Scientific Program Committee

    Houston Methodist Hospital
    Texas, USA

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  • A/Prof Emily Wright

    Scientific Program Committee

    GESA
    St Vincent’s Hospital
    Melbourne, Australia

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