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Advanced Endoscopy Course

Eric P. Newman Education Center (EPNEC), 320 S Euclid Ave., St. Louis, MO 63110
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Presented by: Interventional Endoscopy Section, WashU Medicine

Course Director: Vladimir Kushnir, MD, FASGE

Planning Committee: Ahmad Bazarbashi, MD; Gabriel Lang, MD; Koushik Das, MD

The course provides education in advanced therapeutic endoscopy through lectures and a hands-on program with expert faculty from WashU and invited faculty around North America. This event will also include a fellows hand on session, aimed at third year GI fellows and advanced endoscopy fellows. There are a limited number of fellow travel awards available (maximum $700 per person) to help defray airfare expenses. Original receipts for travel must be submitted following the course for reimbursement. these travel awards will be awarded on a first-come basis. 

Hands on experience will include one on one training with expert faculty covering:

  • ESD, POEM
  • ERCP
  • Diagnostic and Therapeutic EUS
  • Luminal Stenting
  • Endoscopic Suturing and Closure
  • Bariatric Endoscopy
  • Endohepatology