The Federation of the International Societies of Pediatric Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition (FISPGHAN), announces dates for 2nd World Congress of Pediatric Gastroenterology, Hepatology, and Nutrition

July 3-7, 2004, in Paris at the Palais des Congrès.  

For further information please go to http://www.wcpghn2004.com/

WORKING GROUPS OF THE 2004 WORLD CONGRESS OF PEDIATRIC GASTROENTERLOGY, HEPATOLOGY AND NUTRITION

Acute and chronic hepatitis

Mei-Hwei Chang, MD (APPSPGHAN)
Anupam Sibal, MD (CAPGAN)
B. Mueller-Schenker, MD (ESPGHAN)
D. Hadzic, MD (ESPGHAN)
Isidoro Joaquin Kohn, MD (LASPGHAN)
Solange Heller Rouassant, MD (LASPGHAN)
Maureen Jonas, MD (NASPGHAN)
Eve Roberts, MD (NASPGHAN)

Advances in endoscopy and other diagnostic techniques

Yen-Hsuan Ni, MD (APPSPGHAN)
Mike Thomson, MD (CAPGAN)
Jean Pierre Olives, MD (ESPGHAN)
Patrick Bontems, MD (ESPGHAN)
Alejandro Costaguta, MD (LASPGHAN)
Josè Spolidoro, MD (LASPGHAN)
Mark Gilger, MD (NASPGHAN)
Michael Narkewicz, MD (NASPGHAN)

Biotherapeutic and nutraceutical agents, including probiotics and functional foods

Geoff Davidson, MD (APPSPGHAN)
Yuichiro Yamashiro, MD (APPSPGHAN)
Professor Glenn Gibson , MD (CAPGAN)
Dr Patience Mensah , MD (CAPGAN)
K Fleischer-Michaelsen, MD (ESPGHAN)
Erika Isolauri, MD (ESPGHAN)
Carlos Castaneda, MD (LASPGHAN)
Francisco Josè Penna, MD (LASPGHAN)
David Mack, MD (NASPGHAN)
Judy Splawski, MD (NASPGHAN)

Celiac disease and other immunologically mediated disorders of the GIT

Don Cameron, MD (APPSPGHAN)
Decker Butzner, MD (CAPGAN)
Dr Shinjini Bhatnagar, MD (CAPGAN)
Markku Maki, MD (ESPGHAN)
Riccardo Troncone, MD (ESPGHAN)
Mabel Zacur de Jiménez, MD (LASPGHAN)
Virginia Mendez, MD (LASPGHAN)
Ivor Hill, MD (NASPGHAN)
Edward Hoffenberg, MD (NASPGHAN)

Cholestatic and metabolic liver diseases

Peter Lewindon, MD (APPSPGHAN)
Pat McKiernan, MD (CAPGAN)
Pat McKiernan, MD (ESPGHAN)
Richard J Thompson, MD (ESPGHAN)
Ramiro Anthero de Azevedo, MD (LASPGHAN)
Cristina Galoppo, MD (LASPGHAN)
Saul J. Karpen, MD (NASPGHAN)
Elizabeth B. Rand, MD (NASPGHAN)

Functional GI disorders, GE reflux and Neurogastroenterology

David Forbes, MD (APPSPGHAN)
Jacinta Tobin, MD (APPSPGHAN)
Dr Peter B Sullivan, MD (CAPGAN)
Marc Benninga, MD (ESPGHAN)
Annamaria Staiano, MD (ESPGHAN)
Mauro Batista de Morais, MD (LASPGHAN)
Claudio Morera, MD (LASPGHAN)
Carlo Di Lorenzo, MD (NASPGHAN)
Colin Rudolph, MD (NASPGHAN)

Helicobacter pylori and peptic ulcer

Andrew Day, MD (APPSPGHAN)
Julian Thomas, MD (CAPGAN)
Brendan Drumm, MD (ESPGHAN)
F Gottrand, MD (ESPGHAN)
Elisabete Kawakami, MD (LASPGHAN)
Armando Madrazo, MD (LASPGHAN)
Ben Gold, MD (NASPGHAN)
John Snyder, MD (NASPGHAN)

Hepatic failure and liver transplant

Marion Margaret Aw, MD (APPSPGHAN)
Mao Meng Tiao, MD (APPSPGHAN)
A Baker, MD (ESPGHAN)
M Hadchouel, MD (ESPGHAN)
Mirta Ciocca, MD (LASPGHAN)
Gilda Porta, MD (LASPGHAN)
Estella Alonso, MD (NASPGHAN)
Philip Rosenthal, MD (NASPGHAN)

HIV infection

Wandee Varavithya, MD (APPSPGHAN)
Dankwart Wittenberg, MD (CAPGAN)
Roberto Berni Canani, MD (ESPGHAN)
John Fell, MD (ESPGHAN)
Carlos Velasco Benitez, MD (LASPGHAN)
Nilza Medeiros Perin, MD (LASPGHAN)
Colleen Hadigan, MD (NASPGHAN)
Simon Rabinowitz, MD (NASPGHAN)

Inflammatory Bowel Disease

Simon Chin, MD (APPSPGHAN)
David Moore, MD (APPSPGHAN)
Simon Murch, MD (CAPGAN)
Hans Buller, MD (ESPGHAN)
Clara Jasinsky, MD (LASPGHAN)
Marina Orsi, MD (LASPGHAN)
Robert Baldassano, MD (NASPGHAN)
Anne Griffiths, MD (NASPGHAN)

Intestinal failure and small bowel transplantation, including clinical nutrition

Ian Booth, MD (CAPGAN)
Sue Beath, MD (ESPGHAN)
Olivier Goulet, MD (ESPGHAN)
Carlos Luque, MD (LASPGHAN)
Stuart Kaufman, MD (NASPGHAN)
Samuel Kocoshis, MD (NASPGHAN)

Intestinal infections and environmental enteropathy

Elizabeth Elliot, MD (APPSPGHAN)
Stephen Allen, MD (CAPGAN)
David Brewster, MD (CAPGAN)
Alan Phillips, MD (ESPGHAN)
Ian R Sanderson, MD (ESPGHAN)
Eduardo Salazar Lindo, MD (LASPGHAN)
Alessio Fasano, MD (NASPGHAN)
Phillip Tarr, MD (NASPGHAN)

Malnutrition

Tahmeed Ahmed, MD (CAPGAN)
Barbara Golden, MD (CAPGAN)
Nick Croft, MD (ESPGHAN)
L Weaver, MD (ESPGHAN)
Magdalena Araya, MD (LASPGHAN)
Lidia Garcete de Aguero, MD (LASPGHAN)
Susan Baker, MD (NASPGHAN)
George Fuchs, MD (NASPGHAN)

Obesity in children and adolescents

Walter Chen, MD (APPSPGHAN)
David Chun Yuen Lau, MD (APPSPGHAN)
Louise A. Baur, MD (CAPGAN)
Tony Nelson, MD (CAPGAN)
Berthold Koletzko, MD (ESPGHAN)
Luis Moreno, MD (ESPGHAN)
Mauro Fisberg, MD (LASPGHAN)
Ricardo Uauy, MD (LASPGHAN)
Alison Hoppin, MD (NASPGHAN)
Richard Strauss, MD (NASPGHAN)

Pancreatic disorders and cystic fibrosis

Mark Oliver, MD (APPSPGHAN)
Chris Taylor, MD (CAPGAN)
Dominique Belli, MD (ESPGHAN)
H Witt, MD (ESPGHAN)
Raquel Furnes, MD (LASPGHAN)
Jaime Belkind Gerson, MD (LASPGHAN)
Jean Perrault, MD (NASPGHAN)
Marli Robertson, MD (NASPGHAN)

Pediatric surgery of the digestive tract

Paul Tam, MD (APPSPGHAN)
Claude Le Coultre, MD (ESPGHAN)
Mark D Stringer, MD (ESPGHAN)
Eduardo Carpaneto, MD (LASPGHAN)
Victor Defagò, MD (LASPGHAN)
Maria Alonso, MD (NASPGHAN)
Jacob Langer, MD (NASPGHAN)

Perinatal Nutrition and GI disorders

Geoff Cleghorn, MD (APPSPGHAN)
Ming Wei Lai, MD (APPSPGHAN)
Steven Ng, MD (APPSPGHAN)
Sean Devane, MD (ESPGHAN)
Rafael Jiménez García, MD (LASPGHAN)
Marta Cristina Sanabria, MD (LASPGHAN)
Ronald Kleinman, MD (NASPGHAN)
Marilyn Brown, MD (NASPGHAN)

Persistent and chronic diarrhea and malabsorption

Iqbal Ahmad Memon, MD (APPSPGHAN)
Zulfiqar Ahmed Bhutta, MD (CAPGAN)
Professor Santosh, MD (CAPGAN)
Yigael Finkel, MD (ESPGHAN)
Keith J Lindley, MD (ESPGHAN)
Ulysses Fagundes Neto, MD (LASPGHAN)
Fayez Ghishan, MD (NASPGHAN)
J Marc Rhoads, MD (NASPGHAN)