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The Old Gastroenterologic Calendar: 1997

Where was the Nordic Congress arranged last year? What were the topics during the Helicobacter Conference last September? The DDW in 1996 - was it in San Fransisco?? Whom should one contact to get an abstract book from the gastroenterologic meeting in Odense in june 1997? When did I meet a friend in New Orleans during a meeting? Well, questions like this get an answer here - in this calendar concerning events in the past - starting from January 1975. A word of excuse however - the links in this page might not be valid any more. If You have visited a conference worth remembering, why not send an email?

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Oxford, UK

The 25th Anniversary of the Oxford Course in Gastroenterology, Oxford, UK, Jan 5 - 8, 1997

Information: Dr D P Jewell, Gastroenterology Unit, Radcliffe Infirmary, Woodstock Road, Oxford OX2 6HE, Great Britain.

Lääkäripäivät, Helsinki Jan 6-10.1997

Yleisteemana: Hyvä lääkehoito
Yhdyshenkilö: Pirjo Kannisto, Lääkäriliitto, puh 90-3930744

Ohjelmassa mm
- Syövän syyt ja mekanismit, tiistai 7.1.96
- Toiminnallisten vatsavaivojen hoito tänään, keskiviikko 8.1.96
- New Horizons in Therapy of Cancer, keskiviikko 8.1.96

Update on Hepatogy, Jan 20 - 21, 1967

Academic Medical Center, Amsterdam, the Netherlands
European Postgraduate Gastro-Surgical School
Information: Helma Stockman, G-4-zuid, Academic Medical Centre, Meibergdreef 9, 1105 AZ Amsterdam, the Netherlands

14th Course in Practical and Theoretical Endoscopy, Oslo, Norway, Jan 20-24, 1997

The Scandinavian Associatin of Digestive Endoscopy (SADE)
Practical section 20-22.1 in different endoscopic centers in Scandinavia, and theoretical section 23-24.1 in Oslo.
Information: Magne Osnes, SADE Secretariat, Dept. of Gastroenterology, Medical Clinic, Ulleval Hospital, N-0407 Oslo, Norway

Immunologically Mediated Liver Diseases, Jan 23-24, 1997

Konstanz, Germany
Information: Prof. A. Wendel, Fakultät fur Biologie, Universität Konstanz, Pstfach 5560 M 667, D-78434 Konstanz, Germany.

Hepatocellular Carcinoma at the Sunrise of the Year 2000, Venezia, Italy, Jan 23 - 25, 1997

Information: Science & Meetings, Via Cecchini, 30100 Mestre Venezia, Italy

Suomen Sisätautilääkärien Yhdistyksen vuosikokous, Helsinki, February 7-8, 1997

Suomen Sisätautilääkärien Yhdistys r.y - Förening för invärtes medicin i Finland r.f.
Kalastajatorpalla. Information: Riitta Keinänen/Duodecim, phone 09-618 851

Pohjolan Lääketiedetapahtuma 1997, Oulu, February 11-14, 1997

New Treatments in Pancreatic Disease, Southampton, United Kingdom, February 13, 1997

The 4th Wessex Pancreatic Symposium
Information: Debbie Slade, University Surgical Unit, F Level, Centre Block, Southampton General Hospital, Tremona Road, Southampton SO16 6YD, United Kingdom.

Acute and Chronic Pancreatitis, February 13-14, 1967

Amsterdam, the Netherlands
European Postgraduate Gastro-Surgical School
Information: Helma Stockman, G-4-zuid, Academic Medical Centre, Meibergdreef 9, 1105 AZ Amsterdam, the Netherlands

The 5th Symposium on Gastrointestinal Motility - Video Demonstration, La Jolla, California, USA, February 14 - 16, 1997

Information: Barbara S Lee, Assistant Education Coordinator, The University of Iowa College of Medicine, Department of Internal Medicine, 200 Hawkins Drive, Iowa City, Iowa 52242-1081, USA.

Cleveland Clinic Florida: Colorectal Disease in 1997, February 20-22, 1997

An international Exchange of Medical and Surgical Conceptsbr>Fort Lauerdale, Florida
Cleveland Clinic Florida
Education Department
3000 West Cypress Creek Road
Ft. Lauerdale, Fl 33309 USA

Suomen Sisätautilääkärien Yhdistyksen Apulaislääkäripäivät, Majvik, March 7-8, 1997

Suomen Sisätautilääkärien Yhdistys r.y - Förening för invärtes medicin i Finland r.f.
Information: Riitta Keinänen/Duodecim, phone 09-618 851

V Seminar on Operative Digestive Endoscopy, Haifa, Israel, March 10 - 11, 1997

Information: Gastroent. Department, Rambam Medical Center, Haifa 31096, Israel

The 5th European Workshop on Therapeutic Digestive Endoscopy and Radiology, Rome, Italy, March 13 - 14, 1997

Information: Studio Congressi, Via F. Ferrara 40-00191 Rome, Italy

Suomen Gastroenterologiayhdistyksen Talvi- ja vuosikokous March 14-15, 1997

Kuopio
Aiheet: Maksasairaudet, gastrointestinaalikanavan vuodot.
Information: Leena Halme, phone 09-4711, Ritva Hanhijärvi, Duodecim, phone 09-61885210

British Society of Gastroenterology Diamond Jubilee Meeting, Brighton, UK, March 18 - 21, 1997

Information: British Society of Gastroenterology, 3 St Andrews Place, Regent´s Park, London NW1 4LB, UK.

ESCI - 31st Annual Meeting, Kiel, Germany March 19-22, 1997

European Society for Clinical Investigation
Organizer: Prof.Dr. Ulrich R. Fölsch
Topics: Hepatitis C, Organ Transplantation, Pancreatic Neoplasia, Renal arteriosclerosis, Neuropsychopharmacological agents, Platelets, Liver cell proliferation, Apoptosis, Steroid receptors, Cell biology of phagocytes, n3-fatty acids, Thrombosis and arterial sclerosis, Body composition, Intracellular signalling.
Address: Central Office, P.O.Box 290, NL-4130 EG Vianen

The Egyptian Society of Gastrointestinal Endoscopy, Third Annual International Congress, Cairo, Egypt, March 17 - 20, 1997

At the Marriot Hotel, Cairo, Egypt

Second European Meeting on Pathogenesis and Host Response in Helicobacter pylori Infections, Galway, Ireland, March 23 - 25, 1997

European Helicobacter pylori Study Group
European Study Group on Immunology in Helicobacter Infections
Information: Dr. Anthony Moran, Department of Microbiology, University College, University Road, Galway, Ireland.

Kirurgian jatko- ja täydennyskoulutusohjelma, 2. koulutusjakso, Kirurginen Sairaala, Helsinki, Finland, April 3 - 4, 1997

Information: Marianne Salama, Lahden tutkimus- ja koulutuskeskus, PL 12, 00014 Helsingin Yliopisto, Finland.

Suomen Sisätautilääkärien Yhdistyksen kevätkokous, Kuusamo, Finland, April 3-6, 1997

Suomen Sisätautilääkärien Yhdistys r.y - Förening för invärtes medicin i Finland r.f.
Information: Prof Markku Laakso, KYS Sisät klinikka, Kuopio, Finland.

97th Annual Congress of Japan Surgical Society, Kyoto, Japan, April 9 - 11, 1997

Information: First Department of Surgery, Kyoto Prefectural University of Medicine, Kajii-cho 465, Kawaramachi-Hirokoji, Kamigyo-ku, Kyoto 602, Japan.

European Association for the Study of the Liver, 32nd Annual Meeting, London, United Kingdom, April 9 - 12, 1997

Information: CONFREX, Conference Secretariat, 14 Longridge Avenue, Saltdean, East Sussex, BN2 8LH, United Kingdom.

Finska Läkaresällskapet: Aktuell forskning, Helsinki, Finland, April 10, 1997

Monica Carpelan-Holmström: Tumörmarkörer vid tjocktarmscancer
Mikael Victorzon: Prognostiska faktorer vid ventrikelcancer
Johan Hedström: Trypsinogen och trypsininhibitorkomplex vid diagnostiken av pancreassjukdomar
Information: Finska Läkaresällskapet, Postbox 316, 00171 Helsingfors, Finland

FINNILCO ry:n kevätkokous, Oulun seudun ILCOn 20-vuotisjuhla, Oulu, April 12, 1997

Information: FINNILCO, PL 242, 33101 Tampere, Finland.

The Cochrane Hepato-Biliary Group 3rd Meeting, London, UK, April 12, 1997

Information: CHBG Editorial Team Office, Copenhagen Trial Unit, Kommunehospitalet, DK-1399 Copenhagen K, Denmark.

Erasmus Course on Magnetic Resonance Imaging: Abdominal MRI, Luxembourg, April 13 - 17, 1997

Information: Dr J-E Kurdziel, Dept of Radiology, Centre Hosp de Lxembourg, Rue Barble 4, 1210 Luxembourg.

Registration, Certification and Marketing of Medical Software and Multimedia Products. Towards European Registration of Telematic Services for Medicine? Turku, Finland, April 14 - 15, 1977

Medical Informatics Research Centre in Turku (MIRCIT) and Multimedia Oy.
Information: Leila Roti, (02)261 2914 email: leila.roti@utu.fi

2nd International and 4th European Congress on Ambulatory Surgery, London, UK, April 15 - 18, 1997

Information: N.Strachan, Kite Communications, The Silk Mill House, 196 Huddersfield Road, Meltham, West Yorkshire HD7 3AP, UK.

Utbildningsdag i Hepatologi, Umeå, Sweden, April 16, 1997

- Olika leversjukdomar och deras behandling
- Komplikationer till kronisk leversjukdom
- Fallbeskrivningar och levertransplantation
Information: Umeå Kongressbyrå
Box 7655
Umeå, Sweden

Svenska Gastrodagarna, Umeå, Sweden, April 17 - 18, 1997

Information: Umeå Kongressbyrå
Box 7655
Umeå, Sweden

IVth International Symposium on Gastrointestinal Endoscopy and Minimally Invasive Surgery, Buenos Aires, April 17 - 18, 1997

Information: David S. Cantor, M.D. 59 Alessandro Place, Suite 410, Pasadena, CA 91105, USA

Clinical Challenges in IBD, Lugano, Switzerland, April 18-19, 1997

- Diagnosis, Prognosis and Treatment.
Information: Prof.Dr. J. Schölmerich, Klinik und Poliklinik fur Innere Medizin I, Universität Regensburg, D-93042 Germany.

Läkardagarna i Örebro, Sverige, April 21 - 23, 1997

Vetenskap, beprövad erfarenhet eller slentrian - gör vi rätt saker i sjukvården?

Information: Ragnhild Wallin, Läkardagarna i Örebro, Regionsjukhuset, 701 86 Örebro, Sweden.

II International Symposium Jagiellonian Medical Faculty Foundation, Cracow, Poland, April 25 - 26, 1997

Items: Helicobacter Pylori Infection, Gastric Pathology
Information: Institute of Physiology, Jagiellonian University Medical College, Grzegozecka 16, 31-531 Cracow, Poland.

The Human Genome Challenge, Oslo, Norway, April 25 - 27, 1997

The human genome might be mapped by the year 2005, with significant medical, social, legal and ethical implications. This conference will provide recent scientific information about the human genome, and promote discussion about "genethics", genetic and ethics.
Organised by The Biological Association of Norway, the Norwegian Biotechnology Advisory Board, The Norwegian Research Council and Skolelaboratoriet i Biologi, University of Oslo.
Information: Norsk Biologforening, P.B. 1066, N-0316 Oslo, Norway.

2nd International Gastric Cancer Congress, Munich, Germany, April 27 - 30, 1997

Information: Prof Dr Medicine Jörg-Rüdiger Siewert, Director, d. Chirurg Klinik d. TU, Klinikum rechts d. Isar, Ismaninger Strasse 22, 81675 Munich, Germany

Coloproctology Course 1997, Manchester, UK, May 1-2, 1997

Information: J.Hill, Consultant Surgeon, Department of General and Colorectal Surgery, Central Manchester Healthcare Trust, Oxford Road, Manchester M13 9WL, UK

4. Internationales Meeting in Laparoskopischer Chirurgie: Acute appendicitis, Bern, May 2-3, 1997

Information: C Zürcher, Klinik für Viszerale und Transplantationschirurgie, Universität Bern, Inselspital, 3010 Bern, Switzerland

European Course on Laparoscopic Surgery, Brussels, Belgium, May 6 - 9, 1997

Information: Conference Services, Avenue de l´Observatoire 3/17, B-1180 Brussels, Belgium.

Deutscher Röntgenkongress, Wiesbaden, Germany, May 7 - 10, 1997

Information: Deutsche Röntgen Gesellschaft e.V. Postfach 1336, Du Pont Str 1, D-61283 Bad Homburg, Germany.

Pancreatic Disease - Towards the Year 2000, Glasgow, UK, May 9 - 10, 1997

Information: Prof C. W. Imrie, Department of Surgery, Royal Infirmary, Castle Street, Glasgow G4 0SF, UK.

AGA: Digestive Disease Week, Washington D.C., USA, May 10-16, 1997

Gastroenterology in the Centennial Year... and Beyond, Washington D.C. USA, May 10 - 11, 1997

AGA Postgraduate Course
Information: DDW Registration Manager
P.O. Box 510, Thorofare, NJ 08086-0510 USA

Controversies in the Therapy of Foregut Diseases, Washington D.C. May 11, 1997

The Society for Surgery of the Alimentary Tract 1997 Postgraduate Course
Information: SSAT Registration Manager
c/o TEAM Management, 6900 Grove Road
Thorofare, NJ 08086, USA

Frontiers of Therapeutic Endoscopy, Washington D.C., USA, May 15 - 16, 1997

Postgraduate Course DDW 1997
Information: ASGE PG Registration Manager
c/o SLACK, Inc, 6900 Grove Road, Thorofare, NJ 08060 USA

Brandenburger Tor, Berlin

46. Deutscher Äsztekongress Berlin ´97, Berlin, Germany, May 14 - 16, 1997

Information: COC Kongressorganisation GmbH, Postfach 10 03 65, D-63003 Offenbach, Germany
Programm zB
- Ulkus und Refluxkrankheit - Therapie im Wandel May 14
- Oesophago-Gastro-Duodenoskopie (Grundkurs) May 14
- Recto-Sigmoideoskopie und Kolonoskopie (Grundkurs) May 14
- Das kolorektale Karzinom: Konventionelle, komplementäre und ernährungsmedizinische Strategien, May 14
- Adjuvante Krebsbehandlung - Was ist gesichert? May 15
- Mikroökologie des Gastrointestínaltraktes, May 15
- Komplikationem der Leberzirrhose, May 16
- Ultraschall-Seminar mit Quiz: Abdominelle Organe und periphere Gefässe, May 16
Kongress-Rahmenprogramm:
- Historische Stadtfahrt per Schiff
- Kabarett "Die Stachelschweine"
- Schiffsausflug "Preussische Schlösser"
- Kabaret "Die Distel"
- Schiffsausflug in die Mark Brandenburg
- Theateraufführung in der Komödie
- Sammlung Berggruen - Picasso und seine Zeit
- Der Hamburger Bahnhof, Museum für Gegenwart - Berlin

15th Annual Winter Congress in Diagnostic Imaging, Riksgränsen, Sweden, May 19 - 24, 1997

Information: Kjärstin Ädel, Akademiska Sjukhuset, S-751 85 Uppsala, Sweden.

27th Annual Meeting of the Czech Society of Hepatology, Karlovy Vary, Czech Republic, May 21 - 23, 1997

and a Postgraduate Course of the European Association for the Study of the Liver (EASL).
Information: MUDr. Petr Urbánek, I. interni klinika, Fakulti nemocnice, U nemocnice 2, Praha 2, Czech Republik.

30th Annual Meeting of the European Society for Pediatric Gastroenterology and Nutrition, Thessaloniki, Greece, May 21 - 24, 1997

Information: Professor Sanda Nousia-Arvanitakis, President of the Organising Committee, ESPGAN Secretariat, Fourth Department of Pediatrics, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, AHEPA General Hospital, GR-540 06, Thessaloniki, Greece.

Exhibit in Health Care - Hospital 97, Jyväskylä, Finland, May 22 - 24, 1997

Fair specializing in public health service. Exibition Centre, Jyväskylä.
Information: Jyväskylän Messut Oy, PL 127, FIN-40 101 Jyväskylä, Finland.

Systemic Manifestations of IBD, Titisee, Germany, May 25 - 26, 1997

Part of the Intestinal Week in the Black Forest 1997.
Information: Dr. B. Lembcke, Universitätsklinikum, Theodor-Stern-Kai 7, D-60590 Frankfurt, Germany

8th European Congress of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases, Lausanne, Switzerland, May 25 - 28, 1997

Information: ECCMID 97, c/o AKM Congress Service, Clarastraasse 57, PO Box, CH-4005 Basel, Switzerland.

Functional Dyspepsia and Irritable Bowel Syndrome, Titisee, Germany, May 27 - 28, 1997

Part of the Intestinal Week in the Black Forest 1997.
Information: Dr. G. Holtman, Universität Essen, Hufelandstrasse 55, D-45122 Essen, Germany

Gut and the Liver, Titisee, Germany, May 29 - 30, 1997

Part of the Intestinal Week in the Black Forest 1997.
Information: Dr. H. E. Blum, Universitätsklinikum Freiburg, Hugstetter Strasse 55, D-79106 Freiburg, Germany.

7th European Congress of Surgery, Athens, Greece, June 3 - 7, 1997

Information: Options Eurocongress, Rue Washington 129, B-1050 Brussels, Belgium.

European Congress of the International Hepato-Pancreato-Biliary Association, Hamburg, Germany, June 8 -12, 1997

Information: CCH Congress Organisatin, Christel Seeland, P.O. Box 30 24 80, D-20308 Hamburg, Germany

Current Aspects of IBD, Stockholm, Sweden, June 9 - 10, 1997

A postgraduate course.
Information: Robert Löfberg or Urban Sjöqvist, phone 08-746 10 00

International Symposium on Nitric Oxide: Basic and Clinical Pharmacology, Odense, Denmark, June 9 - 10, 1997

Information: Prof. Ove A. Nedergaard, Dept. of Pharmacology, Odense University, Winslowparken 19, DK-5000 Odense C, Denmark.

XXIX Nordic Congress of Gastroenterology and XXth Congress of Endoscopy, Odense, Denmark, June 12-14, 1997

"State of the art" symposia
- Dyspepsia
- Common bile duct stones
- "Quality of life" in gastroenterology
- H. pylori, NSAID´s and ulcer disease
- Viral hepatitis
- Short-bowel syndrome and nutrition
- Management options of acute cholecystitis
- Gastrointestinal motility
- Medical ethics and scientific fraudulence
- Early colorectal neoplasia
- Endoscopic and laparoscopic ultrasonography
- Inflammatory bowel diseases
- Gastroduodenal mucosal bicarbonate secretion
Four scientific satellite symposia
Symposia based on submitted abstracts
Poster-plenary session
Poster sessions
Separate programme for endoscopy nurses

Pharmaceutical and technical exhibition
Preliminary social programme:
- Get-together party, June 11th, Odense Koncerthus
- Evening tour to Egeskov Slot, June 12th
- Gala-evening, June 13, Odense Congress Center
Information: M.D. Torben Knudsen, Odense University Hospital, DK-5000 Odense, Denmark.

Umeå International Chamber Music Festival, Umeå, Sweden, June 14 - 18, 1997

Why not first visit this high class music festival, and after that, go on to Finland, to visit Korsholm Music Festival. Life should not be only gastroenterology!

Information: Västerbottensmusiken AB, Box 360, S-90108 Umeå, Sweden

Association of Coloproctology of Great Britain and Ireland Annual Meeting, Edinburgh, UK, June 16. 1997

Information: Association of Coloproctology of Great Britain and Ireland, The Royal College of Surgeons of England, 35 - 43 Lincoln´s Inn Fields, London WC2A 3PN, UK.

European Council of Coloproctology Biennial Meeting, Edinburgh, UK, June 17 - 19, 1997

Information: Sherra Lee Marsch, Association of Coloproctology, The Royal College of Surgeons of England, 35-43 Lincoln´s Inn Fields, London WC2A 3PN, UK

Gastroenterology and Endotherapy, XVth European Workshop, Brussels, Belgium, June 17 - 19, 1997

Live video demonstrations
- 4 quizzes
- l consensus session
- 9 video lectures
Information: Erasme Hospital, Gastroenterology Unit, Route de Lennik 808, B-1070, Brussels, Belgium.

A webcam-picture showing the weather today in Vasa

15th Korsholm Music Festival, Korsholm and Vasa, Finland, June 22 - 28, 1997

A gastroenterologist needs something else than ulcers and other bowel disorders in the summer, for example this festival with mostly classical music. Welcome to the Korsholm Music Festival - You will enjoy it!
Information: Korsholm Music Festival, Keskustie 4, FIN-65610 Korsholm, Finland.

Ultra ´97, comprehensive review of abdominal, genitourinary, musculoskeletal anc vascular ultrasound, Tampere, Finland, June 24 - 28,1997

Information: Univ of Tampere, Medical School/B, Box 607, FIN-33101 Tampere, Finland

CAR ´97. Computer Assisted Radiology and Surgery, Berlin, Germany, June 25 - 28, 1997

Information: CAR ´97, c/o Technische Universität Berlin, Institut für Technische Informatik, Sekretariat CG, FR 3-3, Franklinstrasse 28/29, D-10587 Germany.

European society of gastrointestinal & abdominal radiology, Amsterdam, Holland, June 25 - 28, 1997

Information: Dr Reeders, AMC, Meibergdreef 9, 1105 AZ Amsterdam, Holland.

Rectal Cancer Workshop, Singapore, July 7 - 8, 1997

Information: Y.H.Ho, Department of Colorectal Surgery, Singapore General Hospital, Outram Road, Singapore 169608

XXII International Update on Liver Disease, London, UK, July 10 - 12, 1997

Royal Free Hospital School of Medicine
Information: Prof N. McIntyre, University Dept. of Medicine, Royal Free Hospital, Pond Street, London NW3 2QG, UK.

The 9th International Meeting of the Society for Minimally Invasive Therapy, Kyoto, Japan, July 14 - 16, 1997

Information: Secretariat of SMIT 9th Annual International Meeting, c/o Academic Conference Planning, 383 Murakami-cho, Fushimika, Kyoto 612, Japan.

International Medical Students´ Summer School, Manchester, UK, July 13 - August 22, 1997

Information: Promotions Manager, International Seminars, The British Council, 1 Beaumont Place, Oxford OX1 2PJ, UK

International Workshop in Endoscopy, Manila, Philippines, July 28 - 30, 1997

Information: Philippine Society of Gastroenterology, UERM Memorial Medical Center, Aurora Blvd, Quezon City, Philippines

Esophageal pH and Manometry, A Training Workshop, Kansas City, USA, August 1, 1997

Program supported by educational grant from Medtronic GastroIntestinal.
Information: M.D. Ervin Eaker
Division of Gastroenterology
University of Kansas Medical Center
3901 Kansas City
KS 66160
USA

Esophageal pH and Manometry, A Training Workshop, Washington D.C., USA, August 8, 1997

Program supported by educational grant from Medtronic GastroIntestinal.
Information: M.D. Jonathan Sackier, Director of Endosurgical Education and Research
George Washington University
2150 Pennsylvania Avenue NW
Washington D.C. 20037
USA

Esophageal pH and Manometry, A Training Workshop, Philadelphia, USA, August 21, 22, 1997

Program supported by educational grant from Medtronic GastroIntestinal.
Information: M.D. Donald Castell
Esophageal Lab
The Graduate Hospital of Philadelphia
1800 Lombard Street
Philadelphia, PA 19146
USA

The second Oxford international symposium on the costs and benefits of radiology, San Fransisco, California, USA, Aug 21 - 23, 1997

Information: Bruce Hillman, Dept of Radiology, Univ of Virginia Health Sciences Center, Box 170, Charlottesville, VA 22908, USA

10th World Conference on Tobacco and Health, August 24 - 28, 1997, Beijing, China

Information:Chinese Association on Smoking and Health, Building 12, District 1, Anhuaxili, Beijing, 100011 China

19 Congress of the European Society of Parenteral and Enteral Nutrition, Amsterdam, Holland August 31 - September 3, 1997

Information:RAI Organisation Bureau Amsterdam, Europaplein 12, NL-1078 GZ Amsterdam, Holland

Digestive Endoscopy Course, Amsterdam, Holland, September 4 - 5, 1997

Information: Helma Stockmann, European Postgraduate Gastro-Surgical School, G-4-zuid, Academic Medical Center, Meibergdreef 9, NL-1105 AZ Amsterdam, Holland

10th European Congress of Intensive Care Medicine, Paris, France, September 7- 10, 1997

Information: SOCFI, 14 rue Mandar, F-75002 Paris, France

Esophageal pH and Manometry, A Training Workshop, New York, USA, September 10, 1997

Program supported by educational grant from Medtronic GastroIntestinal.
Information: M.D. Arnon Lambroza
The New York Hospital, Cornell Medical Center
50 East 69th Street
New York, NY 10021
USA

Suomen Gastroenterologiayhdistys, syyskokous, Kokkola, Finland, September 11 - 12, 1997

Kokkola, terveydenhoito-oppilaitos
Ohjelmassa:
* gastrointestinaalikanavan endokrinologiset tuumorit
* sappikivitauti
Information: Suomen Gastroenterologiayhdistys/Duodecim, PL 713, 00101 Helsinki, Finland

Barry Marschall (to the left) and Robin Warren visiting the Helicobacter pylori-meeting in Lissabon.

Lisbon trams

International Workshop on Gastroduodenal Pathology and Helicobacter Pylori, Lissabon, Portugal September 12-14, 1997

Centro Cultural de Belém
European Helicobacter Pylori Study Group
President of the organizing committee Mario Quina
NEUP - Nucleo de Estudos da Ulcera Peptica
Clin.Univ.Med,Int.e Gastroenterologica (Med III)
Hospital de Pulido Valente
Alameda das Linhas de Torres, 117
P-1750 Lisbon, Portugal

ECCO 9: The European Cancer Conference, Hamburg, Germany, September 14 - 18, 1997

Information: ECCO 9, c/o FECS, Avenue E, Montier 83, B-1200 Brussels, Belgium

International Workshop in Techniques of Endoscopic Therapy in Gastrointestinal Diseases, Sao Paulo, Brazil, Sept 15 - 16, 1997

Information by email: swinter@opus.com.br

32nd Meeting of the European Association for the Study of the Liver, London, UK, September 17 - 20, 1997

Information: Ms Anne Pearson, Congress Secretariat, Confrex Limited, 145 Islingword Road, Brighton, Sussex BN2 2SH, UK.

52nd Meeting of the German Society for Digestive and Metabolic Diseases, Ludwigshafen, Germany, September 17 - 20, 1997

Information: Prof. Dr Medicine Jürgen Ferdinand Riemann, Director, d. Med. Klinik C, Städt. Klinikum, Bremserstraasse 79, 67063 Ludwigshafen, Germany.

The International Congress on Biomedical Peer Review and Global Communications, Prague, Czech Republic, September 17 - 21, 1997

By JAMA, the BMJ and Project Hope.
Information: Annette Flanagin, JAMA, 515 N State St, Chicago, IL 60610 USA.
Email: 100730-1250@compuserve.com

Esophageal pH and Manometry, A Training Workshop, Seattle, USA, September 18, 1997

Program supported by educational grant from Medtronic GastroIntestinal.
Information: M.D. Chuck Pope
Swallowing Center
University of Washington Medical Center
1959 NE Pacific Street
Seattle, WA 98195
USA

5th G.I.Tract Laparoscopic Surgery International Meeting, Liege, Belgium, September 18 - 19, 1997

The meeting is dedicated to complications of laparoscopic surgery with special regards to complications of operations for biliary tract and functional upper gastrointestinal tract diseaseas.
Information:Les Cliniques Saint-Joseph
Catherine Marissiaux
rue de Hesbaye 75
B-4000 Liege, Belgium
E-mail: clin.st.joseph@skynet.be

Laboratoriolääketiede ja näyttely -97, Helsinki, Finland, September 18 - 19, 1997

Marina Congress Center, Helsinki
Suomen Lääkäriliiton kliinisen kemian alaosasto
Suomen laboratoriohoitajaliitto SLab ry.
Ohjelmassa mm:
Gastroenterologian liittyvät tutkimukset
Information: Esa Hämäläinen
Laboratorio
Vaasan Keskussairaala
65130 Vaasa, Finland

Esophageal pH and Manometry, A Training Workshop, Washington D.C., USA, September 19, 1997

Program supported by educational grant from Medtronic GastroIntestinal.
Information: M.D. Jonathan Sackier, Director of Endosurgical Education and Research
George Washington University
2150 Pennsylvania Avenue NW
Washington D.C. 20037
USA

Vth International Symposium on Inflammatory Bowel Diseases, Jerusalem, Israel, September 22 - 24, 1997

Information: M.D. D. Rachmilewitz, Dept. of Medicine, Hadassah University Hospital, Mount Scopus, P.O.Box 24035, IL91240 Jerusalem, Israel.

Royal Victoria Hospital, Belfast, Bicentenary Scientific Meeting, Belfast, Northern Ireland, September 24 - 26, 1997

Information: Dr Julian R Johnston, Directorate of Corporate Affairs, Royal Hospitals Trust, Grosvenor Road, Belfast BT12 6BA, Northern Ireland.

Itä-Suomen Lääketiede 1997, Kuopio, Finland, September 24 - 26, 1997

Aihepiiri: Ravinto ja terveys
Information: Marjatta Palmroth, Duodecim, Savilahdentie 6 L 16, 70210 Kuopio, Finland

Motility Disorders of the Upper Gastro-Intestinal Tract, Amsterdam, The Netherlands, September 25 - 26, 1997

Information: Helma Stockmann, European Postgraduate Gastro-Surgical School, G-4-zuid, Academic Medical Center, Meibergdreef 9, NL-1105 AZ Amsterdam, the Netherlands

Esophageal pH and Manometry, A Training Workshop, Omaha, USA, September 26, 1997

Program supported by educational grant from Medtronic GastroIntestinal.
Information: Rebecca Stalzer
Esophageal Lab
St Joseph´s Hospital/Creighton University Medical Center
601 N, 30th Street, Suite 3740
Omaha, NE 681312
USA

Anorectal Manometry/Pelvic Floor Rehabilitation, A Training Workshop, Charleston, USA, September 26, 1997

Program supported by educational grant from Medtronic GastroIntestinal.
Information: M.D. Christopher Lahr
Digestive Disorders Center
Bon Secours - St. Francis Xavier Hospital
2095 Henry Tecklenburg Drive
Charleston, SC 29414
USA

A webcam-picture showing the weather today in Vasa

VaasaILCOn 20-vuotisjuhla, Finnilcon syyskokous, Vaasa, Finland, September 27-28, 1997

Hotell Silveria, Ruutikellarintie 4, 65100 Vaasa
Finnilcon syyskokous - Finnilcos höstmöte
Vaasailcon 20-vuotisjuhla - Vaasailco rf:s 20-årsfest
28.9.97 ohjelmassa kiertoajelu, mm tutustuminen juuri valmistuneeseen Suomen pisimpään siltaan, Raippaluodon silta. Finnilcon tiedotustilaisuus linja-autossa.
Sitovat ilmoittautumiset viimeistään 5.9.97
Information: Risto Westman, Ainonkatu 43, 65300 Vaasa, Finland, Tel 06-3213036

Cholestatic Liver Diseases, Freiburg, Germany, October 1 - 2, 1997

A Falk Symposium.
Information: Prof. Dr. M.P. Manns, Abteilung Gastroenterologie/Hepatologie, Zentrum für Innere Medizin, Medizinische Hochschule Hannover, Konstanty-Gutschow-Strasse 8, D-30625 Hannover, Germany.

Primary Sclerosing Cholangitis 1997, Freiburg, Germany, October 3, 1997

Information: Prof. Dr. M.P. Manns, Abteilung Gastroenterologie/Hepatologie, Zentrum für Innere Medizin, Medizinische Hochschule Hannover, Konstanty-Gutschow-Strasse 8, D-30625 Hannover, Germany.

Complications of Liver Diseases, Postgraduate Course, Zagreb, Croatia, October 4, 1997

European Association for the Study of the Liver
Information: +385-1-22 44 53

Liver and Nervous System, Freiburg, Germany, October 4 - 5, 1997

Information: Prof. Dr. D. Häussinger, Klinik für Gastroenterologie und Infektiologie, Medizinische Einrichtungen der Universität Düsseldorf, Moorenstr. 5, D-40225 Düsseldorf, Germany.

Signalling in the Liver, Freiburg, Germany, October 6, 1997

Information: Prof. Dr. D. Häussinger, Klinik für Gastroenterologie und Infektiologie, Medizinische Einrichtungen der Universität Düsseldorf, Moorenstr. 5, D-40225 Düsseldorf, Germany.

Lecture Course in Coloproctology, St Marks Hospital, London, UK, October 6 - 8, 1997

In association wiht the Association of Coloproctology of Great Britain and Ireland and Imperial College School of Medicine
Information: Mrs Elena Power, St Mark´s Academic Institute, St Mark´s Hospital, Northwick Park, Harrow, Middx HA13UJ, UK

Suomen Sisätautilääkäriyhdistyksen Syyskokous, Lappeenranta, Finland, October 10 - 11, 1997

Information:Terttu Tähtinen/ORION
PL 65
02003 Espoo
Finland

Tenth International Course on Therapeutic Endoscopy, Toronto, Canada, October 15 - 18, 1997

Information: Dr Norman Marcon, 121-Jones Building, The Wellesley Hospital, 160 Wellesley Steet East, Toronto, Ontario M4Y IJ3, Canada.

Infectious Diseases and Public Health, Alexandria, Egypt, October 17 - 20, 1997

A research and clinical update.
Topics:
- Clinical epidemiology and international cooperation
- Management of virus hepatitis infection in the tropics
- Management of portal hypertension in the tropics
- Update on human Schistosomiasis and Fascioliasis
- Trends in the control of tropical diseases
Information: CMT Office c/o Medical Research Institute of Alexandria University
165, El Horreya St. - El Hadra - Alexandria - Egypt

The 6th United European Gastroenterology Week, Birmingham, United Kingdom, October 19 - 23, 1997

Postgraduate courses:
EAGE Evidence Based Clinical Gastroenterology
EASL Orthotopic Liver Transplantation
ESPGAN Advances in Management of Gastrointestinal and Liver Disease of Childhood.
Information: British Society of Gastroenterology, 3 St Andrews Place, Regent´s Park, London NW1 4LB, UK.

ESGE Postgraduate Course, Oct 23, 1997
- Oesophagus, Barret´s, Cancer
- Colon, Polyps, Cancer
- Pancreas, Polyps, Cancer
- Bleeding, Varices, Ulcers, Small Bowel
- Biliary Tract, Stones, Complex Malignant Strictures
Information: Concorde Services Ltd, 10 Wendell Road, London W129RT, UK.

The 2nd Conference of the European Society of Gastroenterology and Endoscopy Nurses and Associates (ESGENA), Birmingham, United Kingdom, October 19 - 20, 1997

In connection with the 6th UEGW.

2nd Nottingham International Colorectal Cancer Symposium, Nottingham, UK, October 23 - 24, 1997

Information: J.D.Hardcastle, Department of Surgery, University Hospital, Nottingham NG7 2UH, UK

Esophageal pH and Manometry, A Training Workshop, Toronto, Canada, October 24, 1997

Program supported by educational grant from Medtronic GastroIntestinal.
Information: Prof F. Griffith Pearson
Esophageal Motility Lab, iGW-530
The Toronto Hospital
200 Elisabeth Street
Toronto
Ontario, M5G 2C4
Canada

First Chinese DDW, Beijing, China, October 28 - 31, 1997

Esophageal pH and Manometry/Anorectal Manometry, A Training Workshop, Cairo, Egypt, October 5 - 6, 1997

Program supported by educational grant from Medtronic GastroIntestinal.
Information: Prof. Esmat Sheba
El Safa Hospital
El Hegaz Sq Elmohndsen
Cairo-Giza
Egypt

Esophageal pH and Manometry, A Training Workshop, Philadelphia, USA, October 30, 31, 1997

Program supported by educational grant from Medtronic GastroIntestinal.
Information: M.D. Donald Castell
Esophageal Lab
The Graduate Hospital of Philadelphia
1800 Lombard Street
Philadelphia, PA 19146
USA

Esophageal pH and Manometry, A Training Workshop, Washington D.C., USA, October 31, 1997

Program supported by educational grant from Medtronic GastroIntestinal.
Information: M.D. Jonathan Sackier, Director of Endosurgical Education and Research
George Washington University
2150 Pennsylvania Avenue NW
Washington D.C. 20037
USA

Video Digest 1997, Paris, France, Oct 31 - Nov 1, 1997

Information: MediCongrés, 18 rue d´Armenonville, 92200 Neuilly sur Seine, France

48th Annual Meeting of the Americal Association for the Study of Liver Diseases, Chicago, Illinois, USA, Nov 7 - 11, 1997

Including a Postgraduate Course.
Information: AASLD Registration Manager, Slack Inc, 6900 Grove Road, Thorofare, NJ 08086-9447 USA

Esophageal pH and Manometry, A Training Workshop, Los Angeles, USA, November 7, 1997

Program supported by educational grant from Medtronic GastroIntestinal.
Information: R.N. Sue Corkill
Esophageal Lab
USA Healthcare Consultation Center
1510 San Pablo Street, Suite 514
Los Angeles, Ca 90033
USA

Gastric Malignancies with clinical demonstrations, Amsterdam, the Netherlands, Nov 13 - 14, 1997

Information: Helma Stockmann, European Postgraduate Gastro-Surgical School, G-4-zuid, Academic Medical Center, Meibergdreef 9, NL-1105 AZ Amsterdam, the Netherlands

Copenhagen

Basic Course in GI-Endoscopy, Copenhagen, Denmark, Nov 13 - 15, 1997

Danish Endoscopic Sub-Group of the Danish Gastroenterologic Society
Information: Dr Peter Vilman, Dept. of Surgical Gastroenterology D, Gentofte University Hospital, University of Copenhagen, DK-2900 Hellerup, Denmark

16. Kirurgipäivät, Helsinki, Finland, November 13 - 14, 1997

Marina Congress Center
Information: Caj Haglund, HYKS:n Kirurgian Kliniikka, phone 09-4711

Esophageal pH and Manometry, A Training Workshop, Burlington, MA, USA, November 14, 1997

Program supported by educational grant from Medtronic GastroIntestinal.
Information: M.D. Michael E. Glick
Esophageal Lab
Lahey Hitchcock Medical Center
41 Mall Road
Burlington, MA 01805
USA

Annual Meeting of the Swiss Study Group of Colo-Proctology, Berne, Switzerland, Nov 15, 1997

Information: Dr M Voirol, Rue Ramparts 18, CH-1400 Yverdon, Switzerland

Hong Kong International Cancer Congress and Asian Pacific Cancer Congress 1997, Hong Kong, Nov 17 - 21, 1997

Information: Gloria Wong, Cancer Centre, Faculty of Medicine, The University of Hong Kong, Queen Mary Hospital, Hong Kong.

International Hospital Federation Congress, Melbourne, Australia, November 17 - 21, 1997

Information: Rutna Djeng (IHF Congress Coordinator), Victorian Health Care Association, PO Box 365, South Melbourne VIC 3025, Australia.

XXV Panamerican Congress of Digestive Diseases, Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic, Nov 17 - 21, 1997

"Gastro in the Sun"
AIGE Postgraduate Course: " New Viewpoints in Diagnosis and Treatment"
"Video-Assisted Session on Motility and Sensitivity Disorders of the GI-Tract"
SIED Postgraduate Course: "Advances in Therapeutic Endoscopy"
AIGE, a Plenary Session: "Oncologic Surveillance and Premalignant Conditions in Gastroenterology and Hepatology"
AIGE-OMGE Symposium: "Ethical Problems in Gastroenterology and Hepatology Practice in the Americas"
Information: A. Jmelnitzky, Calle 50 N 374, 1900 La Plata, Buenos Aires

XIV Turun Lääketiedepäivät - Medicin i Åbo, Finland, November 18-20, 1997

Turunmaan Duodecim-seura ry
Information: Marja Suominen, Duodecim Turun toimisto, puh 921-2410030

European Course on Laparoscopic Surgery, Brussels, Belgium, Nov 18 - 21

Information: Administrative Secretariat, Conference Services s.a. Avenua de l´Observatoire, 3 bte 17, B-1180 Bruxelles, Belgium

Esophageal pH and Manometry, A Training Workshop, Washington D.C., USA, November 21, 1997

Program supported by educational grant from Medtronic GastroIntestinal.
Information: M.D. Jonathan Sackier, Director of Endosurgical Education and Research
George Washington University
2150 Pennsylvania Avenue NW
Washington D.C. 20037
USA

Advanced Colorectal Workshops, St Marks Hospital, London, UK, November 24 - 26, 1997

Practical instructions in specialist colorectal procedures, including closed circuit television demonstrations.
Information: Mrs Elena Power, St Mark´s Academic Institute, St Mark´s Hospital, Northwick Park, Harrow, Middx HA13UJ, UK

Svenska Läkaresällskapets Riksstämma, Älvsjö, Sweden, November 26 - 28, 1997

Information: Svenska Läkaresällskapets Riksstämma, Box 558, S-101 27 Stockholm, Sweden

Sisätautilääkäripäivät, Helsinki, Finland, Nov 27 - 28, 1997

Kalastajatorppa, Helsinki
Suomen Sisätautilääkärien Yhdistys r.y. Förening för Invärtes Medicin i Finland r.f.

10th Annual Meeting of the Japanese Society of Endoscopic Surgery, Fukuoka, Japan, Nov 27 - 28, 1997

Information: Associate Prof Yuichi Yamashita, Second Department of Surgery, School of Medicine, University of Fukuoka, Japan

International Workshop on Variceal Haemorrhage, Hong Kong, December 1 - 2, 1997

Information:Prof Sydney Chung, Endoscopy Centre, Prince of Wales Hospital, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shatin, N.T. Hong Kong.

12th International Workshop on Therapeutic Endoscopy, Hong Kong, December 2 - 4, 1997

Information:Prof Sydney Chung, Endoscopy Centre, Prince of Wales Hospital, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shatin, N.T. Hong Kong.

Esophageal pH and Manometry/Anorectal Manometry, A Training Workshop, Sao Paolo, Brazil, December 5 - 7, 1997

Program supported by educational grant from Medtronic GastroIntestinal.
Information: Dr Nelson H. Michelsohn
CEFAD - Center of Functional Studies in Gastroenterology
Institue of Gastroenterology of Sao Paulo
Rua Silvia, 276
Sao Paulo SP 01331-010
Brazil

Esophageal pH and Manometry, A Training Workshop, New York, USA, December 10, 1997

Program supported by educational grant from Medtronic GastroIntestinal.
Information: M.D. Arnon Lambroza
The New York Hospital, Cornell Medical Center
50 East 69th Street
New York, NY 10021
USA

Esophageal pH and Manometry, A Training Workshop, Washington D.C., USA, December 10, 1997

Program supported by educational grant from Medtronic GastroIntestinal.
Information: M.D. Jonathan Sackier, Director of Endosurgical Education and Research
George Washington University
2150 Pennsylvania Avenue NW
Washington D.C. 20037
USA

Alimentary Disease Week Hong Kong 1997, Hong Kong, Dec 12 - 17, 1997

Including:
- 9th International Conference on Ulcer Research
- 3rd Asian AGA Course
- International Symposium on Hepatology
- 4th International Conference on Gastroenterology
Information: Orient Network HK Limited, Room 1613, World Finance Centre, North Tower, Harbour City, Kowloon, Hong Kong, China

Second International Conference on Therapies for Viral Hepatitis, Hawaii, Dec 15 - 19, 1997

Information:Kari Lyall, International Medical Press, 125 High Holborn, London WC1V 6QA, UK