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The Old Gastroenterologic Calendar: 1998

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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Postgraduate Gastroenterology, Oxford, UK, January 4 - 7, 1998

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

Lääketiede 98 Medicin, Helsinki, Finland, January 6 - 10, 1998

Helsingin Messukeskus
Organizer: Suomen Lääkäriliitto - Finland Läkarförbund
In cooperation with: Suomalainen Lääkäriseura Duodecim, Finska Läkaresällskapet.
Information: Pirjo Kannisto, Suomen Lääkäriliitto, PL 49, 00501 Helsinki, Finland
Email: lp98@fimnet.fi

Tiedotustilaisuus Crohnin tautia tai Colitis ulcerosaa sairastaville, Helsinki, 14. tammikuuta 1998

Meilahden sairaalassa luentosali 4 klo 17.30
Tilaisuuteen on vapaa pääsy
Ohjelmassa:
* Ulla Turunen: Crohnin tauti ja Colitis Ulcerosa, oireet, toteaminen, kehitys, lääkehoito
* Heikki Järvinen: Leikkaus hoitovaihtoehtona - milloin leikataan, leikkausvaihtoehdot, mitä leikkauksen jälkeen?
* Risto Kaaja: Raskausaika ja seksuaalisuu - raskauden suunnittelu, raskaus, synnytys
Information: Crohn ja Colitis ry, PL 44, 02101 Espoo, Finland

1st International Post Graduate Course in Gastrointestinal Diseases on Oncology, Khon Kaen, Thailand, January 14 - 16, 1998

Email: akasith@kku1.kku.ac.th

Helicobacter pylori:Basic Mechanism to Clinical Dure, San Diego, California, USA, January 18 - 21, 1998

The third Axcan Pharma symposium.
San Diego Marriot Hotel & Marina
Scientific organizers: R.H.Hunt, Hamilton and G.N.J.Tytgat, Amsterdam
In the program:
* H.Pylori - the organism
* H.Pylori - characteristics and transmission
* H.Pylori-induced inflammation
* Role of H.Pylori in functional secretory and motor disturbance
* Clinical aspects of H.Pylori infection
* H.Pylori- associated gastric cancer
* H.Pylori therapy/vaccination
* The future of H.Pylori research
Information: Axcan Pharma Inc.
597, boul. Laurier
Mont-Saint-Hilaire (Quebec) Canada
J3H 4X8
E-mail: axcan@axcan.com

Esophageal pH and Manometry/Anorectal Manometry, A Training Workshop, France, January 21 - 23, 1998

Program supported by educational grant from Medtronic GastroIntestinal.
Information:Prof. E. Metman
Department of Gastroenterology
CHU Trousseau
34044 Tours Cedex
France

SADE-Kursen i diagnostisk och terapeutisk endoskopi, Malmö, Sweden, January 22 - 23, 1998

by the Scandinavian Association for Digestive Endoscopy (SADE)
Including a practical course in different endoscopic centers in Denmark, Sweden and Norway January 19 - 21, 1998

Information:Kurssekreterare Eva Lindström, Endoskopienheten, Röntgenavdelningen, Universitetssjukhuset MAS, S-205 02 Malmö, Sweden
Phone:+46 40 33 15 10

Email: eva.lindstrom@dradmas.lu.se

38th post graduate course in radiology, Odense, Denmark, January 22 - 23, 1998

Information: Dr Poul Erik Andersen, Radiologisk afdelning, Odense Univ. Hospital, DK-5000 Odense C, Denmark

Latest Therapeutic Developments for Hepatitis B and C, Washington D.C. USA, January 22 - 23, 1998

Information: IBC USA conferences, 225 Turnpike Rd, Southborough, MA 01772-1749, USA
Email: reg@ibcusa.com

II Jornadas Clinico-Endoscopicas en Patologia Digestiva, Sevilla, Spain, January 23 - 24, 1998

Information: Unidad de Endoscopia Digestiva, Avda. Dr. Fedriani, 3-41071 Sevilla, Spain

Anatomical masterclass: Pelvic Surgery, London, UK, January 28 - 30, 1998

Information: Sally Hainsworth, Phone +44 171 973 2103
Email: shainsworth@rcseng.ac.uk

Normal and Malignant Liver Cell Growth, Halle, Germany, January 29 - 30, 1998

Information: Falk Foundation e.V. Congress Division, Leinenweberstr.5, Box 6529, D-79041 Freiburg, Germany.

The First Swiss Pain and Nociception Conference, Montreux, Switzerland, January 29 - 31, 1998

Email: symporg@vtx.ch

American College of Gastroenterology Governors Postgraduate Course, Arizona, USA, January 30 - February 1, 1998

"Back to Basics II"
Information: ACG, 4900 B South 31st Street, Arlington, VA 22206, Arizona, USA

IX International Conference of the World Federation of paediatric surgeons, Rondebosch, South Africa, February 2 - 7, 1998

Information: Prof S. Cywes, Dept of Paediatric Surgery, Inst of Child Health, Red Cross Children´s Hospital, Rondebosch 7700, South Africa

Imaging and Treatment of Hepatic Tumors, Amsterdam, Holland, February 5 - 6, 1998

Information: Helma Stockmann

European Postgraduate Gastro-Surgical School
G-4- zuid
Academic Medical Center
Meibergdreef 9
NL-1105 AZ Amsterdam
the Netherlands
Email: w.j.stockmann@amc.uva.nl

Esophageal pH and Manometry, A Training Workshop, Kansas City, USA, February 6, 1998

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

Sisätautilääkäriyhdistyksen vuosikokous, Helsinki, Finland, February 6 - 7, 1998

Ohjemassa mm:
* Prof Matti Uusitupa: Keliakian dieettihoito
* Dos Pekka Pikkarainen: Ikteruksen moderni diagnostiikka ja hoito
* Dos Hannu Nuutinen: Kolorektaalisyövän seulonta
Information:Leo Niskanen & Markku Laakso, KYS:n Sisät klinikka, PL 1777, 70211 Kuopio, Finland

Advanced Colorectal Workshops, St Marks Hospital, London, UK, February 9 - 11, 1998

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

Pohjojan Lääketiedetapahtuma, Oulu, Finland, February 10 - 13, 1998

Ohjelma:
* I Duodecim-symposiumi: Allergia ja astma
* Hallinnon päivä: Poliisin ja lääkärin yhteistyö
* Lääkehoito tänään
* Käsikirurgia
* Infektiot
* Äitiyshuolto
* Maha- ja suolistoperäiset infektiot:
* Petri Ruutu: Yhteystyö ruoka- ja vesiperäisten epidemioiden selvitystyössä
* Petri Ruutu: EHEC-epidemia Suomessa 1997
* Anja Siitonen: Salmonellaepidemian käytännön selvitysmenettely
* Markku Koskela: Sairaalan/osaston ripuliepidemian käytännön selvitysmenettely
* Seppo Niemelä: Helicobacter pylori-diagnostiikka
* Sydän ja verisuonitaudit
* ORL-Infektiot
* Ihotaudit
* II Duodecim-symposiumi: Mielenterveys
* Lastentaudit
* Unihäiriöt
* Terveystaloustiede
* Uusi teknologia
*Kolorektaaalikarsinoma:
* Jyrki Mäkelä: Avaussanat
* Ritva Koskela: Kolorektaalikarsinoman etilogia, insidenssi ja tutkiminen
* Petra Jernvall: Kolorektaalikarsinoman genetiikka
* Heikki Wiik: Kolorektaalikarsinoman leikkaushoito
* Merja Korpela: Kolorektaalikarsinoman liitännäishoidot
* Jyrki Mäkelä: Kolorektaalikarsinoman seuranta ja ennuste
* Juha Saarnio: Kolorektaalikarsinoman maksametastasit
Information: Paula Järvenpää, Duodecimin Oulun Toimisto, Kiviharjuntie 11, 90220 Oulu, Finland.
Email:paula.jarvenpaa@duodecim.fi

VIIth Gastroenterology Week Titisee Seminar, Titisee/Black Forest, Germany, February 14 - 19, 1998

Information: Falk Foundation e.V. Congress Division, Leinenweberstr.5, Box 6529, D-79041 Freiburg, Germany.

Advanced Diagnostic Imaging, Utah, USA, February 15 - 20, 1998

Information: Radiology Postgraduate Education, Registration Office, Room MCB-630, Univ of California School of Medicin, San Fransisco, Ca, USA

9th Annual Colorectal Disease in 1998, Fort Lauerdale, Florida, USA, February 19 - 21, 1998

Marriot´s Harbor Beach Resort
Information:Cleveland Clinic Florida

Department of Education
2950 West Cypress Creek Road
Fort Lauerdale
FL 33309-1743
USA

Email: jagels@cesmtp.ccf.org

I Encuentro Internacional de Ecografia en Aparato Digestivo, Sevilla, Spain, February 20 - 21, 1998

by
Sociedad Espanola de Patologia Digestiva
Sociedad Andaluza de Patologia Digestiva
Asociacion Espanola de Ecografia Digestiva
Information:Accion Medica S.A. c/ Travessera de Gracia, 56, atico 2, 08006 Barcelona, Spain
Email: amedica@chi.es.

Complications of Liver Cirrhosis, February 27 - 28, 1998

Information:Falk Foundation e.V. Congress Division, Leinenweberstr.5, Box 6529, D-79041 Freiburg, Germany.

Second Annual Winter H . Pylori Workshop: Developments and New Directions in Helicobacter Research, Phoenix, Arizona, USA, February 27 - 28, 1998

The North American H. Pylori Meeting. Information: Foundation for Gastrointestinal Microbial Pathogens (FGIMP), 4900B South 31st St., Arlington, VA 22206, USA

Micro-Laparoscopic Techniques, Outpatient Endoscopy & The New Diagnostic Laparoscopy, Miami Beach, Florida, USA, February 27 - 18, 1998

A Society of Laparoscopic Surgeons Conference
Information: Society of Laparoendoscopic Surgeons
7330 SW 62nd Place, Suite 410
South Miami, FL 33143-4825
USA
Email: Conferences@SLS.org

Canadian Digestive Disease Week, Banff, Alberta, Canada, March 1 - 8, 1998

Information: CAG National Office
6519-B Mississauga Road
Mississauga, ON
L5N 1A6 Canada

The 3rd African International Congress of The African Association of Study of Liver Diseases, Cairo, Egypt, March 2 - 5, 1998

Information: Alpha Medical Scientific Foundation Ltd
53 El-Makrizy St., Roxy, Cairo, Egypt
P.O.Box (50), Ramses Center, Cairo

Induction and Modulation of Gastrointestinal Inflammation, Saarbrücken, Germany, March 5 - 7, 1998

Information: Falk Foundation e.V. Congress Division, Leinenweberstr.5, Box 6529, D-79041 Freiburg, Germany.

2nd Annual Liver Symposium, Richmond, Va, USA, March 6 - 7, 1998

Information: Nancie Mervis, MCV/VCU, Office of CME, Box 980048, Richmond, VA 23298-0048, USA

Solutions in Gastroenterology, the 19th Annual Symposium, Dorado, P.R. USA, March 9 - 13, 1998

A Clinical and Pathological Approach
Information: Travel Destinations, 110 Painters Mill Rd, Owings Mills, MD 21117, USA

Meeting of the British Society of Gastroenterology, Harrogate, UK, March 11-13, 1998

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

Suomen Gastroenterologiayhdistyksen Talvi- ja Vuosikokous, Helsinki, Finland, March 12 - 13, 1998

Helsinki, Messukeskus
Aihepiiri: Esofaguksen toiminnalliset sairaudet:
* Seppo Niemelä: Ruokatorven toiminnan tutkiminen
* Martti Färkkilä: Mihin klinisessä käytössä tarvitaan ruokatorven paineen rekisteröintiä
* Gastron R. van Trappen: Primary motility disorder of oesophagus
* Tuula Kiviluoto: Akalasian tämänhetken hoitomahdollisuudet
* Anna-Liisa Karvonen: Muihin sairauksiin liittyvät ruokatorven toiminnalliset häiriöt
* Tarja Ruuska: Ruokatorven refluksitauti lapsilla
* Jouni Silvennoinen: Ruokatorven refluksitaudin tämänhetken lääkehoito
* Pekka Pikkarainen, Jorma Mattila: Barret-esofagus
* Pekka Jauhonen, Jouko Isolauri: Milloin ruokatorven refluksitautipotilas leikataan
* Jouko Isolauri: Antirefluksikirurgian menetelmät
* Markku Luostarinen: Antirefluksikirurgian pitkäaikaistulokset
Gastrointestinaalikanavan maligniteettien liitännäishoidot:
* Heikki Joensuu: Ruokatorvisyövän hoidot
* Jouko Isolauri: Ruokatorvisyövän hoitotulokset
* Cornelis J.H. van de Velde: Surgical treatment of gastric cancer
* Seppo Pyrhönen: Adjuvant treatment of gastric cancer
* Lars Påhlman: Surgical and adjuvant treatment of rectal cancer
* Seppo Pyrhönen: Adjuvant treatment of colonic cancer
Information: Ritva Hanhijärvi, Duodecim (phone 09-6188 51)

6th Symposium on Gastrointestinal Motility, Dana Point, California, USA, March 13 - 15, 1998

Information: Dr. Satish S.C. Rao, Univ. of Iowa, Coll. of Med, Div of Gastroenterology, Iowa City, IA 52242, USA

Tampereen Lääkäripäivät, Tampere, Finland, March 19 - 21, 1998

Tampere-talo, Tampere.
Ohjelmassa:
* Voimavarat ja potilaan tarpeet
* Lääkärin elinikäinen koulutusputki
* Kun iho vaurioituu...
* Väestövastuulääkärit ja äitiysneuvola
* Ajokortti ja ajokyky
* Viruslääkkeet avohoidossa
* Ajankohtaista kardiologiaa
* Ajankohtaista lääkintäoikeudesta
* Nuorten terveysongelmat
* Lääkäri moniammatillisessa työryhmässä
* Endokrinologian tietoisku
* Aina ajankohtainen verenpainetauti
* Yleislääkärin hematologia
* Lasten atopian nykypäivä
* Kunnon ohjelma
* Lääkärin perustietopaketti huumeista
* Kaularankavaiva - luusta vai muusta
* Kardiovaskulaaristen riskitekijöiden arviointi
* Syöpätaudit avohoidossa
* Uudet täsmähoidot neurologiassa
* Vinkuva lapsi - astmaa vai muuta?
* Tahdosta riippumaton hoitoon toimittaminen
* Uusi valtakunnallinen COPD-ohjelma
* Mikä auttaa, kun elämä on tuskaa ja ahdistusta
* Akuuttia onkologiaa
* Avohoidon infektiot
* Laatujärjestelmät terveydenhuollossa - sanoista teoiksi
Information:Kirsi Valli, Duodecimin Tampereen Toimisto, Aaltosenkatu 27 - 29, 33500 Tampere, Finland

Brandenburger Tor, Berlin

Staging Laparoscopy: Technical aspects, indications, impact for operative and multimodal treatment planning, Berlin, Germany, March 19 - 21, 1998

Information: M.D. Ph.D. Peter Hohenberger, Robert-Rössle Hospital, Virchow Klinikum, Humboldt University, D-13122 Berlin, Germany

Helicobacter Pylori, A Infeccao e suas Consequencias, Porto, Portugal, March 20, 1998

Information:GesCONGRESSOS, Rua Goncalo Cristovao, 236-8-S/8.1, 4000 Porto, Portugal

Journées Francophones de Pathologie Digestive, Paris, France, March 21 - 25, 1998

Information:Secrétariat de la SNFGE
Pavillon Pointeau du Ronceray
Hopital Pontchaillou
35033 RENNES Cédex
France

Laparoscopic Colorectal Course, Scotland, March 23 - 25, 1998

The Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh, Minimal Access Therapy Training Unit Scotland, University of Dundee
Information:Mrs J Struthers, Surgical Skills Unit, Level 5, Ninewells Hospital and Medical School, Dundee, DD1 9SY, UK

The GASTROLAB Home Page Two Year Celebrations, Vasa, Finland, March 24, 1997

Well. We are two years old!
Please, visit our Home Page on March 23 and 24, 1998!

5th International Meeting of Coloproctology, Ivrea, Italy, March 25 - 28, 1998

* Pelvic floor disorders & anal diseases
* Constipation
* Colorectal Cancer
* Small bowel obstruction
* Inflammatory Bowel Diseases
Information: Colorectal Eporediensis Center
Email: info.colorep@onw.net

I Gastrokirurgipäivät, Kirkkonummi, Finland, March 26 - 27, 1998

Suomen Gastrokirurgit r.y.
Information: Ulla Keränen, Hyvinkään Aluesairaala, Hyvinkää, Finland or Ilari Airo, Diakonissalaitos, Helsinki, Finland
Email: Ilari.Airo@sci.fi

EUROSON 98 - SFAUMB 98, 10th Congress of European Federation of Societies for Ultrasound in Medicine and BiologyTours, France, March 26 - 30, 1998

Information: Albine Conseil, 7, Boulevard de Courbevoie, Batiment B, lle de la Jatte, F-92521 Neuilly sur Seine Cedec, France

11th European Conference on histocompability, Budapest, Hungary, April 1 - 8, 1998

Information: Malév Air Tours Congress Bureau, Roosevelt ter 2, H-1052 Budapest, Hungary

Gastroenterological Society of Australia: Clincal Update. Hamilton Island, Australia, April 3 - 4, 1998

Information: Gastroenterological Society of Australia

The Changing Mucosal Flora and Disease, London, UK, April 6 - 7, 1998

Information:Dr NH Shah, PHLS Central Public Health Laboratory, 61 Colindale Avenue, London NW9 5HT, UK

XXXIII European Association for the Study of the Liver Meeting, Lisbon, Portugal, April 15 - 18, 1998

Information:Congress Department, Rua Luciano Cordeiro 116, 1050 Lisboa, Portugal

3rd European Forum on Quality Improvement in Health Care, Vienna, Austria, April 16 - 18, 1998

Hofburg Congress Centre
Information:BMA/BMJ Conference Unit, British Medical Association, BMA House, Tavistock Square, London WC1H 9JP, UK.
E-mail: 106005,2356@compuserve.com

Prevention & Management of Laparoendoscopic Surgical Complications, New York City, New York, USA, April 17 - 18, 1998

A Society of Laparoscopic Surgeons Conference
Information: Society of Laparoendoscopic Surgeons
7330 SW 62nd Place, Suite 410
South Miami, FL 33143-4825
USA
Email: Conferences@SLS.org

2nd International Scientific Symposium on Cyclic Vomiting Syndrome, Milwaqukee, Wisconsin, April 17 - 18, 1998

Presented by the Cyclic Vomiting Syndrome Association and the Medical College of Wisconsin
Information: Cyclic Vomiting Syndrome Association
3585 Cedar Hill rd, NW
Canal Winchester, Ohio 43110
USA

The Paediatric Oesophagus, Izmir, Turkey, April 20 - 22, 1998

An interdisciplinary Symposium with main topic: Gastrooesophageal Reflux with a special interest i alkaline reflux.
Information: Prof Oktay Mutaf, Dept of Pediatric Surgery, Ege University Faculty of Medicine, 3500 Izmir, Turkey.

Anatomical masterclas: Surgery of the Liver and Bile Ducts, London, UK, April 20 - 22, 1998

Information: Sally Hainsworth, phone +44 171 973 2103
Email:: shainsworth@rcseng.ac.uk

Analytica 98, Munich, Germany, April 21 - 24, 1998

* Analysis
* Biotechnology
* Diagnosis
* Laboratory technology
Information: Messe München GmbH, Messegelände, D-81823 München, Germany
Email: Info@messe-muenchen.de

EAR & ECR, European Symposium; Professional Challenges in Radiology, Vienna, Austria, April 24 - 25, 1998

Information: ECR-Office, Neutorgasse 9/2A, A-1010 Vienna, Austria

Ductal Calculi, The Laparoscopic Approach, Scotland, April 27 - 28, 1998

The Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh, Minimal Access Therapy Training Unit Scotland, University of Dundee
Information:Mrs J Struthers, Surgical Skills Unit, Level 5, Ninewells Hospital and Medical School, Dundee, DD1 9SY, UK

Photo by Photomann

115th Congress of the German Society of Surgery, Berlin, Germany, April 28 - May 2, 1998

Information: Prof. Dr. Christian Herfarth, President of the German Society of Surgry, Im Neuenheimer Feld 110, 69120 Heidelberg, Germany

Innovative Concepts in Inflammatory Bowel Diseases, Rostock, Germany, April 30 - May 2, 1998

Information: Falk Foundation e.V. Congress Division, Leinenweberstr.5, Box 6529, D-79041 Freiburg, Germany.

Scandinavian Association for the Study of Pain: 21st Annual Meeting, Naantali, Finland, May 7 - 10, 1998

Information:Minna Domander, Kongressitoimisto/SASP, Turun Yliopisto, Lemminkäisenkatu 14 - 18 B, 20520 Turku

Berzelius-symposium: Hepatitis: toward effective treatment and prevention, Lund, Sweden, May 11 - 12, 1998

Information:Svenska Läkaresällskapet, Box 738, S-101 35 Stockholm

Meeting of the Association of Surgeons of Great Britain and Ireland. Edinburgh, UK, May 13 - 15, 1998

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

AGA Digestive Disease Week (DDW), New Orleans, USA, May 17 - 20, 1998

Abstract Deadline: December 9, 1998
Information: Susan Slack, Director, Slack Inc, 6900 Grove Road, Thorofare, NJ 08086-9447 USA
Email: jsharkey@slackinc.com

79th Deutscher Röntgenkongress, Wiesbaden, Germany, May 20 - 23, 1998

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

Vaasa VI Choir Festival, Vaasa, Finland, May 20 - 24, 1998

Well. This is not a specifically gastroenterologic occasion, but the summer and vacations are coming, and there are other things than ulcers and colon troubles in life. So why not come to this unforgettable international music festival? You won´t regret it!
Information: Erkki Mendelin, Wasa Center, Hovrättsesplanaden 11, 65100 Vasa, Finland

VI Southeast European Congress of Paediatric Surgery: Short Bowel Syndrome, Graz, Austria, May 22 - 23, 1998

Information:Dr Günther Schimpl, Department of Paediatric Surgery, Auenbruggerplatz 34, A-8036 LKH-Graz, Austria

FINNILCOn Kesäpäivät, Kerimaa, Savonlinna, May 23 - 24, 1998

Information:Finnilco, PL 242, 33101 Tampere, Finland

Photo by Photomann

47. Deutscher Ärztekongress, Berlin, Germany, May 27 - 29, 1998

Information: Kongressgesellschaft für ärztliche Fortbildung e.V., Klingsorstrasse 21, D-12167 Berlin, Germany

31st Annual Meeting of the European Society of Pediatric Gastroenterology and Nutrition, Tolouse, France, May 27 - 30, 1998

ESPGAN inviting NASPGAN (North American Society for Pediatric Gastroenterology and Nutrition) for the 5th Joint Meeting.
Information: Europa Organisation, 5, rue Saint-Pantaléon, B.P. 844, 31961 Tolouse Cedex, France.

European School of Oncology, Third Educational Convention, Turin, Italy, May 28 - 30, 1998

An international meeting on cancer medicine specifically designed for young health professionals. Information: European School of Oncology, Viale Beatrice d´Este 37, 20122 Milan, Italy
Email: comprevtum@bbs.infosquare.it

Baltic Association of Surgeons II Congress, Tartu, Estonia, May 29 - 30, 1998

Information:1st Department of Surgery, Tartu University, Maarjamöisa Hospital, 8 L Puusepa Str, EE-2400 Tartu, Estonia

New Aspects in Hepatology and Gastroenterology, Tbilisi, Georgia, May 29 - 30, 1998

Information: Falk Foundation e.V. Congress Division, Leinenweberstr. 5 P.O. Box 6529, D-79041 Freiburg, Germany

VIth World Congress of Endoscopic Surgery, May 31 - June 6, 1998, Rome, Italy

6th International Congress of European Association for Endoscopic Surgery (E.A.E.S.)
Nurses´Seminar
Postgraduate Course
1st World Expo of Surgical Technologies
Information:Congress Secretariat: Studio Ega, Viale Tiziano, 19-00196 Rome, Italy

Advanced Colorectal Workshops, St Marks Hospital, London, UK, June 1 - 3, 1998

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

Copenhagen

53. Kongressen för Nordisk Förening för Medicinsk Radiologi, Copenhagen, Denmark, June 2 - 5, 1998

Information: Prof Niels Egund, Rigshospitalet, Copenhagen, Denmark

XXX Nordic Meeting of Gastroenterology and XXIth Congress of Endoscopy, Oulu, Finland, June 3 - 6, 1998

Congress Venue:Oulu Music Centre
Madetoja Music Hall
Oulu Institute "Madetoja"
Including:
- Nordic Meeting of Gastrointestinal Motility
-Endoscopy/Gastroenterology Nurses Meeting
SADE-meeting
SAGIM-meeting
Satellite Symposia
Free Papers and Poster Session
Main topics:
*Colorectal carcinoma
*Helicobacter Pylori
*Laparoscopic Surgery
*Gastro-oesophageal reflux disease
*Coeliac Disease
*Hepatitis C
Inflammatory Bowel Disease
*Modern techniques in gastroenterology
Abstracts must be submitted by March 1, 1998
The second Announcement including a detailed scientific and social programme and abstracts forms will be available by November 1997 and will be mailed to all the members of gastroenterological associations in the Nordic countries, and can be ordered from the address below.
Abstract deadline: March 1st, 1998
Information:Congress Secretariat
Oulu Tourism Services "GASTRO 98"
Torikatu 10
P.O.Box 237
FIN-90101 Oulu
Finland
Email:Helena.Karjalainen@ouka.fi
Phone:+358 8 314 1251
Fax:+358 8 314 1269

New Approach for the Management of Dyspeptic Symtoms, Oulu, Finland, June 3, 1998

In connection with the XXX Nordic Meeting of Gastroenterology and XXIth Congress of Endoscopy
Speakers:
* Nick J Talley, Australia
* John Dent, Australia
* Pentti Sipponen, Finland
Information: Suomen Astra Oy, Eteläinen Salmitie, 02430 Masala, Finland

Endoscopy Live, Amsterdam, Holland, June 4 - 5, 1998

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

The Third ASGE Hands-On Tutorial in Advanced ERCP, Cincinnati, USA, June 5-6, 1998

Information: Ethicon Endo-Surgery, ATTn: Jeff Rohrig ML 86, 4545 Creek Road, Cincinnati, OH 45242, USA

Esophageal pH and Manometry/Anorectal Manometry, A Training Workshop, Sao Paolo, Brazil, June 5 - 7, 1998

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

XXVIth Nordic Congress of Clinical Chemistry, Turku, Finland, June 6 - 10, 1998

Information: Doc Karl Pulkki, Finnish Society of Clinical Chemistry, University of Turku, FIN-20500 Turku, Finland

XVIIth Biennial Congress, University Colon and Rectal Surgeons, Malmö, Sweden, June 7 - 11, 1998

Information: Malmö Congress Bureau, Centralstationen, Skeppsbron, S-211 20 Malmö, Sweden.

Hot Topics in Hepatology & Hepatobiliary Malignancies, Orlando, Florida, USA, June 10 - 13, 1998

Information: Hot Topics in Hepatology and Hepatobiliary Malignancies, Conference Services-HMB 131, UT M.D.Anderson Cancer Center, 1515 Holcombe Blvd, Houston, TX 77030-4095, USA

XXX Annual Meeting of the European Pancreatic Club, Thessaloniki, Greece, June 10 - 13, 1998

Information: Diastasi, Congress Secretariat, 30 Katsimidou Street, Thessaloniki 546 39, Greece

International Symposium on Approach to the Patient with Chronic Gastrointestinal Disorders (CGID), Baveno-Stresa, Lake Maggiore, Italy, June 10 - 13, 1998

Under the auspicies of
* AIGO Associazione Italiana Gastroenterologi Ospedalieri
* FRGRG Functional Brain-Gut Research Group
* SIED Societá Italiana di Endoscopia Digestiva
* SIGE Societá Italiana di Gastroenterologia
Symposiums:
*The common features of CGID
* Alterations of eating behaviour
* Alterations fo defecatory behaviour
* Chronic GI Disorders
* Probiotics and antibiotics
* Chronic GI pain and discomfort
* Visceral disability
* Treatment of functional GI disorders
Information: MESSAGI Srl, via G.Sismondi, 44-20133 Milano, Italy

The Second Amsterdam International Update on Hepatology, Amsterdam, Holland, June 11 - 13, 1998

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

22. European Cystic Fibrosis Conference, Berlin, Germany, June 13 - 19, 1998

Information: CPO Hanser Service, Schaumburgallee 12, D-14052 Berlin, Germany
Email: berlin@cpo-hanser.de

XXV Congreso Nacional, Sociedad Espanola Patologia Digestiva, Oviedo, Spain, June 14 - 17, 1998

Information:Secretaria Cientifica, Servicio de Aparato Digestivo, Hospital Central de Asturias, c/ Celestino Villamil s/n, 33006 Oviedo, Spain

10th NCI-EORTC Symposium on New Drugs in Cancer Therapy, Amsterdam, Netherlands, June 16 - 19, 1998

Information:EORTHC New Drug Development Office, Free University Hospital, P.O. Box 7057, NL-1007 MB Amsterdam, the Netherlands

15th International Conference on Human Tumor Markers (IATMO Meeting, June 16 - 19, Lugano, Switzerland

Information: Prof.Dr.W.Riesen, Institute for Clinical Chemistry & Haematology, Frohbergstrasse 3, CH-9000 St. Gallen, Switzerland

International Hospital Federation Pan-Regional Conference, Sao Paolo, Brazil, June 17 - 19, 1998

Theme: 1998 - 2008 A decade of transformation in health care
Information: FENAESS, National Health Services Federation, Rua 24 de Maio, 208-13-01041 Sao Paolo, SP Brazil

8th European Congress of Surgery, Budapest, June 17 - 20, 1998

Main Sessions:
* Specialisation in Surgery: Overview
* Changing trends in Intra-Abdominal Sepsis
* One Day Surgery in Europe and its Economical Impact
* Emergencies and Laparoscopy
* Hernia Repair: Controversies
Clinical Symposia:
* Esophageal Surgery
* Gastric Cancer
* Advances in Colorectal Surgery
* Plastic and Breast Surgery
* Paediatric Surgery for the General Surgeon
* Pain Control in Cancer
* Common Bile Duct Stones - Controversies
* Results of Prospective Studies in Laparoscopic Surgery
* Proctology Today
* Endo-Vascular Treatment of Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm
* Thoracoscopic Treatment of Lung Diseases
* Chronic Pancreatitis: A Multidisciplinary Approach
* Surgery of Ano-Rectal Malformation
Selected Free Papers
Satellite Symposia
Postgraduate Cource on Endocrine Surgery
Information: Congress Secretariat, Options Eurocongress S.A. 78 Syngrou Avenue, 11742 Athens, Greece

Advances in Inflammatory Bowel Diseases, Brussels, Belgium, June 18 - 20, 1998

Information: Falk Foundation, Congress Division, Leinenweberstrasse 5, P.O. Box 6529, D-79041 Freiburg, Germany

Gastroenterology and Endotherapy, XVIth European Workshop, Brussels, Belgium, June 22 - 24, 1998

with live video teleconferencing
* 28 live video demonstrations
* 4 quizzes
* 4 round table discussions
* 4 state of the art video lectures
In connection to this conference there is a "Intensive Hands´on Training" using the "EASIE" model of the upper digestive tract on June 25 - 26 at the Erasme Hospital, Endoscopy Unit.
Information: Erasme Hospital, Gastroenterology Unit, Route de Lennik, 808, B-1070, Brussels, Belgium.

International 15th Puijo Symposium: Physical Activity in the Prevention and Treatment of Obesity and its Metabolic Co-Morbidities, Kuopio, June 22 - 25, 1998

Information: Kuopio Research Institute of Exercise Medicine, Haapaniementie 16, 70100 Kuopio
Email: puijo.symposium@uku.fi

2nd Meeting of the European Club of Enteroscopy, Nancy, France, June 25 - 26, 1998

Information: Prof. Gérard Gay, Service de Médecine L, Hospital Fournier, 54035 Nancy Cedex, France
Email: gay@facmed.u-nancy.fr

The Second Western Pacific Helicobacter Congress, Kota Kinabalu, Sabah, Malaysia, June 25 - 27, 1998

Congress Venue : Shangri-La Tanjong Aru Resort Kota Kinabalu, Sabah,Malaysia
Organised by Malaysian Society of Gastroenterology and Hepatology
Special lectures:

* Testing for Helicobacter pylori - who and when?
* Dyspepsia and Helicobacter pylori - a critical evaluation
* Indications for Helicobacter pylorieradication in 1998
* Vaccination against Helicobacter pylori
* Should all Helicobacter pylori be eradicated?
* Testing for Helicobacter pylori?

Symposia:

* Helicobacter pylori the bacterium
* Pathophysiology of Helicobacter pylori infection
* Epidemiology of Helicobacter pylori infection
* Issues in the treatment of Helicobacter pylori infection
* Cancer and Helicobacter pylori
* Helicobacter pylori and peptic ulcer

Deadline for abstracts February 15th 1998
Information:Secretariat, The Second Western Pacific Helicobacter Congress, 19 Jalan Folly Barat, 50480 Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, Tel : 603 2530100, 603 2530200 Fax : 603 2530900
Email: acadmed@po.jaring.my

Copenhagen

The IX Congress of the International Society for Biomedical Research in Alcoholism (ISBRA), June 26 - July 2, 1998, Copenhagen, Denmark

The meeting will span a wide range of experimental and clinical topics on alcohol abuse and dependency and new strategies in diagnosis and treatment will be presented. Effects of alcoholism on separate organs will be addressed in parallel lectures, symposia, workshops and round table discussions.
Information:Professor Christer Alling
Institute of Medical Neurochemistry
Institute of Laboratory medicine
University Hospital
S-221 85 Lund
Sweden

23rd World Congress of Medical Technology, Singapore, June 28 - July 3, 1998

Information: Secr.: 23rd World Congress of Medical Technology, c/o Academy of Medicine, Singapre, 16 College Road 01 - 01, Singapore 169 854

3rd International Congress of Pathophysiology, Helsinki, Finland, June 28 - July 3, 1998

Information: Prof. Osmo Hänninen, Dept. of Physiology, Univ. of Kuopio, PO Box 1627, 70211 Kuopio, Finland

Extragastric Pathologies Associated with Helicobacter infection, Rome, Italy, July 2 - 3, 1998

II International Workshop
* General Concepts
* Helicobacter pylori and Extradigestive Diseases
- Heart diseases
- Vascular diseases
- Blood diseases
- Autoimmune diseases
* Helicobacter pylori and Digestive Diseases
* Helicobacter pylori and Malignant Diseases
* Diagnosis
Information:SC Studio Congressi, Via Francesco Ferrara, 40-00191 Roma, Italy
Email: sc.congressi@agora.stm.it

Näsinneula, Tampere, Finland

The 12th Annual Meeting of the Association of European Coeliac Societies and International Consensus Conference on Changing Features of Coeliac Disease, July 10 - 12, 1998, Tampere, Finland

Tampere Hall
Preliminary topics:

* Changing features of coeliac disease
* Diagnostic criteria of coeliac disease
* Dermatitis herpetiformis: From gut to skin
* Markers of coeliac disease latency
* Prolamins in cereals
* Codex standard for gluten free products
* Food legislation and contamination
* To screen or not to screen?

- Malignancy
- Osteopenia
- Quality of life

* Evolution of coeliac disease
* Epidemiology of coeliac disease
* Associated diseases in coeliac disease
* Panel discussion: Oats and wheat starch in the diet of coeliac patient

Manuscript deadline: March 31, 1998
Abstract deadline April 17, 1998
Early Bird Registration deadline April 30, 1998
Information: The Finnish Coeliac Society

Hammareninkatu 7
Fin-33100 Tampere
Finland

Email: llmama@uta.fi

XVII World Congress of the Transplantation Society, Montreal, Canada, July 12 - 17, 1998

Information:L. Felicissimo and Associates, 12449 rue Cousineau, Montreál, Québec, Canada H4K 1P9

International Symposium on Cytokines and Inflammatory Bowel Disease, Bath, UK, July 16 - 17, 1998

Information: Mrs Carolyn Stock, School of Pharmacy & Pharmacology, University of Bath, Bath, BA2 7Ay, UK
Email: prscjas@bath.ac.uk

XXVIII International Update on Liver Disease, London, UK, July 16 - 18, 1998

Information: Prof. Neil McIntyre, University Department of Medicine, Royal Free Hospital, Pond Street, London NW3 2QG, UK

FASEB Summer Conference on Physiology and Pathophysiology of the Splanchnic Circulation, Wilsonville, Oregon, USA, July 19 - 24, 1998

Information: FASEB Summer Research Conferences, 9650 Rockville Pike, Bethesda, Maryland 20814-3998, USA
Email: jlafrankie@faseb.org

Computer Aided Medicine (CAM 98), Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, July 23 - 26, 1998

The aim of this conference is to maximise the use of IT and computers in healthcare delivery. I aims to bring together users, researchers and developers involved in computers, telecommunications and medicine.
Topics:
* Digital Imagining
* Image Processing and display
* Medical Workstations
* Picture Archiving and Communications Systems
* Image Management and Communication
* Telemedicine and Teleradiology
* Teleforensics
* Computer Assisted Education
* Image Guided Surgery
* Surgical Robotics and Navigation
* Image Guided Radiation Therapy
* Virtual Reality and 3-D Communication
* Hospital and General Practice Computer Information System
* Internet in Healthcare Technologies
* Medical Electronic Dommerce
* Electronic Medical Records
Information: Kumpulan Perubatan Penawar
25, Jalan Sena 1
Taman Rinting
81750, Masai Johor
Malaysia

Arts Medicine, Savonlinna, Finland, July 26, 1998

Information:Miikka Peltomaa, HYKS Korvakliniikka, Haartmaninkatu 4 E, Helsinki, Finland
Email: miikka.peltomaa@helsinki.fi

XIIIth International Congress of Pharmacology, München, Germany, July 26 - 31, 1998

Information:Prof. G Grei, GSF-Forschungszentrum für Umwelt & Gesundheit, Inst für Toxikologie, Postfach 1129, D-85758 Oberschleissheim, Germany

20th Annual Aspen Conference on Pediatric Disease: Pediatric Liver Disease and Liver Transplantation, July 27 - 31, 1998

Information: The Institute for Pediatric Medical Education, 6604 Landon Lane, Bethesda, Maryland 20817-5636, USA

Advanced Training Course in Minimally Invasive Techniques in Pediatric Surgery, San Fransisco, USA, July 31-August 1, 1998

Information: UCSF Videoscopic Training Center, Department of Surgery, S-321 University of California, San Fransisco, CA 94143-0510, USA

Gastroenterology: An Update for the Specialist, Sundance, Utah, USA, August 15, 1998

Sponsored by the University of Utah School of Medicine, Office of Continual Medical Education and Division of Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition.
Information: University of Utah School of Medicine, CME Office, 1C117, 50 North Medical Drive, Salt Lake City, UT 84132-1001, USA

XVIIth International Congress of the International Union against Cancer, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, August 23 - 29, 1998

Information:Ms Rosa M Boscher, Inst Nacional de Cancer, Praca Cruz Vermelha 23, 20230-130 Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brazil

Foundations of Laparoscopic Surgery, Scotland, August 24 - 18, 1998

Minimal Access Therapy Training Unit Scotland, University of Dundee
Information:Mrs J Struthers, Surgical Skills Unit, Level 5, Ninewells Hospital and Medical School, Dundee, DD1 9SY, UK

Prevention of Obesity (Berzelius-symposium), Stockholm, Sweden, August 27 - 29, 1998

Information:Svenska Läkaresällskapet, Box 738, S-10135 Stockholm, Sweden

VII World Congress, International Society for Diseases of the Oesophagus, Montreal, Canada, September l - 4, 1998

* State-of-the-art lectures
* Symposia about Barret´s oesophagus, esophageal cancer, motor disorders, reflux disease and quality of life
Information:COPLANOR Congres inc
511 Place d´Armes, Suite 600
Montreal QC H2Y 2W7, Canada
Email: isde98@coplanor.qc.ca

8th European Congress of Surgeons, Budapest, Hungary, September 1 - 4, 1998

Information: Malév Air Tours Congress Bureau, Roosevelt ter 2, H-1052 Budapest, Hungary

Radiology Week, Örebro, Sweden, September 1 - 4, 1998

Fall meeting for the Swedish Society of Medical Radiology, Swedish Society for Gastrointestinal Radiology, Swedish Uroradiologic Society and Society for Nuclear Medicine.
Information:Torbjörn Andersson, Röntgenavd, Regionsjukhuset, S-701 85 Örebro, Sweden

Digestive Endoscopy-Live, 7th course, Amsterdam, the Netherlands, September 3-4, 1998

Information: Helma Stockmann

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

Email: w.j.stockmann@amc.uva.nl

XI Workshop of the European Helicobacter pylori Study Group, Budapest, Hungary, September 2 - 5, 1998

Budapest Convention Centre
Deadline for abstracts April 1st, 1998
Information:XIth International Workshop EHPSG

c/o Wiener Medizinische Akademie
Alser Strasse 4
!-1090 Wien
Austria

Symposium on Chronic Pancreatitis, Budapest, Hungary, September 4, 1998

In association with the World Congress of Gastroenterology.
In cooperation with the International Association of Pancreatology (IAP).
Information:St. Imre Hospital
2nd Department of Medicine
Prof. Dr. A. Pap, 12 - 16 Tétényi St.
Budapest, Hungary 115.

Cytokines and the GI Tract, Regensburg, Germany, September 4 - 5, 1998

Information: Falk Foundation, Congress Division, Leinenweberstr.5, P.O. Box 6529, D-79041 Freiburg, Germany

Endocrinology of Obesity, Basic, Clinical and Therapeutic Aspects, Venice, Italy, September 4 - 6, 1998

Information: Marta Malatesta, The Organizing Secretariat, OSC Bologna, Visa S. Stefano 30, I-40125 Bologna, Italy

Postgraduate Course on Advanced Endoscopy, Vienna, Austria, September 6, 1998

Information:WCOG ´98, Marianngasse 14/11, A-1090, Vienna, Austria

World Congress of Gastroenterology, Vienna, Austria, Sept 6-11, 1998

Including:
-11th World Congress of Gastroenterology - President Guenter J. Krejs
-9th World Congress of Digestive Endoscopy - President Alfred Gangl
-6th World Congress of Coloprocotology - President Rudolf Schiessel
Quadrennial Reviews:
* Gastroesophageal Reflux Disease
* Treatment of Peptic Ulcer
* Genetics of Colon Cancer
* Endoscopic Diagnosis and Treatment of Early Cancer in the Alimentary Tract
* Endoscopic Ultrasound
* Treatment of Portal Hypertension
* Treatment of Hepatocellular Carcinoma
* Treatment of Chronic Viral Hepatitis
* Malabsorption Syndromes
* Medical Treatment of Inflammatory Bowel Diseases
* Surgical Treatment of Inflammatory Bowel Diseases
* Cystic Fibrosis
* Advances in Laparoscopic Surgery
* Pancreatic Cancer
* Schistosomiasis
Working Party Reports:
* Minimal Standards for Desinfection of Endoscopes
* Classification and Diagnostic Criteria in Hepatic Encephalopathy
* Activity Indices for Inflammatory Bowel Diseases
* Management of Dyspepsia and Functional Dyspepsia
* Upper Gastrointestinal Motility Disorders
* Standards for Anal Sphincter Restoration
Symposia:
* Epidemiology of Hepatocellular Carcinoma
* Infectious Diarrhea
* Liver Transplantation
* Quality Control and Accreditation in Digestive Endoscopy
* Worldwide Epidemiology of Helicobacter Pylori
* Traditional Medicine in Treatment of Gastrointestinal and Hepatic Diseases
Abstract deadline is February 28th, 1998
Information:World Congress Secretariat
CONGREX
Holland
PO Box 302
1000 AH Amsterdam, The Netherlands
This congress had a Learning Center with its own Learning Center Home Page, which will be updated even after the end of the 1998 WCOG. It may still be in function, so why not try?

Otsuka Satellite Symposium in Vienna: Gastric Immuno-Inflammatory Response and its Management, Vienna, Austria, September 7, 1998

In connection with the World Congress of Gastroenterology
Information: Mucosta Special Project, c/o Otsuka Pharmaceutical Co, 2-9 Kanda Tsukasa-cho, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo, 101-8535 Japan

Gastroenterology & Hepatology: Advances in Diagnosis and Treatment, Mackinac Island. MI, USA, September 10 - 13, 1998

Sponsored by Detroit Medical Center & Wayne State University
Information: Mrs. Darlene Briley, Gastroenterology, Harper Hospital, 3990 John R, Detroit, MI 48201, USA

Pan-Arab Gastroenterology Meeting, Vienna, Austria, September 11, 1998

In association with the World Congress of Gastroenterology

Diseases of the Liver and the Bile Ducts, Prague - Future Aspects and Clinical Implications, Czech Republic, September 12 - 13, 1998

Falk Symposium Nr. 108
Information:M. Zavoral, MD
Praha 2, Pl. Karlovo NAM. 32
Int. odd.fak. Poliklinika
CZ-121 32 Prague, Czech Republic
or
Falk Foundation, Congress Division, Leinenweberstr.5, P.O. Box 6529, D-79041 Freiburg, Germany

Postgraduate Course of the Turkish Society of Gastroenterology, Istanbul, Turkey, September 12 - 13, 1998

Sponsored by ASGE & OMED
Istanbul Convention and Exhibiton Centre
Information: Organizing Secretariat, Fax + 90-312-362 5948

Infectious Pathogens in Gastrointestinal and Hepatic Disorders, Vall de Nuria, Spain, September 15 - 19, 1998

Information: International Researchers in Gastroenterology and Hepatology (IRGH), 623 Trego Circle, Ann Arbor, MI 48103, USA

Cytokines and the GI-Tract, Regensburg, Germany, September 16 - 18, 1998

Information: Falk Foundation, Congress Division, Leinenweberstrasse 5, P.O.Box 6529, D-79041 Freiburg, Germany

Meeting of the British Society of Gastroenterology, Manchester, UK Sept 16 - 18, 1998

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

12th International Symposium on Regulatory Peptides, Macinac Island, Michigan, USA, September 16 - 20, 1998

Information: Lori Ennis, University of Michigan Medical Center, 4220D Medical Science Research Building III, Ann Arbor, Michigan 48109-0638, USA

16th World Congress Colleqium Internationale Chirugiae Digestivae, Madrid, Spain, September 16 - 19, 1998

In association with the World Congress of Gastroenterology
Information:TILESA, Londres, 17
28028 Madrid, Spain
Email: tilesa@wpa.es

Ist International Conference of Surgical Digestive Nurses, Madrid, Spain, September 18 - 19, 1998

Information: TILESA, Londres, 17
28028 Madrid, Spain
Email: tilesa@wpa.es

3rd International Biennial Meeting of the Egyptian Group for the Study of Gastrointestinal Motility, Cairo, Egypt, September 22 - 24, 1998

Main topics:
* Gastro-oesophageal reflux
* Dysphagia
* Non cardiac chest pain
* Dyspepsia
* Diarrhea
* Constipation
* Irritable bowel syndrome
* Functional anal disorders
* Biliary Motility
Information:Alpha Medical Scientific Foundation Ltd., P.O.Box (50), Ramses Center, Cairo, Egypt

Itä-Suomen Lääketiede, Kuopio, Finland, September 23 - 25, 1998

Teema: "Perustaidot kunniaan"
Duodecim-Symposiumi "Perustaidot kunniaan":
* Avaus ja ohjelman esittely, prof Matti Vapalahti

Arkkiatri Risto Pelkonen
* Lääkärin taito, arkkiatri Risto Pelkonen
* Media ja lääkäri, päätoimittaja Tapani Ruokanen, Sumen Kuvalehti
* Uskomuslääkintä, lääkäri ja julkisuus, dos. Veijo Saano, KUY
* Ammatinharjoittajan valvona - potilaan ja lääkärin parhaaksi, johtaja Aila Lind, TEO
* Kliininen taito korkean teknologian maailmassa, dos. Matti Halinen, KYS
* Priorisointi diagnostiikassa, tutkimusprofessori Kalevi Lauslahti, STAKES
* Uusien kalliiden hoitojen etiikka, LT Olli-Pekka Ryynänen, KUY
* Taito - Taitovirhe, Prof. Matti Vapalahti, KYS
* Onko Suomessa tilaa ennaltaehkäisevälle työlle, Pääjohtaja Jussi Huttunen, Kansanterveyslaitos
Information: Marjatta Palmroth, Duodecimin Kuopion Toimisto, Savilahdentie 6 L 16, 70210 Kuopio, Finland
Email: Marjatta.Palmroth@Duodecim.fi

Open Care ´98 Conference, Oulu, Finland, September 23 - 25, 1998

Madetoja Center of Oulu
Organizers:
* Oulu Deaconess Institute
* International Network of Health Promoting Hospitals
* The Association of Finnish Local Authorities
* Ludwig Boltzman-Institute
* Standing Comittee of the Hospitals of the European Union HOPE
* University of Oulu
Information: Conference Manager Seppo Heikkilä, Phone (08)8811900
Email: seppo.heikkila@netppl.fi

VII Congresso Nazionale: Societa Italiana di Colon-Proctologia, Sorrento, Italy, September 23 - 26, 1998

Including II Postgraduate Course: Current Trends in Colon and Rectal Surgery
Information: Convention Planning s.a.s., via Fuorimura, 20, 80067 Sorrento (Napoli), Italy
Email: convplan@syrene.it

Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada 67th Annual Meeting, Toronto, Canada, September 23 - 27, 1998

Information: Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada

International Conference on the Pelvic Floor, Montreal, Quebec, Canada, September 23 - 27, 1998

Information: ICPF´98 Conference Secretariat, COPLANOR Congres Inc, 511 Place d´Armes, suite 600, Montreal QC H2Y 2W7, Canada
Email: pelvic@coplanor.qc.ca

Helicobacter pylori: from Bench to Bedside, Amsterdam, The Netherlands, September 24 - 25, 1998

Information: Mrs Helma Stockman, European Gastro-Surgical School, G-4-zuid, Academic Medical Center, Meibergdreef 9, NL-1105 AZ Amsterdam, The Netherlands

Annual Meeting fo the Danish Society of Gastroenterology, Arhus, Denmark, September 25, 1998

Information: Anders Fischer, M.D. President of DSG, Dept. of Surg. Gastroent. D, Gentofte University Hospital, 2900 Hellerup, Denmark

15th Annual: Developments in Digestive Disases, Charleston, South Carolina, September 25 - 26, 1998

The course is aimed for practicing gastroenterologists, general surgeons, general internists and gastroenterology fellows.
Information:Medical University of South Carolina, Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, 171 Aschley Avenue, Charleston, SC 29 425, USA

IX International Symposium on Cells of the Hepatic Sinusoid, Christchurch, NZ, September 27 - October 1, 1998

Information:Prof. Robin Fraser, ISCHS, Christchurch School of Medicine, PO Box 4345, Christchurch 8001, New Zealand

IV International Workshop on Diagnostic and Operative Digestive Endoscopy, Messina, Italy, October 1 - 2, 1998

Information: Scientific Secretariat, Serv. di Endoscopia Digestiva, Cl. Medica 1a, Policlinico Universitario, 98100 Messina, Italy
Email: studiosantuccio@ctonline.it

First International Symposium: Virtual Colonoscopy, Boston, MA, USA, October 1 - 2, 1998

Information: Boston University School of Medicine, Dept. of Continuing Medical Education, 715 Albany Street, A305, Boston, MA- 02118-2394m, USA
Email: cme@bu.edu

1st International Symposium on Rectal Cancer: Recent Advances and Future Perspectives, Regensburg, Germany, October 1 - 3, 1998

Information: Mrs. I. Hecker, Department of Surgery, University of Regensburg, D-93 042 Regensburg, Germany

Problems of the Gastrointestinal Tract in Anaesthesia, the Perioperative Period, and Intensive Care, Würzburg, Germany, October 1 - 3, 1998

Information:Prof. dr. N. Roewer, Dept. of Anaesthesiology, University of Würzburg, c/o M. K. Herbert, Ms S. Brunnberg, Joseph-Schneider-Str. 2, D-97080 Würzburg, Germany

International Goodtemplar Youth Day, October 3, 1998

Information: Contact Your country´s IOGT-organization

Board Review in Gastroenterology, Arlington, VA, USA, October 3 - 7, 1998

Sponsored by The Georg Washington University
Will include information on the diagnosis and treatment of the
* Esophagus
* Stomach and Duodenum
* Small Bowel
* Colon
* Pancreas and Biliary Tract
* Liver
Information: The Georg Washington University Medical Center, Office of Continuing Education in Health Professions, Attn: Registrar, 2300 K Street, NW, Washington, DC 20037, USA

SAGES ´98 South African Gastroenterology Society Congress 1998, Stellenbosch, South Africa, October 6 - 10, 1998

Information: Congress Organiser Yvonne Pyne.James, RSVP Events Management cc, P.O. Box 1105, Cramerview 2060, South Africa

Health Care - Hospital 98 and Emergency Care Expo (Sairaala 98), Imatra, Finland, October 8 - 10, 1998

Terveydenhuollon kansainväliset erikoismessut.
Etelä-Karjalan Messukeskus, Imatra
* Prize Winning Emergency care
* Emergency demonstrations
* National and International Seminars and Training Events
-telemedicine
-radiology
-military medicine
-shorter treatments periods
-day surgery
-nursing chains
-auditing
-district nursing
Information: Jyväskylän Messut, PL 127, 40101 Jyväskylä, Finland
Email: eija.turunen@jklfairs.fi or ilari.tervakangas@jklfairs.fi

8th Thüringer Workshop für Chirurgische Endoskopie, Jena, Germany, October 8 - 10, 1998

Information: Frau Dr. med. Carola Müller, Klinik für Allgemeine und Viszerale Chirurgie, Klinikum der Friedrich-Schiller Universität, Bachstrasse 18, D-07740 Jena, GermanyEmail: endoskopie@bach.med.uni-jena.de

Second International Conference on Priorities in Health Care, London, UK, October 8 - 19, 1998

by the British Medical Journal, the King´s Fund and the Health Services Management Centre, the University of Birmingham.
Information: BMA/BMJ Conference Unit, BMA House, Tavistock Square, London, WC1H 9JP, UK

American College of Gastroenterology Meeting , Boston, Massachusetts, USA, October 9 - 14, 1998

Information:American College of Gastroenterology, 4900 B South 31st Street, Arlington, VA 22206, USA

Advanced Training Course in Minimally Invasive Techniques in Pediatric Surgery, San Fransisco, USA, October 13 - 14, 1998

Information: UCSF Videoscopic Training Center, Department of Surgery, S-321 University of California, San Fransisco, CA 94143-0510, USA

Eleventh International Course on Therapeutic Endoscopy, Toronto, Canada, October 14 - 17, 1998

Information: Dr. Norman E. Marcon, Division of Gastroenterology, 121 Jones Building, The Wellesley Hospital, 160 Wellesley St. E., Toronto, Ontario, Canada M4Y 1J3
Email: info@thera-endo-toronto.com

Suomen Gastroenterologiayhdistyksen Syyskokous, Joensuu, Finland, October 15 - 16, 1998

Aihepiiri: Lääkehoito gastroenterologiassa, pankreatiitti
Information: Ritva Hanhijärvi, Duodecim (Phone 09-6188 5210)

SAGIM: Scandinavian Course on Gastrointestinal Motility, Gothenburg, Sweden, October 15 - 17, 1998

Organizer: Scandinavian Association for Gastrointestinal Motility (SAGIM)
Information:Doc. Henrik Sjövall, Medicinsk Avdelning II, Sahlgrenska Sjukhuset, S-41345 Gothenburg, Sweden

Colorectal Cancer: Molecular Mechanisms, Premalignant State and its Prevention, Titisee, Germany, October 14 - 15, 1998

Intestinal Mucosa and Its Diseases - Pathophysiology and Clinics, Titisee, Germany, October 16-17, 1998

The three symposia abobe are parts ot the Gastrointestinal Week in Titisee, organised by the Falk Foundation.
Information: Falk Foundation, Congress Division, Leinenweberstrasse 5. P.O.Box 6529, D-79041 Freiburg, Germany

Australian Gastroenterology Week, Canberra, Australia, October 19 - 23, 1998

Information: Gastroenterologic Society of Australia, 145 MacQuaria Street, Sydney, New South Wales 2000, Australia, Phone +61 2 256 5454

Neurogastroenterology and Motility, Maastricht, the Netherlands, October 28 - 31, 1998

Information: European Society of Neurogastroenterology and Motility
Zwaardenburg 44
NL-3437 RP Niuwegein
Holland

American College of Surgeons Annual Meeting, Orlando, Florida, USA, October 25 - 30, 1998

Information: Phone (312) 664-4050

Postgraduate Course in Proctology, Jyväskylä, Finland, October 26 - 28, 1998

Information: Keski-Suomen sairaanhoitopiiri, Koulutusyksikkö, rak. 6/2, Keskussairaalantie 19, 40620 Jyväskylä, Finland

SAGES/AESGB&I, Sun City, South Africa, October 29 - November 2, 1998

South African Society of Endoscopic Surgeons combined wiht Association of Endoscopic Surgeons of Great Britain & Ireland
Information: Congress Organiser Yvonne Pyne.James, RSVP Events Management cc, P.O. Box 1105, Cramerview 2060, South Africa

Vidéo Digest, Paris, France, October 30 - 31, 1998

Information: MEDI CONGRES, Phone ++33.1.47.22..90.79

5th International Brain Gut Society (IBGS) Biannual Meeting, Düsseldorf, Germany, November 1 - 4, 1998

Information: Dr. Paul Enck, Dept. of Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Infectiology, Heinrich-Heine-University Düsseldorf, Moorenstr. 5, 40225 Düsseldorf, Germany
Email: enck@uni-duesseldorf.de

Cairo ´98, IV Annual International Congress of the Egyptian Society of Gastrointestinal Endoscopy, Cairo, Egypt, November 2 - 5, 1998

at the El-Gezirah Sheraton Hotel, Cairo
Information: Alpha Medical Scientific Foundation, Dr. M. Naguib Amin, 53 El-Makrizy St., Roxy, P.O,Box 50, Ramses Center, Cairo, Egypt
Email:: alpha@medical.com.eg

III Valtakunnalliset Kansanterveyspäivät, Helsinki, Finland, November 3 - 4, 1998

Järjestäjät:
* Kansanterveyslaitos
* Sosiaali- ja Terveysministeriö
* Terveyden edistämisen keskus ry
Information: Kansanterveyslaitos, Marketta Taimi, Epidemiologian ja Terveyden Edistämisen Osasto, Mannerheimintie 166, 00300 Helsinki, Finland
Email: marketta.taimi@ktl.fi

XV Turun Lääketiedepäivät - Medicin i Åbo, Turku, Finland, November 3 - 5, 1998

Information: Marja Suominen, Duodecimin Turun toimisto, phone 02-241 0030

Biofeedback Treatment of Faecal Incontinence and Constipation in Adults, Harrow, UK, November 5, 1998

Information: Biofeedback Study Day
Physiology Unit
St Marks´s Hospital
Northwick Park
Watford Road
Harrow, Middlesex HA1 3UJ
UK
Email:

American Association for the Study of Liver Diseases 1998 Annual Meeting, Chicago, USA, November 6 - 10, 1998

Email: jsharkey@slackinc.com

Sairaalapäivät 1998, Mikkeli, Finland, November 10 - 11, 1998

"Osaaminen, tärkeintä sairauksien hoidossa". Information: TSG-Congress Oy, Kaisaniemenkatu 3 B 12, 00100 Helsinki, Finland
Email:info@tsgcongress.fi

Therapeutic Endoscopy and Minimally Invasive Surgery, Amsterdam, the Netherlands, November 12 - 13, 1998

Information: Helma Stockmann

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

Email: w.j.stockmann@amc.uva.nl

17. Kirurgipäivät, Tampere, Finland, November 12 - 13, 1998

Information: Ullamaija Kirjonen, PL 49, 00501 Helsinki

Minimally Invasive Surgery: a critical evaluation, Amsterdam, the Netherlands, November 13, 1998

Information: Helma Stockmann

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

Email: w.j.stockmann@amc.uva.nl

International Workshop on Advanced Endoscopy, Belgrade, Yugoslavia, November 13 - 14, 1998

Information: Prof. Mirko Bulajic, Institute for Digestive Diseases, University Clinical Centre, K. Todorovica 6, 11000 Belgrade, Yugoslavia

Endoscopic Ultrasonography Live 1998, Galveston, Texas, USA, November 13 - 15, 1998

Information: The University of Texas Medical Branch, Office of Continuing Education, 301 University Boulevard, Galveston, Texas 77555-1034, USA
Email: continuing.ed@utmb.edu

National Congress of Digestive Diseases Italian Gastroenterology Association, Milan, Italy, November 14 - 20, 1998

Information: Econ Congresi, Via della Moscova 16, 20121 Milan, Italy
Email: econsrl@tin.it

1998 International Complementary & Alternative Medicine Conference, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, November 14 - 18, 1998

By the Tzu Chi Institute for Complementary adn Alternative Medicine and the British Columbia College of Family Physicians
Information: 1998 International Complementary & Alternative Medicine Conference, #350-1665 West Broadway, Vancouver, BC, Canada, V6J 1X1
Email: bccfp@bc.sympatico.ca

Congresso Nazionale delle Malattie Digestive, Milano, Italy, November 14 - 19, 1998

Information: Econ S.r.l., Via della Moscova 16, 20121 Milano, Italy
Email: econsrl@tin.it

GASTRO ´98, Havana, Cuba, November 16 - 20, 1998

Information: Prof. Manuel Paniaqua, Institute of Gastroenterology, Hall 25503, Velado, Havana, Cuba

4th Russian Gastroenterology Week, Moscow, Russia, November 16 - 21, 1998

Information:Russian Gastroenterological Association, Pogodinskaya St. 5, 119435 Moscow, Russia

The Advanced Gastroenterology Course, London, UK, November 16 - 27, 1998

by the Centre for Professional Development
Information:
Centre for Professional Development
University College London
Whittington Campus
Highgate Hill
London N19 5NF
UK

Email: cpd@ucl.ac.uk

The European Course on Laparoscopic Surgery, Brussels, Belgium, November 17 - 20, 1998

Information: University Hospital Saint-Pierre, Brussels, Belgium

22nd Annual New York Course: Endoscopic Decision Making: Innovations and Issues, New York, USA, November 19 - 20, 1998

Sponsored by The New York University Medical Center and Postgraduate Medical School.
Crowne Plaza Manhattan Hotel.
Information: New York Society for Gastrointestinal Endoscopy, Florence Lefcourt, 30 First Avenue # 10 G, New York, NY 10009, USA

Annual Meeting of the Swiss Study Group of Coloproctology, Bern, Switzerland, November 21, 1998

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

Alimentary Disease Week 1998, Manila, Philippines, November 22 - 25, 1998

Information: PSG Secretariat
Philippine Society or Gastroenterology
Room 105, University of the East
Ramon Nagsatsay Memorial Medical Center
Aurora Blvd., Quezon City
Philippines
Email:

III Egyptian International and First Arab International Congress of Endoscopic Surgery, Cairo, Egypt, November 23 - 26, 1998

Information: Alpha Medical Scientific Foundation, Dr. M. Naguib Amin, 53 El-Makrizy St., Roxy, P.O,Box 50, Ramses Center, Cairo, Egypt

XVI Peruvian Congress of Gastroenterology & XI Peruvian Congress of Digestive Endoscopy, Lima, Peru, November 23 - 27, 1998

Information: Peruvian Gastroenterological Society, Juan de Aliaga 204, Magdalena Lima 17, Peru

25th Chilean Congress of Gastroenterology, Santiago, Chile, November 25 - 28, 1998

Email: schgastr@mcl.cl

Sisätautilääkäripäivät, Helsinki, Finland, November 27 - 28, 1998

by Suomen Sisätautilääkärien Yhdistys r.y., Föreningen för Invärtes Medicin i Finland r.f.
Information: Riitta Keinänen/Suomalainen Lääkäriseura Duodecim, Helsinki, Finland
Email: Riitta.Keinanen@duodecim.fi

Photo by Photomann

XIII International Workshop on Therapeutic Endoscopy, Hong Kong, December 1 - 3, 1998

Organized by the Chinese University of Hong Kong and the Hong Kong Society of Digestive Endoscopy.
Information: Ms. Claudia Mak, Endoscopy Centre, Prince of Wales Hospital, Shatin, NT, Hong Kong

1st International Congress: International Society of Prevention in Clinical Medicine, Budapest, Hungary, December 3 - 5, 1998

Information: The Congress Secretariatm Mrs Éva Törteli
Dept. of Surgery-Vascular Surgery
Uzsoki Teaching Hospital
29. Uzsoki Street
H-1145 Budapest
Hungary

Hepatiittipäivä, Espoo (Dipoli), Finland, December 4, 1998

Information: Suomen Infektiolääkärit ry/Duodecim, Pl 713, 00101 Helsinki

Hepatitis B and C: Carrier to Cancer, Asian Perspective, New Delhi, India, December 5 - 6, 1998

by the Indian Association for Study of the Liver
Information: Dr. S.K. Sarin
Room No. 201
Academic Block
G. B. Pant Hospital
New Delhi 110002
India

Advanced Training Course in Minimally Invasive Techniques in Pediatric Surgery, San Fransisco, USA, December 4 - 5, 1998

Information: UCSF Videoscopic Training Center, Department of Surgery, S-321 University of California, San Fransisco, CA 94143-0510, USA

11th European Intensive Course, SMIER, Digestive Endoscopy, Strasbourg, France, December 4 - 5, 1998

Information: M. Feuillade, 76 route du Polygone, 67100 Strasbourg, France

VIIIth International Seminar on the Treatment of Rheumatic Diseases, Tel Aviv and Tiberias, Israel, December 6 - 12, 1998

Including aspects of interest to the gastroenterology, and there are many connections between these two subspecialities
Information: The Secretariat
PO Box 9095
Ramat-Gan 52190
Israel
Email: mrgzur@ibm.net

The King´s Liver Disease Course, Silver Jubilee, London, UK, December 7 - 11, 1998

A celebration of 150 years of hepatology at King´s and the 50th anniversary of the founding of the National Health Service in the UK.
Information: Dr. Julia Wendon, King´s College Hospital and School of Medicine & Dentistry, Bessemer Road, London SE5 9 PJ, UK
Email: ian.mcfarlane"kcLac.uk

XVII International Workshop on Diagnostikc and Operative Endoscopy, December 10 - 11, 1998

Alma Clinic - Saint Lazare Hospital - Hilton Suffren Paris
A Jerdo Congress
Live demonstration:
* Endoluminal Surgery
* Interventional Radiology
* Laparoscopic Surgery
Debates:
* Peptic Oesophagitis
* Inflammatory Bowel Diseases
Quizzes:
* Biliary, pancreatic and digestive diseases
Lecture:
How to treat: Crohns disease
Email: mail@progress-image.com

Seventh International Meeting of Laparoendoscopic Surgeons, SLS Annual Meeting, Endo Expo ´98, San Diego, California, USA, December 10 - 12, 1998

A Society of Laparoscopic Surgeons Conference
Information: Society of Laparoendoscopic Surgeons
7330 SW 62nd Place, Suite 410
South Miami, FL 33143-4825
USA
Email: Conferences@SLS.org

6. Münchner Kurs Gastroenterologie und Endoscopie, München, Germany, December 11 - 12, 1998

Information: Kongress-sekretariat
GF-Publishers med. Red. GmbH
Ismaninger Strasse 19
81675 München
Germany
Email: