Symposium 1: Current Status of Gastric Cancer: From Prevention to Treatment

  • Dan Li Senior Physician and Gastroenterologist
    Kaiser Permanente Northern California
    USA
    Presentation title: Risk factors and preventive measures for gastric cancer
  • Woo Chul Chung Department of Internal Medicine
    St. Vincent Hospital
    The Catholic University of Korea
    Korea
    Presentation title: Early detection of gastric cancer
  • Hiroyuki Ono Endoscopy and GI Oncology Division
    Shizuoka Cancer Center Hospital
    Japan
    Presentation title: Current status of endoscopic treatment for early gastric cancer
  • Myeong-Cherl Kook Department of Pathology
    Center for Gastric Cancer
    National Cancer Center
    Korea
    Presentation title: Pathologic review of gastric cancer after endoscopic treatment

Symposium 2. Recent Advances in Gastrointestinal Microbiome and Gastric Carcinogenesis

  • Yoshio Yamaoka Department of Environmental and Preventive Medicine
    Oita University Faculty of Medicine
    Japan
    Medicine-Gastroenterology
    Baylor College of Medicine, USA
    Presentation title: Microbiome analysis for the diagnosis of H. pylori infection
  • Ming-Shiang Wu Department of Internal Medicine
    National Taiwan University
    Taiwan
    Presentation title: Interplay between H. pylori and gastrointestinal microbiome
  • Noel T. Mueller Department of Epidemiology
    Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health
    Johns Hopkins University
    USA
    Presentation title: Trends of microbiome research and role of gastrointestinal microbiome in human beings
  • Yong Chan Lee Department of Internal Medicine
    Yonsei University
    Korea
    Presentation title: Single-cell analysis of gastric pre-cancerous and cancer lesions

Symposium 3. Premalignant Conditions and Malignant Neoplasms of Esophagus

  • Xin Wang Department of Surgery
    The Chinese University of Hong Kong
    Hong Kong SAR, China
    Presentation title: Non-invasive liquid biopsy biomarkers for early detection of esophageal squamous cell carcinoma
  • Yang Won Min Department of Medicine, Samsung Medical Center
    Sungkyunkwan University
    Korea
    Presentation title: Superficial esophageal cancer: What to consider before and after endoscopic resection
  • Khek Yu Ho Centre for Innovation in Healthcare
    National University of Singapore
    Singapore
    Presentation title: Optimal management of Barrett's esophagus: Focusing on the prevention of adenocarcinoma
  • Yi Qin Department of Gastroenterology
    Digestive Disease and Surgery Institute
    Cleveland Clinic Foundation
    USA
    Presentation title: Trends of translational research on Barrett's esophagus

Symposium 4. Asian Forum: Recent Outstanding Research on H. pylori  and UGI disease

  • Jonathan W. J. Lee Gastroenterology and Hepatology
    Department of Medicine
    National University Hospital
    Singapore
    Presentation title: Intestinal metaplasia and risk of gastric cancer
  • Alfizah Hanafiah Dept. of Medical Microbiology & Immunology
    Faculty of Medicine
    The National University of Malaysia
    Malaysia
    Presentation title: Genotypic resistance of H. pylori
  • Muhammad Miftahussurur Department Internal Medicine
    Airlangga University
    Indonesia
    Presentation title: H. pylori diagnostic methods
  • Monthira Maneerattanaporn Division of Gastroenterology
    Department of Medicine
    Faculty of Medicine, Siriraj Hospital
    Mahidol University
    Thailand
    Presentation title: Medical management of GERD
  • Rakesh Kalapala Center for Obesity and Metabolic Therapy
    Asian Institute of Gastroenterology Hospital
    India
    Presentation title: Endoscopic management of GERD
  • Duc T. Quach Department of Internal Medicine
    University of Medicine and Pharmacy at Hochiminh City
    Vietnam
    Presentation title: Characteristics of GERD in Vietnam

Symposium 5: In-depth understanding of H. pylori

  • Scott M. Williams Departments of Population and Quantitative Health Sciences and Genetics and Genome Sciences
    Cleveland Institute for Computational Biology
    Case Western Reserve University
    USA
    Presentation title: Protective and deleterious effects of H. pylori infection in human health and disease
  • Su Youn Nam Kyungpook National University, School of Medicine
    Kyungpook National University Hospital
    Korea
    Presentation title: Link between H. pylori infection and metabolic disorders
  • Keith Wilson  Division of Gastroenterology, Hepatology, and Nutrition
    Vanderbilt University Medical Center
    USA
    Presentation title: Inflammation and immune responses during H. pylori infection and host interactions
  • David Y. Graham Digestive Disease Division, Department of Medicine
    Baylor College of Medicine
    USA
    Presentation title: Modern approach to the diagnosis and treatment of H. pylori infection

The 19th Korea-Japan Joint Symposium 1. Medical concerns and strategies in the era of active eradication for H. pylori  infection

  • Dae Young Cheung The Catholic Univ. of Korea College of Medicine
    Yeouido St. Mary’s Hospital
    Korea
    Presentation title: Screening, diagnosis and prevention of gastric cancer in the era of active H. pylori eradication
  • Masaaki Kodama Faculty of Welfare and Health Science
    Division of Endoscopy, Faculty of Medicine
    Oita University, Japan
    Presentation title: Characteristics of gastric cancer after H. pylori eradication differ from those of gastric cancer before eradication

The 19th Korea-Japan Joint Symposium 2. Recent trends of H. pylori  eradication treatment in Korea and Japan

  • Seong Woo Jeon Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology
    Kyungpook National University
    Korea
    Presentation title: Recent therapeutic strategy for
    H. pylori infection in Korea
  • Mitsushige Sugimoto Department of Gastroenterological Endoscopy
    Tokyo Medical University, Japan
    Presentation title: Evidence-based eradication strategy for H. pylori infection in Japan: Up-dated clinical guideline

The 19th Korea-Japan Joint Symposium 3. Recent advances in basic research on H. pylori  : Bench to bedside

  • Soo-Jeong Cho Division of Gastroenterology
    Department of Internal Medicine
    Seoul National University Hospital
    Korea
    Presentation title: Sex-differences in gastric carcinogenesis, in association with H. pylori
  • Chika Kusano Department of Gastroenterology
    Kitasato University School of Medicine
    Japan
    Presentation title: Aiming to establish a test and treat system for H. pylori infection among adolescents for preventing gastric cancer

Meet the Professor 1

  • Peter Malfertheiner Medical Department II
    LMU University Clinic
    Germany
    Presentation title: Concepts, dissemination and implementation strategies of Maastricht VI/Florence consensus report

Meet the Professor 2

  • Yoshio Yamaoka Department of Environmental and Preventive Medicine
    Oita University Faculty of Medicine, Japan
    Medicine-Gastroenterology, Baylor College of Medicine, USA
    Presentation title: Gastric microbiota and H. pylori in an Asian population