09:00 – 09:20 Opening ceremony 

Session 1. Gastroduodenal ulcer

Moderators: Ionescu Daniela, Seicean Andrada, Moustafa Elshafei

09:20 – 09:35 Gastroscopy: The surgeons & gastroenterologist perspective – Moustafa Elshafei

09:35 – 09:50 Gastroduodenal ulcer – diagnosis and management guidelines – Lidia Munteanu

09:50 – 10:05 Hemorrhagic gastroduodenal ulcer – endoscopic treatment – Cristina Pojoga

10:05 – 10:20 Hemorrhagic gastroduodenal ulcer – surgical treatment – Daniel Solomon

10:20 – 10:35 Perforated gastric ulcer – Calin Popa

10:35 – 10:50 Perioperative care in perforated gastric ulcer – Daniela Ionescu

10:50 – 11:10 Coffee break

Session 2. Benign Gastric Tumors

Moderators: Dindelegan George , Theodorou Dimitrios, Cristina Petrișor

11:30 – 11:50 Preoperative optimisation before gastric resection – Cristina Petrișor

11:50 – 12:10 Pathology of gastric tumors – Roxana Sechel

12:10 – 12:30 Guidelines in the diagnosis of benign gastric tumours. The role of ultrasound endoscopy  – Andrada Seicean

 12:30 – 12:50 Endoscopic treatment of benign gastric tumors – Voicu Mercea

12:50 – 13:10 Surgical treatment of benign gastric tumors – Doina Fosa

13:10 – 13:20 Coffee break

Session 3. GIST

Moderators: Bonavina Luigi, Hoara Petre, Sipitco Natalia

13:20 – 13:40 Gastric GIST: Diagnosis – Voicu Rednic

13:40 – 14:00 Endoscopic treatment GIST – Marcel Tanțău

13:00 – 14:20 Surgical treatment of GIST –  Vasile Bințințan

14:20 – 14:40 Adjuvant treatment in GIST – Radu Vidra

14:40 – 15:00 Gastric GIST follow-up. Future directions based on mutational analysis in GIST – Mircea Gheorghe

15:00 – 15:10 Closing remarks

Session 4. Gastric cancer 1

Moderators: Al Hajjar Nadim , Cainap Calin , Theodorou Dimitrios

09:00 – 09:20 Diagnosis, classification and preoperative workup for esophagogastric junction cancer – Stamatina Triantafyllou

09:20 – 09:40 Treatment guidelines – esophagogastric junction cancers – Alberto Aiolfi

09:40 – 10:00 Oncologic treatment on esophagogastric adenocarcinoma – Călin Căinap

10:00 – 10:20 Surgical treatment of esophagogastric junction cancers – Dimitrios Theodorou

10:20 – 10:40 Controversies in esophagogastric junction cancer treatment – Luigi Bonavina

10:40 – 11:00 Coffee break 

Session 5. Gastric cancer 2

Moderators: Puia Cosmin , Moustafa Elshafei, Ciuleanu Tudor

11:00 – 11:20 Radiotherapy in esophagogastric adenocarcinoma – Renata Zahu 

11:20 – 11:40 Oncologic treatment in locally advanced and metastatic esophagogastric adenocarcinoma – Tudor Ciuleanu

11:40 – 11:00 Laparoscopic Total Gastrectomy – Dimitrios Theodorou

12:00 – 12:20 Laparoscopic Distal Gastrectomy – Moustafa Elshafei

12:20 – 12:40 The robotic approach to gastrectomy – Shlomi Rayman

12:40 – 13:00 Lymphadenectomy for gastric adenocarcinoma – Petre Hoară

13:00 – 13:20 Coffee break

Session 6. Gastric cancer 3

Moderators: Bonavina Luigi, Popa Calin , Aiolfi Alberto

13:20 – 13:40 Laparoscopy for staging in gastric cancer  –  Vasile Bințințan

13:40 – 14:00 Palliation surgery in gastric adenocarcinoma – Daniel Solomon

14:00 – 14:20 Endoscopic management of postoperative complications – Alberto Aiolfi

14:20– 14:40 Surgical management of postoperative complications in gastric adenocarcinoma – Petre Hoară 

14:40– 15:00 Neuroendocrine tumors – zebras of the cancer world. Gastric NETS – Angela Părău

15:00 – 15:10 Closing remarks

09:00 – 15:00 Hands-on workshop

• 4 workstations
• 12 participants