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Events
| IBD Interest Group Meeting - 7 December 2024 | ||||||||
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| IBD Interest Group Meeting - 16 November 2024 | ||||||||
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RecordingsDr Daniel Surridge Dr Dion Levin Dr Eduan Deetlefs> Dr Ernst Fredericksn Dr Neo Seabi Dr Simon Veenstra Dr Thania Khan Recording Prof Chris Kassianides Sr Karin Davidson | ||||||||
| Liver Interest Meeting to Liver Update Meeting (JHB) - 26 October 2024 | ||||||||
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Presentations 09h00 Liver meeting Guatrain Oct 2024 09h20 WHO HBV 2024 Guidelines Liver Update 2024 11h00 MASLD Why the need to change again 11h20 MASLD management 2024 11h40 Acute Alch Hep Liver Nov PP 12h00 Ethical aspects of Liver Transplantation 2024 13h00 Management of pnacreatitis - Waterfall 13h20 EUS vs ERCP 13h40 IgG4-Adam Mahomed 14h00 Presentation on chronic pancreatitis MASLD management 2024 Mark Sonderop |
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RecordingsDr Bilal Bobat Dr Mzamo Mbelle Prof Chris Kassianides Prof Chris Lundgren Prof John Devar Prof Wendy Spearman Prof Wendy Spearman | ||||||||
| 15th Fellows weekend 2024: 19 - 21 April 2024 | ||||||||
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| African Viral Hepatitis Convention: 16 - 18 May 2024 | ||||||||
RecordingsAVHC Press engagement |
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AVHC Session 12: Abstracts on Advocacy and Implementation AVHC Session 13: Advocacy for the Implementation of Viral Hepatitis Elimination Programmes AVHC Session 14: The Community and Patient Voice in Amplifying Viral Hepatitis: People living with Hepatitis B and C |
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| Liver Interest Group Meeting: 2 December, Vineyard Hotel, Cape Town | ||||||||
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Presentations 1 December 2023 MS Ad board talk Dec 2023 Obesity in Sub-Saharan Africa MASLD - Ove2 rview from sub-Saharan Africa Liver Update 2023 2 December 2023 Session 1 08h45 - 09h00 Prof Chris Kassianides - Liver interest group talk Dec 2023 09h00 - 09h25 Prof Mark Sonderup - MTCT 09h25 - 09h50 Prof Wendy Spearman Prevention of mother-to-child transmission of viral hepatitis. Final 09h50 - 10h15 Prof Anna Kramvis KramvisCapeTown02122023final 10h15 - 10h40 Penny Rose Treatment options for children with hepatitis B Session 2 11h40 - 12h05 Prof Ed Jonas - Hepatocellular carcinoma in pregnancy 12h05 - 12h30 Dr Rene Krause - Liver meeting (HBPA)_2023 |
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RecordingsWelcome - Prof Chris Prof Wendy Spearman Prof Mark Sonderup Prof Mark Heywood Prof Ed Jonas Prof Anna Kramvis Dr Rene Krause Dr Penelope Rose | ||||||||
| IBD and Endoscopy Update Meeting – 28 October, Vineyard Hotel, Cape Town | |||||
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| Friday 27 October | |||||
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| Saturday 28 October | |||||
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Recordings08h45 - Prof Chris Kassianides 09h05 - Prof Gill Watermeyer 09h30 - Dr Dion Levin 10h15 - Dr Vikash Lala 10h40 - Nasief van der Schyff 11h00 - Dr Eduan Deetlefs 12h00 - Dr Neo Seabi 12h20 - Prof Eduard Jonas 12h45 - Dr Daniel Surridge 13h10 - Dr Adam Boutall Closing - Dr Dion Levin | |||||
| ENDOSCOPY INTEREST GROUP: 10 June 2023 | |||||
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RecordingsSession 1 Session 2 |
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| 14th Gastro Foundation Weekend for Fellows: 17 - 19 March 2023 | |||
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| Liver Interest Meeting: 3 December 2022 | |
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RecordingsDr Abdullah Ely Dr Bilal Bobat Dr Liz Gatley Dr Michael Reid Dr Nisha Naka Dr Sandy Mosenye Dr Sarah Berkenfeld Dr Surita Meldau Prof Chris Kassianides Prof Mark Sonderup Prof Wendy Spearman Prof Wendy Spearman (CLOSE) |
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| IBD Interest meeting: 29 October 2022 | |
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| Intestinal and Hepatology Ultrasound Meeting 29 and 30 July 2022 | |||||
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| Fellows Meeting: 25 - 27 March 2022 | |||||||||||
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Main MeetingFriday Saturday Part 1 Saturday Part 2 Sunday HPBFriday Saturday Part 1 Saturday Part 2 ColorectalSaturday
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| Patient Blood Management Guidelines Meeting: 26 February 2022 | |||||||||||
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| Liver Interest Group Meeting: 27 November 2021 | |
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Liver interest Meeting - Part 1 Liver interest Meeting - Part 2 Liver interest Meeting - Part 2 |
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Liver interest Meeting - Part 1
Liver interest Meeting - Part 2
| IBD Interest Group JHB: 16 October 2021 | |
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 2021 faculty spier |
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| 12th Gastro Foundation Weekend for Fellows: 3 - 5 September 2021 | |
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 2021 faculty spier |
 2021 fellows tygerberg |
 2021 fellows uct |
 2021 fellows wits |
 2021 spier fellows full group |
Day 1 Recordings
Dr Adam Boutall
Prof Chris Kassianides
Prof Mark Sonderup
Prof Gill Watermeyer
Dr Dion Levin
Dr Bilal Bobat
Dr Tim Forgan
Prof Eduard Jonas
Prof Sandie Thomson & Prof Jacke Krige
Day 2 Recordings
Dr Leo Katsidzira
Prof Jake Krige
Prof Mashiko Setshedi
Dr Bilal Bobat & Prof Mark Sonderup
Prof Gill Watermeyer
Prof Reid Ally
Dr Bilal Bobat & Prof Mark Sonderup & Prof Wendy Spearman
Prof Gill Watermeryer
Dr Dion Levin
Day 3 Recordings
Dr Galya Chinnery
Prof Wendy Spearman & Prof Mashiko Setshedi & Prof Cathryn Edwards
Prof Sally Candy
Dr Bilal Bobat & Closing
| Patient Blood Management - 12 June 2021 | |
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PBM Recording Sessions
Dr Caroline Hilton - The ethics of treating a patient who declines blood transfusions (and closing)
Dr Claire Barrett - Iron deficiency in the elderly
Dr Eduan Deetlefs - GI work-up of unexplained iron deficiency – finding the source
Dr Rob Wise & Dr Matthew Gibbs - South African perioperative PBM guidelines and a case-based application
Prof Axel Hofmann - PBM – health economics
Prof Vernon Louw - Iron deficiency diagnosis and treatment
Prof Vernon Louw - Iron deficiency in pregnancy and cognitive impact on newborn, infant and adolescent
Sr Karin Davidson - Setting up and running an IV iron clinic – do's and don'ts
Welcome and Axel Hofman (PBM – a global perspective)
| IBD Interest Group Meeting - 5 December 2020 | |
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| Liver Interest meeting 2020 - 28 November 2020 | |
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Please note that this is the only session recording available from the Liver Interest Meeting 2020. Unfortunately there was a technical issue and the other sessions were lost. We apologise for the quality of the recording. Click here to download the invite Click here to download the Programme |
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| SAGES & ENDO Virtual - 6 - 13 August 2020 | |
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| Recordings of the Presentations:Click on the autologin portal link below to access the portal and please use chrome or safari as a browser OnAIR Virtual Event Portal |
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| Spier Fellows weekend 2020 - 17 - 19 January 2020 | |
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- Chronic Nausea and Vomiting - Bilal Bobat
- Error, disclosure & the disgruntled patient - Anthony Beetons
- Hilar cholangiocarcinoma - Eduard Jonas
- Management of synchronous colorectal cancer liver metastases - Eduard Jonas
- PBM AF - Antony Beeton
- Pregnancy and Liver DISEASE - Bilal Bobat
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| Liver Interest Group Meeting - 30 November 2019 | |
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| Patient Blood Management - 28 September 2019 | |
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| IAP Congress 2019 | |
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| Solly Marks Visiting Professor | ||
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| IBD Interest Group Meeting - 8 June 2019 | |
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- Case Study. Dr Tendai Machiridza
- Common miskates in management of Chron's disease. Dr Eduan Deetlefs
- How to optimise an IBD patient for surgery Dr Daniel Surridge
- IBD in SSA. Prof Mashiko Setshedi
- The role of Pathology in Diagnosis and Disease Monitoring - Prof Olusegun Ojo
- Case Presentation - Dr Omolade Adegoke
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| Acute Liver Failure - 11 May 2019 | |
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- Paediatric Acute Liver Failure - Dr Tim de Maayer
- The ABC of ABO incompatible liver transplant - Prof Graham Paget
- Acute alcoholic hepatitis - Prof Eduard Jonas
- Bridge Therapies auxillary grafts to MARS - Dr Sharran Rambarran
- Paediatric Acute Liver Failure - Dr Tim de Maayer
- Psychological care of the survivors - Dr Greg Jonsson
- What to do when time is running out - Prof Jean Botha
- Acute on Chronic Liver Failure - Dr Bilal Bobat
- ALF a primer - Adam Mahomed
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| Patient Blood Management: 2 March 2019 | |
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- Misconceptions in Iron deficiency & treatments: Dr Anthony Beeton
- Patient Blood Management Strategy for South Africa: Dr Jackie Thomson
- South Africa’s Maternal deaths form PPH: an ethical calamity: Prof Chris Lundgren
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| Spier Fellows Meeting: 1 – 3 February 2019 | |
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- Intestinal immunology
- Practical Diagnostic Approach to Chronic Diarrhoea - Mashiko Setshedi
- Case Presentation - Dr David Epstein
- The Medical Management of Chronic Pancreatitis - Dr Gill Watermeyer
- Dyspepsia - Reidwaan Ally
- Chronic Constipation - Gill Watermeyer
- An approach to NETS - Jose Ramos
- Foreign bodies & chemical burns of the oesophagus - Prof Gerhard Rogler
- Treat to Target in IBD - Prof Gerhard Rogler
- Severe Crohns disease - Prof Gerhard Rogler
- TDM and serology in IBD - Prof Gerhard Rogler
- Conventional therapy in IBD - Prof Gerhard Rogler
- Treatment algorithm for Crohns
- Treatment algorithm for Ulceraive Colitis
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| 9th LIVER INTEREST GROUP: 24 November 2018 | |
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- Autoimmune and cholestic liver diseases - Prof Tom Karlsen
- Living donor liver transplant - Dr Jerome Loveland
- Nutrition in Liver Disease - Marike Bauermeister
- Portal hypertensionform early cirrhosis to decmpensated liver disease - Prof Massimo Pizani
- Project Echo SSA 2018 - Prof Wendy Spearman
- HCC guidance - Eduard Jonas
- A long winded tale of jaundice patient - Dr Neliswa Gogela
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| IBD Interest Group Meeting - Cape Town 27 October 2018 | |
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| Presentation of SAMJ Festschrift to Michael Kew at Department of Medicine, UCT Research Day 2018 | |
 Mashiko Setshedi, Wendy Spearman, Michael Kew, Chris Kassianides, Ntobeko Ntusi, Mark Sonderup, Raymond Chung, Neliswa Gogela, Sandie Thomson |
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| Best of ASGE at SAGES 2018: 8 - 11 August 2018 | |
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| Twilight Symposium - 8 August 2018 | |
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| IBD Interest Group Meeting: Johannesburg 19 May 2018 | |
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| 9th Gastro Foundation Weekend for Fellows | |
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| Sudanese Society of Gastroenterology 6th International conference, January 2018 | |
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| 8th Liver Interest Group Meeting 2017 | |
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Saturday 2 December 2017 08:30 – 15:30 Vineyard Hotel, Cape Town Click here to download Programme |
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| Inflammatory Bowel Disease CPT 2017 | |
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| Best of EASL 2017: Ghana | |
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| Best of UEG Week at ASSA SAGES 2017 | |
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| AMAGE 2017 | |
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| Liver 2016 | |
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Endoscopy Workshop
Ethiopia 2016
- Strategies to combat liver diseases
- Practical Approach to Patient with Liver Disease
- Non-Alcoholic Fatty Liver Disease (NAFLD)
- EASL-EASD-EASO Clinical Practice Guidelines for the management and treatment of NAFLD
- Alcoholic Liver Disease - New Development Alcoholic Liver Disease
- HBV/HIV Co-infection in sub-Saharan Africa
- Towards the Elimination of Hepatitis B : Challenges in implementing the WHO vision by 2030
- Current and future approaches for the treatment of HBV
- hepatitis C Therapeutic Option in Africa
- HCV Infection: EASL Clinical Practice Guidelines 2016
- Case for Discussion
- Non Invasive Evaluation of Disease Progression in Chronic Liver Diseases
- The Need of a neww Pathophysiological Classification of Cirrhosis
- New Trends in the Screening, Diagnosis and Treatment of Hepatocellular Carcinomes
- Case presentation
| Paediatric IBD meeting with Dr Sanja Kolacek - 27 August 2016 - Presentations | |
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| SAGES 2016 : 5 - 8 August 2016 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Liver Interest Group
5 December 2015
Presentations:
- Gut-Liver Axis in Alcoholic Liver DiseaseProfessor Gyongyi Szabo
- How Does the NASH Patient Present?Dr Mashiko!Setshedi!
- NAFLD/NASH in Sub-Saharan AfricaDr Corné Kruger
- 53 yo man with CTP-A cirrhosis (G4)
- Planting Problems Dr Bilal Bobat
- DIY Hepatitis C therapyDr Mark Sonderup
- Hepatitis B Virus Infection in Africa - no room for complacencyProfessor Anna Kramvis
- Alcoholic Liver Disease in sub-Saharan Africa - Overview of EpidemiologyProfessor Olufunmilayo Lesi
- AASLD President’s Press ConferenceProfessor Gyongyi Szabo
- Management of alcoholic hepatitis:Implications for options beyond the STOPAH studyProfessor Gyongyi Szabo
- Key Aspects of Diagnosing Alcoholic HepatitisMark Sonderup
- Paediatric Non-Alcoholic Fatty Liver Disease (NAFLD)Professor CWN Spearman
- Case Presentation
IBD & Paediatric Gastroenterology
12 September 2015
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Presentation:
- Click here to download the Feast or Famine by Dr Etienne Nel Presentation
Best of EASL - Africa
8 August 2015
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Gastro Foundation Weekend for Fellows 2015
30 January – 1 February 2015
- Trans-Mural Endoscopy - Paul Fockens
- Pancreatic fluid collections – when (not) to treat - Paul Fockens
- Management of Iatrogenic Perforations - Paul Fockens
- Colonoscopic Polypectomy - Tips & Tricks - Paul Fockens
5th Liver Interest Group
29 November 2014
- Should we vaccinate for Hepatitis A (HAV) in Africa - Dr Ben Kagina
- Universal HBV Vaccine in Africa - Professor Wendy Spearman
- How far are we from a vaccine for hepatitis - Dr Diana Hardie
- Complications Hepatitis a infection - Dr Debbie Maughan
- HEV in Africa what we know and - Dr Monique Andersson
- How I treat a 30 yr old with HBeAg Negative CHB infection - Dr Mashiko Setshedi
- BCP core promoter and pre core (PC) mutations - Dr Heidi Smuts
- Managing CHB infection - Dr Monique Andersson
- How I Treat a 19 year old man with HBeAg positive CHB infection - Professor Wendy Spearman
- Is delta viris an issue in Africa - Dr Stephen Korsman
- The final days of Interferon for Hepatitis C - Dr Mark Sonderup
2nd AGA Post Graduate Course held in South Africa
Top 10 "Take Home" points to bring back to your Patients
Click here to view AGA 10 Tips Booklet 2013
Reflux journal articles (Presentations)
- Best Practice & Research Clinical Gastroenterology
- Reflux Monitoring: On or Off Therapy?
- Laryngopharyngeal reflux: More questions than answers
- A Review of the Diagnosis and Management of Reflux Disease: Toward Creating a Clinical Protocol for the Otolaryngologist
- Proton Pump Inhibitor Therapy Improves Symptoms in Postnasal Drainage
- Proton Pump Inhibitor Therapy for Suspected GERD-Related Chronic Laryngitis: A Meta-Analysis of Randomized Controlled Trails
- Evaluation of Patients with Suspected Laryngopharyngeal Reflux: A Practical Approach
- Extraesophageal manifestations of gastroesophageal reflux disease: real or imagined?
- Dilated intercellular space in chronic laryngitis and gastro-oesophageal reflux disease: at baseline and post-lansoprazole therapy
- The Diagnosis of Gastroesophageal Reflux Disease
Obscure GI Bleeding Breakfast
Presentations:
- Obscure GI bleeding: Capsula endoscopy and double bouble ballon enteroscopy - Eduan Deetlefs
- Obscured Gastrointestinal bleeding: Occult and overt - DR KE Pettengell
- Iron Replacement Therapy - Dr Kay Karlsson
- Legal framework of substitution & Liability - Elsabe Klinck
Best of the 2012 AGA Spring Post Graduate Course
Presentations:
- Refractory Heartburn: When PPIs fail to soothe the burnSpeaker: Ronnie Fass
- Eosinophilic oesophagitis: all that burns is not GERDSpeaker: Ronnie Fass
- Immunomodulators and biologics in IBD: Speaker: Maria Abreu
- Management of post operative recurrence in IBD: Speaker: Maria Abreu
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