Scientific Program

Thursday, April 17, 2025
08:30 – 12:00 Broadcast with Live Endoscopy Cases
Session Chairs: Sabahattin Kaymakoğlu, Fatih Beşışık, Kadir Demir
Endoscopists: Manuel Piraz Miranda (Spain), Filiz Akyüz, Aslı Çifcibaşı Örmeci, Bilger Çavuş
Table 1 - EUS
Table 2 - Cholangioscopy
Table 3 - ESD
12:00 – 12:45 Lunch
12:45 – 13:00 OPENING
13:00 – 14:30 SESSION I
Session Chairs: Rauf Sezer, Zeynel Mungan, Sadakat Özdil
13:00 – 13:20 Dysphagia: diagnostic approach and treatment Filiz Akyüz
13:20 – 13:40 GERD: innovations in diagnosis and treatment Fatih Beşışık
13:40 – 14:00 Non-reflux esophagitis: eosinophilic, viral, drug and radiation Celal Ulaşoğlu
14:00 – 14:20 Gastric premalignant lesions: from endoscopic follow-up to treatment Şule Poturoğlu
14:20 – 14:30 Discussion
14:30- 16:00 SESSION II
Session Chairs: Atilla Ökten, Nurdan Tözün, Yılmaz Çakaloğlu
14:30 – 14:50 Chronic hepatitis B Aslı Çifcibaşı Örmeci
14:50 – 15:10 Chronic hepatitis C and D Sabahattin Kaymakoğlu
15:10 – 15:30 Otoimmun hepatit Fatih Beşışık
15:30 – 15:40 Case I: Chronic hepatitis B Pelin Telli
15:40 – 15:50 Case II: Autoimmune hepatitis Asım Kurbanov
15:50 – 16:00 Discussion
16:00 – 16:30 Coffee Break  
16:30 – 17:15 Satellite Symposia – I
Rapid and High Remission with Remsima in Inflammatory Bowel Diseases
Speakers: Sabahattin Kaymakoğlu, Aslı Çifcibaşı Örmeci
17:15 – 18:45 SESSION III
Session Chairs: Güngör Boztaş, Kürşad Türkdoğan
17:15 – 17:35 PBC and PSC Zülal İstemihan
17:35 – 17:55 Steatotic liver disease associated with metabolic dysfunction Kadir Demir
17:55 – 18:15 Alcohol-associated liver disease Aslı Çifcibaşı Örmeci
18:15 – 18:25 Case II: PBC Aynure Rüstemzade
18:25 – 18:35 Case IV: Alcohol-associated hepatitis Sezen Genç Uluçeçen
18:35 – 18:45 Discussion
Friday, April 18, 2025
07:30 – 08:30 Hall I: FibroScan Course
Course Moderators: Aslı Çifcibaşı Örmeci, Bilger Çavuş
Course Instructors: Sezen Genç Uluçeçen, Aynure Rüstemzade, Gizem Dağcı, Akif Yağlı
07:30 – 08:30 Hall II: Capsule Endoscopy Course
Course Moderator: Filiz Akyüz
Course Instructors: Aslı Çifçibaşı Örmeci, Bilger Çavuş
07:30 – 08:30 Hall III: Intestinal USG Applications
Course Moderator: Filiz Akyüz
Course Instructors: Aslı Çifçibaşı Örmeci, Bilger Çavuş
Kurslara katılım 20 kişi ile sınırlıdır. Başvuru için: https://form.jotform.com/250613623108044
08:30 – 09:30 SESSION IV
Session Chairs: Duygu İbrişim, Alp Atasoy
08:30 – 08:50 Functional bowel disease Levent Erdem
08:50 – 09:10 Approach to dyspepsia Kadir Demir
09:10 – 09:30 Celiac and non-celiac gluten sensitivity Dinç Dinçer
09:30 – 10:15 Satellite Symposia - 2
Hepatit B’de Yeni Ufuklar: Reaktivasyondan Monitörizasyona

Konuşmacılar: Sabahattin Kaymakoğlu, Bilger Çavuş
HBV Reaktivasyonu: Riskler, Yeni SUT Değişiklikleri ve Genişleyen Endikasyonlar HBV Tedavisinde Monitörizasyon: Doğru Takip, Etkili Yönetim
10:15 – 10:45 Coffee Break
10:45 – 12:25 SESSION V
Session Chairs: Türker Bulut, Aslı Çifcibaşı Örmeci
10:45 – 11:05 Radiologic imaging in IBD: both diagnosis and prognosis Arzu Poyanlı
11:05 – 11:25 Advanced Therapies in IBD: Get to know the players Filiz Akyüz
11:25 – 11:45 Refractory Crohn's Fatih Beşışık
11:45 – 12:05 Refractory Ulcerative Colitis Sabahattin Kaymakoğlu
12:05 – 12:15 Case V: Upadasinitib - Zona Akif Yağlı
12:15 – 12:25 Discussion
12:25- 12:45 SÖZLÜ BİLDİRİLER
Oturum Başkanları: Aslı Örmeci, Bilger Çavuş
12:25- 12:35 Covid 19 enfeksyonunda hepatit b reaktivasyonunun değerlendirilmesi Oğuz Atar
12:35- 12:45 Çocuklarda hipersplenizm ve varis kanamasında parsiyel splenik arter embolizasyonun etkinliği Günsel Kutluk
12:45- 13:25 Lunch
13:25 – 14:35 SESSION VI 
Session Chairs: Ahmet Faruk Ağan, Bilger Çavuş
13:25 – 13:45 Diagnosis of liver cirrhosis: Clinician's job gets easier Sabahattin Kaymakoğlu
13:45 – 14:05 Portal hypertension; diagnostic subtleties and anti-portal hypertensive treatments from nonsirotic porto-sinusoidal vascular disease to cirrhotic Bilger Çavuş
14:05 – 14:25 Hepatic venous outflow obstructions Volkan Şenkal
14:25 – 14:35 Discussion
14:35 – 15:55 SESSION VII 
Session Chairs: İlyas Tuncer, Aysun Yakut
14:35 – 14:55 Wilson's disease Kadir Demir
14:55 – 15:15 Portal vein thrombosis: from diagnostic evaluation to treatment in cirrhotic-nonsirotic setting Özlem Mutluay Soyer
15:15 – 15:35 Fibropolycystic liver diseases Ahmet Uyanıkoğlu
15:35 – 15:45 Case VI: Obscure gastrointestinal bleeding Besim Fazıl Ağargün
15:45 – 15:55 Discussion
15:55 – 16:40
Satellite Symposia – III
RINVOQ for the Treatment of Inflammatory Bowel Disease
Moderator: Filiz Akyüz
Speakers: Şule Poturoğlu & Dinç Dinçer
16:40 – 17:10
Coffee Break
17:10 – 18:50 SESSION VIII
Session Chair: Fatih Beşışık, Filiz Akyüz
17:10 – 17:30 Expectations from the pathologist in IBD: diagnosis, histologic remission-activation, CMV colitis, dysplasia Melek Büyük
17:30 – 17:50 Prognostic evaluations in IBD Bilger Çavuş
17:50 – 18:10 Surgery in IBD: the most important decision is timing Metin Keskin
18:10 – 18:20 Case VII: Fibrostenotic Crohn's Gizem Dağcı
18:20 – 18:30 Case VIII: Refractory ulcerative colitis Aynure Rüstemzade
18:30 – 18:40 Case IX: Biologically refractory Crohn's Pelin Telli
18:40 – 18:50 Discussion
Saturday, April 19, 2025
07:30 – 08:30 Hall I: FibroScan Course
Course Moderators: Aslı Çifcibaşı Örmeci, Bilger Çavuş
Course Instructors: Sezen Genç Uluçeçen, Aynure Rüstemzade, Gizem Dağcı, Akif Yağlı
07:30 – 08:30 Hall II: Capsule Endoscopy Course
Course Moderator: Filiz Akyüz
Course Instructors: Aslı Çifcibaşı Örmeci, Bilger Çavuş
07:30 – 08:30 Hall III: Intestinal USG Applications
Course Moderator: Filiz Akyüz
Course Instructors: Aynure Rüstemzade, Sezen Genç Uluçeçen
Kurslara katılım 20 kişi ile sınırlıdır. Başvuru için: https://form.jotform.com/250613623108044
08:30 – 10:30 SESSION IX
Session Chairs: Kadir Demir, Sami Evirgen
08:30 – 08:50 Acute pancreatitis: follow-up strategies from recurrent to necrotizing Kaan Gök
08:50 – 09:10 Chronic pancreatitis and pancreatic exocrine insufficiency, do not miss it! Emel Ahıshalı
09:10 – 09:30 Cystic diseases of the pancreas: very frequent and complex Filiz Akyüz
09:30 – 09:50 Let's invite the patient for colonoscopy; difficult polypectomies, rules of biopsy taking and repetitions Bilger Çavuş
09:50 – 10:10 This patient needs EUS! Aslı Çifcibaşı Örmeci
10:10 – 10:20 Case X: A case of EUS cyst aspiration leading to diagnosis and surgery Sezen Genç Uluçeçen
10:20 – 10:30 Discussion
10:30 – 11:00 Coffee Break
11:00 – 13:20 SESSION X
Session Chairs: Sabahattin Kaymakoğlu, Yaman Tekant
11:00 – 11:20 From HCC diagnosis to leukoregional therapy: Collaborating well with radiology Arzu Poyanlı
11:20 – 11:40 HCC: when to perform surgical resection, when to perform transplantation Feza Ekiz
11:40 – 12:00 Benign and malignant biliary strictures: principles of diagnosis and treatment Kürşad Serin
12:00 – 12:20 Acid control and acute kidney injury in liver cirrhosis Binnur Pınarbaşı Şimşek
12:20 – 12:40 Hepatic encephalopathy; approach in acute liver failure and chronic liver failure Bilger Çavuş
12:40 – 12:50 Case XI: Case with HCC Akif Yağlı
12:50 – 13:00 Case XII: A case with SBP-HE and HRS Asım Kurbanov
13:00 – 13:10 Case XIII: Acute liver failure on chronic setting due to HBV drug discontinuation Gizem Dağcı
13:10 – 13:20 Rational Drug Use: interactive discussion on PPIs Sezen Genç Uluçeçen
13:20 – 13:30 CLOSING