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1st Annual Amsterdam Live Endoscopy Course
Now offering reduced fee to ESGE Individual Members

Attend the first Amsterdam Live Endoscopy Course

The Academic Medical Center has a huge experience in Endoscopy Live Demonstrations since 1989. In 2007 it will stage the first in a future annual series of new live endoscopy courses. On December 17 & 18 2007 it will take place in the prestigious Okura Conference Center in Amsterdam.

Event topics
ERCP, EMR, DBE, Colonoscopy, EUS, EPT, Cystdrainage, FNA, VCE, Stenting, ESD, Polypectomy

The emphasis during the course will be on live demonstrations, transmitted from the endoscopy rooms at the Academic Medical Center. The focus will be on state-of-the-art advanced therapeutic endoscopy, mixed with some recent developments. At the end of day 1 and start of day 2 participants will have the opportunity to gather in small groups for specialized teaching sessions with the guest faculty. Together with the local faculty, doctors and nurses, this event promises to provide top-class postgraduate education.

Guest Faculty Members
Todd Baron (USA)
Guido Costamagna (Italy)
Jacques Deviére (Belgium)
Greg Haber (USA)
Horst Neuhaus (Germany)
Thierry Ponchon (France)
Brian Saunders (UK)
Peter Siersema (The Netherlands)
Hironori Yamamoto (Japan)

Registration is now ongoing. Registration before October 1, 2007 is reduced in all categories.

Registration fees
Physicians
Before Oct. 1, 2007 € 375After Oct. 1, 2007 € 475
Individual ESGE members
Before Oct. 1, 2007 € 300
(early registration only)
Trainees*
Before Oct. 1, 2007 € 225
After Oct. 1, 2007 € 325
Nurses
Before Oct. 1, 2007 € 175
After Oct. 1, 2007 € 275
Break-out session
€ 50 per session
All fees include 19 % vat

* All trainees must enclose a letter from their program director.

The registration fee includes all conference materials, participants' reception, lunches and refreshments.

Information
For all information including registration and hotel bookings, please contact:
European Postgraduate Gastro-surgical School, Academic Medical Center
Joy Goedkoop, managing director
PO Box 22700
NL-1100 DE Amsterdam
Phone [phone]
Fax [phone]
[e-mail]

Accreditation:
Accreditation has been requested from the United European Medical Specialists organisation and from the Dutch societies of Gastroenterology, Internal Medicine and Surgery.

Fee Reduction for ESGE Individual Members

The 1^st Annual Amsterdam Live Endoscopy Course is a Category C event taking place under the patronage of the ESGE, and the ESGE is happy to announce that there is a 20% reduction for all ESGE Individual Members registering before October 1, 2007. Members will be requested to submit their member ID number.

ESGE Individual membership is open to physicians (or trainees) with formal training in gastroenterology, surgery or internal medicine, who wish to benefit and also to contribute to the Society's purpose to promote good endoscopy.

For more information on individual membership and to apply online please visit the ESGE website at www.esge.com

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