Official Organ of the European Society of Gastrointestinal Endoscopy (ESGE) and affiliated societies
Editor-In-Chief
Peter D. Siersema, The Netherlands
Co-Editors-in-Chief
Mário Dinis-Ribeiro, Portugal
Heiko Pohl, USA
Associated Editor
Thierry Ponchon, France
Co-Editors
Raf Bisschops, Belgium
Michael J. Bourke, Australia
Evelien Dekker, The Netherlands
Wai Yan Philip Chiu, Hong Kong
Mouen A. Khashab, USA
Klaus Mönkemüller, Germany
Maria Pellise, Spain
Marcin Polkowski, Poland
Social Media Editors
Ian Gralnek, Israel
Ioannis Papanikolaou, Greece
Managing Editor
Hilary Hamilton-Gibbs, Germany
Chief Copy Editor
Teresa Brady, UK
Editorial Assistant
Francoise Heidenreich, Germany
Elisabeth Honner, Germany
Statistical Advisors
Todd A. Mackenzie, USA
Kurt Ulm, Germany
Stefan Wagenpfeil, Germany
Advisory Board
Meinhard Classen, Germany
Joseph E. Geenen, USA
Glen Lehman, USA
Nib Soehendra, Germany
Hiroaki Suzuki, Japan
Guido N. J. Tytgat, The Netherlands
Former Editors
Meinhard Classen, Germany
Ludwig Demling †, Germany
Thomas Rösch, Germany
Editorial Board
Lars Aabakken, Norway
Seiichiro Abe, Japan
Joseph Anderson, USA
Miguel Areia, Portugal
Marianna Arvanitakis, Belgium
Amol Bapaye, India
Todd Baron, USA
Marc Barthet, France
Jacques Bergman, The Netherlands
Nick Burgess, Australia
Jeong-Sik Byeon, Korea
Anthoni Castells, Spain
Emmanuel Coron, France
Guido Costamagna, Italy
Pierre Deprez, Belgium
Jacques Devière, Belgium
Xavier Dray, France
Jean Marc Dumonceau, Argentina
James East, UK
Pietro Fusaroli, Italy
Begoña González-Suárez, Spain
Ian Gralnek, Israel
Cesare Hassan, Italy
David Hewett, UK
Øyvind Holme, Norway
Jeanin van Hooft, The Netherlands
Hajime Isomoto, Japan
Charles Kahi, USA
Michal Kaminski, Poland
Peter Klare, Germany
Arjun Koch, Netherlands
Alberto Larghi, Italy
James Lau, HK, China
Alexander Meining, Germany
Helmut Messmann, Germany
Alan Moss, Australia
Eduardo de Moura, Brazil
Bertrand Napoleon, France
Horst Neuhaus, Germany
Helmut Neumann, Germany
Ichiro Oda, Japan
Adolfo Parra-Blanco, UK
Oliver Pech, Germany
Julio Pereira-Lima, Brazil
Manuel Perez-Miranda, Spain
Massimiliano di Pietro, UK
Krish Ragunath, UK
Miguel Angel Ramirez Luna, Mexico
Jaroslaw Regula, Poland
Daniel von Renteln, Canada
Rungsum Rerknimitr, Thailand
Douglas Robertson, USA
Carla Rolanda, Portugal
Yutaka Saito, Japan
Dong-Wan Seo, Korea
Rajvinder Singh, Australia
Yoji Takeuchi, Japan
Ilaria Tarantino, Italy
Pier Alberto Testoni, Italy
Geoffroy Vanbiervliet, France
Michael Vieth, Germany
Ping-Hong Zhou, China
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European Society of Gastrointestinal Endoscopy (ESGE)
Governing Board:
Mário Dinis-Ribeiro, President (Portugal)
Thierry Ponchon, Past President (France)
Helmut Messmann, President Elect (Germany)
Ian M. Gralnek, Secretary General (Israel)
Cesare Hassan Treasurer (Italy)
Councillors:
Raf Bisschops (Belgium)
Jeanin van Hooft (The Netherlands)
Michael Kaminski (Poland)
Peter D. Siersema (The Netherlands)
Konstantinos Triantafyllou (Greece)
Maria Pellisé Urquiza (Spain)
George Webster (United Kingdom)
Committees:
Education Committee Chair:
Marianna Arvanitakis (Belgium)
Research Committee Chair:
Pradeep Bhandari (United Kingdom)
Quality Improvement Committee Chair:
Raf Bisschops (Belgium)
Guidelines Committee Chair:
Jeanin van Hooft (The Netherlands)
Secretariat:
European Society of Gastrointestinal Endoscopy (ESGE)
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