The final program of the congress is available below.

The event was credited by EACCME® with 14 CME credits!

The event was credited by the Order of Nurses and Midwives from Romania with 10 CME credits!

Thursday, June 2

08.00-08.30

Registration

08.30-08.50

Introduction

C. De Angelis, P. Deprez, C. Gheorghe, A. Saftoiu, A. Seicean

08.50-09.30

LINEAR EUS Anatomy / Focal and diffuse autoimmune pancreatitis: the EUS approach

L. Palazzo

09.30-11.00

Live session 1

Moderators: L. Palazzo, C. Gheorghe, Manu Nayar, Tatiana Silina

11.00-11.30

Break

11.30-11.45

Detection and staging in pancreatic solid tumors: the role of EUS versus CT scan and MRI

L. Czako

11.45-12.00

EUS tissue acquisition tips and tricks (needles, technical issues,specimen handling):

C. Gheorghe

12.00-13.30

Live session 2 

Moderators: M. Barthet, R. Gincul, M. El-Nady, L. Czako, M. Jinga

13.30-14.30

Lunch

Satellite symposium: Technical  aspects of contrast enhancement  and elastography in EUS

Rolf Ball-Olympus

14.30-14:45

New developments in EUS imaging of solid pancreatic masses

P. Fusaroli

14:45-15:00

Algorithm of  diagnosis in cystic pancreatic lesions
A. Saftoiu

15.00-16.30

Live session 3 

Moderators: P. Arcidiacono, B. Napoleon, C. Kalayci, S. Lopes, M. Ilie

16.30-17:00

Break

16.45-17.45

Video and free communication session

C. De Angelis, P. Deprez, M. Tadic, M. Soria, L. Vandeputte, O. Mosteanu

17.45-18.00

EGEUS General Assembly

P. Deprez, C. De Angelis

19.00-23.00

Congress Dinner

Chios Restaurant (Central Park, Cluj-Napoca)

Friday, June 3

09.00-09.30

Tandem talk debate: indications for plastic stents or LAMS in pancreatic fluid  collections, and how to avoid AE 

J. van Hooft/A. Seicean

09.30-11.00

Live session 4 

Moderators: P. Deprez, J. Iglesias Garcia, J. van Hooft, M. Ciocirlan

11.00-11.30

Break

11.30-11.45

Ampullary adenoma: the place of EUS

P. Fockens

11.45-12.00

Biliary and gallbladder EUS guided drainage
I. Tarantino

12.00-13.30

Live session 5 

Moderators: M. Kida, M. Rimbas, P. Fockens,  C. Gheorghe, S. Lopes

13.30-14.30

13.30-13.45 Satellite symposium: WOPN Necrosectomy: the devil in the detail
A. Anderloni, C. Fabbri, I. Tarantino
13.45 -14.30 Lunch break

14.30-14.45

EUS guided gastrointestinal anastomosis

A. Teoh

14.45-15.00

Management of EUS complications

M. Barthet

15.00-16.00

Live session 6 

Moderators: C. De Angelis, A. Teoh, A. Saftoiu

16:00-16:15

Break

16:15-16:30

Cholangiocarcinoma: EUS, ERCP or both

P. Deprez

16:30-16:45

Hypervascular pancreatic lesions

R. Gincul

16.45-17.00

RFA in EUS:  overview of current indications and future prospects: 

P. Arcidiacono

17:00-17:15

New devices and new technology: EUS highlights

J. Iglesias Garcia

17:15-17:30

Future directions for EUS
C. De Angelis