OMED NATIONAL SOCIETIES

ASIAN-PACIFIC SOCIETY FOR DIGESTIVE ENDOSCOPY
(APSDE)

AUSTRALIA
GASTROENTEROLOGICAL SOCIETY OF AUSTRALIA
(no independent society of endoscopy)

Permanent
Secretariat:
145 Macquarie Street, Sydney,
N.S.W. 2000, AUSTRALIA
tel: +61-2-9256-5454
fax: +61-2-9241-4586
E-mail: gesa@racp.edu.au
President: Neville YEOMANS

HONG KONG, CHINA
SOCIETY OF DIGESTIVE ENDOSCOPY OF HONG KONG, CHINA

Secretariat: c/o Endoscopy Center, Prince of Wales Hospital
Shatin, N.T., HONG KONG, CHINA
tel: +61-2-9256-5454
tel: +852-2632-2233
President: S.C. Sydney CHUNG

INDIA
SOCIETY OF GASTROINTESTINAL ENDOSCOPY OF INDIA

Permanent
Secretariat:
Agrawal Gastroenterology & Liver Clinic, Mangal Market
Raja Bazar, Sheikh Pura, Patna 800 014, INDIA
fax: +91.612.660252
President: Kiran C. KOTHARI

INDONESIA
INDONESIAN SOCIETY OF DIGESTIVE ENDOSCOPY

President: DALDIYONO
Dept. of Internal Medicine, Div. of Gastroenterology
Dr. Ciptomangunkusumo Hospital
Jln. Salemba Raya No.6, Jakarta 10430, INDONESIA
fax: +62-21-3142454
tel: +62.21.3153957

JAPAN
JAPAN GASTROENTEROLOGICAL ENDOSCOPY SOCIETY

Secretariat: Taimei Bldg, 22,3-chome, Kanda Ogawa-machi
Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo 101, JAPAN
tel: +81-3-3291-4111
fax: +81-3-3291-5568
President: Hirohumi NIWA

KOREA
THE KOREAN SOCIETY OF GASTROINTESTINAL ENDOSCOPY

Secretariat: The Korean Medical Association Bldg., Rm. 603
302-75, Ichecon-1 dong, Yongsan-ku,
Seoul 140-031, KOREA
tel: +82-2-798 1552
fax: +82-2-798 5398
President: Deuk-Soo AHN

MALAYSIAN
SOCIETY OF GASTROENTEROLOGY AND HEPATOLOGY

Secretariat: 19-Jalan Folly Barat,
50480 Kuala Lumpuar, MALAYSIA
fax: +603.2530900
President: Khean-Lee GOH

NEW ZEALAND
SOCIETY OF GASTROENTEROLOGY
(no independent society of endoscopy)

Permanent
Secretariat:
G. JONES, MD
c/o RACP , 5th Floor, St. Johns House, 99 the Terrace
Wellington, NEW ZEALAND
fax: +64-4-4726718
President: Cliff TASMAN-JONES
Mercy Specialist Centre
100 Mountain Road, Epsom
Auckland, NEW ZEALAND
fax & tel: +64-9-575 9545

PAKISTAN
PAKISTAN SOCIETY OF GASTROENTEROLOGY & G.I. ENDOSCOPY

Secretariat: c/o Prof. M Shafi Quraishy
Dow Medical College &, Civil Hospital
Baba-e-Urdu Rd.
Karachi 74200, PAKISTAN
fax: +92-21-7724322
tel: +92-21-7720548
President: Mussadiq A KHAN

PHILIPPINES
PHILIPPINE SOCIETY OF GASTROINTESTINAL ENDOSCOPY

Secretariat: Rm. 105, College of Medicine Bldg.
University of the East-Ramon Magsaysay (UERM)
Memorial Medical Center
Aurora Blvd., Quezon City, PHILIPPINES
tel: +63-2-7161852
fax: +63-2-7161850
President: Jose D. SOLLANO, Jr..
Suite 3009, MAB UST Hospital
Espana, Metro Manila PHILIPPINES
tel: +63-2-7322973
fax: +63-2-9318597

REPUBLIC OF CHINA
THE DIGESTIVE ENDOSCOPY SOCIETY OF TAIWAN (ROC)

Secretariat: c/o National University Hospital
7, Chung-San South Road, Taipei, TAIWAN (ROC)
tel: +886-2-3710790
fax:+886-2-3710791
President: Cheng-Yi WANG
fax: +886-3945630

SINGAPORE
GASTROENTEROLOGICAL SOCIETY OF SINGAPORE
(no independent society of endoscopy)

Secretariat: W. Kuen CHEONG, MD
Dept. of Surgery, Rm. 6-6 A28v
Singapore General Hospital
Outram Road, SINGAPORE 169608
fax: +65.3265.534
President: Jun CHENG
fax: +65.7342.926
tel: +65.7322.282

SRI LANKA
GASTROENTEROLOGICAL & DIGESTIVE ENDOSCOPY SOCIETY OF SRI LANKA
(no independent society of endoscopy)

President: Dayasiri FERNANDO
Dept. of Surgery, Faculty of Medicine, University of Colombo,l
Kynsey Road, Colombo 8, SRI LANKA
tel: +94-691111 ext 395
fax: +94-10-941691581
Secretary: HJ De Silva, MD (same address & numbers)

THAILAND
ENDOSCOPIC SECTION OF THE GASTROENTEROLOGICAL ASSOCIATION OF THAILAND

Secretariat: General: Udom KACHINTORN
Division of Gastroenterology, Dept. of Medicine
Siriraj Hospital, Mahidol University
Bangkok 10700, THAILAND
tel: +66-2-4197280
fax:+ 66-2-411-5013 / 412-0586
President: Pinit KULLAVANIJAYA

VIETNAM
GASTROENTROLOGY ASSOCIATION

Permanent
Secretariat:
Ha Van MAO, MD
Dept. of Gastroenterology
1 Tran Hung Dao Street, Hanoi – VIETNAM
fax: +844.835.4580
President: Nguyen Xuan HUYEN
E. Hospital Cau Giay , Hanoi, VIETNAM
fax: +844.83 52 483

EUROPEAN SOCIETY OF GASTRO-INTESTINAL ENDOSCOPY (ESGE)

AUSTRIA
ENDOSCOPIC GROUP OF THE AUSTRIAN SOCIETY OF GASTROENTEROLOGY
(no independent society of endoscopy)

Secretariat: Ernst KERSTAN
Wilhelminenspital, 4 Med.
Montleartstr. 37
A-1171 Wien, AUSTRIA
tel: +43-1-49150 2460
fax: +43-1-49150 2601

BELGIUM
BELGIAN SOCIETY OF DIGESTIVE ENDOSCOPY

President: Jean-Claude DEBONGNIE
Rue Gery Everaerts, 13
1300 Limal - BELGIUM
B-1020 Brussels, BELGIUM
tel: +32-10.437346
-4776300
Secretary: Michel BUSET
Hopital Brugmann
Place Van Gehuchten 4
B-1020 Brussels, BELGIUM
fax: +32-10.437637
fax: +32-2-477 2623

BULGARIA
BULGARIAN SOCIETY OF GASTROENTEROLOGY AND GAS-
TROINTESTINAL ENDOSCOPY

Secretariat: 5th Clinical City Hospital
67/A Stoletov Bldv.
1232 Sofia, BULGARIA
tel & fax: +359-2-32 21 37
President: Grigor Minchev MECHKOV
fax: +359.2.324153Place Van Gehuchten 4

CROATIA
CROATIAN SOCIETY OF GASTROENTEROLOGY, SECTION OF ENDOSCOPY

President: Miroslava KATICIC
Clinical Hospital "Merkur"
Dept. of Gastroenterology
10000 Zagreb, Zajceva 19, CROATIA
fax: +385-1-233 5263
tel: +385-1-539 280
Secretary: M RUBINIC
Gastrointestinal Dept.
Zvonimirova 42
51000 Rijeka, CROATIA
fax: +385.51.214 216

CZECH REPUBLIC
CZECH GASTROENTEROLOGICAL SOCIETY (ENDOSCOPIC SECTION)

President: Cse Jan KOTRILIK
IV Interni Klinika
U Nemocnice 2, FVL UK
Praha 2 –CZECH REPUBLIC
tel: +420.2.296887
Secretary: Julius SPICAK
Dept. of Hepatogastroenterology
Ikem Praha – Videnska 800
140 000 Praha 4, KRC
51000 Rijeka, CROATIA
fax: +420.2.4721982

DENMARK
DANISH SOCIETY OF GASTROINTESTINAL ENDOSCOPY

President: Peter VILMANN
Gentofte Hospital
Niels Andersens Vej 65
2900 Hellerup
DENMARK
fax: +45.35.452604
Secretary: Lars Bo SVENDSEN
Dept. of Surgery
Rigshospitalet
2100 Copenhagen
DENMARK

ESTONIA
ESTONIAN SOCIETY OF GASTROINTESTINAL ENDOSCOPY

Secretariat: Estonian Cancer Center
Hiiu Str. 44, Tallinn
EE0016, REPUBLIC OF ESTONIA
tel: +372-56-463 180
fax: +372-65-04303
President: Mart EISEN
Secretary: Tiiu MARTSON

FINLAND
FINNISH SOCIETY OF GASTROENTEROLOGY
(no independent society of endoscopy)

Permanent
Secretariat:
c/o Duodecim, PO Box 713
00101 Helsinki - FINLAND
fax: +358.9.61885200
President: Juhani LEHTOLA
Oulu University Hospital - Dept. of Medicine
Oulu, FINLAND
fax: +358-81-3154499
tel: +358.81.315 2011

FRANCE
FRENCH SOCIETY OF DIGESTIVE ENDOSCOPY (SFED)

President: Jean-Marc CANARD
96, bd du Montparnasse
Avenue M. Donat - 75014 Paris - FRANCE
tel:+33.1.43215131
fax: +33.1.40476981
Int. Secretary: Michel GREFF
Institut A. Tzanck
06700 St. Laurent-du-Var – FRANCE
fax: +33.4.93078192

GERMANY
SECTION OF ENDOSCOPY IN THE GERMAN SOCIETY OF GASTROENTEROLOGY

President: W. SCHMITT
CA der Innere Med. Abt.
Krankenhaus Muenchen-Neuperlach
Oskar-Maria-Graf-Ring 51
81737 Munich - GERMANY
tel: +49.89.6734.2311
fax: +49.89.6794.2378
Secretary: CELL
Medizinische Klinik II
Ludwig-Erhard Strasse 100 65199 Wiesbaden - GERMANY
tel: +49-611-432418
fax:+49-611.432420

GREECE
HELLENIC SOCIETY OF GASTROENTEROLOGY, SECTION OF ENDOSCOPY

President: Charalambos TZATHAS
Evangelismos Hospital
20-22 Ipsilantou Str.
Athens, 10676 GREECE
tel & fax: +30-1-7232302
Secretariat: 20-22 Ipsilantou Str.
Athens, 10676 GREECE
tel & fax: +30-1-7232302

HOLLAND
GASTROINTESTINAL ENDOSCOPY SECTION OF THE DUTCH SOCIETY OF GASTROENTEROLOGY

President: JFWM BARTELSMAN
Academic Medical Center
Willemsparkweg 18,
Amsterdam, NL-1171 HE
tel: +31-20-56659111
fax:+31-20-6917033
Secretary: ML HORDIJK
fax: +31.10.463.4682

HUNGARY
ASSOCIATION OF GASTROINTESTINAL ENDOSCOPY

President: Zoltan DOBRONTE
Markusovszky Teaching Hospital
2nd Dept. of Internal Medicine
H - 9700 Szombathely
Markusovszky st. 3 - HUNGARY
tel: +36.94.311 542
fax: +36.94.327 873
Secretary: Ferenc TARNOK
County Teaching Hospital
2nd Dept. of Internal Medicine
H – 8901 Zalaegerszeg
Zrinyi st.1 - HUNGARY
tel: +36.92.311 410
fax: +36.92.311.495

ICELAND
ICELAND GASTROENTEROLOGICAL SOCIETY, ENDOSCOPY SECTION

President: Asgeir THEODORS
Dept of Medicine - Section of Sudurghala
220 Hafnarfjordur - ICELAND
fax: +354.555.0030
Secretary: Pall GISLASON
41 Dept of Landspita
101 Reykjavik - ICELAND

ISRAEL
ISRAELIAN GASTROENTEROLOGICAL ASSOCIATION
(ENDOSCOPY SECTION)

President:
(GE Society)
Simon BAR-MEIR
Klalit, Holon
The Chaim Sheba Medical CTR
Tel Hashomer 52621 - ISRAEL
tel: +972.3.530.2679
fax: +972.3.530.2913/3070
Endoscopic representative: Shlomo BIRKENFELD
Gastroenterology Department
Kupat, Holim
ISRAEL

ITALY
SOCIETA’ ITALIANA DI ENDOSCOPIA DIGESTIVA

Secretariat: SIED Servizio di Diagnostica e Chirurgia Endoscopica
Ospedale San Paolo – Polo Universitario
Via. A. Rudinì, 8 – 20142 Milano
tel/fax: +39-02-89125264
President: L. Bonardi
Ospedale Gradenigo – Div. di Gastroenterologia
Corso Regina Margherita 8 - 10153 Torino
tel: +39.011.8151253
fax: +39.011.8151286
Secretary: Felice COSENTINO E-mail cosent@tin.it

JORDAN
JORDANIAN SOCIETY OF GASTROENTEROLOGY
(no independent society of endoscopy)

President &
Permanent
Secretariat:
Hashem ABU-HASSAN
PO Box 915 - Amman- JORDAN
fax: +962-6-5686435
fax: +962-6-815111

LATVIA
LATVIAN SOCIETY OF GASTROINTESTINAL ENDOSCOPY

President: Ivars TOLMANIS
Klinika Linezers - Linezera iela 6
LV-1006 Riga - LATVIA
fax: + 371.7.821.154

LITHUANIA
LITHUANIAN ENDOSCOPY SOCIETY

Secretariat: Dept of Endoscopy, Vilnius University Hospital
Santariskiu 2,
2600 Vilnius- LITHUANIA
fax: +370-2-350084/720084
President: Irena CEPULIENE

LUXEMBOURG
LUXEMBOURG SOCIETY OF GASTROENTEROLOGY AND DIGESTIVE ENDOSCOPY

Secretariat: Centre Hospitalier Luxembourg
4 rue Barblé
L-1210 LUXEMBOURG
tel: +352-44112258
fax: +352-441272
President: André KERSCHEN

MACEDONIA
MACEDONIAN SOCIETY OF GASTRO-ENTERO-HEPATOLOGY

President: V. VALEVSKI
Clinic of Gastroentero-hepato - Medical Faculty
Vodnjanska 17
9100 Skopje -MACEDPNIA
fax: +389.91.220935

NORWAY
NORWEGIAN GASTROENTEROLOGICAL ASSOCIATION,
ENDOSCOPY SECTION (SADE)

President: Magne OSNES
Dept. of Gastroenterology- Ulleval University Hospital
N-0407 Oslo, NORWAY
tel: +47-22-119407
fax: +47-22-119942
Secretary: Lars AABAKKEN
tel: +47-22-119168
fax: +47-23-015930
E-mail: larsaa@ioks.uio.no

POLAND
POLISH SOCIETY OF GASTROENTEROLOGY, ENDOSCOPY SECTION

Secretariat: Silesian University, Dept. of Gastroenterology
Medykow 14, Katowice 40732, POLAND
tel: +48-32-2527780
fax: +48-32-2523119
President: Andrzej NOWAK (same address and numbers)
Secretary: Tomas MAREK (same address and numbers)

PORTUGAL
PORTUGUESE SOCIETY OF DIGESTIVE ENDOSCOPY (SPED)

Secretariat: Av. Antònio Josè de Almeida
5F-8°, 1000 Lisboa - PORTUGAL
tel: +351-1-793-9434
fax: +351-1-793-2094
President: Paula ALEXANDRINO

ROMANIA
THE ROMANIAN SOCIETY OF GASTROINTESTINAL ENDOSCOPY

President: Carol STANCIU
University Hospital "St. Spiridon"
2nd Medical Clinic Gastroenterology
B-dul Independentei 1
6600 Iasi, ROMANIA
fax: +40-32-112520 / 211820
tel: + 40-32-143720 ext 100
E-mail: rectorat@asklepios.umfiasi.ro
Secretary:   Christina CIJEVSCHI

RUSSIAN FEDERATION
ENDOSCOPY SECTION OF THE RUSSIAN GASTROENTEROLOGY ASSOCIATION (ESRGA)

President: Boris K PODDUBNY, MD
National Cancer Research Center of the Russian
Academy of Medical Science (RAMS)
Dept. of Endoscopy
Kashirskoye schosse 24
Moscow 115478, RUSSIA
tel & fax: 007-095-324.9654
Secretary: General: Evgeny FEDOROV
E-mail: efed@mx.icp.rssi.ru
fax: 007.095.936.1255

SLOVAK REPUBLIC
ENDOSCOPIC SECTION OF SLOVAK SOCIETY OF
GASTROENTEROLOGY

Secretariat: Holy Cross Hospital President Endoscopic Section:
Krajinska 93-103 Stefan SAFAR
82556 Bratislava OEVM - Nsp.Hodské 38
SLOVAK REPUBLIK 94422 Galanta, SLOVAK REPUBLIK
tel: +421-7-872012 fax: +421-7-7074572
fax: +421-7-5822204
President (GE Society): Anton VAVRECKA

SLOVENIA
SLOVENIAN SOCIETY OF GASTROINTESTINAL ENDOSCOPY

Secretariat: Japljeva 2
University Medical Centre Ljubljana
61000 Ljubljana, Japljeva 2, SLOVENIA
tel: +386-61-316 952
fax: +386-61-133 4190
President: Igor KRIZMAN

SPAIN
SPANISCH ASSOCIATION OF DIGESTIVE ENDOSCOPY (AEED)

President: Joseph M. BORDAS
08022 Barcelona, SPAIN
tel: +34. 93.4181048
fax: +34.93.4151097 / 4516877
E-mail: jbordas@adam.es

SWEDEN
SWEDISH SOCIETY OF GASTROENTEROLOGY
(no independent society of endoscopy)

Permanent
Secretariat:
Bengt JEPPSSON
Dept. of Surgery, Malmo University Hospital
SE-205 02 Malmo, SWEDEN
tel: +46.40.331000
fax: +46.40.927877
E-mail: Bengt.Jeppsson@kir.mas.lu.se

SWITZERLAND
SWISS SOCIETY FOR GASTROINTESTINAL ENDOSCOPY (SAGE)

President: Beat MEYER-WYSS
St. Claraspital, Kleinriehenstrasse 30
CH -4016 Basel, SWITZERLAND
tel: +41-61-6858670
fax: +41-61-6858521

SYRIA
SYRIAN SOCIETY OF GASTROENTEROLOGY, ENDOSCOPY SECTION

President: Nabil ANTAKY
P.B. 6448 - Aleppo, SYRIA
tel: +963-21-212663
fax: +963-21-227228 or +963.242792
Vice-President: Fayez SANDOUK
P.O. Box 1222, Damascus, SYRIA
tel: +963-11-441 0294
fax: + 963-11-441 9358
Secretary
General:
Moustapha KOBTAN
P.O.Box 488, Homs, Syria
tel: +963-31-232050
fax: +963-31-230614

TUNISIA
TUNISIAN SOCIETY OF GASTROENTEROLOGY AND DIGESTIVE ENDOSCOPY

President: Habib BEN KHELIFA
Hopital Habib Thameur - Service de Gastroenterologie
8, Rue Ali Ben Ayed - Montfleury 10
1008 Tunis Bab Menara, TUNISIE
tel & fax: +216-1-493167

TURKEY
TURKISH SOCIETY OF GASTROENTEROLOGY
(no independent society of endoscopy)

Permanent
Secretariat:
S. BOYACIOGLU
Bayindir Sok. 17/7
06420 Ankara-TURKEY
tel&fax: +90-312-4318040
President: Ali OZDEN
Ankara Universitesi
Tip Fakultesi Gastroenterologji
Ankara, TURKEY
tel: +90-312-3103333/2508
fax: +90-312-4318040

UKRAINE
UKRAINIAN SOCIETY OF GASTROINTESTINAL ENDOSCOPY

President: Vladimir Ivanovich GIRLYA
UL. 25 Chapaevskoi divisii 5-128
Odessa 270101, UKRAINE
tel: +380-482-224257
fax: +380-482-236391

UNITED KINGDOM
ENDOSCOPY SECTION OF THE BRITISH SOCIETY OF
GASTROENTEROLOGY

Secretariat: 3, St. Andrew’s Place
Regent’s Park
London, NW1 4LB - U.K.
tel: +44-171-3873534
fax: +44-171-4873734
Endoscopy
Vice-President:
M.D. HELLIER
fax: +44.1793.480817 or +44.1793.426035
Chairman: AI MORRIS
fax: +44.151.7065832

YUGOSLAVIA
YUGOSLAV GASTROENTEROLOGICAL ENDOSCOPY ASSOCIATION (YUGEA)

Secretariat: Dept of Gastroenterology and Hepatology
University Clinical Center
Koste Todorovica 6 - 11000 Belgrade, YUGOSLAVIA
tel & fax: +381-11-361 5432
E-mail: stimec@afrodita.rcub.bg.ac.yu
President: Mirko BULAJIC

SOCIEDAD INTERAMERICANA DE ENDOSCOPIA DIGESTIVA
(SIED)

ARGENTINA
ASOCIACION ARGENTINA DE ENDOSCOPIA DIGESTIVA (AAED)

President: Miguel Angel FADUL
5009 Sierra delle Rose
Cordoba, REPUBLICA ARGENTINA
fax: +54.51.810994

BOLIVIA
SOCIEDAD BOLIVIANA DE GASTROENTEROLOGIA Y ENDOSCOPIA DIGESTIVA

President (Chairman) Dr. Jaime Saravia B.
Secretariat: Dr. Ricardo Morgesten
Vice- President: Dr. James Koller
Treasurer: Dr. Jose Luis Laserna
Archives Secretary: Dra. Ana Maria Penaloza
P.O. Box 1508, fax 5914-283 644
E-mail: morgen@bo.net

BRAZIL
SOCIEDADE BRASILEIRA DE ENDOSCOPIA DIGESTIVA (SOBED)

President: Arnaldo José GANC
Rua Peixoto Goinide 515 /cj
CEP 14-01409-007, Sao Paulo
fax: +55-11-2896554
Vice-President: Eli Kahan FOIGEL
Rua Pintassilgo 63 Apto. 162
Sao Paulo (SP) – 04514-030 BRAZIL
tel: +55-11-288-2037
fax: +55-11-2896554

CENTRAL AMERICA AND PANAMA
ASOCIACION DE GASTROENTEROLOGIA CENTRO AMERICA Y PANAMA
(no independent society of endoscopy)

President: Juan Ignacio GUTIERREZ
Apto Postal A-210, Managua - NICARAGUA
Secretary: Abraham MONTEALEGRE
tel: +505-2-31181
fax: +505-2-631054

CHILE
ASOCIACION CHILENA DE ENDOSCOPIA DIGESTIVA

President: Antonio Morales
Bernarda Morin 488 Providencia
Santiago - CHILE
fax: +56.2.3413836
Secretary: Luis ZAMORA

COLOMBIA
ASOCIATION COLOMBIANA DE ENDOSCOPIA DIGESTIVA

Secretariat: Carrera 22 No. 85-94,
Ofc. 203 Santafè de Bogotà - D.C. COLOMBIA S.A.
tel: +57-1- 616-8315
fax: +57-1-616-2376
President: William OTERO
Secretary: Maria Teresa GALEANO

CUBA
SOCIEDAD CUBANA DE ENDOSCOPIA DIGESTIVA

President: Raimundo LLANIO
Calle 25 No. 503, e/H e I, Plaza,
La Habana, 10400 CUBA
tel: +53-7-32 5067
fax: +53-7-331657

DOMINICAN REPUBLIC
SOCIEDAD DOMINICANA DE GASTROENTEROLOGIA, SECTION DE ENDOSCOPIA

Secretariat: Calle Santiago No. 452 - Esq. Padre Boil
Santo Domingo, REPUBLICA DOMINICANA
tel: +809-687-1515
fax: +809-687-7529
President: Ariel ORTEGA
Secretary: Luisa AYBAR

ECUADOR
SOCIEDAD ECUATORIANA DE GASTROENTEROLOGIA
(no independent society of endoscopy)

Permanent
Secretariat:
F. ARROYO
Juan de Arguello 335 y Pedro de Alfaro, Villa Flora
Quito – ECUADOR
fax: +593.2.652111
E-mail: farroyo@e-mail.superban.gov.ec
President: E. Granja Guerrero
fax: +593.2.542456

MEXICO
ASOCIACION MEXICANA DE ENDOSCOPIA GASTROINTESTINAL

Secretariat: Av. Baja California 163-604 Col.Roma Sur
C.P. 06760 México D.F. - MEXICO
tel: +52-5-5747635
fax: +52-5-3615934
President: Joaquin Villegas Villalobos
fax: +52-93-164773fax: +593.2.542456

Email: ameg@glw.com.mx
Secretary general: Guillermo de la Mora Fax +52.5.665 0979 or 528 1747

PARAGUAY
SOCIEDAD PARAGUAYANA DE GASTROENTEROLOGIA
(no independent society of endoscopy)

Permanent
Secretariat:
Pitianuta 613 - Asunciòn, PARAGUAY
tel: +595-21-210779
fax: +595-21-212044
President: G. AGUERO (same address and numbers)

PERU
SOCIEDAD DE GASTROENTEROLOGIA DEL PERU
(no independent society of endoscopy)

Permanent
Secretariat:
Ms. Monica CASTANEDA
Juan de Aliaga 204 - Magdalena del Mar
Lima 17 –PERU
fax: +51.1.264.1400
tel: +51.1.264.0157
E-mail: abussalleu@upch.edu.pe
President: Carlos ZAPATA SOLARI
Secretary: Segundo REBAZA VASQUEZ

URUGUAY
SOCIEDAD URUGUAYA DE ENDOSCOPIA DIGESTIVA

President: Gustavo de SIMONE
Francisco Vidal 785, Ap 102
Montevideo, URUGUAY
fax: +598-2-706045

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
AMERICAN SOCIETY FOR GASTROINTESTINAL ENDOSCOPY

Secretariat: ASGE
Thirteen Elm Street
Manchester, Massachusetts 01944-1314 USA
tel: 001-508-526 8330
fax: 001-508-526 4018
E-mail: asge@shore.net President: H. Juergen NORD
fax: 001.813.254.4616
E-mail: hjnord@mem.po.com

VENEZUELA
SOCIEDAD VENEZOLANA DE GASTROENTEROLOGIA SECCION DE ENDOSCOPIA DIGESTIVA

President: Mercedes ALVARADO
Secretary: Judith SALAZAR
PO Box 51890, Sabana Grande
Caracas 1050-A, VENEZUELA
tel: +58-70-0380 / 58-765520
fax: +58-2-9799380

OTHER OMED NATIONAL SOCIETIES

ARAB
AFRICAN SOCIETY OF GE & ENDOSCOPY

President: Mustafa MANIALAWI
Medical Military Academy
MISR International Hospital
P.O. Box 174 - 11518 Cairo - EGYPT
tel: +20-2-3608261

EGYPT
THE EGYPTIAN SOCIETY OF GASTROINTESTINAL ENDOSCOPY

Honorary
President:
Sherif M. Abd El-Fattah Sherif
5 Sabri Abou Alam Street
Cairo, EGYPT
tel: +20-2-2580672
fax: +20.2.452 1072
President: Shoukry HANTAR
26, Sheikh Rihan Street
Abdeen, Cairo EGYPT

SOUTH AFRICA
AFRICAN FEDERATION OF GASTROENTEROLOGY

President: A E SIMJEE
GI Unit - Private Bag 7
P.O.Box 17039
Congella 4013 - SOUTH AFRICA
tel: +27-31-3603522
fax: +27-31-253832

SAUDI ARABIA
ENDOSCOPIC GROUP OF SAUDI ARABIA

Reference
physician:
Ali AL-HASSANI
Armed Forces Hospital
P.O. Box 570 Dhahran Airport - SAUDI ARABIA

UNITED ARAB EMIRATES
EMIRATES GASTROENTEROLOGY SOCIETY
(no independent society of endoscopy)

President: Asad Izziddin DAJANI
P.O. Box 6328
Sharjan, UNITED ARAB EMIRATES
tel: +971-6-722-887
fax: +971-6-378-345
E-mail: astawn@emirates.net.ae

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