19-20-21, October 2025
Courtyard by Marriott Roma Central Park – Rome, Italy
Scientific Directors:
Ivo Boškoski
Guido Costamagna
Cristiano Spada
Course Director:
Vincenzo Bove
HANDS-ON SESSION
19 October, 2025Where
Conference Hall, Marriott Hotel / Live streaming
Rome, Italy
LIVE
SESSION
20 October, 2025Where
Conference Hall, Marriott Hotel / Live streaming
Rome, Italy
HANDS-ON SESSION
21 October, 2025Where
Conference Hall, Marriott Hotel / Live streaming
Rome, Italy
Program
HANDS-ON SESSION – 19 October 2025
10.20 Participants registration
10.30 Welcome address
11.00 Hands-on (ex vivo models)
Bansi D., Biasutto D., Boškoski I., Bove V.,
Carlino G., Cubisino R., Formiga A., Gualtieri L., Landi R.,
Jirapinyo P., Massari C., Matteo M.V., Parente G., Pontecorvi V.,
Stier C., Tringali A., Tordin C.
13.10 Lunch break
14.10 Hands-on (ex vivo models)
Bansi D., Biasutto D., Boškoski I., Bove V.,
Carlino G., Cubisino R., Formiga A., Gualtieri L., Landi R.,
Jirapinyo P., Massari C., Matteo M.V., Parente G., Pontecorvi V.,
Stier C., Tringali A., Tordin C.
16.20 Coffee break
16.35 Hands-on (ex vivo models)
Bansi D., Biasutto D., Boškoski I., Bove V.,
Carlino G., Cubisino R., Formiga A., Gualtieri L., Landi R.,
Jirapinyo P., Massari C., Matteo M.V., Parente G., Pontecorvi V.,
Stier C., Tringali A., Tordin C.
18.45 End of day 1 – Closing remarks
LIVE SESSION – 20 October 2025
Live streaming from Gemelli Hospital
08.00 Participants registration
08.45 Welcome and introduction – Costamagna G., Spada C.
1st Session | Moderators: Boškoski I., Galloro G., Spada C.
09.00 Live case
09.40 Guidelines for bariatric and metabolic endoscopy: the right patient – Jirapinyo P.
10.00 Obesity management with new metabolic medications: mono, double and triple agonists – Capristo E.
10.20 Live case
1 1.00 Kickstarting bariatric endoscopy: how to set up a successful program – Bansi D.
11.20 Coffee break
2nd Session | Moderators: Genco A., Jirapinyo P., Stier C., Turró R.
11.50 Live case
12.30 Lunch break
13.00 Round table: Is the gastric remodelling standardized? All faculty members
3rd Session | Moderators: Bansi D., Formiga A., Perretta S.
14.00 Live case
14.40 Endoscopic management of bariatric complications – Chiappetta S.
15.00 Something brand new: ESG and GMA – Boškoski I.
15.20 Live case
16.00 Revisional Endoscopy: TORe, ReESG, R-LSG – Stier C.
16.20 Live case
16.50 Coffee Break
4th Session | Moderators: Chiappetta S., Genco A., Turró R.
17.10 From genes to the GUT: the future of metabolic endoscopy? – Jirapinyo P.
17 .30 Live case
18.00 Bariatric endoscopy: what’s next in bariatric endoscopy? – Perretta S.
18.20 Closing remarks
18.30 End of day 2
20.30 Social Dinner
HANDS-ON SESSION – 21 October 2025
08.20 Participants registration
08.30 Welcome address
08.45 Hands-on (ex vivo models)
Bansi D., Biasutto D., Boškoski I., Bove V.,
Carlino G., Chiappetta S., Cubisino R., Formiga A., Gualtieri L., Landi R.,
Jirapinyo P., Massari C., Matteo M.V., Parente G., Pontecorvi V.,
Tringali A., Tordin C., Turró R.
10.55 Coffe Break
11.10 Hands-on (ex vivo models)
Bansi D., Biasutto D., Boškoski I., Bove V.,
Carlino G., Chiappetta S., Cubisino R., Formiga A., Gualtieri L., Landi R.,
Massari C., Matteo M.V., Parente G., Pontecorvi V.,
Tringali A., Tordin C., Turró R.
13.20 Lunch break
14.20 Hands-on (ex vivo models)
Bansi D., Biasutto D., Boškoski I., Bove V.,
Carlino G., Chiappetta S., Cubisino R., Formiga A., Gualtieri L., Landi R.,
Massari C., Matteo M.V., Parente G., Pontecorvi V.,
Tringali A., Tordin C.
16.30 End of day 3 – Closing remarks
Faculty
SCIENTIFIC DIRECTOR
Spada Cristiano
Professor and Head of the Department of Digestive and Endocrine-metabolic diseases
Fondazione Policlinico Universitario A. Gemelli IRCCS – Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore
Rome, Italy
SCIENTIFIC DIRECTOR
Boškoski Ivo
MD, PhD, FESGE
Assistant Professor of Gastroenterology
Fondazione Policlinico Universitario Agostino Gemelli IRCCS – Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore
Centre for Endoscopic Research Therapeutics and Training (CERTT)
Rome, Italy
COURSE DIRECTOR
Bove Vincenzo
Digestive Endoscopy Unit
Fondazione Policlinico Universitario A. Gemelli IRCCS
Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore
Rome, Italy
INTERNATIONAL FACULTY
Bansi Devinder
Consultant gastroenterologist and honorary senior lecturer
Hammersmith Hospital and the Royal Postgraduate Medical School
London, UK
Jirapinyo Pichamol
Associate Director of Bariatric Endoscopy
Director of Bariatric Endoscopy Fellowship
Assistant Professor of Medicine Harvard Medical School
Gastroenterology Hepatology and Endoscopy
Brigham and women’s Hospital
Boston, USA
Perretta Silvana
Professor of Surgery NHC Strasbourg University Hospital in Strasbourg
Chief of Foregut Surgery and Advanced Gastrointestinal Endoscopy Division, and Director of the Esophageal Motility Laboratory
NHC University Hospital
Strasbourg, France
Stier Christine
MD, Bariatric Surgeon
Senior Physician and Head of Surgical Endoscopy
Huerth, Germany
Turrò Roman
Director of Advanced Endoscopy Institute Espinos
Teknon Medical Center
Barcelona, Spain
NATIONAL FACULTY
Biasutto Dario
MD, Gastroenterology Specialist
Operative Digestive Endoscopy Unit
Fondazione Policlinico Universitario Campus Biomedico
Rome, Italy
Bulajic Milutin
MD, PhD, FASGE
Head of the Department of Gastrointestinal Diseases and Endocrine-Metabolic Diseases
Ospedale Isola Tiberina – Gemelli Isola
Rome, Italy
Capristo Esmeralda
MD, PhD
Associate Professor in Endocrinology and Food Sciences
Fondazione Policlinico Universitario A. Gemelli IRCCS – Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore
Rome, Italy
Chiappetta Sonja
Head Department of General and Laparoscopic Surgery
Center of Excellence Bariatric and Metabolic Surgery
Ospedale Evangelico Betania
Naples, Italy
Cubisino Rossella
Hospital Consultant
Specialist in Gastroenterology and Digestive Endoscopy
Ospedale Casa Sollievo della Sofferenza
San Giovanni Rotondo, Italy
Formiga Andrea
Director of the Interdisciplinary Center for Bariatric and Obesity (C.I.B.O.)
General Surgeon and Endoscopist
Casa di Cura Columbus
Milan, Italy
Galloro Giuseppe
Medical Executive, Operative Digestive Endoscopy Unit
President, Italian Society of Digestive Endoscopy (SIED)
Federico II University Hospital
Naples, Italy
Genco Alfredo
Associate Professor of Surgery
Harvard Medical School Lecturer
Department of Surgical Science – Surgical Endoscopy Unit
Multidisciplinary Center for the treatment Obesity
Ospedale Policlinico Umberto I – Università Sapienza di Roma
Rome, Italy
Tordin Chiara
General Surgeon and Endoscopist
Digestive Endoscopist
Casa di Cura Madonna della Salute
Rovigo, Italy
LOCAL FACULTY
Carlino Giorgio
Medical Degree and PhD Candidate
Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore
Rome, Italy
Massari Chiara
Expert nurse in Bariatric Endoscopy
Fondazione Policlinico Universitario A. Gemelli IRCCS – Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore
Rome, Italy
Matteo Maria Valeria
Doctor Specialist in Diseases of the Digestive System
Fondazione Policlinico Universitario A. Gemelli IRCCS – Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore
Rome, Italy
Pontecorvi Valerio
Surgeon and Doctor Specialist in Diseases of the Digestive System
Fondazione Policlinico Universitario A. Gemelli IRCCS – Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore
Rome, Italy
SPONSORS
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