Date and place of birth: November 19, 1954, Montevideo, Uruguay

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1 Prof. Henry Cohen Department of Gastroenterology Hospital de Clínicas Av. Italia s/n Piso Montevideo Uruguay FAX (5982) hcohen1954@gmail.com Curriculum Vitae Current positions: - Professor and Chairman of Gastroenterology, National University of Uruguay ( - Former President World Gastroenterology Organization (WGO/OMGE) ( - Secretary General National Academy of Medicine. - Director ECHO Project Uruguay. Date and place of birth: November 19, 1954, Montevideo, Uruguay Nationality: Uruguayan Civil Status: Married to Débora (opera singer), with two children, Pablo (32) ex-chief editor of Culture in Búsqueda, main weekly journal in Uruguay, and Lucia (27), Master in Science London School of Economics, Fullbright scholar 2015.

2 Education: -Primary and High School: Lycée Français - Montevideo Uruguay -Medical Studies: National University of Uruguay -Postgraduate Training: Gastroenterology , National University of Uruguay Schoolarships: National Cancer Center, Tokyo, Japan Juntendo University, Tokyo, Japan Academic Appointments - Assistant in Gastroenterology Department. Hospital de Clínicas. National University of Uruguay Assistant Professor of Gastroenterology. Hospital de Clínicas National University of Uruguay Associate Professor of Gastroenterology. Hospital de Clínicas National University of Uruguay, from 1998 to Professor and Chairman of Gastroenterology, Hospital de Clínicas National University of Uruguay since President of the Governing Board, Hospital de Clínicas (National University Hospital, ) - President of the Fundación Manuel Quintela, since july 2011 (Foundation related to the Hospital de Clínicas) - Director ECHO Project Uruguay. Thesis and Monographies:

3 - Thesis of Doctorship Teaching Monography Thesis of Assistant Professor 1997 Awards: - Award Uruguayan Society of Gastroenterology Award Miguel Benzo of the Spanish Association of Hydatidology, in the International Congress of Hydatidology, Porto Alegre, Brasil, Award Uruguayan Medical Association Award G. Martinez Prado International Leadership Award. ACG Main Subjects of Research: - Hepatic Hydatic Disease - Helicobacter Pylori - GERD - Education and training in Gastroenterology Activities in Scientific Societies: - President of the Uruguayan Society of Gastroenterology President of the Uruguayan Congress of Gastroenterology President of the 1 st. International Symposium of Esophagus Diseases President of the Argentinean-Uruguayan meeting of Gastroenterology President of the XXVIII Pan-American Congress of Gastroenterology Secretary General Interamerican Association of Gastroenterology Secretary General World Organization of Gastroenterology (WGO- OMGE) and re-elected for the period Vice President WGO, period President WGO, period Past President and Nominations Chairman, period

4 - Fellow American College of Gastroenterology since International Member of the American Gastroenterological Association since Fellow of the American Gastroenterological Association since Member of the Cercle André Lambling (France) - Member of the Scientific Permanent Committee of OESO Honors: - Honorary Member of the Argentinean Society of Gastroenterology - Honorary Member of the Bolivian Society of Gastroenterology - Honorary Member of the Argentinean Esophagus Club - Honorary Member of American Society for Gastrointestinal Endoscopy (ASGE) - Member of the Governing Board, University of Tel-Aviv - Honorary Member of the Uruguayan Society of Gastroenterology - Honorary Member of the Spanish Society of Gastroenterology - Honorary Member of the Peruvian Society of Gastroenterology - Member of the National Academy of Medicine since Master of American Gastroenterology, nominated by AIGE, October Invited Professor Universidad Cayetano Heredia, Lima Peru Editorial activities - Associate Editor of the American Journal of Gastroenterology (USA) - Editorial Board of World Gastroenterology News (China) - Editorial Board of Hepato-Gastro (France) - Editorial Board of Archivos de Medicina Interna (Uruguay) - Editorial Board of Gastroenterologia y Hepatología (Spain) - Editorial Board of GEN (Venezuela) - Editorial Board Current Gastroenterology Reports (USA) - Editorial Board of Current Colorectal Cancer Reports (USA) - Editorial Board of Eurasian Journal of Gastroenterology (Multiple countries)

5 - Editorial Board of Acta Gastroenterologica Latinoamericana (Argentina) - Editorial Board of Gastroenterologia Latinoamericana (Chile) - Editorial Board of Gazi Medical Journal (Turkey) - Reviewer for Arab Journal of Gastroenterology (Egypt) - Reviewer for Mc Master University (Canada) - Reviewer for Acta Gastroenterológica Lationoamericana (Argentina) - Reviewer for Revista Peruana de Gastroenterología (Perou) - Reviewer for Gastroenterología y Hepatología (Spain) - Reviewer for Cochrane Library (International) Scientific Activities: - More than 250 presentations, lectures, papers or books presented or published in Uruguay, Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Paraguay, Peru, Bolivia, Ecuador, Colombia, Venezuela, Costa Rica, Dominican Republic, Panama, Guatemala, Cuba, Mexico, USA, Canada, France, Germany, Netherlands, Austria, Spain, Portugal, Thailand, Sharjah, Turkey, China, Egypt, Morocco, Soudan, Australia, Singapore and Japan.

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