Middle East & North Africa (MENA) EUS Club Faculty Members Karim Layaida Algeria CHU Muthtafa Bacha Hospital, Algiers Maitham El Sadadi Bahrein Salmaniya Medical Complex, Bahrain Abdel Meguid Kassem Egypt Cairo University, Cairo Hazem Hakim Egypt Internal Medicine Mansoura University Hospital Hussein Okasha Egypt Cairo University, Cairo Rasoul Sotoudehmanesh Iran Digestive Disease Research Center, Tehran Rayadh A Zaidan Iraq Baghdad Gastroenterology Teaching Hospital, Baghdad Alessandro Repici Italy Humanitas Medical School in Milano Tareq Qqutob Jordan Alkhaldi Hospital Mahmoud Omar Kuwait New Mowasat Hospital, Kuwait Assaad M.Soweid Lebanon American University of Beirut Medical Center, Beirut EURO EUS Board Member Naima Amrani Morocco Hôpital Ibn Sina, CHU - Rabat Manik Sharma Qatar Hamad Medical Cooperation, Doha Dr. Abed Al Lahibi Saudi Arabia Secuirty Forces Hospital Abdelrahman Rubayan Saudi Arabia Military Hospital, Riyadh Abdul Rahman al Jebreen Saudi Arabia King Khalid University Hospital, Riyadh Abdulrahaman Alfadda Saudi Arabia King Faisal Specialist Hospital, Riyadh Faisal Batwah Saudi Arabia National Gaurd Hospital Majid al Madi Saudi Arabia King Khalid University Hospital, Riyadh Ahmet Aydýn Turkey Ege University Hospital, Izmir Ahmet Danalioglu Turkey Bezmi Alem University Hospital Deniz Duman Turkey Marmara University Hospital, Istanbul Emrah Alper Turkey Katib Celebi University Atatürk Research & Training Hospital, Izmir Hakan Sentürk Turkey Bezmi Alem University Hospital Mehmet Cindoruk Turkey Gazi University, Ankara Nevin Oruç Turkey Ege University Hospital, Izmir Saadettin Hülagu Turkey Kocaeli University, Izmit Mustafa Sabri UAE Rashid Hospital, Dubai Organizing Committee Congress President Hakan Senturk Vice President Abdul Rahman al Jebreen Congress Secretary Ahmet Danalioglu Local Organizing Committee Ali Tuzun Ince Birol Baysal Yusuf Kayar

Preliminary Agenda February 19, Thursday Individual Arrivals 07.45-08.00 Opening Ceremony February 20, Friday 08.00-10.00 Diagnosis of mediastinal, pancreatic, and subepithelial cases by slim EUS scope; Contribution of Tissue Elastography 10.00-10.30 Coffee Break 10.30-12.30 Therapeutic cases: Celiac Neurolysis; Cysto-gastrostomy; EUS-Guided biliary and pancreatic approaches 12.30-14.00 Lunch Break 14.00-16.00 Pancreatic cysts and tumors: Differential diagnosis, staging, and ablation 16.00-16.30 Coffee Break 16.30-17.30 Video EUS presantations by participants (8 mns. of presentation, 2 mns discussion, 6 cases) 19.30 Gala Dinner February 21 Saturday 08.00-10.00 HD and i-scan examination, followed by Endoscopic dissection by hybrid-knife with intervening various EUS cases from the other room 10.00-10.30 Coffee Break 10.30-12.30 EUS & ERCP cases: Sampling from biliary and papillary pathologies followed by ERCP; Papillectomy 12.30-14.00 Lunch Break 14.00-16.00 Advanced therapeutic applications of EUS including mediastinal and rectal abscess drainage 16.00-16.30 Coffee Break 16.30-17.30 Video EUS presentations: 6 cases 17.30 Closing Remarks