Application Deadline: 31.07.2019
Regular (100.00€)
General Information
The ESPGHAN IBD Porto Group and the Local Organizing Committee are delighted to announce the 5th Peadiatric IBD Masterclass to take place in Malaga, Spain from 28-30 November 2019.
The goals are to review important aspects of diagnosis and treatment of children and adolescents. This ESPGHAN Masterclass is for practicing pediatric gastroenterologists who wish to improve their clinical skills in managing paediatric IBD. Trainees could be accepted based on availability. Preference will be given to ESPGHAN members.
The ESPGHAN Paediatric IBD Porto Group is a group of paediatric IBD experts from ESPGHAN whose goals are to generate collaborative international research and to provide a leadership role concerning current diagnosis and management of IBD in children.
Accommodation and Venue
The Masterclass will take place in a hotel in the downtown of the city of Malaga easily reached by train from Málaga airport. Social events will include city walk and local dinner 1st evening, guided visit to Picasso Museum and special dinner with networking event at 2nd evening.
Application (to open March 2019)
Applicants need to submit a current CV and motiviation letter detailing why they think they should be selected. The number of applicants is limited.
Please use the online application form on this page.
Applications by email cannot be accepted. If you experience any issues with the online application tool, please contact office@espghan.org
ESPGHAN will cover the following for international delegates:
- up to 2 nights accommodation in a pre-arranged hotel
- pre-arranged dinners and socials
- catering throughout the course
- congress material
The registration fee needs to be paid upon receipt of the respective invoice.
Trainees and delegates from low-resource countries will further be granted travel refund up to EUR 250,-. If you are not a Young ESPGHAN Member, kindly provide a confirmation of your trainee status to office@espghan.org upon application.
Happy to welcome you in Málaga,
Victor Manuel Navas-López (Local Organizer)
Dan Turner (Chair ESPGHAN IBD Porto Group)
Preliminary Programme
Day 01 - Thursday, November 28 , 2019
13:00 - 14:00 Registration
Welcome. (V. Navas, D. Turner)
Session 1: Epidemiology. Diagnosis. - Chair: J. Martín de Carpi
14:00-14:30 Epidemiology and classification of PIBD. The role of Porto Criteria and Paris classification. What’s IBD-U? (D. Turner)
14:30-15:00 Workup and reassessment of PIBD (P. Lionetti)
15:00-15:20 Coffee Break
15:20-15:50 Predictive factors of poor prognosis in PIBD. Do we have a crystal ball? (D. Wilson)
15:50-16:20 MRI and US for dummies. Will I ever be able to see what my radiologists see? (MI. Martínez-León)
Networking / Dinner
Day 02 - Friday, November 29
, 2019
Session 2: Monitoring and treatment outcomes. - Chair: D. Wilson
08:30-09:00 Understanding the impact of sustained remission on patient’s outcomes. Always mucosal healing? (J. Martín de Carpi)
09:00-09:30 Role of faecal calprotectin and others biomarkers in PIBD. How to monitor patients in clinical remission? More is better? (M. Aloi)
9:30-10:00 Therapeutic Drug Monitoring of Biologic Therapies in Inflammatory Bowel Disease. Reactive, proactive or predictive? (VM. Navas-López)
10:00-10:30 Coffee Break
Session 3: Treatment. - Chair: L. de Ridder
10:30 - 11:00 Dietary strategies for treatment of CD and UC. (A. Levine)
11:00-11:30 It’s time for biologic treatment. Which one should I choose? (D. Turner)
11:30-12:00 Perianal disease and surgery in PIBD. (P. Lionetti)
12:00-13:00 Lunch
Session 4: Following guidelines: Interactive case management. (Faculty will present cases and literature to review topic). Interactive session
13:00-15:00 Interactive case presentations. 4 separate groups (1-2 faculty, 10 delegates)
15:00-15:30 Coffee Break
Session 5: Thinking outside the box: Interactive case based management. (Faculty will present cases and literature to review topic). Interactive session. - Chair: J. Amil Dias
15:30-16:00 Acute severe ulcerative colitis. (D. Wilson)
16:00-16:30 Loss of response to biologics. Next step? (A. Levine)
16:30-17:00 Early onset IBD. what's behind? (H. Uhlig)
17:00-17:30 Ulcerative proctitis. 10 cms to drive you crazy (M. Aloi)
Networking / Dinner
Day 03 - Saturday, November 30, 2019
Session 6. Interactive case presentations by delegates. - Chair: R. Russell
08:30-10:30 Case Discussion (Delegates' own cases)
Session 7. Special situations. - Chair: M. Aloi
10:30-11:00 Extraintestinal manifestations (J. Amil Dias)
11:00-11:30 Safety, cancer and mortality in PIBD (L. de Ridder)
11:30-11:50 Coffee Break
11:50-12:20 When should we stop Anti-TNF therapy and how do we then treat the patient? (R. Russell)
12:20-12:50 Help! Adolescents. Transition needed? Tips. (L. de Ridder)
12:50-13:20 Research in PIBD. What’s going on? (R. Russell)
13:20 Summary & Closing (VM. Navas-López)
13:20 Lunch and departure
Faculty
International
Arie Levine
Pediatric Inflammatory Bowel Disease Research Center
Holon Wolfson Medical Center, Tel Aviv University, Israel
Dan Turner
Head of the Juliet Keidan Institute of Paediatric
Gastroenterology & Nutrition, Hebrew University of Jerusalem
Shaare Zedek Medical Center, Israel
David Wilson
Professor of Paediatric Gastroenterology and Nutrition, Child Life and Health
College of Medicine and Veterinary Medicine at the University of Edinburgh, Scotland
Holm Uhlig
University of Oxford, United Kingdom
Jorge Amil Dias
Unit of Pediatric Gastroenterology Department of Pediatrics
Hospital de Sao João, Porto, Portugal
Lissy de Ridder
Associate Professor Paediatric Gastroenterology
Steering committee Member of the ESPGHAN Paediatric IBD Porto working group
Specialist in Paediatric Gastroenterology at Erasmus MC-Sophia Children’s Hospital, Rotterdam
Marina Aloi
Department of Pediatrics
Sapienza University, Rome, Italy
Paolo Lionetti
Associate Professor of Paediatrics, President School for Dieticians
University of Florence Head of the Pediatric Gastroenterology and Nutrition Unit, Meyer children Hospital, Florence, Italy
Richard Russell
Consultant Paediatric Gastroenterologist & Honorary
Clinical Associate Professor
Department of Paediatric Gastroenterology, at the Royal
Hospital for Children Glasgow, Scotland
Local
Victor Navas (Local Organizer)
Consultant on Pediatric Gastroenterology and Nutrition
Pediatric Gastroenterology and Nutrition Unit, Hospital Materno Infantil
Malaga, Spain
Francisco Javier Martin de Carpì
Doctor of Paediatric Gastroenterology and Nutrition
Head of the Department of Pediatric Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition at the Hospital Sant Joan de Déu
Barcelona, Spain
María Isabel Martínez-León
Pediatric Gastroenterology and Nutrition Unit, Hospital Materno Infantil
Malaga, Spain