Scientific Program Gastroenterology

Day I (10th of April 2025)

08:00
RESEARCH CENTERS
8:00 – 12:00 Hands-on Training
Echocardiography
  • Speckle tracking Echocardiography
  • 3D Echocardiography
Oana Mirea, Despina Toader, Diana Hădăreanu
Supported by MEDIST
Insulin pumps
Delia Pintilei Reurean, Maria Magdalena Roșu, Diana Protasiewicz Timofticiuc, Theodora Gheonea
Supported by Medtronic
13:00
AULA MAGNA
Innovation and multidisciplinarity in obesity management and the future of health

  • 13.00-13.15 Official opening
    • Dan Gheonea, Ionuț Donoiu, Mihaela Vladu
  • 13.15-13.30 G6 UMF Alliance – LAWG – Ministry of Health
    • Health Innovation Hub: Signing the additional act to extend the collaboration between founding members
    • Dan Gheonea – President of G6-UMF Association
    • Teodor Blidaru – Project Manager Health Innovation Hub
    • Radu Rășinar, Frank Loeffler – Representants of LAWG

    • Supported by Novo Nordisk
  • 13.30-15.30 Multidisciplinary Management of Obesity
    • Cătălina Poiana, Bogdan Timar, Liana Gheorghe, Bogdan Mateescu, Dan Gaiță, Dan Gheonea, Mihaela Vladu, Ionuț Donoiu, Xenia Negrea
  • 15.30-16.00 Break
  • 16.00-16.30 Pipeline drugs in obesity
    • Bogdan Timar
  • 16.30-17.30 Artificial intelligence (AI) – Revolutionizing Healthcare
    • Adrian Săftoiu, Ștefan Busnatu, Delia Pintilei
  • 17.30-18.00 Why a gastroenterologist should treat obesity?
    • Cristina Cijevschi
  • 18.00-18.30 The Physician and Pharmacist’s Hub – unique concept in Oltenia
    • Tudorel Ciurea


Day II (11th of April 2025)

GASTROENTEROLOGY HALL (3rd floor)
08:00
Optimising the quality of screening for colorectal cancer in 2025
Chairmen: Cristian Gheorghe, Marcel Tanțău, Eugen Dumitru

  • 08.00-08.15 Optimizing quality of colonoscopy for FIT positive patients
    Mircea Manuc
  • 08.15-08.30 Quality criteria for polyps characterization
    Dana Dobru
  • 08.30-08.45 Safe and Effective Polypectomy in Screening Colonoscopy: Strategies for Same-Day Discharge
    Eugen Dumitru
  • 08.45-09.00 What polyps detected in screening colonoscopy must be postponed and scheduled for advanced polypectomy or for surgery?
    Marcel Tantau
  • 09.00-09.15 Quality criteria for polypectomy, including histological assessment
    Cristian Gheorghe
  • 09.15-09.30 Take home messages
    Cristian Gheorghe, Marcel Tanțău, Eugen Dumitru
09:30
Adjuvant therapies in colorectal cancer
Chairmen: Cristian Gheorghe, Marcel Tanțău, Eugen Dumitru

  • 09.30-09.45 The need for iron supplementation in gastrointestinal diseases (Zentiva)
    Dan Gheonea
  • 09.45-10.00 Colorectal carcionogenesis and intestinal dysbiosis: a two-way pathogenetic drive (Innergy)
    Liana Gheorghe
10:00
Obesity

  • Wegovy® goes beyond: adding years to life and life to years (Novo Nordisk)
    • Chairman: Dan Gheonea
  • Semaglutide: Validated by Science, Valued by Patients
    • Speaker: Bogdan Timar
  • Wegovy® changing lives STEP by STEP
    • Speaker: Cătălina Poiană
  • Obesity on the Gastroenterology radar
    • Speaker: Liana Gheorghe
  • SELECT CARDIO PROTECTION with Wegovy®
    • Speaker: Dan Gaiță
11:00
Break
11:30
11.30-13.00 Tirzepatide – Innovation in current obesity management strategies (Eli Lilly)

  • Changing the obesity paradigm
    • Chairman: Bogdan Timar
  • Obesity in Romania - challenges and perspectives
    • Dan Gheonea
  • Obesity management in the context of cardiovascular disease
    • Ionuț Donoiu
  • Mounjaro in clinical practice
    • Maria Magdalena Roșu
  • Multidisciplinary approach to obesity treatment – a dialogue with experts
    • Chairman: Cătălina Poiană
    • Experts: Mihaela Vladu, Dan Gheonea, Bogdan Timar, Octavian Istrătoaie
13:00
Lunch break
13:45
MASLD – the new pandemia
Chairmen: Liana Gheorghe, Cora Pop, Anca Trifan

  • 13.45-14.00 Background
    Liana Gheorghe
  • 14.00-14.15 Pitfalls in the interpretation of NITs in SLD (MASLD, MetALD, ALD)
    Larisa Sandulescu
  • 14.15-14.30 What are the specifics of end-stage MASLD?
    Anca Trifan, Ermina Stratina
  • 14.30-14.45 Approaching MASLD as a metabolic disease with the need of holistic intervention
    Dana Crișan
  • 14.45-15.00 Public health strategies to decrease morbidity/mortality of MASLD
    Cora Pop
  • 15.00-15.15 Current pharmacotherapy in MASLD: targeting metabolic & liver dysfunction
    Carmen Fierbințeanu
  • 15.15-15.30 Take home messages
    Liana Gheorghe, Cora Pop, Anca Trifan
15:30
Liver diseases

  • 15.30-16.00 Approaching the patient with hepatic steatosis: effective treatment options (SunWave)
    Eugen Dumitru, Dan Gheonea
  • 16.00-16.15 Optimizing haematologycal outcomes in patients with Chronic Liver Disease undergoing surgical procedures (Sobi)
    Dan Gheonea
  • 16.15-16.30 MASLD – a silent epidemic of the 21stcentury (Worwag)
    Larisa Săndulescu
  • 16.30-17.00 Bulevirtide® - The Path Forward in Hepatitis D (Gilead)
    Dan Gheonea
Break
17:00
Bilio-pancreatic disorders
Chairmen: Andrada Seicean, Mircea Diculescu, Ion Rogoveanu

  • 17.00-17.15 Neuroendocrine tumors
    Mircea Diculescu
  • 17.15-17.30 Fatty Pancreas: Disease or finding?
    Ion Rogoveanu
  • 17.30-17.45 EUS in management of pancreatic cancer
    Andrada Seicean
  • 17.45-18.00 ERCP in bilo-pancreatic diseases malignancies
    Vlad Iovănescu
18:00
IBS & Biotics

  • 18.00-18.20 BioGaia Gastrus - Double action for the microflora of the gastrointestinal tract (Ewo Pharma)
    Lucian Negreanu
  • 18.20-18.35 A new perspective in the management of dysbiosis associated with gastrointestinal disorders (Vedra)
    Ion Rogoveanu


Day III (12th of April 2025)

GASTROENTEROLOGY HALL (3rd floor)
08:00
Inflammatory bowel diseases – current challenges
Chairman: Lucian Negreanu, Alina Tanțău, Adrian Goldiș

  • 08.00-08.15 The quality of life of patients with IBD with all new available therapies
    Lucian Negreanu
  • 08.15-08.30 IBD in patients with obesity
    Adrian Goldiș
  • 08.30-08.45 Diet and microbiota in IBD
    Alina Tanțău
  • 08.45-09.00 Great (mutual) expectations - pathologists and gastroenterologists together in an IBD journey
    Cristiana Popp
  • 09.00-09.15 Hematologic precautions and adverse effects of modern therapies
    Ioana Ioniță
09:15
Current medical solutions for daily practice

  • 09.15-09.35 Iron deficiency anemia in IBD. The optimisation of intravenous iron treatment (Ewo Pharma)
    Bogdan Mateescu
  • 09.35-09.50 Rifaximin-α in irritable bowel syndrome with diarrhea (AlfaSigma)
    Mircea Diculescu
  • 09.50-10.10 The advantages of modern IPP, Rabeprazole in upper GI tract pathology (Dr. Reddy's)
    Dan Gheonea
  • 10.10-10.25 Current proctological solutions (Fiterman)
    Vlad Iovanescu
  • 10.25-10.40 News in management of chronic constipation - prucalopride (Medochemie)
    Bogdan Ungureanu
  • 10.40-10.55 Vitamin B12: from deficiency to diagnosis and treatment (Worwag)
    Dan Gheonea
  • 10.55-11.10 Symptoms of Irritable Bowel Syndrome (IBS) - treatment recommendations of WGO guideline (Biocodex)
    Sergiu Cazacu
11:10
Break
11:30
Inflammatory Bowel Diseases – Modern Therapies

  • 11.30-12.15 New Era in Ulcerative Colitis with IL23p19i (Eli Lilly)
    • Chairman: Dan Gheonea
    • Welcome and Introduction: Disease Course in Ulcerative Colitis
      • Dan Gheonea
    • Are we meeting the needs of patients with UC?
      • Lucian Negreanu
    • Can inhibition of IL-23P19 improve outcomes for patients with UC?
      • Cristian Gheorghe
    • Setting new standards in long-term remission with Mirikizumab in UC
      • Anca Trifan
    • Conclusions
      • Dan Gheonea
  • 12.15-12.45 IBD Management – Deep Control and Improve Standard of Care (Abbvie)
    • IBD Management - Start on the right path in UC
      • Mircea Diculescu
    • IBD Management - Get it right from the start in CD
      • Cristian Gheorghe
    • IBD Management. Case-based approach to illuminate the right path
      • Dan Gheonea
  • 12.45-12.55 Choosing biological therapy in 2025: challenges and evidence (Ewo Pharma)
    • Lucian Negreanu
  • 12.55-13.05 Nutrition: Adjuvant Therapy in IBD (Ewo Pharma)
    • Maria Magdalena Roșu
13:05
Lunch break
14:00
Current bariatric treatments
Chairmen: Bogdan Mateescu, Dan Gheonea, Radu Seicean

Supported by BostonScientific

  • 14.00-14.15 Medical therapeutic strategies
    Bogdan Timar
  • 14.15-14.30 Endoscopic gastroplasty - technique
    Dan Gheonea
  • 14.30-14.45 Endoscopic gastroplasty - experience
    Bogdan Mateescu
  • 14.45-15.00 Surgical bariatric procedures
    Radu Seicean
  • 15.00-15.30 Debate: which one is better for who?
    Bogdan Mateescu, Bogdan Timar, Dan Gheonea, Radu Seicean
15:30
Navigating Metabolic Disorders: from Real Clinical Scenarios to Personalized Approach
Chairmen: Gabriel Constantinescu, Mircea Diculescu, Sergiu Cazacu, Sevastița Iordache, Cătălin Sfarti

Bogdan Ungureanu, Nicolae Florescu, Cristina Tocia, Vasile Șandru, Theodor Voiosu, Gheorghe Bălan Jr, Cristina Muzica

  • Flare-ups and full plates: the paradox of living with Crohn's!
    Cristina Tocia
  • From MASLD to liver transplantation: a clinical case journey
    Cristina Muzica
  • When surgery falls: endoscopic solutions for bariatric complications
    Vasile Șandru
  • Less is more: malnutrition management in a complex oncology patient
    Theodor Voiosu
  • Modern Tools for a Modern Liver Disease: EUS Makes a Difference
    Using EUS-guided liver biopsies and portal pressure readings to better manage advanced dysmetabolic steatohepatitis
    Gheorghe Bălan Jr
  • A short story with a big impact: managing short bowel syndrome
    Bogdan Ungureanu


Day IV (13th of April 2024)

09:00
9.00-12.00 Breakfast at UMF’s
  • Magda Roșu, Theodora Gheonea
Healthy culinary practices at Nutrition and Dietetics in UMF Craiova


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