Date
June 2 & 3 - 4, 2004
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Objectives
EUS-live 2004 will be held in Amsterdam for the seventh time on June 3rd and 4th, 2004.The traditional setup will be used again this year with a combination of many live-cases performed by experts and a limited number of presentations.This formula was found to have a very high educational value for EUS-training, for both novice and experienced endoscopists.The Academic Medical Center in Amsterdam has a great infrastructure for this kind of teaching and two-way audio and video connections ensure optimal interaction between participants,moderator and endoscopists. In addition to our two-day course on Thursday and Friday, a hands-on EUS-workshop will be organized for a limited number of participants (max.20) on Wednesday afternoon. 
EUS-live number 7 will have both familiar and new faces in the faculty. Dr Robert Hawes (Charleston, SC) and Dr Thomas Rösch (Munich, Germany) will give lectures and perform live-cases in their well known highly educational manner. The faculty has been enlarged with two new names. Amsterdam welcomes doctors Yasuda and Napoleon for EUS-live 2004. Dr Kenjiro Yasuda (Osaka,Japan) will be the president of the EUS 2004 in Tokyo, Japan.This conference builds on a long tradition and is regarded as the world EUS conference since its start in the eighties. Dr Bertrand Napoleon (Lyon, France) is a well known EUS-endoscopist and serves as a boardmember of the French Endosonography Club. The French Endosonography Club is one of the few organizations that has succeeded in initiating a well defined national training program for EUS. Together with our local faculty,consisting of Dr Jacques Bergman, Dr Marco Bruno and our AMC-fellows and nurses, we feel we have an absolute “ EUS dream team ” to make EUS 2004 a great educational success.
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Organizing committee
P. Fockens
G.N.J. Tytgat
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Faculty
J. Bergman
M. Bruno
R. Hawes
B. Napoleon
T. Rösch
K.Yasuda
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Accreditation
12 hrs
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Sponsors
Olympus Optical Co
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Wednesday June 2, 2004
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      13.00 Registration
      13.30 Hands-on EUS workshop
      17.30 Adjourn
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2-DAY COURSE PROGRAM
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Thursday June 3, 2004
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      08.30 Coffee
      09.00 Introductory remarks 
              Paul Fockens
      09.10 Technical developments 
              Yoshi Saito, Olympus Tokyo
      09.30 EUS infrasructure,what do you need to start 
              Robert Hawes
      10.00 Live demonstrations
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      11.00 Live demonstrations
      12.00 EUS in early cancer of esophagus and stomach 
              Kenjiro Yasuda
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       Lunch
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      13.30 Live demonstrations
      14.30 Cystic lesions of the pancreas,what (not)to do?
              Paul Fockens
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      15.30 Live demonstrations
      16.30 EUS-news from DDW 
              Marco Bruno
      16.50 Training in EUS:the French system 
              Bertrand Napoleon
      17.10 Panel discussion on training 
      17.30 Adjourn and cocktails

Friday June 4, 2004
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      08.30 Coffee
      09.00 Interventional EUS 
              Thomas Rösch
      09.30 Live demonstrations

      11.00 Live demonstrations
      12.00 Indications for EUS of ampulla and CBD 
              Bertrand Napoleon
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     Lunch
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      13.30 Live demonstrations
      14.30 EUS-guided FNA:tips,tricks and needles 
              Jacques Bergman

      15.30 Live demonstrations
      16.00 The Amsterdam EUS-live 2004 Quiz 
               Paul Fockens
      16.45 Closing remaks
      17.00 Adjourn
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REGISTRATION

Registration:
Participants can register by completing the registration form and payment of the fee. The registration fee covers course participation, coffee/tea, lunch and cocktails.
Registration fee: (2-day course)   € 250,-.
Registration fee:  workshop         € 200,-.

Payment
By banktransfer, credit card (American Express, Euro/Master card or Visa), or cash at registration. The bank account of the EPGS:

ABN AMRO Bank, no 54.69.46.275 
Meibergdreef Amsterdam NL
(SWIFT no.: ABNA NL2A
IBAN no. NL29ABNA0546946275 )

Information:
Further information, mailings and a registration form can be obtained through:

   Mrs. Joy Goedkoop
   European Postgraduate Gastrosurgical school 
   Meibergdreef 9
   NL-1105 AZ Amsterdam
   The Netherlands
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   E-mail: