Scientific Agenda

12th Gastro Abu Dhabi International GI Conference 2026

Programme

Scientific Agenda

7:30 AM 8:25 AM
Registration
8:25 AM 8:30 AM
Welcome Address
8:30 AM 10:10 AM
Session 1 4 talks
8:30 AM 8:50 AM

Demystifying Abdominal Bloating and Distention

Dr. Veera Raghavan

8:50 AM 9:10 AM

Rome V in Practice – What’s New, What’s Changed, and What Matters Most

Dr. Arun Korah

9:10 AM 9:30 AM

How to Diagnose and Manage Celiac Disease: What’s the Latest?

Dr. Ibrahim Alhosani

9:30 AM 9:50 AM

Chronic Diarrhea: A Practical and Efficient Diagnostic Strategy

Dr. Mahesh Verma

9:50 AM 10:00 AM

Coffee Break

10:00 AM 11:20 AM
Session 2 4 talks
10:00 AM 10:20 AM

Colonoscope Insertion tips and tricks

Dr. Hisham Aldhabab

10:20 AM 10:40 AM

Polypectomy and EMR: indications and limits

Dr. Ahmed Sultan

10:40 AM 11:00 AM

Undersaline Endoscopy and resections

Dr. Amar Kheir

11:00 AM 11:20 AM

Dimunitive Colonic polyps-biopsy or snare

Dr. Abdulaziz Al Nuaimi

11:20 AM 12:40 PM
Session 3 2 talks
11:20 AM 11:40 AM

Positioning advanced therapies in management of Ulcerative Colitis

Dr. Rupa Banerjee

11:40 AM 12:00 PM

Challenging IBD cases

Dr. Yogesh Shastri

12:00 PM 12:20 PM
Session 4 1 talk
12:00 PM 12:20 PM

Breaking the paradigm in Perianal Fistulizing Crohn's Disease

Dr. Badre Alam

12:20 PM 12:40 PM
Session 5 1 talk
12:20 PM 12:40 PM

Power of Choice in IBD

Dr. Linette Justo

12:40 PM 2:00 PM

Prayers & Lunch Break

2:00 PM 3:00 PM
Session 6 2 talks
2:00 PM 2:20 PM

GLP-1s, Dual Agonists, and What’s Next: What Every GI Provider Needs to Know

Dr. Shamsheer Kote

2:20 PM 2:40 PM

Future Trends in Bariatric Endoscopy

Dr. Rakesh K

2:40 PM 4:20 PM
Session 7 5 talks
2:40 PM 3:00 PM

Role of Functional luminal imaging in GI Motility disorders

Dr. Eyad Alakrad

3:00 PM 3:20 PM

E-POEM - Tips and Tricks for Success

Dr. Pankaj Desai

3:20 PM 3:40 PM

G-POEM, will it work or fail: how to select your patients?

Dr. Ahmed Mudkoor

3:40 PM 4:00 PM

Sub-epithelial lesions: when to consider third space endoscopy?

Dr. Noor Mohammed

4:00 PM 4:20 PM

Preventing and Managing Adverse Events during third space endoscopy

Dr. Mohan Ramchandani

4:20 PM 4:30 PM

Coffee Break & Networking

4:30 PM 6:10 PM
Session 8 5 talks
4:30 PM 4:50 PM

Endoscopic Approaches to Non-Variceal Upper GI Bleeding

Dr. Mazen Taha

4:50 PM 5:10 PM

A Practical Approach to Acute Pancreatitis

Dr. Khaled Bamakhrama

5:10 PM 5:30 PM

Pancreatic cystic lesions-which one should be further investigated

Dr. Jenan Ghaith

5:30 PM 5:50 PM

EUS-Guided Anastomoses

Dr. Abed Al Lehibi

5:50 PM 6:10 PM

Surgical management of Pancreatic cystic lesions

Dr. Vikas Gupta

6:10 PM 6:15 PM
Day 1 - Closing Remarks
7:30 AM 8:15 AM
Registration
8:15 AM 8:20 AM
Welcome Address
8:20 AM 9:40 AM
Session 9 4 talks
8:20 AM 8:40 AM

Emerging therapies for Cholestatic Liver Diseases

Dr. Nisha Kapoor

8:40 AM 9:00 AM

Should I Order a Liver Biopsy? Challenges for the Gastroenterologist

Dr. SS Mazroui

9:00 AM 9:20 AM

Decompensated Cirrhosis and Portal Hypertension in 2026: Changing Paradigms, Recent Advances & Emerging Concepts

Dr. Shiva Kumar

9:20 AM 9:40 AM

Endoscopic Management of Ectopic and Gastric Varices

Dr. Rajesh Puri

9:40 AM 11:00 AM
Session 10 4 talks
9:40 AM 10:00 AM

Magnet assisted Anastomoses in Gastroenterolgy

Dr. Sanjay Rajput

10:00 AM 10:20 AM

Endoscopic management of leaks and fistula

Dr. Amol Bapaye

10:20 AM 10:45 AM

Image enhanced endoscopy for upper GI tract

Dr. Noriyo Uedo

10:45 AM 11:15 AM

The Wisdom of Restraint in Therapeutic Endoscopy — “Can we do it?” versus “Should we do it?”

Dr. Nageshwar Reddy

11:15 AM 11:45 AM
Session 11 1 talk
11:15 AM 11:45 AM

Welcome Ceremony-NMC Management & Invited Dignitaries

11:45 AM 12:35 PM
Session 12 1 talk
11:45 AM 12:35 PM

Clinical Cases-Panel Discussion

Dr. Yogesh Shastri

12:35 PM 12:40 PM

Coffee Break

12:40 PM 1:00 PM
Session 13 1 talk
12:40 PM 1:00 PM

New Era in Comprehensive Disease Management of IBD

Dr. Ahmed Khalifa Almradi

1:00 PM 1:20 PM
Session 14 1 talk
1:00 PM 1:20 PM

Shaping the IBD journey with Ustekinumab: The evolving role of Biosimilars

Dr. Filippos Georgopoulos

1:00 PM 2:40 PM
Session 15 1 talk
1:20 PM 2:40 PM

Live Endoscopic Transmission

Live Transmission of Endoscopy cases from Asian Institute of Gastroenterology, Hyderabad, India under the leadership of Dr Nageshwar Reddy

2:40 PM 3:40 PM

Lunch Break

3:40 PM 4:40 PM
Session 16 3 talks
3:40 PM 4:00 PM

AI beyond polyp detection

Dr. Mohammed Thoufeeq

4:00 PM 4:20 PM

How Digital and AI Tools Can make you more efficient in Your GI Practice

Dr. Nigel Beejay

4:20 PM 4:40 PM

The Patient with Obscure Bleeding - What to Do?

Dr. Rajneesh Rajan

4:40 PM 5:00 PM
Closing Remarks