Scientific Agenda

12th Gastro Abu Dhabi International GI Conference 2026

Programme

Scientific Agenda

7:30 AM 8:10 AM
Registration
8:10 AM 8:15 AM
Welcome Address
8:15 AM 9:35 AM
Session 1 4 talks

Chairpersons: Dr. Anand vadivel · Dr. Ayyappan.G.Pillai · Dr. Makki Fayyad · Dr. Zeshan Riaz

8:15 AM 8:35 AM

Demystifying Abdominal Bloating and Distention

Dr. Veera Raghavan

8:35 AM 8:55 AM

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

Dr. Arun Korah

8:55 AM 9:15 AM

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

Dr. Ibrahim Alhosani

9:15 AM 9:35 AM

Chronic Diarrhea: A Practical and Efficient Diagnostic Strategy

Dr. Mahesh Verma

9:35 AM 10:55 AM
Session 2 4 talks

Chairpersons: Dr. Rami Moucari · Dr. Atul Chawla · Dr. Nikhil Gupta · Dr. Abdulla Alnakshabandi · Dr. Sreehari Pillai

9:35 AM 9:55 AM

Colonoscope Insertion tips and tricks

Dr. Hisham Aldhabab

9:55 AM 10:15 AM

Polypectomy and EMR: indications and limits

Dr. Ahmed Sultan

10:15 AM 10:35 AM

Undersaline Endoscopy and resections

Dr. Ammar Kheir

10:35 AM 10:55 AM

Dimunitive Colonic polyps-biopsy or snare

Dr. Abdulaziz Al Nuaimi

10:55 AM 11:00 AM

Coffee Break

11:00 AM 11:20 AM

Welcome Ceremony-NMC Management & Invited Dignitories

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

Chairpersons: Dr. Abdelhakim Elganyni · Dr. Nabil Quraishi · Dr. Zaheer Koutubi

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 M 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

Chairperson: Dr. Majidah Bukhari

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

Chairpersons: Dr. Ali Choukair · Dr. Mounier Alwaw

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 Kalapana

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

Chairpersons: Dr. Gaurav Muktesh · Dr. Emad Fayyad · Dr. Jamil Mahmoud El Chayeb · Dr. Mohammed Aldashan · Dr. Thomas Cherukara

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. Ahmad Madkour

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

Chairpersons: Dr. Merezban Katrak · Dr. Ranjit Rao · Dr. Abid Zargar · Dr. Sathish Mogan · Dr. Amer Al Khatib

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

Chairpersons: Dr. Xavier Arturo Garcia Aguilera · Dr. Salem Awadh · Dr. Sharifa Kharram · Dr. Fatima Al shamsi

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. Saeed Husain Almarzooqi

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 9:45 AM

Break

9:45 AM 11:00 AM
Session 10 4 talks

Chairpersons: Dr. Samer Al Awadhi · Dr. Abdula Al Hasani · Dr. Mohammed Banama · Dr. Saeed Salem Shaikh · Dr. Ashik Sainu

9:45 AM 10:05 AM

Magnet assisted Anastomoses in Gastroenterolgy

Dr. Sanjay Rajput

10:05 AM 10:25 AM

Endoscopic management of leaks and fistula

Dr. Amol Bapaye

10:25 AM 10:50 AM

Image enhanced endoscopy for upper GI tract

Dr. Noriyo Uedo

10:50 AM 11:20 AM

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

Dr. Nageshwar Reddy

11:20 AM 12:10 PM
Session 11 1 talk
11:20 AM 12:10 PM

Clinical Cases-Panel Discussion

Dr. Yogesh M Shastri

12:10 PM 12:30 PM
Session 12 1 talk

Chairperson: Dr. Abdulaziz Al Nuaimi

12:10 PM 12:30 PM

New Era in Comprehensive Disease Management of IBD

Dr. Ahmed Khalifa Almradi

12:30 PM 12:50 PM
Session 13 1 talk

Chairperson: Dr. Yasser El Gazzar

12:30 PM 12:50 PM

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

Dr. Filippos Georgopoulos

12:50 PM 2:10 PM
Session 14 1 talk

Part 1 Chairpersons: Dr. Suvadip Chatterjee · Dr. Sandeep Nair · Dr. Mukunda Madhavan · Dr. Matthew Vadukoot

Part 2 Chairpersons: Dr. Abhilash Haridas · Dr. Kuldeep Singh · Dr. Nitin Joshi · Dr. Mridul Das

12:50 PM 2:10 PM

Live Endoscopic Transmission

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

2:10 PM 3:10 PM

Lunch Break

3:10 PM 4:10 PM
Session 15 3 talks

Chairpersons: Dr. Azzam Kayyaseh · Dr. Wagdhy Mikhail · Dr. Mohammed Shareef Tholoor

3:10 PM 3:30 PM

AI beyond polyp detection

Dr. Mohammed Thoufeeq

3:30 PM 3:50 PM

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

Dr. Nigel Beejay

3:50 PM 4:10 PM

The Patient with Obscure Bleeding - What to Do?

Dr. Rajneesh Rajan

4:10 PM 4:30 PM
Closing Remarks