The upcoming 12th World Congress of the ISDE will be held September 2-5, 2010, in Kagoshima on the island of Kyushu in Japan. Professor Takashi Aikou is the Congress President, and will be ably helped in this effort by Drs. Fujita and Tsubouchi. Please join us for this exciting Congress. Watch this page for updates on abstract submission and meeting registration dates.

Announcements

The Executive Committee remains busy planning for the future of our society. Working committees for the 2010 scientific program (Co-chairs: Andre Smout, MD, and Yuko Kitagawa, MD), membership (chair: Yvonne Romero, MD), finance (chair: Marco Patti, MD), and ISDE history (co-chairs: Hiroko Ide, MD, and Ivan Cecconello, MD) have been established. 

Recently the ISDE created two committees charged with developing consensus statements on management of Barrett high grade dysplasia and achalasia. The reports of these committees will be presented at the 2010 Biennial Congress of the ISDE in Kagoshima, Japan, Sep 3-5. Future committees will focus on database participation, clinical research, and scholarships for travel and research.

Please look here for announcements regarding abstract submission for the 2010 ISDE Biennial Congress. Abstract submission opens October 1, 2009, and closes in January, 2010. We are seeking abstracts for oral presentations, posters, and videos. Travel awards are planned for 30 abstracts containing descriptions of original, unpublished research.

We are delighted to announce that the publisher of our journal, Diseases of the Esophagus, will fund two Wiley-Blackwell Young Investigator Awards for original research submitted for the 2010 ISDE Congress. The awards will help support travel costs to the Congress. Information regarding these awards can be found here.

Our journal, Diseases of the Esophagus, continues to experience increased growth in its subscription rate due to the quality of manuscripts submitted by esophagologists from around the world. We are pleased to announce that our journal has two new editors, Andre Duranceau of the University of Montreal, and John Pandolfino of Northwestern University. They have exciting new plans for the journal, including a special issue celebrating the 30th anniversary of the ISDE. Our profound gratitude goes to the former co-editors, Drs. Claude Deschamps and Kenneth Wang, both of the Mayo Clinic, for their service and leadership.

President's Message