Speakers - Viva la Vida, Cancun 2022 John Hopkins The 21st Annual Gastroenterology and Hepatology

Course Directors

Mouen Khashab, MD

JOHNS HOPKINS MEDICINE

Ricardo Raña, MD

AMG

Jordan Zamora, MD

AMEG

Course Co-Directors

Olaya Brewer, MBBS

JOHNS HOPKINS MEDICINE

James P. Hamilton, MD

JOHNS HOPKINS MEDICINE

Johns Hopkins Speakers

Maaza Abdi, MD

Johns Hopkins Medicine

Clinical Associate in Medicine
Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology

Tsion Abdi, MD

Johns Hopkins Medicine

Program Director Gastrointestinal Motility and
Neurogastroenterology Fellowship
Program Co- Clinical Director, Division of
Gastroenterology & Hepatology

Elham Afghani, MD

Johns Hopkins Medicine

Assistant Professor of Medicine
Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology

Venkata Ashkintala, MBBch, PhD

Johns Hopkins Medicine

Assistant Professor of Medicine
Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology

Olaya Brewer, MBBS

Johns Hopkins Medicine

Clinical Associate in Medicine
Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology

Robert Bulat, MD, MSc, PhD

Johns Hopkins Medicine

Assistant Professor of Medicine
Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology

Kathy Bull-Henry, MD, MBA

Johns Hopkins Medicine

Assistant Professor of Medicine
Director of Endoscopy
Johns Hopkins Bayview Medical Center
Division ofGastroenterology and Hepatology

Marcia Canto, MD, MPH

Johns Hopkins Medicine

Professor of Medicine
Director of Clinical Research
Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology

Reezwana Chowdhury, MD

Johns Hopkins Medicine

Assistant Professor of Medicine
Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology

James P. Hamilton, MD

Johns Hopkins Medicine

Associate Professor of Medicine
Director of Hepatology

Mouen Khashab, MD

Johns Hopkins Medicine

Professor of Medicine
Director of Therapeutic Endoscopy
Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology

Ruhail Kohli, MBBCh, BAO

Johns Hopkins Medicine

Assistant Professor of Medicine
Associate Program Director
Transplant Hepatology and Advanced Hepatology Fellowships
Division
of Gastroenterology and Hepatology

Saowanee Ngamruengphong, MD

Johns Hopkins Medicine

Assistant Professor of Medicine
Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology

Alyssa Parian, MD

Johns Hopkins Medicine

Assistant Professor of Medicine
Associate Clinical Director
Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology

Eun Ji Shin, MD

Johns Hopkins Medicine

Associate Professor of Medicine
Director of Quality and Safety
Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology

AMG Speakers

Francisco Bosques, MD

AMG

Professor of Medicine
Gastroenterology and Hepatology and Inflammatory
Bowel Disease
Director of the Research Department
Autonomous University of Nuevo León, Monterrey Mexico

Herbert Burgos, MD, ASGF

AMG

Gastroenterology and Endoscopy
Director of WGO-San José Training Centre
San José, Costa Rica

Graciela Castro, MD

AMG

Professor of Medicine
Gastroenterology Endoscopy and Hepatology
Director of Department of Hepatology
Transplant program and NAFLD
Hospital Medica Sur CDMX, Mexico

Fátima Higuera, MD, PhD

AMG

Gastroenterology and Hepatology
Director of Hepatology Department
Hospital General de Mexico CDMX, Mexico

Heriberto Medina, MD

AMG

Professor of Medicine Oncology
Surgeon Surgery Department
Instituto de Ciencias Médicas y Nutrición Salvador
Zubiran CDMX, Mexico

Miguel Ángel Mercado, MD

AMG

Professor of Postgraduate Surgery Course
Director of Surgery Division
Instituto Nacional de Ciencias Médicas y Nutrición
Salvador Zubiran CDMX, Mexico

Alejandra Noble, MD

AMG

Gastroenterology and Endoscopy
Deputy Chief of Medical Education and
Research Division

Mario Peláez, MD

AMG

Professor of Medicine
Gastroenterology Endoscopy and Pancreatology
Gastroenterology and Hepatology Division
Instituto de Ciencias Médicas y Nutrición Salvador
Zubiran CDMX, Mexico

Ricardo Raña, MD

AMG

Professor of Medicine Gastroentrology
Gastroenterology Division
Hospital Español CDMX, Mexico

José María Remes, MD

AMG

Professor of Medicine
Director of the Institute of Medical Biological
Research of the Veracruzana University
Veracruz, Mexico

Max Julio Schmulson, MD

AMG

Professor of Medicine
The Roma Foundation Member
Director of Laboratory of Liver
Pancreas and Motility (HIPAM)
Department of Experimental Medicine

José Luis Tamayo de la Cuesta, MD

AMG

Specialist of Gastroenterology and Gastrointestinal Endoscopy, Head of the Gastroenterology and Endoscopy Service at the Civil Hospital of Culiacán CIDOCS

Luis Uscanga, MD

AMG

Professor of Medicine Gastroenterology
Pancreatology Endoscopy
Director of Gastroenterology and Hepatology Division
Instituto Nacional de Ciencias Médicas y Nutrición
Salvador Zubiran CDMX, Mexico

Miguel Ángel Valdovinos, MD

AMG

Professor of Medicine
Director of Postgraduate Gastroenterology and
Neurogastroenterology Course
Gastroenterology Division
Instituto de Ciencias Médicas y Nutrición Salvador
Zubiran CDMX, Mexico

José Antonio Velarde, MD

AMG

Professor of Medicine
Gastroenterology and Hepatology
Gastroenterology and Hepatology Division
Hospital Civil de Guadalajara Jalisco, Mexico

Jesús K. Yamamoto, MD

AMG

Professor of Medicine Gastroenterology and
Inflammatory Bowel Disease
Director of Inflammatory Bowel Disease Department
Instituto Nacional de Ciencias Médicas y Nutrición
Salvador Zubiran CDMX, Mexico

AMEG Speakers

Jony Cerna, MD

AMEG

Doctor assigned to the endoscopy service
Hospital Juarez de Mexico

Fabián Emura, MD, PhD, FASGE, FJGES

AMEG

Professor of Medicine
Director Gastroenterology Division
Universidad de La Sabana Bogota DC, Colombia

Héctor Espino, MD

AMEG

Specialist in gastroenterology
Surgery and gastrointestinal endoscopy
Former president of the Mexican Association of
Gastrointestinal Endoscopy
Professor of Gastroenterology and Endoscopy at
UNAM

Angélica Hernández, MD

AMEG

Head of the Gastrointestinal Endoscopy service
Instituto Nacional de Cancerología Mexico

Oscar Víctor Hernández Mondragón, MD

AMEG

Specialist in advanced endoscopy and 3rd space. Head of the endoscopy servi

Miguel Ángel Herrera, MD

AMEG

Endoscopy Service of the General Hospital of Mexico

Enrique Murcio Pérez, MD

AMEG

MSc. Endoscopy Department
Hospital de Especialidades
Centro Médico Nacional Siglo XXI
Mexican Social Security Institute
Mexico City, Mexico

Mauro Eduardo Ramírez Solís, MD

AMEG

Professor of Endoscopy and Surgical Endoscopy
National Cancer Institute Mexico
Director of Laboratory for Innovation and Teaching of
Gastrointestinal Endoscopy LIEEG-AMEG

Viridiana Oregel, MD

AMEG

General Surgeon
Advanced therapeutic endoscopy Mexico City, Mexico

Félix Ignacio Téllez, MD

AMEG

Advanced therapeutic endoscopy
Doctorate in Medical Sciences at the National
Autonomous University of Mexico (UNAM) Mexico
City, Mexico

Omar Edel Trujillo, MD

AMEG

Gastroenterologist and Gastrointestinal
Endoscopist BC

Jordan Zamora, MD

AMEG

Professor of Medicine UAEH
General Surgeon and Endoscopy
President AMEG (Mexican Society of Gastrointestinal
Endoscopy) 2021-2022
Past President Mexican board of Surgery
Vice-President AMCG (Mexican Society of General Surgery)

Yolanda Zamorano, MD

AMEG

Endoscopist gastroenterologist at Hospital General
Regional (HGR) No. 1 Dr. Carlos Mac Gregor Sánchez
Navarro, Mexico City