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BSGIE | BSUGIS – Autumn meeting

4 December 2025 8h30 – 17h30

Advance your upper GI practice in one focused day.

Thursday, 4 December 2025 | Van der Valk Hotel, Nivelles

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Developed in collaboration with the Belgian Society for Upper GI Surgery (BSUGIS), this multidisciplinary event advances clinical skills, patient safety, and best practices in endoscopy throughout Belgium.

The program brings together endoscopists, surgeons, and nurses for an interactive day of learning and collaboration.

The morning offers tailored parallel sessions: gastroenterologists can choose hands-on device training or practical sessions on billing and quality regulations (BygGIE track); nurses receive dedicated training in room setup, electrosurgery safety, and bleeding management; while surgeons explore esophageal motility disorders and gastric emptying challenges.

The afternoon joint plenary session “From endoscope to surgery: multidisciplinary approach to benign upper GI disease” focuses on GERD essentials, covering high-quality endoscopy standards, medical and surgical therapies, evidence-based guidelines, and innovative procedural approaches through interactive case discussions with experts.

Event details

When: Thursday, 4 December 2025
Where: Van der Valk Hotel Nivelles-Sud, Chaussée de Mons 22
Language: English
Accreditation: Ethics, Economy – Gastroenterology
Parking: free on-site

Registrations

BSGIE member: 50 € | Physician non member: 95 € | Trainee: 30 € | Nurse: 20 €
BSUGIS member: included in their membership

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08.30 WELCOME COFFEE & REGISTRATION

09.00 PARALLEL SESSIONS

ENDOSCOPY DEVICES MANIPULATION
HANDS-ON

Great interaction between nurses, doctors & industry reps

BSGIE in collaboration
with companies

ESOPHAGEAL MOTILITY DISORDERS

Chairs: Lieven Depypere – UZ Leuven, Jody Valk – UZA, ZAS

  • Introduction
    Lieven Depypere – UZ Leuven
  • Pathophysiology of achalasia
    Guy Boeckxstaens – UZ Leuven
  • Manometry / endoFLIP (before and during surgery)
    Heiko Deschepper- UZA
  • Combined endoscopy/surgical approach?
    Marc Barthet – AP-HM Marseille
  • Discussion

BSUGIS

11.00 COFFEE BREAK

11.15 PARALLEL SESSIONS

COMPREHENSIVE TOPICS DEDICATED TO ENDOSCOPY NURSES

Chairs: Youssef Mourabit – Humani, Jean‑Baptiste Zeevaert – CHR Verviers

  • How to prepare the endoscopy room. Practical principles, scope flow, ergonomics, accessories
    Hilde Willekens – UZ Leuven
  • Electrosurgical units: principles & safety. all the ins and outs you need to know
    Philippe Leclercq – CHC MontLégia
  • Bleeding management in upper GI endoscopy
    Stefan Van Langendonck – AZ M. Middelares Gent

HEALTH POLICY & PRACTICE

Chairs: Mariana Figueiredo – CHU St Pierre, Christophe Snauwaert – AZ St-Jan, Brugge

  • I performed an interventional procedure: what do I charge?Pierre Deprez – UCLouvain
  • Hospital financing: how are endoscopic acts valued?
    Philippe Devos – UNESSA, Erpent
  • The new quality law: what does the younggastroenterologist need to now?
    Nikolas De Meurechy – BVAS-ABSyM

BygGIEs

GASTRIC EMPTYING “PROBLEMS” (PRE- AND POSTOP)

Chairs: Laurent Kohnen – CHU Liège,
Hanne Vanommeslaeghe – UZ Gent

  • Diagnosis, workup, medical treatment
    Frank Zerbib – CHU Bordeaux
  • “Future?” interventional treatment options?
    Marc Barthet – AP-HM Marseille

BSUGIS

12.45 LUNCH

PLENARY SESSION

From endoscope to surgery: multidisciplinary approach to benign upper GI disease

BSUGIS / BSGIE joint meeting

13.45 GERD ESSENTIALS: WHAT EVERY ENDOSCOPIST AND SURGEON SHOULD KNOW?

Chairs: Heiko De Schepper – UZA, David Francart – CHC-Liège

  • High-Quality GERD endoscopy. What the endoscopist should deliver – and the surgeon should expect?
    Raf Bisschops – UZ Leuven
  • Medical therapies: PPIs and alternatives
    Joris Arts – AZ Sint-Lucas, Brugge, UZ Leuven
  • Who should be referred for surgery? Practical, multidisciplinary discussion based on the ICARUS guidelines
    Yannick Deswysen – CU St-Luc Brussels | Hanne Vanommeslaege – UZ Gent | Frank Zerbib – CHU Bordeaux

15.40 BREAK

16.00 PROCEDURAL APPROACHES IN REFLUX DISEASE

Chairs: Marc Legrand – CHR Huy | Hubert Piessevaux – CU St-Luc Brussels

  • Endoscopic Therapies for GERD: current options, evidence and limitations
    Jacques Devière – HUB Erasme
  • Anti-Reflux Surgery: techniques, long-term outcomes & recurrences
    Arnaud De Roover – CHU Liège
  • Giant Hiatal Hernia: anatomical challenges, not always about reflux
    Jody Valk – ZNA, UZA

16.55 FAREWELL: ENDO & LAP SKILL BOX LIVE

Lieven Depypere – UZ Leuven | Pieter Dewint – AZ Oostende, UZA

17.15 CLOSING REMARKS

Thanks to our partners

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