On 22 Apr 2015
APPLICATIONS ARE NOW CLOSED. The following information is for reference only.The ESCP is delighted to announce a change in the fellowship schedule for the forthcoming year 2015-2016. Applications have now closed for three distinctive types of fellowships: 2 x six month fellowships 4 x three month fellowships 4 x two-four week observerships The aim of these fellowships is to assist European surgeons currently training in coloproctology to undertake a visit to a centre in a different country in Europe. Preference will be given to applications to travel to a different region within Europe.On 22 Apr 2015
Dublin, Ireland will host the 10th Scientific Meeting of the European Society of Coloproctology (ESCP) on 23-25 September 2015. Pre-meeting visit opportunities will available for 12 fellows / senior trainees in Coloproctology in six local centres of excellence in Coloproctology: St Vincent's University Hospital, Dublin. FELLOWSHIP APPLICATIONS ARE NOW CLOSED.On 7 Apr 2015
ESCP invites and encourages colorectal surgeons to take part in a survey on survey bowel preparation in elective colorectal surgery. Results will be presented by Prof. Yves Panis during his keynote lecture: "Bowel preparation in elective colorectal surgery revisited" on Friday 25 September at the 10th Annual ESCP meeting in Dublin.On 18 Mar 2015
In April this year, the first regional educational masterclass organised by the ESCP in cooperation with the European Crohn's and Colitis Organisation (ECCO), will take place in Moscow, Russia. This inaugural masterclass will concentrate on Ulcerative Colitis (UC) and Crohn's disease (CD) and here keynote speaker, Professor Igor Khalif (State Scientific Centre for Coloproctology, Moscow, Russia), examines the role of medical therapy in treating Crohn's disease.On 11 Mar 2015
Ahead of the first ESCP/ECCO regional masterclass in Moscow, Professor Yves Panis (Professor of Digestive Surgery at the Université Paris VII and Head of the Department of Colorectal Surgery at Beaujon Hospital, Clichy, France) discusses the surgical treatment of acute severe colitis. Although there are no established national registries or surveys on the exact numbers regarding the prevalence of acute severe colitis, the current evidence suggests that around 10-15% of all the patients with ulcerative colitis will at some point develop acute severe colitis. Although which patients will develop the condition and why, is unknown.Page 128 of 139