Hands-on Endoscopy Workshops

Hands-on Endoscopy Workshop Directors: Shivangi T. Kothari, MD, FACG, and Qiang Cai, MD, PhD, FACG

Learn from the experts when you attend one of the many hands-on workshop sessions offered at ACG 2019! Watch expert faculty demonstrate various endoscopic procedures, and try out the latest products.

Workshop registration will take place on-site in San Antonio, and tickets will be given out on a first-come-first-serve basis.

Registration for the Hands-on Workshops will be set up at the main ACG 2019 Registration Area in the Main Lobby starting Saturday, October 26 through Sunday, October 27 at 2:00 pm. Hands-on Registration will move and reopen in the Exhibit Hall starting October 27 at 3:00 pm and remain there throughout the duration of the workshops.

Limited space available.

Sunday, October 27, 2019
Time Workshop Register on
3:45 pm – 6:45 pm
  • ERCP
  • EMR/Polypectomy
 Saturday, October 26, 2019
4:00 pm – 7:00 pm
  • Foreign Body Removal
  • Hemostasis
 Saturday, October 26, 2019
4:00 pm – 5:00 pm
  • Resident Training Session
 Saturday, October 26, 2019
Monday, October 28, 2019
Time Workshop Register on
7:45 am – 9:30 am
  • ERCP – GI Fellows Only
  • EMR/Polypectomy – GI Fellows Only
  • Foreign Body Removal– GI Fellows Only
  • Hemostasis – GI Fellows Only
 Sunday, October 27, 2019
10:15 am – 12:55 pm
  • ERCP
  • EMR/Polypectomy
 Sunday, October 27, 2019
10:30 am – 1:05 pm
  • Stenting
  • Hemostasis
 Sunday, October 27, 2019
10:30 am – 11:30 am
  • Resident Training Session
 Sunday, October 27, 2019
1:55 pm – 4:30 pm
  • EUS
  • ESD with Asian Experts
 Sunday, October 27, 2019
2:05 pm – 4:40 pm
  • Mucosal Ablation
  • Hemorrhoid Therapy
 Sunday, October 27, 2019
3:45 pm – 4:45 pm
  • Resident Training Session
 Sunday, October 27, 2019
Tuesday, October 29, 2019
Time Workshop Register on
10:05 am – 12:45 pm
  • ERCP
  • Enteroscopy
 Monday, October 28, 2019
10:20 am – 12:55 pm
  • Mucosal Ablation
  • Capsule Endoscopy
 Monday, October 28, 2019
1:45 pm – 4:20 pm
  • Hemorrhoid Therapy
 Monday, October 28, 2019
1:55 pm – 4:30 pm
  • Foreign Body Removal
  • Esophageal/Anorectal Manometry
 Monday, October 28, 2019
Hands-on Endoscopy Sessions do not offer CME
Twenty-three companies provided equipment support for the Hands-on Endoscopy Workshop Center in 2018:
  • Aries Pharmaceuticals
  • Boston Scientific
  • CONMED Endoscopic Technologies
  • Cook Medical
  • CRH Medical Corporation
  • CSA Medical Inc.
  • DWD Medical
  • EndoTherapeutics
  • ERBE USA, Inc.
  • FUJIFILM Medical Systems – US Endoscopy Division
  • GI Supply
  • Halyard Health
  • Medtronic
  • Merit Medical Endotek
  • Micro-Tech Endoscopy
  • Olympus America, Inc.
  • Ovesco Endoscopy USA, Inc.
  • PENTAX Medical
  • Redfield Corporation
  • Sandhill Scientific
  • Smart Medical Systems Ltd.
  • Stratis Medical
  • US Endoscopy Group