World Gastroenterology Organisation

Global Guardian of Digestive Health. Serving the World.

Governing Council

The World Gastroenterology Organisation (WGO) vests its general management in a Governing Council. Acting through the Governing Council, the WGO is empowered to undertake the necessary activities to fulfill the goals and mission of the organization.

2026-2027 Executive Committee

	President Professor Carolina Olano Universidad de La Republica Montevideo, Uruguay		President-Elect Professor Vivek Kaul University of Rochester Medical Center Rochester, NY, USA
	Past President Professor Geoffrey Metz Epworth Hospital Richmond, VIC, Australia		Treasurer Professor Kaichun Wu Xijing Hospital Xi'an, China
	Secretary General Professor Anita Afzali University of Cincinnati College of Medicine Cincinnati, OH, USA		Director At-Large Professor Dan Dumitrascu University of Medicine and Pharmacy Cluj-Napoca, Romania
Committee Chairs
	Chair, Climate Change Committee Professor Anahita Sadeghi Tehran University of Medical Sciences Tehran, Iran		Chair, Education Committee Professor Kelly Burak University of Calgary Liver Unit Calgary, Canada
	Chair, Endoscopy Committee Professor Nazish Butt Jinnah Postgraduate Medical Centre Karachi, Pakistan		Chair, Hepatology Committee Professor Alice Lee Concord Hospital Sydney, Australia
	Chair, IBD Committee Professor Susana Lopes Centro Hospitalar São João EPE Porto, Portugal		Chair, Media and Community Engagement Committee Professor Tony Tham Ulster Hospital Belfast, Ireland
	Chair, Training Centers Committee Professor Luis Carlos Sabbagh Sanitas University Foundation Bogota, Colombia		Chair, Train the Trainers Committee Professor Wojciech Marlicz Pomeranian Medical University Szczecin, Poland
	Chair, Young GI Committee Professor Georgiana Gîlcă-Blanariu Sf. Spiridon County Clinical Emergency Hospital Iasi, Romania

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