Timisoara Gastroenterology Days in Chisinau, second edition

Outstanding personalities in the field of gastroenterology and hepatology, national and world-class university professors, doctors, residents, and students gathered at Timisoara Gastroenterology Days in Chisinau scientific conference. The event took place on October 21 and 22 and was organized by the Gastroenterology Discipline, Department of Internal Medicine, Gastroenterology Research Laboratory within Nicolae Testemitanu State University of Medicine and Pharmacy in collaboration with the Association of Gastroenterology and Hepatology from the Republic of Moldova.

”Fourteen doctors from Romania, including Prof. Dr. Ioan Sporea, Prof. Dr. Roxana Sirli, Prof. Dr. Alina Popescu, Prof. Dr. Mirela Danila and Dr. Felix Bende have honored us with their presence in Chisinau to discuss the most critical aspects of liver and digestive tract diseases. Although almost a thousand kilometers separates us from you, the problems are the same and only together can we find solutions to combat them”, emphasized university professor Eugen Tcaciuc, head of Gastroenterology Discipline.

For his part, Prof. Ioan Sporea stated: ”We came here to share our experience to be on the same level. It is important that patients benefit from exactly the same type of diagnosis and treatment, regardless of where they are.”

According to the organizers, during the two days topics were discussed, such as screening and taking care of patients with non-alcoholic fatty liver disease, viral hepatitis E, autoimmune pancreatitis, treatment of Helicobacter pylori infection, according to the recommendations of the clinical protocols updated in 2022, contemporary trends in laboratory diagnosis, but also the role of gut microbiota and probiotics for health.

Moreover, participants had the opportunity to learn about the role of contrast ultrasound in the diagnosis of malignant tumors of the liver and to follow, step by step, the performance of hepatic elastography, explained exhaustively by Prof. Sporea.

The conference with the generic name Timisoara Gastroenterology Days in Chisinau was organized for the second successive year.