The consortium ESSAT provides a framework for cooperation and coordination among the four surgical Specialist Member Societies of UEG. ESSAT organises workshops at UEG Week on topics at the intersection of surgeons and gastroenterologists for the benefit of digestive and visceral diseases patients.
Mission statement
- To promote networking of knowledge and sharing clinical skills among the European community and beyond in Digestive and Visceral surgery.
- To support educational programmes including surgical and endoscopy hands-on and technical skills courses for Digestive and Visceral surgery.
- To support and coordinate the development of evidence including guidelines that can promote best practice in Digestive and visceral surgery.
- To support gastroenterologists in a multidisciplinary approach to GI diseases.
Member Societies of ESSAT
European Association for Endoscopic Surgery and other interventional techniques
Secretariat
Eindhoven, Netherlands
T: +31 40 252 52 88
European Digestive Surgery
Secretariat
Munich, Germany
T: +49 89 4140 5886
European Society for Coloproctology
Secretariat
Edinburgh, United Kingdom
T: +44 131 624 6040
ESSAT Council
ESSAT President and Surgery Representative on UEG Council
Dieter Hahnloser, Switzerland (ESCP)
ESSAT Council Members
Dorin Eugen Popa, EAES
Mahdi Al-Taher, EAES
Wanda Petz, EAES
Francesco Maria Carrano, EAES
Beat Müller, EAES
Zilvinas Dambrauskas, EDS
Isabella Frigerio, EDS
Beat Gloor, EDS
Mark Ivo van Berge Henegouwen, EDS
Rita Gudaityte, EDS
Bas P.L. Wijnhoven, EDS
Helmut Friess, EDS
Julie Perinel, EFISDS
Mustapha Adham, EFISDS
Yogesh Vashist, EFISDS
Ahmet Coker, EFISDS
Anna Dupree, EFISDS
Monica Millan, ESCP
Gianluca Pellino, ESCP
Triantafyllos Doulias, ESCP
Dragomir Dardanov, ESCP
Emma V. Carrington, ESCP
Aleksander Karamarkovic, ESSAT
Daniel Hartmann, ESSAT
Contact
UEG Head of Association Management
Wilma Hofer
M: +43 699 1997 16 43
T: +43 1 997 16 39