Pancreatic Endoscopic Ultrasound

Professor Leonardo Sosa-Valencia is an expert in pancreatic echoendoscopy. He is former President of the Venezuelan Gastroenterology Society, former Professor at West General Hospital and founder of CITé, a national referral center for EUS in Caracas-Venezuela. He is Adjunct Assistant Professor of the Department of Gastroenterology at Johns Hopkins University, USA. He has published over 58 articles and 7 book chapters, and is co-author of Compendio de Endosonografía (2016). He is Director of the International EUS Therapeutic Course at the Institute of Image-Guided Surgery of Strasbourg, France, and a clinical doctor and senior researcher at Nouvel Hôpital Civil, France.Lee Swanström is an expert and innovator in minimally invasive surgery and surgical endoscopy. He is Professor of Surgery at Oregon Health and Science University, USA, and Chief Innovations Officer and Scientific Director of the Innovations Fellowship program of the Institutes des Hôpitaux Universitaires, University of Strasbourg, France. He is a director of the American Board of Surgery and has been president of multiple surgical societies and foundations, including the Society of American Gastrointestinal Endoscopic Surgeons, the Fellowship Council and the Foundation for Surgical Innovation and Education. He has published over 350 peer-reviewed papers, 88 book chapters and is the editor the journal Surgical Innovation.