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American Foregut Society
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April is Esophageal Cancer Awareness Month
Registration Now Open for 2025 Annual Meeting!
The American Foregut Society is thrilled to invite you to the 2025 Annual Meeting, happening September 11-13 at the Gaylord Texan in Dallas, TX, with optional Post-Graduate courses happening on September 10. This year, we’re Better Together as we partner with The Upper GI International Robotic Association (UGIRA), which will host its annual meeting on September 13-14, 2025. Join us for a collaborative day on Saturday, September 13!
The 2024 Annual Meeting in Denver brought in more than 600 attendees and record presence of our industry partners!
AFS members can access the recordings and pdfs in the member portal.
Mark your calendars for future meetings – and register today for 2025!
- September 11-14, 2025 Gaylord Texan
- September 24-27, 2026 Gaylord National
- September 15-19, 2027 Gaylord Rockies
- September 13-17, 2028 Gaylord Texan
- September 26-30, 2029 Gaylord Rockies
2025 Digestive Health Symposium
Join the Hoag Digestive Health Institute for a special conference featuring live cases, expert presentations, and interactive panels with global thought leaders in digestive health.
September 26-27 in Newport Beach, California: Symposium and Live Cases
September 28 in Irvine, California: Hands-on Workshop
This event is shared as part of a marketing partnership with Hoag to keep our community informed about relevant opportunities. While it is not sponsored by the American Foregut Society (AFS), we’re happy to help spread the word!
AFS Textbook of Foregut Disease
The AFS Textbook of Foregut Disease serves as a comprehensive guide of information covering the fast-evolving field of foregut disease. This textbook is designed as a partnership between gastroenterologists & gastrointestinal surgeons with an understanding that an essential component of moving forward in this field is through collaboration. This AFS textbook has been developed by the American Foregut Society, a premier society for foregut disease and all chapters are written by experts in the field. Readership is intended for gastroenterologists, GI and thoracic surgeons, gastroenterology and general surgery residents and fellows, medical students, and integrated health members that manage foregut disease.
AFS Announces a New Endoscopic Classification of the Esophagogastric Junction
The classification recognizes that the antireflux barrier involves the crural diaphragm and intrinsic lower esophageal sphincter in addition to the flap valve classification as described by Hill. It stratifies EGJ integrity from normal (grade 1) to increasing degrees of EGJ disruption (grade 2-4) beginning with loss of the flap valve and progressing to increasing degrees of crural disruption and hiatus hernia. It also stipulates appropriate endoscopic methodology for the assessment and provides a basic nomenclature for communication among endoscopists.
AFS Suggestion Box
We want to hear from our membership! Please take a minute and let us know your suggestions to improve the society!
