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2025 AFS Endobariatrics Course 
February 28-March 1, 2025
Evanston, Illinois
Course Directors: Dr Barham Abu Dayyeh, Dr Mike Ujiki
The course will be an intensive hands-on experience with faculty that have extensive experience with Endoscopic Sleeve Gastroplasty, Endoscopic gastrojejunal revisions, and endoscopic management of bariatric complications. Attendees will have access to an online knowledge-based section prior to and after the course. The course will comprise of over 12 hours of hands-on experience with faculty mentorship over a two-day period. Registration is limited to allow for more time with instructors.
Thank you for making AFS 2024 "The Best Yet"
We had over 600 attendees and record presence of our industry partners in Denver for the 2024 annual meeting.
AFS members can access the recordings and pdfs in the member portal.
Don't miss AFS 2025!
Future meetings:
September 10-14, 2025 Gaylord Texan (AFS and UGIRA)
September 24-27, 2026 Gaylord National
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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. All chapters follow an organized format that contains many graphs, tables, intraoperative photographs, and illustrations of techniques. This textbook provides the most up-to-date scientific information and will be the definitive resource to guide both the diagnosis and management of foregut disease for years to come.
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AFS ANNOUNCES A NEW ENDOSCOPIC CLASSIFICATION OF THE ESOPHAGOGASTRIC JUNCTION
The 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.
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