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American Foregut Society

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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!

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2025 AFS Endobariatrics Course a Success!

Thank you for making AFS 2024 "The Best Yet"

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

Share your passion for FOREGUT – Join an AFS Committee!

Committees include:
Advocacy, Bariatrics, Clinical Practice, Endoscopic Foregut, Surgery, Membership, Research, and Robotics

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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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