Dutch Endoscopy HPB Live 2026
Organization: co-organization Amsterdam UMC, Erasmus MC, Leiden UMC
Organizing committee: Akin Inderson, Pieter Jan de Jonge, Rogier Voermans en Roy van Wanrooij
INTERNATIONAL FACULTY
George Webster, Michiel Bronswijk, Stefano Crino
Location: WTC Rotterdam
June 15 and 16, 2026
Find here our program for this 2 days event
08h00 - 08h30
Welcome and registration
08h30 - 08h35
Opening
08h35 - 09h30
Clinical Update 1: Endoscopy in pancreatitis, from prevention to therapy
08h35 - 08h50
How to prevent post ERCP pancreatitis in 2026, Thijs Wielinga Amsterdam UMC
08h50 - 09h05
When to intervene in necrotizing pancreatitis, Rogier Voermans Amsterdam UMC
09h05 - 09h20
Endoscopic therapy in chronic pancreatitis: who, when, how, Marco Bruno Ersamus MC
09h20 - 09h30
Panel Discussion
09h30 - 10h30
Live Endoscopy 1
10h30 - 11h00
Coffee break & Visit Exhibits
11h00 - 11h20
State of the Art Lecture 1: Managing Difficult Bile Duct Stones: From ERCP to Cholangioscopy, George Webster UCLH London
11h20 - 12h20
Live Endoscopy 2
12h20 - 13h45
Lunch & Visit Exhibits
13h45 - 14h45
Clinical Update 2: New developments in EUS
13h45 - 14h00
Advanced imaging; elastography, contrast enhanced EUS and AI, Kirill Basiliya LUMC
14H00 -14h15
Optimizing EUS-guided tissue acquisition, Jamie Chua LUMC
14h15 - 14h30
Endohepatology; targeted variceal therapy; rescue or routine?, Ynte de Boer LUMC
14h30-14h45
Panel Discussion
14h45 - 15h45
Live Endoscopy 3
15h45 - 16h15
Tea break & Visit Exhibits
16h15 - 16h35
State of the Art Lecture 2 Expanding the indications for EUS-guided anastomoses, Michiel Bronswijk UZ Leuven
16h35 - 17h30
Break out sessions
Session 1 ERCP or EUS-BD: How should we drain the bile duct?
Session 2 Managing ERCP related complications in the endoscopy suite
Session 3 How do you stay a skilled endoscopy nurse in the rapidly evolving HPB field?
17h30 - 19h00
Drinks with the faculty
08h30 - 09h30
Clinical Update 3: Management of biliary strictures
08h30 - 08h45
Diagnostic work-up for biliary strictures, Kirsten Boonstra Radboud UMC
08h45 - 09h00
Indeterminate biliary strictures: cholangioscopy first?, Pieter Jan de Jonge Erasmus MC
09h00 - 09h15
Endoscopic treatment of benign biliary strictures, Cyriel Ponsioen Amsterdam UMC
09h15 - 09h30
Panel Discussion
09h30 - 10h30
Live Endoscopy 4
10h30 - 11h00
Coffee break & Visit Exhibits
11h00 - 11h20
State of the Art Lecture 3 Emerging EUS-guided therapies for pancreatic lesions, Stefano Crino Verona, Italy
11h20 - 12h20
Live Endoscopy 5
12h20 - 13h45
Lunch & Visit Exhibits
13h45 - 14-45
Clinical Update 4: EUS guided biliary drainage; from learning curve to mastery
13h45 - 14h00
How to master therapeutic EUS; from training to practice, Jurrien Reijnders Erasmus MC
14h00 - 14h15
EUS-guided Galbladder Drainage: Indications and Pitfalls, Roy van Wanrooij Amsterdam UMC
14h15 - 14h30
EUS-guided Hepatogastrostomy: When, why and how, Wim Lammers Erasmus MC
14h30 - 14h45
Panel Discussion
14h45 - 15h45
Live Endoscopy 6
15h45 - 16h15
Tea break & Visit Exhibits
16h15 - 16h30
State of the Art Lecture 4 Image-Guided ERCP: Integrating CT and MRI for Precision Biliary Intervention, Akin Inderson LUMC
16h30 - 16h45
Follow up of the live cases on clinical outcome and pathology reports
16h45
Closure, Adjourn and Drinks with the faculty
Adjourn and drinks with the faculty
Note: On the registration form you can indicate which breakout session you wish to attend on Monday 15, 2026