December 2019

Gathering of 160 Health Care Professional (gastroenterologist, Dermatologists, Rheumatologist and Family medicine) highlighting the importance of early diagnosis of immunological diseases (IBD & Psoriasis & Spondyloarthropathy) & importance of early referral, Presented by Dr. Talal Karima, Dr. Walid Husain, Dr, Khalid Alafif, Dr. Yaser Alam & Dr. Mohamed Said Khan

Special thanks Janssen for sponsoring this meeting.

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December 2019

Under the auspices of Saudi Gastroenterology Association (SGA), The 12th SGA Regional Meeting was held in  in Qassim at Mövenpick Hotel Qassim on Thursday, 12th December 2019.

September 2019

Under the auspices of Saudi Gastroenterology Association (SGA), The 11th SGA Regional Meeting was held in AlBaha on Thursday, 3rd October 2019.

September 2019

Based on the leading role of the  Saudi gastro association in the continuation of the educational process on all avenues, the association organized the conference of Medinah inflammatory bowel diseases summit2019 in  Collaboration with doctors and Professors of Saudi universities in the field of gastroenterology hepatology  diseases  and the participation of the public and private health sector, Where the number of attendees  reach more than 100 doctors specialized and interested in this field, where they discussed all the latest developments and methods of diagnosis and treatment

March 2019

The Saudi Digestive Disease Forum (SDDF) is one of the largest scientific conferences held annually. It is organized with the cooperation of three scientific societies: 1-The Saudi Gastroenterology Association (SGA) 2-The Saudi Association for the Study of Liver Diseases and Transplantation (SASLT) 3-The Saudi Society of Pediatric Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition (SASPGHAN).

March 2018

TUnder the auspices of Saudi Gastroenterology Association (SGA), The 5th SGA Regional Meeting was held in collaboration with Tabuk University in Hilton Garden Hotel on Saturday, 31th March 2018.

Feb 2018

The Saudi Digestive Disease Forum (SDDF) is one of the largest scientific conferences held annually. It is organized with the cooperation of three scientific societies: 1-The Saudi Gastroenterology Association (SGA) 2-The Saudi Association for the Study of Liver Diseases and Transplantation (SASLT) 3-The Saudi Society of Pediatric Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition (SASPGHAN).

Feb 2017

The combined scientific meeting of Saudi Gastroenterology Association and the Saudi Association for the Study of Liver disease & Transplantation was held this year on 11 and 12 of 11- 12 February ,2017  in Hilton hotel, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia .....

01/12/2016

Advocacy is one of the major component of the Saudi Gastroenterology Association (SGA) mission. Our advocates are not only for patients, but also for family members, caregivers, and doctors at Saudi Arabia. SGA network advocates is comprised of people with the diseases, family members and other concerned individuals....

26/11/2016

The Saudi Gastroenterology Association (SGA) has organized its event entitled, “4th Gastroenterology and Hepatology Board Review Course” during the period 24 – 26 November 2016, held in the Postgraduate Centre, at KFSH&RC, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia

02/10/2016

Gastroenterology unit at King Saud University conducted the 2nd EUS workshop in collaboration with Asian EUS group.

19/05/2016

Under umbrella of Saudi Gastroenterology Association and in collaboration with Abbvie bio-pharmaceutical company, a lot of IBD awareness activities have been conducted on May 19th , 2016 as part of the celebration of the world IBD day,

20/02/2016

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SGA conducted a workshop on  (Feb 20, 2016) entitled (Fundamentals of endoscopy workshop) at King Abdul-Aziz university hospital in Jeddah, the workshop has been attended by 15 new  fellows joining the GI fellowship program in  Jeddah, it included a collective sessions covering different topics and the attendees divided into 4 groups to attend 4 interactive workshops on basic principles of endoscopy .

The program of the workshop has been covered by the top Gastroenterologists in Jeddah:

Dr.Hazeez Albiladi –Dr.Ahmed Alharbi –Dr.Mohamed Mawardy – Dr.Manal Bokhary  - Dr.Hany Jawa

The main sponsors of the worskshop were: AbbVie biopharmaceutical company and Alkhalij Company

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June, 2016

WEO spearheads event to address gaps and foster dialogue in GI endoscopy.

The World Endoscopy Organization (WEO) has announced that it will hold the first World Gastrointestinal Endoscopy Congress, in February 16-19 2017 in Hyderabad, India.

June, 2016

SGA is pleased to announce that the content of the UEG week at Barcelona 2015 is available for free to its members.  with Stream of over 400 lectures in the field of gastroenterology and hepatology.

Contact us for details (SGA email).

April, 2016

Congratulation from SGA board members to Prof Ayman Abdo.

Professor of Medicine Consultant Gastroenterologist and Hepatologist, College of Medicine 

past board member for SGA.

for designation him Secretary General of the Saudi Commission for Health Specialties, Wishing for him more success.....

Jan. 2016

The 3rd Better Endoscopic Service Training (BEST) workshop was held in Alfaisaliah Hotel, Riyadh, January 19, 2016 in collaboration with the Saudi Gastroenterology Association (SGA).

Jan. 2016

The combined scientific meeting of Saudi Gastroenterology Association and the Saudi Association for the Study of Liver disease & Transplantation was held this year on 20 and 21 of January 2016 in Alfaisaliah hotel, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia .....

May 2015

King Khalid University Hospital- Gastroenterology Division conducted IBD awareness day as part of activities for “IBD Awareness Campaign”  to promote health and raise public awareness of the Disease and its nature. 

May 2015

The fourth sequel of the IBD Clinical Observation Program was held on the 2nd and 3rd of  May 2015 at King Khalid University Hospital, Medical Education Center.

May 2015

In collaboration with the clinical skills and simulation center at King Abdulaziz University in Jeddah, a one day course entitled " Fundamentals of Gastrointestinal Endoscopy" was held on May,5 2015 in Jeddah.

The course was directed by Dr. Hani Jawa, Dr. Ahmad Alharbi and Dr. Mohammad Mawardi.

May 2015

SGA participated in celebration of world IBD day in 14 hospitals all over the kingdom ( 4 in Jeddah, 2 in Makkah , 1 in Madina, 5 in Riyadh , 1 in Dammam , 1 in Hofouf)A large number of people visited the educational booth as follows

April 2015

On April 30th 2015, a group of 6th year medical students from King Abdullah AZIZ University (Jeddah) under the supervision of Dr. Moutaz Hashim , SGA board member organized a campaign to raise the awareness for colon cancer and encourage all individuals to engage in recommended colon cancer screening program Our main target is to address important companies like MBT , Alinma bank and Shamyel .To support and fund our campaign.

April 2015

SGA membership application on World Endoscopy Organization (WEO) was approved by recent General Assembly.

This is a new fruitful cooperation for SGA.

Dec. 2014

Apps are popular nowadays with today's market going mobile. Apps help us keep pace. Affordable Apps offered by smartphones are becoming increasingly synonymous with our daily activities, both at home and at work. SGA is pleased to announce the availability of the Saudi Gastro App in both Google play and Apple store. It provides the users easy access to updated news, quick notifications of special events, launches, and conferences. Moreover, one-touch access to the association’s contact information which indeed will increase our visibility and ease our accessibility to SGA members.

Nov. 2014

Dr. Abdullah Al Rbish director of Dammam University opened the activities of 13th Saudi Gastroenterology Association meeting and 2nd Saudi Association for the Study of Liver diseases and Transplantation meeting, which is organized and hosted in Meridien Al Khobar….

Nov. 2014

The combined scientific meeting of Saudi Gastroenterology Association, the Saudi Association for the Study of Liver disease & Transplantation, and the Saudi Pediatric Gastroenterology association was held this year between the 25th and the 27th of November 2014 in the Meredien hotel, Alkhobar.....

Nov. 2014

The SGA has conducted the 3rd Gastroenterology and Hepatology board review course  during the period  22-24 November 2014, held in  the Meredien Alkhobar during 13th SGA/ 2nd SASLT meeting.....

Nov. 2014

Secretary-General of the Saudi Health Council Dr. Youssef Bin Youssef Almazrro signed several agreements with a number of scientific associations that fall under his program "TSHAWOR" in the headquarters of the General Secretariat, Where was signed with Saudi Gastroenterology Association and signed agreement chairman Dr. Majid Bin Abdurrahman Al Madi.....

June, 2014

Riyadh KSA, 16-17 March 2014 - The Third meeting of Administration Department of International Cooperation and Scientific Societies was recently held in King Saud University. The event entitled “Social Responsibility of Scientific Societies” was lead by the Director of King Saud University, Dr. Badran  Abdulrahman Othman Al-omar.....