The Medical Independent

1 week ago | medicalindependent.ie | Pat Kelly

Credit: istock.com/-Oxford- Speaking to the Medical Independent (MI) at the Irish Society of Gastroenterology (ISG) Summer Meeting 2025, ISG President Prof Orla Crosbie described her pride in having held the position of President of the Society and in the content of this year’s meeting. “The standard of abstracts and submissions was excellent and we had four fantastic sessions,” she said. “We had President’s choice of top oral presentations, we heard about hepatology, IBD [inflammatory bowel...

1 week ago | medicalindependent.ie | Pat Kelly

Credit: istock.com/BlackJack3D The Irish Society of Gastroenterology Summer Meeting 2025 heard from Prof Michael Byrne, Clinical Professor of Medicine at the Division of Gastroenterology, Vancouver General Hospital, Canada, who delivered a talk titled ‘Carpe Algorismum: Practical implementation of AI [artificial intelligence] into clinical practice and clinical trials in gastroenterology’. “‘AI’ is an all-encompassing term and it’s a loosely used term,” Prof Byrne told the conference. “Some...

1 week ago | medicalindependent.ie | Pat Kelly

Credit: istock.com/Rawpixel The themed oral presentations at the Irish Society of Gastroenterology Summer Meeting 2025 covered some fascinating topics that included eating disorders and hospital admissions, gender disparity in gastrointestinal (GI) advanced endoscopy, as well as capsule endoscopy and patency testing, among other areas. This session saw an oral presentation titled ‘Inpatient dietary exposure to ultra-processed foods’, delivered by Dr Conor Byrne, Beaumont Hospital, Dublin. Dr...

1 week ago | medicalindependent.ie | Pat Kelly

Credit: istock.com/megaflopp The Irish Society of Gastroenterology (ISG) Summer Meeting 2025 featured a talk by Dr Andrew Yeoman, Consultant Hepatologist, Aneurin Bevan University Health Board, Wales.

1 week ago | medicalindependent.ie | Pat Kelly

Credit: istock.com/Ljupco The Irish Society of Gastroenterology Summer Meeting 2025 comprised two days of presentations that covered a varied line-up of national and international speakers, who spoke on a range of topics of interest to specialists and associated clinicians. The meeting also featured the Society’s AGM, and a discussion on training opportunities in Ireland and abroad. The conference had a number of high-quality oral presentations and a satellite symposium, sponsored by Gilead,...