Director: Dr. Francisco Tufare and Co-Director: Dr. Fernando Baldoni
Introduction:
Training at the La Plata Center began in 1990 and the center was inaugurated as a WGO Training Center on March 21, 2007. Since its founding, the La Plata Training Center has received more than 400 scholars, most from the Latin American region.
Aims/Goals:
Training in endoscopy and endoscopic surgery
Facilities:
The La Plata Training Center is located in the Gral. San Martín Hospital, a referral hospital situated in the Province of Buenos Aires (population 15 million). The hospital has 500 beds and all clinical and surgical specialties. The Gastroenterology Services (30 doctors) include the Department of Endoscopy, Department of Hepatology, Department of Motility, and an Endoscopic Emergency Ward (24 hours). Over 500 endoscopic procedures are performed monthly, 60% of which are therapeutic.
In 2009 the Unit of Nutritional Support and Malabsorbtive Diseases joined the center and began its academic activities with an E-Learning course on Nutrition.
Areas of Training:
Diagnostic upper endoscopy, colonoscopy, enteroscopy, ERCP, and pancreatoscopy
Upper endoscopic surgery, sclerotherapy, banding ligation, dilation, stent placement, argon-beam, polipectomy, EMR, clips, diagnostic, and interventional EUS
Colonic endoscopic surgery, EMR, dying colorant, dilation, and stent placement
Endoscopic surgery of the bile ducts and pancreas: EPT, placement of stent, mechanical litotripsia, chlolangiocopy, mother and baby
Therapeutic endoscopy
Contact:
Center Directors: Dr. Francisco Tufare and Dr. Fernando Baldoni
For more comprehensive information on the La Plata Training Center, including the trainee application process, course offerings, and other details, please refer to the downloadable pdf:
Faculty and staff at the opening ceremonies, March 2007
WGO Foundation Board Member Dr. Douglas LaBrecque with WGO Past President Henry Cohen and La Plata Faculty.
La Plata trainees.
Training at the La Plata Training Center.
Plaque Unveiling at the La Plata Training Center.
The WGO would like to give special thanks to Asociación Interamericana de Gastroenterología (AIGE), and Olympus Latin America for their support and sponsorship of the WGO La Plata Training Center.
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