ENDONEB | Device Training Course | October 22, Rome 2026

Course Details:

Date: October 22, 2026 (full-day course, including a light lunch sponsored by GEM)

Venue: EETC – European Endoscopy Training Centre, Gemelli Hospital – Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, Rome

Available Places: 16

Registration Fee: Free of charge

Welcome Dinner: Evening before the course, October 21, sponsored by GEM

Scientific Directors:

Prof. Guido Costamagna – Director, Center of Excellence for Gastrointestinal and Endocrine-Metabolic Diseases, Isola Tiberina Hospital – Gemelli Isola
Prof. Cristiano Spada – Director, Digestive Surgical Endoscopy Unit, Gemelli University Hospital

Course Director:

Dr. Federico Barbaro – MD, Digestive Surgical Endoscopy Unit, Gemelli University Hospital

Faculty

Dr. Giovanni Papparella – MD, Center of Excellence for Gastrointestinal and Endocrine-Metabolic Diseases, Isola Tiberina Hospital – Gemelli Isola
Dr. Michele Chiappetta
Dr.ssa Silvia Pecere
Dr. Tommaso Schepis

Program:

The course will be divided into two sessions:

Theoretical Session – starting at 08:15 AM (Morning session – Lecture Room)	Hands-On Practical Session – starting at 2:00 PM (Afternoon Session – Dedicated Training Room)
08:15 Welcome and Institutional Greetings 08:30 Introductory lecture on the device and its clinical applications Coffee Break featuring a Case Marathon with group discussion 09:00 – 13:00 Live connection to the operating room to observe live procedures	14:00 – 17:00 Hands-on training using a simulator equipped with an endoscope and porcine stomach model Creation of gastric wall lesions followed by the use of ENDONEB Small-group training sessions: maximum of 4 physicians per simulator, each supervised by a dedicated tutor

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Registration & Accomodation

All participants wishing to attend the course must complete the official registration form available at the bottom of this page.

It is important that the registration form is completed in full, including all required personal, professional and travel information, to allow GEM to properly organize the event and manage accommodation arrangements.

Accomodation Management

GEM will be responsible for the accommodation management of all participants in order to:

negotiate preferential accommodation rates
simplify the booking process
ensure that all participants are accomodated in the same hotel (Gemelli Hotel)

Important: hotel costs remain the responsibility of the distributor. To facilitate the organization of the course, GEM will prepay the hotel rooms and will subsequently recharge the relevant accommodation costs to each distributor according to the number of rooms required for the participants they register.