ESPGHAN Webinars

In the past year, we have experienced an increased demand for virtual education due to our limitations with face-to-face meetings.
In 2021, ESPGHAN has thus launched a webinar format for everyone who wants to continue their education in PGHN despite the COVID pandemic and related restrictions. Due to the success of our series we will continue the webinars. Please monitor this webpage for respective updates.

Registration

Who can apply?
The webinar is open for members and non-members and all age groups. Participants need to register online. A registration link for each webinar can be found in the table below the respectve header.  Participation is free of charge. Registration by email can no longer be accepted.

Upcoming

April 2025 - The role of machine learning and AI in Paediatric GI

Date: April 23, 2025 

Time: 17.00 - 18.00 CET

Topic: The role of machine learning and AI in Pediatric GI

Speakers: Sana Syed

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This webinar is part of the Young ESPGHAN Webinar Series.

June 2025 - Unraveling the Gut-Brain Connection: Microbiome's Role in DGBIs

Date: June 11, 2025 

Time: 17.00 - 18.00 CEST

Topic: Unraveling the Gut-Brain Connection: Microbiome's Role in DGBIs

Speakers: TBC

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This webinar is part of the Young ESPGHAN Webinar Series.

 

July 2025 - Lifesaving Nutrition: The Role of Enteral Feeding in Paediatric Intestinal Failure

Date: July 09, 2025 

Time: 17.00 - 18.00 CEST

Topic: Lifesaving Nutrition: The Role of Enteral Feeding in Pediatric Intestinal Failure

Speakers: TBC

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This webinar is part of the Young ESPGHAN Webinar Series.

Archive

March 2025 - Pediatric Liver Transplants: Navigating Ethical Dilemmas in Complex Cases

Date: March 10, 2025

Time: 17.00 - 18.00 CET

Topic: Pediatric Liver Transplants: Navigating Ethical Dilemmas in Complex Cases

Speakers: Norman Junge, DE // Steffen Hartleif, DE

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This webinar is part of the Young ESPGHAN Webinar Series.

March 2025 - Endocrinology Meets Hepatology: Unveiling the Liver's Hormonal Secrets

UPDATED DATE: March 18, 2025

Time: 17.30 - 18.30 CET

Topic: Endocrinology Meets Hepatology: Unveiling the Liver's Hormonal Secrets

Speakers: Hubert van der Doef and Mirjam van Albada

Join us for an enlightening webinar, "Endocrinology Meets Hepatology: Unveiling the Liver's Hormonal Secrets." This session will explore the fascinating interplay between the liver and hormone metabolism, shedding light on how liver disease affects hormonal balance. Gain insights into the latest advancements in diagnosing and managing related conditions from two specialists: Hubert van der Doef, a pediatric gastroenterologist and hepatologist, and Mirjam van Albada, a pediatric endocrinologist.

March 2025 - Treatment refractory GERD

Date: March 05, 2025 

Time: 17.00 - 18.00 CET

Topic: Treatment refractory GERD

Speakers: Michiel van Wijk, NL

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This webinar is part of the Young ESPGHAN Webinar Series.

January 2025 - Breaking the Cycle: Innovative Approaches to Managing Intractable Constipation

Date: January 29, 2025
Time: 17.00 - 18.00 CET

Topic: Managing Intractable Constipation

Speakers: Maria Giovanna Puoti, IT

This webinar is part of the Young ESPGHAN Webinar Series.

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January 2025 - The MCT diet in gastroenterological conditions

Date: January 30, 2025
Time: 16.00 -17.00 CET

Speakers:  Dr Jutta Köglemeir  Elena Banci 

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About the webinar:

The MCT-diet is used in several severe pediatric gastroenterological conditions. It is a challenging diet but may be an important part of the medical management. Dr Jutta Köglmeir will give an overview on conditions where the MCT-diet may be used and dietitian Elena Banci will present the outline of the diet.

About the speakers:

Dr Jutta Köglemeir, a member of the ESPGHAN Nutrition committee, is a Consultant paediatric Gastroenterologist and the clinical lead for the Unit of Nutrition and Intestinal Failure Rehabilitation at Great Ormond Street Hospital for Children in London. She is also actively involved in the British Society of Paediatric Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition (BSPGHAN) where she has been on council in the past as chair of the nutrition and intestinal failure working group (2016-2019) and since 2022 as chair of the education working group. Elena Banci, member of the ESPGHAN AHP committee, is a clinical Paediatric Dietitian at the University Meyer Children’s Hospital of Florence. Her main field of work are IBD, Intestinal failure, children with neurological impairment and enteral nutrition. She is actively involved in the Italian Society of Pediatric Nutrition, Gastroenterology and Hepatology.

December 2024 - Primary Sclerosing Cholangitis in Children with Inflammatory Bowel Disease: An ESPGHAN Position Paper from the Hepatology Committee and the IBD Porto Group

Date: December 10 2024 /
Time: 17.30 -18.30 CET

Speakers:Patrick van Rheenen; Marianne Samyn; Richard Russell 

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About the webinar:

Primary sclerosing cholangitis (PSC) is an uncommon condition in childhood-onset inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) with severe outcomes. Until recently, there was no consensus between paediatric hepatologists and paediatric IBD experts how to manage children with PSC-IBD. Representatives of the ESPGHAN Hepatology Committee and the Paediatric IBD Porto Group collaborated on an evidence-supported position paper. During this webinar, the approach to diagnose, monitor, and treat children with PSC-IBD will be discussed.

December 2024 - Restricted and Avoidant Eating in Children: Recognition and Management

Date: December 19, 2024
Time: 17.00 - 18.00 CET

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About the speaker: Kathryn Bradley

Dr Kathryn Bradley is a Clinical Psychologist in the UK. She works with children with physical health conditions and restricted eating at Derbyshire Children's Hospital. She chairs a Special Interest Group for Psychologists working with ARFID in children.

About the webinar:

Restricted eating can affect children both with and without chronic illness, and can have wide ranging impacts on physical health, growth and psychosocial wellbeing. This webinar aims to aid clinicians of all disciplines in recognising when children's eating difficulties may signify Avoidant Restrictive Food Intake Disorder (ARFID) and some practical steps for supporting families. Recommendations for best practice will be discussed along with an overview of psychological approaches used by specialists

November 2024- Unveiling the gluten challenge

Date: November 20, 2025
Time: 17.00 - 18.00 CET


Speakers: 
Alfonso Rodriguez Herrera  (Kilkenny, Ireland)
Francesco Valitutti (Perugia, Italy)

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October 2024 - Follow-up in celiac disease

Date: October 24, 2024
Time: 17.00 - 18.00 CEST

Speakers: 
Luisa Mearing, NL
Elin Hard af Segerstad, NO

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September 2024 - Pharmacological treatment options in Portal Hypertension and clinical scenarios
Date: September 10, 2024
Time: 17.00-18.00 CEST.

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Following the success and positive feedback we had form the 1st webinar on PHT, the exec. Committee of the Portal Hypertension (PHT) Special Interest Group (SIG) are hosting their second webinar on the topic. We would like to invite members to join us in a session with lectures and interactive discussion on pharmacological management of PHT, the role of NSBB and incorporate these talks into also some interesting clinical cases. Members of different experience and background are welcomed to this online event.

This webinar is part of a series of similar combined educational and clinical management events around PHT, that our SIG will be offering to our members.

Speakers:

  • Dr. Maria Mercadal-Hally, Pediatric Hepatology and Liver Transplantation Unit, Universitari Vall d'Hebron, Barcelona, Spain
  • Dr Marumbo Mtegha, Children’s Liver Unit, Leeds Children's Hospital, Leeds, UK
September 2024 - Food insecurity: implications for child and public health

Date: September 04, 2024

Time: 17.00-18.00 CEST.

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About the webinar: Despite great improvements in child health and nutrition over the last decades, the world faces a perilous and uncertain future. Twin crises of climate change and conflict are causing major disruptions to food security and are affecting millions of children worldwide. This is disastrous for child health given the most immediate risks associated with malnutrition: disease and death. It also has major implications for future adult and public health. This talk will discuss causes, consequences and above all will try to highlight potential ways forward to navigate difficult times ahead.

Speaker: Dr. Marko Kerac

Dr Marko Kerac, Clinical Associate Professor in Global Child Health & Nutrition, London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine

https://profiles.lshtm.ac.uk/2675-Marko-Kerac

Marko is a paediatric and public health doctor from the UK. He started in global nutrition in 2003, working in Malawi when the first CMAM (Community Management of Acute Malnutrition) programmes were being rolled out. He later returned to Malawi for his PhD. has been at LSHTM since 2014, combining research with teaching on the ‘Nutrition for Global Health’ MSc.  Main current research areas include infant malnutrition (MAMI: Management of small, nutritionally at-risk Infants aged <6 months and their Mothers) and long-term effects of early-life malnutrition.