Robert Bechara, Hon BSc, MD, FRCP(C)
Gastroenterology & Advanced Therapeutic Endoscopy
Assistant Professor, Queen's University, Division of Gastroenterology
Kingston Health Sciences Center
Saturday, April 2, 2022
11:15 am - 11:35 pm
Third Space Endoscopy: An Introduction
Briefly review the indications/contraindications, safety/efficacy of
- Endoscopic Submucosal Dissection (ESD)
- Peroral endoscopy myotomy (POEM)
Introduce
- Peroral endoscopy tumor resection(POET)
- Gastric peroral endoscopy myotomy (G-POEM)
- Zenkers Peroral endoscopy myotomy (Z-POEM)
After obtaining his medical degree from the University of Toronto, Dr. Robert Bechara completed his internal medicine and gastroenterology residency training at Queens University. Dr. Bechara completed his fellowship training in advanced therapeutic endoscopy at St. Michael's Hospital at the University of Toronto. Subsequently, he completed a 1-year third space endoscopy fellowship under Dr. Haruhiro Inoue at the Showa University Digestive Disease Center Koto-Toyosu Hospital in Tokyo, Japan. His training in Japan included Peroral Endoscopic Myotomy (POEM), Peroral Endoscopic Tumor resection (POET), Endoscopic Submucosal Dissection (ESD), Anti-Reflux MucoSectomy, and magnifying endoscopy. Dr. Robert Bechara is currently an Assistant Professor at Queens University, and his clinical and research interests include POEM, ESD, magnifying endoscopy, diagnosis & resection of early gastrointestinal neoplasia.