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The Asian-Pacific Society for Digestive Endoscopy

Thai Association for Gastrointestinal Endoscopy (TAGE)

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The Thai Endoscopy Club was founded by a small group of gastrointestinal and surgical endoscopists, including Professors Pinit Kullavanijaya, Surapol Chuenratanakul, Sukij Panpimanmas, Piroj Luengrojanakul, Thawee Ratanachu-ek, Udom Kachintorn, Yudhtana Sattawatthamrong, and Rungsun Rerknimitr in 2001. Since then, endoscopy training workshops have been organized to expand the basic and advanced endoscopic techniques to endoscopists throughout the country, and the first live endoscopy demonstration was launched in 2004. The Thai Endoscopy Club expanded rapidly and became the Thai Association for Gastrointestinal Endoscopy (TAGE) in 2005. TAGE was officially registered on December 15, 2005, with Professors Chuenratanakul, Panpimanmas, Ovartlarnporn, Ratanachu-ek, Rerknimitr, and Akaraviputh being the core members.

TAGE has nourished, promoted, and disseminated medical science, gastroenterology, and gastrointestinal endoscopy research. Further, TAGE has promoted the relationship between the association and members, medical institutions, and other professional organizations in Thailand and abroad. International endoscopy workshops occur quarterly to expand hands-on endoscopic skills for beginners. International live endoscopy demonstration meeting is held annually to disseminate basic and advanced techniques on gastrointestinal endoscopy to the members and individuals with a particular interest in endoscopy.

In 2016, the model of EUS-guided pseudocyst drainage was developed for endoscopy training by TAGE (Drs. Thawee Ratanachuek, Aroon Siripun, Kannikar Laohavichit, and Thanyaporn Chantarojanasiri). The model of EUS-guided choledochoduodenostomy, EUS-guided hepaticogastrostomy, and EUS-fine needle aspiration has emerged after that and has been used for endoscopy workshops in the annual live endoscopy demonstration meeting since 2018.

To promote the scientific environment among members of the endoscopic society, TAGE endorsed Siriraj Medical Journal (SMJ), in which Professor Thawatchai Akaraviputh is the Editor-in-Chief, as its’ first official journal in English in 2017. Furthermore, a Memorandum of Understanding with the Korean Society of Gastrointestinal Endoscopy (KSGE) was established to certify the Clinical Endoscopy Journal as an official journal of TAGE in 2021.

From the beginning until now, TAGE has grown continuously and become one of the prestigious professional associations in Thailand and has been well recognized among the global GI societies.

Activities

  • Annual meeting
  • International GI Live Endoscopy Demonstration
  • Endoscopic Challenge for Gastrointestinal Fellows
  • Therapeutic Day Conference
  • International training course
  • Basic EUS-ERCP Training Course Endoscopy by A-PSDE and TAGE project (I-BAT Project)
  • Chula Endoscopy Short Course (CESCO) in conjunction with TAGE and A-PSDE for ERCP and EUS
  • Train-the-Trainer Endoscopy Workshop Course
  • National training course
  • EUS training onsite program
  • ERCP training onsite program
  • Community service
    • Colorectal Cancer Screening in communities
  • International Collaboration
  • The Asian Pacific Society for Digestive Endoscopy (A-PSDE)
  • Asian Endoscopic Ultrasound Group (AEG)
  • Asian Novel Bio-Imaging and Intervention Group (ANBIG)
  • Japan Gastrointestinal Endoscopy society (JGES)
  • Korean Society of Gastrointestinal Endoscopy (KSGE)
  • International Digestive Endoscopy Network (IDEN)
  • Gastrointestinal Endoscopy Taskforce Asian Pacific (GI-TAP)
  • World Gastroenterology Organisation (WGO)
  • World Endoscopy Organisation (WEO)
  • Women in GI Network Asia Pacific (WIGNAP)

Society guidelines and position statements

  1. Perception of Gastrointestinal Endoscopy Personnel on Society Recommendations on Personal Protective Equipment, Case Selection, and Scope Cleaning During Covid-19 Pandemic: An International Survey Study. Clin Endosc, 2021.
  2. Consensus Guidelines on the Role of Cholangioscopy to Diagnose Indeterminate Biliary Stricture. HPB (Oxford), 2021.
  3. Endoscopic Sleeve Gastroplasty in the Armamentarium of Bariatric Treatment in Thailand: A TAGE-TSMBS Joint Addendum Statement to TSMBS Consensus Guideline. Siriraj Medical Journal 2021; 73: 289-292.
  4. ERCP plus Endoscopic Ultrasound-guided Biliary Drainage Versus Percutaneous Transhepatic Biliary Drainage for Malignant Hilar Biliary Obstruction: a multicenter observational open-label study. Endoscopy, 2021.
  5. Gut Feeling from Wuhan: advice for gastrointestinal endoscopy performed during the COVID-19 outbreak. Endoscopy, 2020.
  6. The Practice of Endoscopy during the COVID-19 Pandemic: Recommendations from the Thai Association for Gastrointestinal Endoscopy (TAGE) In collaboration with the Endoscopy Nurse Society (Thailand). Siriraj Medical Journal 2020; 72: 283-286.
  7. Development of Non-fluoroscopic, All-artificial Model for Endoscopic Ultrasound Guided Biliary Drainage Training (TAGE-2). Gastrointest Endosc 2020; 91(6): suppl: AB306-AB307.
  8. Current Status of GI Endoscopy in Thailand and Thai Association of Gastrointestinal Endoscopy (TAGE). Siriraj Medical Journal 2018; 70: 476-478.
  9. Asia-Pacific consensus recommendations for endoscopic and interventional management of hilar cholangiocarcinoma. J Gastroenterol Hepatol 2013; 28:593-607.
  10. EUS-FNA for pancreatic cyst lesion, today and tomorrow in the Kingdom of Thailand. Dig Endosc 2011; 23: Suppl 1:54-7.
  11. National guidelines for the management of Upper GI bleeding 2014.

For more details, visit our website: www.thaitage.org

Address:

King Chulalongkorn Memorial Hospital, Bhumisirimangkhalanusorn building 10th floor

1873 Rama4 Rd, Pathumwan, Bangkok, Thailand, 10330.

Contact Person: Mr.Panupong Salard

Tel: +66 2 256 4356

Email: tage.endo@gmail.com