The members of the Department of Internal Medicine No. 3 and Endocrinology took part in the IX Latvian Gastroenterological Congress with International Participation, which was held on December 7, 2019 in Riga.

Own scientific achievements were presented by Associate Professor Pasieshvili T.M. “Manganese Superoxid Dismutase in Young Patients with Gastroesophageal Reflux Disease and Autoimmune Thyroiditis” and Assistant Timoshenko G.Yu. “The Level of Fibroblasts Growth Factor 19 in Patients of Different Age with Comorbid Course of Ttype 2 Diabetes and Biliary Pathology.”

Several workshops were held during the Congress:

  • Non-steroid antiinflammatory drugs in gastroenterology;
  • What secrets lies beneath pancreas?;
  • How important is the intestinal microflora?;
  • Going head to head with biologics in inflammatory bowel disease?;
  • 4th International Enteroscopy and Capsule Endoscopy workshop “East meets West”;
  • Vitamin D big doses efficacy and safety. Local study data and conclusions.