Dear colleagues and friends,
The XXXIInd International Workshop on Helicobacter and Microbiota in Inflammation and Cancer will be held in Innsbruck, Austria, September 5 - 7, 2019.
I herewith cordially invite you to actively participate in this event.
I hope that you will have a stimulating and fruitful meeting and that you will enjoy Austria.
See you in Innsbruck in September 2019!
Prof. Dr. Herbert Tilg
President of the European Helicobacter and Microbiota Study Group
Dear colleagues and friends,
The XXXIInd International Workshop on Helicobacter and Microbiota in Inflammation and Cancer will be held in Innsbruck, Austria, September 5 - 7, 2019.
I herewith cordially invite you to actively participate in this event.
I hope that you will have a stimulating and fruitful meeting and that you will enjoy Austria.
See you in Innsbruck in September 2019!
Prof. Dr. Herbert Tilg
President of the European Helicobacter and Microbiota Study Group
European Helicobacter and Microbiota Study Group
Anthony AXON
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Gastroenterology Unit
The Centre for Digestive Diseases
The General Infirmary at Leeds
Great George Street, Leeds LS1 3EX UK
phone 0113 3 922125
fax 0113 3 926968
Current Position
Clinical Director
The Centre for Digestive Diseases
The General Infirmary at Leeds, UK
Education
1965 qualified with distinction in medicine
London University
St. Bartholomew’s Hospital Medical College
1975 St. Thomas’s, post-graduate studies in general medicine and gastroenterology
Professional Experience
1975 appointed consultant Physician and Gastroenterologist
The General Infirmary at Leeds
Selected Honors and Chairmanships
Chairman of the World Congress working group on "Endoscopic disinfection", Sydney, 1990. Chairman of the World Congress working group on "Surveillance of pre-malignant lesions of the gastrointestinal tract", Los Angeles, 1994. A member of the "Management of dyspepsia" working group, Vienna, 1998. And a member of the Scientific Committee of the United European Gastroenterology Federation 1997-1999. Served on the Council of the Royal College of Physicians, past-Vice President (Endoscopy) of the British Society of Gastroenterology. Vice President of the European Society of Gastroenterology Endoscopy and President-Elect of the British Society of Gastroenterology, 2000 AD.
Research Interests
Intestinal permeability, ERCP, the disinfection of endoscopic equipment and inflammatory bowel disease. His interest in diseases of the stomach is long standing. His major recent contributions have been in the field of peptic ulcer, dyspepsia, Helicobacter pylori infection and gastric cancer.
He has published over 270 papers in peer reviewed journals.
