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
Marcis LEJA
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Professor of Medicine
Vice-dean, Faculty of Medicine, University of Latvia
Gastroenterologist, Digestive Diseases Centre GASTRO
19 Raina boulv., Riga 1586, Latvia
phone: +371-29497500
fax: +371-67040248
e-mail: cei@latnet.lv
​​Short CV:
Marcis Leja Studied Medicine at Riga Medical institute (now: Riga Stradins’ University), got trained in Internal Medicine and Gastroenterology in the same University. Has been responsible for the training program in gastroenterology in University Clinic “Linezers” (1992-1995), since 1998 – involved in post-graduate training in gastroenterology. Associate Professor at Faculty of Medicine since 2007, Professor of Medicine – since 2014.
He is heading the Department of Research at Riga East University hospital and employed as a consulting gastroenterologist indigestive Diseases Diseases Centre GASTRO. He is member of editorial boards of Digestive Diseases and Sciences, American Journal of Cancer Epidemiology and Prevention, Exosomes and Microvesicles, Vestnik of Vitebsk State Medical University.
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Education
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1988 - Graduation in Medicine, Riga Medical Institute (currently Riga Stradins’ University), Faculty of General Medicine
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2003 - PhD thesis on the diagnostics and clinical significance of duodenogastric reflux, Riga Stradins’ University
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2003 - Graduation from MBA studies, Riga International College of Economics and Business Administration
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Professional Experience
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1988-1990 - Fellowship in Internal Medicine, Latvia Academy of Medicine (currently Riga Stradins’ University)
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1991-1992 - Fellowship in Gastroenterology, Latvia Academy of Medicine (currently Riga Stradins’ University)
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1992-1998 - Internist - gastroenterologist, physician-lecturer, University Clinic “Linezers”
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1999-present - Consulting gastroenterologist, hospital “Linezers”, now – Riga East University hospital
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1999-present - Consulting gastroenterologist, Diseases Diseases Centre GASTRO
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2004-present - Teaching staff at Faculty of Medicine, University of Latvia
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2005-present - Head, Department of Research at Riga East University hospital
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Research interests
Helicobacter pylori, gastritis and gastric cancer, prevention of gastrointestinal cancer, celiac disease, diagnostic methods in gastroenterology and oncology
