News - Prizes awarded at
SAGES 2008
Gold Medal award: Chris Mulder
Honorary membership: Phillipus Bornman
AstraZeneca Scholarship: R100 000
Monique Marais, Tygerberg Hospital
The efficacy of profound acid inhibition with esomeprazole
40mg bd to reverse c-myb mRNA over expression in patients
with Barrett’s esophagus
AstraZeneca Scholarship: R100 000
Dr Luvhengo, Kalafong Hospital
The use of Paneth cells granulation in HIV positive patients to
monitor the recovery of immune system after treatment with
highly effective anti-retroviral drugs
Solvay Award: R50 000
Douglas Stupart, Groote Schuur Hospital
The impact of targeted colonoscopic surveillance on the
colorectal cancer disease burden in the Northern Cape
Gastro Foundation scholarship: R50 000
Naayil Rajabally, Groote Schuur Hospital
A prospective study of Clostridium difficile infection to
investigate the impact of the JAP 1 strain in a tertiary referral
hospital
Gastro Foundation: Best Oral presentation from a trainee:
Neo Seabi, Jhb Gen
Seroprevalence of Hepatisis C in diabetic patients in an urban
South African setting
Gastro Foundation: Best Poster from a junior:
Alan Rogers
Procalcitonin as a marker of sepsis at Groote Schuur Hospital
Best Oral presentation: Scientific
Elongo Fritz, University of Pretoria
Prevalence of Helicobacter pylori virulence genotypes
Best Oral presentation: Clinical
Lucien Ferndale, University of KZN
Experience with endoscopic drainage of pancreatic pseudocyst
in a single unit
Best Poster: Scientific
Corne Kruger, Cape Town
APRI a non-invasive markers for advanced fibrosis in NASH and
a new proposed algorithm for the detection of advanced fibrosis
Best Poster: Clinical
GillWatermeyer, Groote Schuur Hospital
An audit of provincial gastroenterology services in the Western
Cape
NycomedMadaus Travelling Fellowship (R20 000 each)
Barbara Scholz, Groote Schuur Hospital
Trevlyn Burger, Johannesburg General
Discovery Junior Investigator Awards
Lucien Ferndale, Durban
Neo Seabi, Johannesburg General
Emil Loots, Durban
Jahangirul Islam, Pietermaritzburg
Barbara Scholz, Groote Schuur Hospital
Deepu George, Groote Schuur Hospital
Mark Hewat, Groote Schuur Hospital
Casper Troskie, Groote Schuur Hospital
Maseelan Naidoo, Durban
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