Zurich: Ultrasound in IBD Workshop 2026

In this hands-on workshop with renowned speakers and tutors, you will learn how to use gastrointestinal ultrasound to optimize monitoring and management of IBD in your daily practice.

Program

17:45 – 18:00 Arrival and welcome

18:00 – 18:10 Introduction by local Chairperson

18:10 – 19:15 Hands-on Sessions, Patient Cases, with new innovative 3D Ultrasound navigation and fusion

19:15 – 19:30 Break

19:30 – 20:40 Hands-on Sessions, Patient Cases, with new innovative 3D Ultrasound navigation and fusion

20:40 – 20:45 Closure

20:45 – 22:00 Apéro

Speaker and Tutors

Dr. Michael Höpfner

Agaplesion Diakonie Kliniken Kassel, Germany

Gesellschaft für innovative Sonografie (gefis) - Sonofun

Host

Prof. Dr. Stephan Vavricka

Zentrum für Gastroenterologie und Hepatologie (Zürich)

Chair and Tutor

Prof. Dr. Luc Biedermann

Universitätsspital Zürich

Tutor

Dr. Cyrill Hess

VIAMED Zentrum für Magen-, Darm- und Lebererkrankungen Aathal

Tutor

Dr. Frauke Petersen

Klinikum Lüneburg

Tutor