Dear friends 

Greetings from IAGES Central Office 

IAGES has now become one of the largest academic forums on the global stage of Minimal Access Surgery with close to 10000 members. Teaching, training, and knowledge sharing are the key attributes of our association. FIAGES (Fellowship in Essential laparoscopic Surgery), EFIAGES (Fellowship in Basic flexible endoscopy) FALS (Fellowship in advanced laparoscopic Surgery in 7 subspace- cities namely Upper GI, HPB, Colorectal surgery, Bariatric surgery, Robotic surgery, Hernia, and Oncology) FAGIE ( Fellowship in advanced gastrointestinal endoscopy in 4 subspecialties namely Colonoscopy, ERCP, Therapeutic Upper GI, and 3rd space endoscopy) are the regular fellowship courses held periodically in various institutions across our country 

Thanks to Dr. Arunima Verma and her team, we are pleased to bring FIAGES/EFIAGES to the industrial city of Jamshedpur in the state of Jharkhand 

FIAGES is a 3-day fellowship course in Essential laparoscopic Surgery with lecture modules, hands-on lap suturing sessions, live operative sessions, and meet-the-professor sessions to learn the tricks of the trade from the masters. This will be followed by an assessment module with 100 questions MCQ, Viva, and a practical session on lap trainer suturing. Successful fellowship candidates will be conferred FIAGES (Fellowship of IAGES) during the convocation on 4th February 2024 in Chennai. Please note IAGES membership and registration to IAGES 2024 Chennai are prerequisites to obtain- ing fellowship certification. 

EFIAGES is a 3-day fellowship course in basic diagnostic endoscopy & colonoscopy (Level I train- ing). We will be having key lecture modules followed by hands-on training in various endoscopy simulators and live demonstrations of endoscopic procedures. This will be followed by an assessment module with 50 MCQ questions and Viva. The Successful fellowship candidates will be conferred EFIAGES (Endoscopic Fellowship of IAGES) during the convocation on 4th February 2024 in Chen- nai. Please note IAGES membership and registration to IAGES 2024 Chennai are prerequisites to obtaining fellowship certification. 

Our heartfelt appreciation and best wishes to team Jamshedpur for a memorable and successful scientific event 

We look forward to welcoming you to this academic feast and festival 

Affectionately yours 

Dr. S. Easwaramoorthy President of IAGES