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Topic: Interventional Endoscopy for Bilio-pancreatic

Diseases: a Practical Approach

Prof. Jean-François Rey

Hepato-Gastroenterology Department, Institut Arnault
Tzanck, St. Laurent du Var, France.

Email: jean-francois.rey@orange.fr

At the Arnault Tzanck Institute, Doctor Jean-François
REY founded the Department of Hepato-gastroenterology,

which is internationally renowned for its diagnostic and
therapeutic digestive endoscopy and accredited by the
European Society for Digestive Endoscopy (ESGE) and
the World Organization for Digestive Endoscopy (CORE-

WEO).
Furthermore, Doctor Jean-François REY joined the French
Society for Digestive Endoscopy (SFED) and served as
President in 1990 and is now an honorary member. At

the same time, his union action within the CSMF led him
to assume the presidency of the UMESPE/CSMF for 12
years and thus to participate in the organization of care as
president and negotiator of several medical conventions.

For this, Minister Xavier BERTRAND awarded him the
Legion of Honor in 2012.
Additionally, Doctor Jean-François REY served 15
years in various capacities at the European Society of

Digestive Endoscopy (ESGE), and became president and
an honorary member in 2007. He has made outstanding
contributions in the field of digestive endoscopy and
became president of the World Digestive Endoscopy

Organization (WEO) in 2017 and organized ENDO 2020,
the second world congress of digestive endoscopy. Over
the years, he has contributed to a total of 492 publications.