Dr. Ramy Sabe is a Pediatric Gastroenterologist who graduated from Ain Shams University in Cairo, Egypt in 2006. He completed his Pediatrics residency in 2013 at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, Elmhurst Hospital Center program in New York. He then moved to Ohio to complete his Pediatric Gastroenterology fellowship in 2016 at the UH Rainbow Babies & Children’s Hospital/Case Western Reserve University program. He is a faculty member at UH Rainbow Babies & Children’s Hospital and an Associate Professor of Pediatrics at the Case Western Reserve University. His areas of interest include pediatric endoscopy with specific interest in unsedated transnasal endoscopy (TNE), aerodigestive diseases, and eosinophilic gastrointestinal disorders, and is a member of the North American Society of Pediatric Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition endoscopy & procedures committee, TNE special interest group (SIG) and aerodigestive SIG. He was among the early endoscopists to start an unsedated transnasal endoscopy program in children and young adults in the United States. Dr. Sabe enjoys family time, watching and playing football (AKA soccer), meditation and Egyptian food!

Dr. Salazar is a Peruvian pediatrician educated at the Cayetano Heredia University. He worked for more than 30 years in the Pediatrics Department of the Cayetano Heredia Hospital; he was Chief of Service and then Chief of Department until he retired. He taught pediatrics for 30 years, being first assistant professor, then associate professor, and finally senior professor until he retired. He has served the Peruvian Ministry of Health in several occasions. He played an essential role in designing and implementing the Oral Rehydration Program. He was in charge of designing and implementing the Maternal and Child Insurance that later became SIS. He was mainly responsible for organizing and implementing Peru's response to the 1991 cholera epidemic. Throughout his career, he has had intense scientific activity, developing numerous clinical, microbiological, and epidemiological studies that have resulted in more than 50 publications in high-impact indexed medical journals. He has received several awards and distinctions, including the 2004 Abraham Horwitz Prize from the Pan American Health Organization for controlling the cholera epidemic in Peru and Latin America. He was the first Peruvian physician to obtain this prestigious award. He is a member of several medical and scientific organizations in Peru and abroad.

CURRENT POSITION: - Associate Professor of Pediatrics @ University of Insubria, Varese, Italy - MD in Pediatric Department, Chief of Pediatric Gastroenterology Clinic, Ospedale “F. del Ponte”, Varese, Italy • 2017 – present: Chair of ESPGHAN Neurogastroenterology, Motility and Functional Gastrointestinal Disorders SIG/WG • 2019 – 2022: Chair of SIGENP (Italian Society of Pediatric Gastroenterology Epatology and Nutrition) Neurogastroenterology and Acid Related Diseases Area EDUCATION AND TRAINING: - Degree in Medicine and Surgery, 1992, University of Pavia, Italy (Thesis on celiac disease) - Specialization in Pediatrics, 1996, University of Pavia, Italy (Thesis on celiac disease) - Postgraduate Annual Diploma in Pediatric Gastroenterology, 1997, Royal Free Hospital and University College Medical School, London, UK (Thesis on N-Acetylglucosamine in children with IBD) - PhD in Medical Science, 2011, Free UZ University of Brussels, Belgium ((Thesis on Esophageal pH Impedance) - Researcher in Pediatrics, 1999-2017, University of Insubria, Italy - Associate Professor of Pediatrics, 2012, National Abilitation, Italy Contributions to Science:119 papers in medline and 20 book chapters in the field of Pediatrc Gastroenterology (functional and motility disorders, gastroesophageal reflux, infant nutrition, food allergy, celiac disease, IBD, pro/pre/symbiotics, COVID). Author ID Scopus: 150 Documents; HI 30 Invited lectures: More than 130 oral presentations in National/International Meetings

Chief of Pediatric Hepatology at the "Instituto da Criança" (University of São Paulo), pediatric gastroenterologist at Hospital Israelita Einstein, and as part of the Intestinal Rehabilitation Team at Hospital Infantil Sabará. Board of Directors of the Latin American Society of Pediatric Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition (LASPGHAN). PhD candidate at the Department of Pediatrics at the University of São Paulo. Medical and Pediatrics training at the University of Sao Paulo. Clinical fellow in pediatric Gastroenterology, Hepatology, and Nutrition at the University of Campinas, and at the Hospital for Sick Children/University of Toronto.

• First-class Degree com Laude in Medicine and Surgery at the University of Turin in 1986. • Diploma in Paediatrics at the University of Turin in 1990. • PhD in Paediatrics at the University of Trieste in 2007. • Medical Doctor and Paediatrician since April 1993 at the Department of Paediatric and Adolescence - “Regina Margherita” Children’s Hospital of Turin, where he attends to infants with nutritional and gastrointestinal disorders. • Chief of Unit S.S.D. Sub intensive care of early infancy since 1 September 2016 at Regina Margherita” Children’s Hospital of Turin, Città della Salute e della Scienza di Torino. • Professor in “Physiology of Nutrition” and of Pediatrics at School of Paediatrics of University of Turin since 1999. • Pass Certificate for Associate Professor of Pediatrics since 2014 ( MIUR). • Member of ESPGHAN, ESPR. Member of Co Nutrition ESPGHAN • Reviewer for: Acta Pediatrica, JPGN, Paediatric research, Pediatrics, Journal of Pediatrics, Clinical Nutrition, American Journal of Clinical Nutrition, The biology of neonate, Annal of Nutrition and Metabolism. • Editor of Peerj Minerva Pediatrica, Nutrients, Associate Editor of Frontier on pediatrics • Author of more than 150 national and international scientific reports and peer reviewed publications. • H index 36 ( google scholar). Citations 4388 His research interests include infant nutrition and minor digestive problems in infancy: colic, gastroesophageal reflux and metabolism metabolism of early childhood, in particular hormones such as Leptin, IGF-1, Ghrelin, Adiponectin of breast-fed and formula-fed infants.

Dr. Scarpato is a Pediatric Consultant at the Department of Pediatrics of the AOU “Federico II” in Naples, Italy, and has a broad background in pediatric gastroenterology. Dr. Scarpato main research lines include functional gastrointestinal disorders, pediatric inflammatory bowel diseases, and nutrition in children with neurological disabilities. Dr. Scarpato is involved as Co-Investigator in several clinical trials in the field of pediatric gastroenterology and has been involved in several international networking activities.