The Digestive Endoscopy Society of Taiwan (DEST) represents national society of digestive endoscopists, which was established in Taipei on 15th Feb, 1992 by Professor Teh-Hong Wang and Professor Juei-Low Sung. The current president is Professor Han-mo Chiu.
DEST comprises endoscopists from gastroenterologists, pediatric gastroenterologists, general surgeons and colorectal surgeons. Over the past decades, DEST has grown in member numbers from initially 500 members to now 1,900 endoscopist members, and nearly 1,350 technician members.
The aims of DEST are to promote digestive endoscopy researches, publish academic journal, and hold varieties of conferences, live demonstrations, and hands-on animal workshops periodically. DEST is also an active member of international societies of digestive endoscopy including A-PSDE and WEO. DEST has also cooperated with various world-leading experts in digestive endoscopy for the improvement of endoscopy knowledge and technology.
Milestones
1992 The Society was established with 463 original members. Prof. Juei-Low Sung was invited as an honourable president. The first president was Prof. Teh-Hong Wang.
1992 The 1st Annual Meeting was held in Taipei.
1992 The 1st issue of transaction of our society was published.
1993 The 1st CME Symposium of Digestive Endoscopy was held in Taipei.
2003 Double balloon enteroscopy and capsule endoscopy were introduced into Taiwan.
2006 Endoscopic submucosal dissection (ESD) was introduced into Taiwan.
2012 Per-Oral Endoscopic Myotomy (POEM) was introduced into Taiwan.
2015 The 1st Annual Congress of DEST (DEST 2015) combined with a Sexagnita Journey of Endoscopy in Taiwanheld at the NTUH International Conventional Center, Taipei, Taiwan
Committees, aims and activities:
- Education Committee:
- Organize continuing education in digestive endoscopy for practicing members.
- Certificate credits in continuing education in digestive endoscopic programs.
- Academic & Research Committee:
- Organize or planing domestic research-cooperating activities..
- Promote and corresponding international digestive endoscopic research activities..
- Membership Certification Committee:
Audit membership applications.
- Health-care Policy Committee:
- Handle argumentation between government or its insurance agents to hospitals regarding digestive endoscopy.
- Organize other extramural health-care affairs.
- Hospital Review Committee:
- Formulate the requirements for digestive endoscopy training hospitals and teachers.
- Assessing the general training format of the designated digestive endoscopists’ training hospital.
- Audit digestive endoscopy training hospitals and teachers.
- Control the standards of training for digestive endoscopists.
- Health-care Quality & Moral Committee:
- Plan and promote continuing education in digestive endoscopy for practicing nurses or technicians.
- Organize symposiums that are related to operating technique, disinfecting procedures and maintenance of digestive endoscopy equipments..
- Evaluate the rationality, appropriateness or account the complications of digestive endoscopy examinations of hospitals.
Journal
AIDM：
Advances in Digestive Medicine (AIDM) is the official peer-reviewed publication of the Gastroenterological Society of Taiwan (GEST), the Digestive Endoscopy Society of Taiwan (DEST) and Taiwan Association for the Study of the Liver (TASL). Missions of AIDM are to enhance the quality of patient care, to promote researches in gastroenterology, endoscopy and hepatology related fields, and to develop platforms for digestive science.
Website: https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/journal/23519800
CLINICAL ENDOSCOPY
Website: https://www.e-ce.org/
Society Contact Information
Address: 21F-18, No.50, Sec.1, Zhongxiao W. Rd., Zhongzheng Dist., Taipei, 100506, Taiwan
TEL: 886-2-23710790、886-2-2371-0730
FAX: 886-2-23710791
Email: mailbox@dest.org.tw
Website: https://www.dest.org.tw/