Japan Gastroenterological Endoscopy Society (JGES) was established as Japan Gastrocamera Society in 1959 and the title of the society was changed to Japan Endoscopy Society in the 3rd General Assembly held in 1961 with a view to include a broader range of endoscopy. In 1962, the society got an official authorization as an incorporated association. In 1973, the title of the society was changed to Japan Gastroenterological Endoscopy Society to focus on the gastroenterological endoscopy, and in 1979, the society was approved to affiliate with the Japanese Association of Medical Sciences.
The society had a membership of only 280 at the time of establishment, but it has grown to 35,000 in 2023.
JGES is dedicated to advancing patient care and welfare, by promoting digestive disease research through endoscopy, developing and advancing endoscopic practice.
Milestones
Milestones 50s – 60s
- Gastrocamera era; development and improvement of gastrocamera
- Study on diagnostic method and classification on early gastric cancer
1955 1st Gastrocamera Meeting
1959 Japan Gastrocamera Society established
1st Congress of Japan Gastrocamera Society Journal in Japanese published
1961 Renamed to Japan Endoscopy Society, Number of members reached to 1,000
1962 Establishing classification of early gastric cancer
Milestones 70s – 80s
- Fiberscope era; advancing clinical studies
- Endoscopic diagnosis application expansion to esophagus, duodenum and colon
- Further development through new endoscopic methods
– Biopsy, hemostasis, chromoendoscopy, ERCP, EST, EUS diagnosis etc.
1973 Renamed to Japan Gastroenterological Endoscopy Society
1985 Number of members reached to 10,000
1989 Journal in English published; “Digestive Endoscopy”
Milestones 90s – Now
- Entering to videoscope era; promotion on education and further clinical studies
- Further advancement in endoscopic diagnosis and development of therapeutic procedures
– Magnifying endoscopy, image enhanced endoscopy (NBI, AFI, IRI, etc.), capsule endoscopy, balloon enteroscopy, EMR, ESD, laparoscopic surgery, interventional EUS etc.
1993 DDW Japan established (Current JDDW)
2023 Number of members reached to nearly 35,000
JGES International Membership
JGES welcomes doctors outside Japan to become JGES Members.
International Membership Benefits Include:
- Online access to JGES official English journal “Digestive Endoscopy”
- Priority registration to Hands-on courses organized by JGES with discount (half-price) registration
- Discount (half-price) registration at the Congresses of Japan Gastroenterological Endoscopy Society
- Receive information on endoscopy live demonstration courses in Japan
For details, visit our website
https://www.jges.net/english/membership
Activities
Promoting endoscopic researches
- Educational seminars and lectures
- Two congresses every year
– Individual annual congress in spring
– JDDW in autumn
*After 2025, it will be three congresses, adding the first all in English congress “JGES International” in autumn (https://jges-intl.net/)
- Regional meetings
– Meetings held by 10 regional chapters
- Mass survey in endoscopy complications
- Education board system
– Board certified fellows: 21,460 members – Board certified trainers: 6,520 members
- Endoscopic co-medical system
- Japan Endoscopy Database (JED) Project: A prospective, large database project related to gastroenterological endoscopy in Japan started in January 2015
- JGES “STARS” program －JGES Supports Training of Asian Rising Stars－ to provide training opportunities to young GI endoscopists in Asian developing countries (Rising Stars)
- Collaboration with international societies
– APSDE (Asian-Pacific), ASGE (USA), CSDE (China), ESGE (Europe),
KSGE (South Korea), WEO (world), and more.
Guidelines
- Guidelines for endoscopic balloon dilation in treating Crohn’s disease-associated small intestinal strictures (supplement to the Clinical Practice Guidelines for Enteroscopy)
- Guidelines for Colorectal Cold Polypectomy (supplement to “Guidelines for Colorectal Endoscopic Submucosal Dissection/Endoscopic Mucosal Resection”)
- Clinical practice guidelines for endoscopic papillectomy
- Colonoscopy screening and surveillance guidelines
- Guidelines for endoscopic submucosal dissection and endoscopic mucosal resection for early gastric cancer (second edition)
- Guidelines for sedation in gastroenterological endoscopy (second edition)
- Guidelines for endoscopic diagnosis of early gastric cancer
….and more! Visit JGES websiteà https://www.jges.net/english/publication/guideline
Society contact
Japan Gastroenterological Endoscopy Society (JGES)
Shin-ochanomizu Urban Trinity Bldg.4F, 3-2-1,
Kandasurugadai, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo, 101-0062, Japan
info@jges.or.jp