FIAGES & EFIAGES 2023

Fiages Guidelines Fiages-Fellowship Category

Candidate should be an IAGES member
Fellowship certificate will be awarded only if the delegate attends the convocation ceremony at the subsequent national conference at Chennai-2024.
Registration for the national conference is mandatory.
Those who are not members may apply for membership online. See the website click here www.iages.in for more details. Post graduate degree in surgery is mandatory.
Number of years of experience in endoscopy should be a minimum of 2 years (includes experience in laparoscopy as resident). A resident or junior consultant should obtain certificate of experience from the HOD of the hospital/Institution as a supportive document. Attach soft copies of MBBS, MS or DNB certificate and MCI registration certificate during registration.
Members of collaborating associations who have signed MOU with IAGES are also eligible. They are expected to get their application endorsed by the respective collaborating association prior to joining the course

Suitable for those candidates working as faculty in teaching institution and all surgeons with more than 10 year experience in endoscopy including therapeutic interventions
Have been doing significant number of endoscopies including therapeutic endoscopies for more than 10 years
Would be eligible to receive the EFIAGES fellowship on satisfactory completion of the EFIAGES course and an informal interview

Suitable for those with a minimum of 2 years experience in endoscopy (includes experience as resident).
Fellow should have experience certificate from HOD, Employer or self if running own hospital.
Fellow should present an online Log Book. Total 25 cases of diagnostic upper GI/Lower GI endoscopy Done/Assisted

Online FIAGES is also open to Non-members and all surgical postgraduates and interested surgeons across the globe under the Non-Fellowship category wherein they are eligible to take course and receive the Certificate of attendance.
They could register and participate in the annual national conference as postgraduates or Non-member category

Age/Sex/Surgery/Role/Post-op course/Complication/Remarks
Role - Assisted/under supervision/Independent (as drop down)
Post-op course - Uneventful / Eventful (as drop down)
Remarks - Type the outcome of the event, if patient has been conservatively managed, Recovered, Diseased, Transferred, etc
Complications - Infection, Bleeding, Perforation, Stricture, Failure to complete, others (type if others) as drop down
Remarks - Type the outcome of the event, if patient has been conservatively managed, Recovered, Diseased, Transferred to surgical intervention, etc.