Welcome to EURO-EUS 2027

Dear friends and colleagues,

Welcome back to Milan and to the San Raffaele Scientific Institute for EURO-EUS 2027 — Back to the Future.

Since the first published paper in 1984, EUS has continued to advance year after year, becoming an invaluable tool for the diagnosis of many benign and malignant diseases. Over the last two decades, its role has expanded considerably, moving from diagnosis to therapy, replacing some traditional endoscopic and surgical procedures and profoundly improving patients’ outcomes and quality of life.

EURO-EUS began in 2003, and throughout these years we have witnessed this remarkable evolution. This year, our programme will focus on the two key areas of EUS development: Diagnostic and Therapeutic EUS. Through live demonstrations, we will provide an in-depth overview of the possibilities EUS offers in the diagnosis of pancreatobiliary diseases and in the development of new therapeutic approaches.

We have invited two of the founding figures of EUS, Dr. Laurent Palazzo and Dr. Marc Giovannini, to guide us through its history, and I am very much looking forward to their lectures.

We are also continuing our collaboration with Women in Endoscopy (WIE) to promote worldwide awareness of the role and importance of women in endoscopy. This year, we will welcome additional internationally recognised women experts to our faculty, together with a selected mentee from the WIE Mentorship Programme, who will participate in the activities of the meeting.

On behalf of the EURO-EUS Executive Board, we look forward to welcoming you to Milan on 4–5 March 2027.