Gastroenterology on Stamps


Some stamps related to Gastroenterology events had been issued. The majority are presented here. The World Congress of Gastroenterology (WCOG) is held every four years event under the auspices of the World Organisation of Gastroenterology (OMGE). Since its inaugural conference in 1958 in Washington, D.C.



Other Gastroenterological events which issued stamps i
nclude: The First Bolivian-Japanese Gastroenterology Conference in La Paz, 1992, The 4th Asian Pacific Congress in Manila, Philippines, 1972 and the First Uruguayan Proctology Congress in Montevideo, 1965- one of the first GI event to issue a stamp.

This Philippine stamp had two colors- ultramarine and multicolored in 20 cents denomination, 12.5 x 13 perforation. The heliographer was Setelepaino, Finland.
The gastroenterologists who greatly influenced my medical journey are Dr. Gerardo Ypil, who inspires, challenges, and trains you to have a good clinical eye; Dr. Lamberto Garcia, who was a great teacher and motivator, one of the few doctors who told me to never give up when I contemplated on quitting residency; and Dr. Teresito Gabutin, who inspired me to do excel in my GI training and welcomed me with open arms to work with him in an medical institution that holistically cares in the service of the Almighty.
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"Lord, thank you for the privilege of entering the bowels of your creation. To see deep in the recesses of your fashioning. Enlighten us to diagnose for improving, the condition of our patients in suffering". TAP