for Gastroenterology & Hepatology I, (Clinical Hepatology):Hepatology:
Chronic hepatitis (Pathology & Diagnostic Clinical Hepatology): Viral Hepatitis, Storage diseases, Acute &
Chronic alcoholic hepatitis; Cholestatic liver diseases;
Autoimmune liver disease, Drug Induced Liver disease (DILI; Non-alcoholic Fatty liver disease (NAFLD/MAFLD/DAFLD)
Cirrhosis: Staging systems; Portal hypertension (Ascites, Collateral circles, Hepatic encephalopathy)
Acute on Chronic Liver Failure (ACLF): Physiopathology, Clinic & Management
Acute Liver Failure: Physiopathology, Clinic & Management
Hepatocellular Carcinoma (HCC): Pathology & Diagnostic Clinical Hepatology; Interventional Radiology;
Surgery
Cholangiocarcinoma: Pathology & Diagnostic; Clinical Gastroenterology; Endoscopy; Surgery
Liver transplant: Indications/Complications

for Gastroenterology & Hepatology II (Clinical Gastroenterology):
• GI Bleeding: Clinic, diagnosis & management
• Upper GI: Oesophageal disorders; Functional disorders MRGE (and NERD); Peptic disorders
• GI tract Tumours: Pathology & Diagnostic; Clinical Gastroenterology; Endoscopy; Surgery
• IBD: Pathology & Diagnostic; Clinical Gastroenterology; Endoscopy; Surgery
• Coeliac disease: Pathology & Diagnostic; Clinical Gastroenterology; Endoscopy
• NET tumours
• Acute abdomen: Clinic, diagnosis and management
• Pancreas: pancreatitis (Acute & Chronic), Pancreatic tumours

for Gastroenterology & Hepatology III (clinical Radiology of the digestive system):
-Liver:
Ultrasound, CT, MR - contrast agents - clinical indications
Benign liver lesions
Malignant liver tumors
-Biliary tree:
Ultrasound, CT, MR - contrast agents - clinical indications
Congenital anomalies
Infections
Autoimmune inflammatory diseases
Biliary cancer
-Pancreas:
Ultrasound, CT, MR - contrast agents - clinical indication
Acute and chronic pancreatitis
Autoimmune pancreatitis
Benign pancreatic lesions
Cystic tumors and premalignant lesions - classification and follow up
Pancreatic cancer
Neuroendocrine tumors - classification and clinical implications
-GI:
Ultrasound, CT, MR - contrast agents - clinical indications
Congenital anomalies
Functional disorders
Inflammatory bowel diseases
Esophageal, gastric and colorectal cancer
Neuroendocrine tumors

for Gastroenterology & Hepatology IV (surgical aspects of the digestive system part2:

1. OESOPHAGEAL PATHOLOGY
   Evaluate the different investigative studies and identify the proper diagnostic technique: esophagoscopy, esophagography, esophageal manometry, esophagus-gastric pHmetry, echo-endoscopy, CT.
   Recognize the clinical pictures and complications, provide indications for surgical treatment and describe the general aspects of the main surgical interventions in relation to the following pathologies: Hiatal hernia and peptic esophagitis; Esophageal achalasia (and DMA); caustic esophageal injury; esophageal diverticula (Zenker, mediothoracic and epiphrenic); esophageal neoplasms (benign and malignant).
2. UPPER GI PATHOLOGY
   Evaluate the different investigative studies and identify the proper diagnostic technique: gastroduodenoscopy, digestive tract x-ray, echo-endoscopy, ultrasound, scintigraphy, CT. Recognize the
   clinical pictures and complications, provide indications for surgical treatment and describe the general aspects of the main surgical interventions in relation to the following pathologies: gastric ulcer; duodenal ulcer; acute erosive gastritis; gastric precancerous conditions; gastric neoplasms (benign and malignant).
3. SMALL BOWEL, COLON AND RECTUM-ANUS
   Evaluate the different investigative studies and identify the proper diagnostic technique: rectoscopy, rectosigmoidoscopy, colonoscopy, x-ray digestive tract, contrast enema, defecography, intestinal transit time, anorectal manometry, endoscopy, ultrasound, CT, MRI. Recognize the clinical pictures and complications, provide indications for surgical treatment and describe the general aspects of the main surgical interventions in relation to the following pathologies: enteritis; Crohn's disease and IBD; intestinal diverticulosis; neoplasms of the colon, rectum, anus; polyposis; rectal prolapse; benign anorectal pathology (anal fistulas, hemorrhoids, fissures, pilonidal cysts).
4. BILIARY TRACT AND PANCREAS PATHOLOGY
   Evaluate the different investigative studies and identify the proper diagnostic technique: endoscopy, ultrasound, echo-endoscopy; cholangiography, CT, MRI.
   Recognize the clinical pictures and complications, provide indications for surgical treatment and describe the general aspects of the main surgical interventions in relation to the following pathologies: Cholelithiasis; choledocholithiasis; Vater papilla stenosis; pancreatic neoplasms; pancreatic cysts; neuroendocrine tumors of the pancreas.

per Abdominal Surgery (surgical aspects of the digestive system part 1 (Shared with the General Surgery part of the GI Track)
General aspects of perioperative medicine:
• physiopathology of the response to surgical trauma
• surgical infections
• nutrition in surgery
• the concept of ERAS (Enhanced Recovery After Surgery)
Surgical management of the following digestive and abdominal disorders: Indications, techniques, results
• benign disorders of the esophagus: Diverticula, Achalasia Gastroesophageal reflux
• malignant neoplasms of the esophagus
• benign disorders of the stomach: volvulus, foreign bodies, benign neoplasms
• malignant neoplasms of the stomach
• benign disorders of the small and large bowel , benign neoplasms, IBD , volvulus, intestinal occlusion
• malignant neoplasms of the small and large bowel
• disorders of the anus: Fissures, Hemorroids, fistula, neoplasms, condylomata
• benign disorders of the liver: cysts, angiomas, adenomas , nodal focal hyperplasia
• malignant neoplasms of the liver: primary and metastatic
• liver transplantation
• portal hypertension
• benign disorders of the bile ducts: lithiasis of the gallbladder, and of the intra- and extrahepatic ducts
• malignant neoplasms of the bile ducts
• benign disorders of the pancreas: acute and chronic pancreatitis, cysts and pseudocysts
• endocrine neoplasms of the pancreas
• malignant neoplasms of the pancreas
• disorders of the spleen
Anatomy, physiopathology, natural history and surgical repair of abdominal hernias: hiatal and other diaphragmatic hernias, inguinal and crural, hernias, incisional hernias, general aspects of less common hernias (epigastric, lateral ventral, ischiatic, obturator hernias)
Acute abdomen: peritonitis, intestinal occlusion, hemoperitoneum: Clinical features, assessment and surgical management.
Transplantation of the the lung, the pancreas, the small bowel the kidneys

for Craniofacial disorders
The following main pathologies of the head and neck district will be addressed: external, middle and inner ear
disorders (otitis, labyrintitis, hypoacusia, otosclerosis); oral and oropharyngeal disorders (tonsillitis, pharyngitis, OSAS), laryngeal disorders (laryngitis, laryngeal palsy); salivary gland disorders (sialoadenitis, sialolithiasis, tumors of the salivary glands); paranasal sinus disorders (rhinitis, rhinosinusitis, epistaxis, sinonasal polyposis); tumors of the head and neck (oral carcinoma, pharyngeal carcinoma, laryngeal carcinioma, neck lymph nodes metastasis);
anterior and lateral skull base diseases (sinonasal tumors, cerebellopontine tumors such as acoustic neuromas and
meningiomas, paragangliomas)