During DDW 2022, Dr. Bret T. Petersen assumed the presidency of the ASGE after serving as a Councillor, Secretary, and President-elect of the Governing Board in recent years. Dr Petersen succeeds Dr. Douglas K. Rex, MD, MASGE, of Indiana University Medical Center.

The member organizations of the Group of 8, American Association for the Study of Liver Disease (AASLD), American College of Gastroenterology (ACG), American Gastroenterological Association (AGA), and American Society for Gastrointestinal Endoscopy (ASGE) endorse the statement of our international colleagues at the World Gastroenterology Organisation (WGO) in solidarity and support for Ukraine and our colleagues and their patients in all areas impacted by the war.