Preface.
Section 1: The evolution of basic principles and practice.

1 Training for Endoscopy: A Historical Background (Jonathan Cohen and David A. Greenwald)

2 How Endoscopy is Learned: Deconstructing Skill Sets (Gerald M. Fried and Kevin Waschke).

3 Training to Become a High Quality Endoscopist: Mastering the Non Procedural Aspects (Sahar Ghassemi and Douglas O. Faigel).

Section 2: Training in the major endoscopic procedures.

4 EGD (Lauren B. Gerson and Shai Friedland).

5 Colonoscopy (Robert E. Sedlack).

6 Endoscopic Ultrasound (Thomas J. Savides and Frank G. Gress).

7 ERCP (Joseph Leung and Brian S. Lim).

8 Capsule Endoscopy (Felice Schnoll-Sussman and David E. Fleischer).

9 Deep Enteroscopy (Patrick I. Okolo III and Jonathan M. Buscaglia).

10 Choledoscopy and Pancreatoscopy (Jeffrey H. Lee and Peter Kelsey).

11 Principles of Electrosurgery (David L. Carr-Locke and John Day).

12 The Use of Fluoroscopy for Gastrointestinal Endoscopy (Douglas G. Adler).

13 Endoscopy in Children (Michael A. Manfredi and Jenifer R. Lightdale).

Section 3: Learning specific techniques.

14 Contrast Enhanced Endoscopy: Chromo and Optical Contrast Techniques (Anna M. Buchner, Prateek Sharma, and Michael B. Wallace).

15 Hemostasis (Brian J. Dunkin, Kai Matthes, and Dennis M. Jensen).

16 Luminal Dilation Techniques (Strictures, Achalasia, Anastamotic, IBD) (Syed M. Abbas Fehmi and Michael L. Kochman).

17 Foreign Body Extraction (Gregory A. Coté, Steven A. Edmundowicz, and Sreenivasa S. Jonnalagadda).

18 EMR and ESD (Juergen Hochberger, Elena Kruse, Detlev Menke, Edris Wedi, SongSa Dammer, P. Koehler, and K.F. Buerrig).

19 Mucosal Ablation Techniques (John A. Dumot, Bruce D. Greenwald, and Virender K. Sharma).

20 Complicated Polypectomy (Jerome D. Waye and Yasushi Sano).

21 Natural Orifice Translumenal Endoscopic Surgery (NOTES) (Kai Matthes, Mark A. Gromski, and Robert Hawes).

22 Bariatric Endoscopic Procedures (Sohail N. Shaikh, Marvin Ryou, and Christopher C. Thompson).

23 Closure of Defects (G. S. Raju).

24 Enteral Stenting (Peter D. Siersema).

25 The ERCP Management of Complicated Stone Disease of the Bile Duct and Pancreas (Nithin Karanth, Jonathan Cohen, and Gregory Haber).

26 The ERCP Management of Malignancy: Tissue Sampling, Metal Stent Placement and Ampullectomy (Douglas A. Howell).

27 Sphincter of Oddi Manometry (Evan L. Fogel, Stuart Sherman, and Glen A. Lehman).

28 Pseudocyst Management (Michael J. Levy and Todd H. Baron).

29 Enteral Access Techniques: Percutaneous Endoscopic Gastrostomy and Jejunostomy (James A. DiSario).

30 The Endoscopic Management of Immediate Complications of Therapeutic Endoscopy (David A. Greenwald and Martin L. Freeman).

Section 4: Challenges for the Future.

31 Assessing Manpower Needs in Gastroenterology and Digestive Endoscopy: Lessons form the Past and Implications for the Future of Endoscopic Training (Girish Mishra and Alan Barkun).

32 Providing Resources and Opportunities for Retraining for Practicing Endoscopists (John L. Petrini).

33 The Evolving Role of GI Societies and Industry in Training Endoscopists to Perform New Techniques: Supporting the Process and Setting the Standards (John A. Martin and Christopher J. Gostout).

34 The Importance of Skills Assessment and Recording Personal Outcomes in the Future of Training (Peter B. Cotton and Roland M. Valori).

Index