Professor J. Calvin Coffey is the Foundation Chair and Professor of Surgery at the School of Medicine, University of Limerick, Ireland.   He is a general and colorectal surgeon and is Head of Department of Surgery at University of Limerick Hospital Group.  He obtained a B.Sc in Anatomy, MB and PhD from University of Cork, Ireland.  He completed a fellowship in colorectal surgery in the Cleveland Clinic, is a fellow of the Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland and an RSCI Member of Council.

• Introduction.- Development, anatomy and histology of the mesentery.- The mesenteric intersitium.- Mesnteric organ lymphatics.- The mesentery as an immunological organ.- Bacterial translocation to the mesentery.- The microbiome of mesenteric lymh nodes.- Mesenteric Adenopathy and adenitis.- The effects of mesenteric inflammation on the intestine.- The mesentery as an ADME organ.- Targteing the mesentery using surgery.- Future directions.