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AGENDA

AGENDA

AGENDA

AGENDA

Friday, May 3, 2024

5:00 – 5:30 PM                                      

Registration / Exhibit Hall

5:30 – 7:00 PM                                      

VIP Networking Event 

Saturday, May 4, 2024

 

7:45 – 8:15 AM                                      

Registration / Breakfast / Exhibit Hall

8:00 – 8:45 AM                                      

Breakfast & Industry-Sponsored Event by Ardelyx, Inc.

Discover a Different Mechanism of Action to Treat Adults with    IBS-C: A Case-Based Discussion

Brooks D. Cash, MD

8:50 – 9:00 AM                                      

Welcome & Introduction

George Catinis, MD

SESSION 1: LUMINAL GI

9:00 – 9:20 AM                                      

AI in Endoscopy

Brooks Cash, MD

9:20 – 9:40 AM                                     

Creating a Quality Endo Report

Sarah Glover, DO

9:40 – 10:00 AM                                    

Esophageal Motility Disorders: FLIP versus HRM

Michael Vaezi, MD

10:00 – 10:20 AM                                  

45 Is the New 50:

The New Screening Updates & Do We Meet the Demand?

Philip Schoenfeld, MD

10:20 – 10:40 AM                                  

The Non-IBD Colitis

Lisa Malter, MD

                                                         

10:40 – 10:50 AM                                              

Q&A / Panel Discussion

10:50 – 11:10 AM                                              

Break / Exhibit Hall

SESSION 2: ANORECTAL

11:10 – 11:30 AM                                  

Hemorrhoids & Fissures

Waqar Qureshi, MD

11:30 – 11:50 AM                                   

Pelvic Floor Dysfunction

Darren Brenner, MD

11:50 – 12:00 PM                              

Q&A / Panel Discussion

12:00 – 1:00 PM                                     

Lunch / Exhibit Hall

12:10 – 12:55 PM                         

Lunch & Industry-Sponsored Event by Eli Lilly & Company 

Learn About Omvoh: Some Discoveries Are
Too Urgent to Ignore

Kim Kearns, APRN; George Salem, MD

SESSION 3: PRACTICE MANAGEMENT

1:00 – 1:20 PM                                      

What Does Your APP Bring to the Practice?

Nancy Farrar, PA

1:20 – 1:40 PM                                       

Payor Contracting & Revenue Cycle Management

Vonda Reeves, MD

1:40 – 2:00 PM                                      

Giant Leap Foundation Medical Education Online Platform

George Catinis, MD

2:00 – 2:10 PM                                      

Q&A / Panel Discussion

SESSION 4: CANNABIS      

2:10 – 2:30 PM                                      

Cyclical Vomiting Syndrome

John Hutchings, MD

2:30 – 2:50 PM                                      

Venoocclusive Disease

Nelson Chao, MD

2:50 – 3:00 PM                                      

Q&A / Panel Discussion

3:00 – 3:20 PM                                              

Break / Exhibit Hall

SESSION 5: IBD

3:20 – 3:40 PM                                      

IBD & Pregnancy

Maysaa El Zoghbi, MD                                    

3:40 – 4:00 PM                                      

When to Call the Surgeon

Farshid Araghizadeh, MD

4:00 – 4:15 PM                                      

Q&A / Panel Discussion

4:15 – 5:15 PM                                      

CME Accredited Symposium Provided by the Chronic Liver Disease Foundation & the Global NASH Council

 

Major Advancement in MASH Management

Parvez S. Mantry, MD, AGAF, FAASLD, CPE

 

5:30 – 7:00 PM                                      

Welcome Reception / Exhibit Hall

     

Sunday, May 5, 2024

 

7:45 – 8:15 AM                                      

Registration / Breakfast/ Exhibit Hall

8:00 – 8:45 AM                                      

Breakfast & Industry-Sponsored Event Sponsored by Madrigal Pharmaceuticals

Discover a New Option that Is Available for Patients with NASH with Liver Fibrosis

Steven L. Flamm, MD, FASLD, AGAF

SESSION 6: LIVER & PANCREAS  

8:45 – 8:50 AM                                      

Welcome Day 2

George Catinis, MD

8:50 – 9:10 AM                                      

Changing the Course of Pancreatic Cancer:

Innovations in Screening, Diagnosis & Treatment 

Hoonbae Jeon, MD
 

9:10 – 9:30 AM                                      

Acute Liver Failure: New Guidelines Updates

William Lee, MD     

                                                           

9:30 – 9:50 AM                                    

When to Call the Transplant Team

Brian Ting, MD

 

9:50 – 10:00 AM                                  

Q&A / Panel Discussion

10:00 – 10:20 AM                                              

Break / Exhibit Hall

 

SESSION 7: PHARMACOLOGICAL ADVANCES IN GI   

10:20 – 10:40 AM                                  

Obesity & Medical Management for the GI Doctor

Maria Isabel Esparza, MD

10:40 – 11:00 AM                                  

MASLD: The Future of Anti Fibrotics

Steven Flamm, MD

11:00 – 11:20 AM                                  

The Resistant H. Pylori: What Do We Do Now?

Lawrence Schiller, MD

11:20 – 11:30 AM                                              

Q&A / Panel Discussion

11:30 – 12:30 PM                             

Lunch / Exhibit Hall

SESSION 8: IN OUR HEADS   

12:30 – 12:50 PM                                     

It Hurts: Neuromodulation & Pain

AJ Friedman, MD

12:50 – 1:10 PM                                      

MCAS

Lenny Weinstock, MD

1:10 – 1:30 PM                                      

Food Sensitivity

Kate Scarlata, RD

1:30 – 1:50 PM                                      

Bloated

Baha Moshiree, MD

1:50 – 2:00 PM                                      

Q&A / Panel Discussion

2:00 – 2:10 PM                                      

Closing Remarks & Adjourn

George Catinis, MD

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