1. Understand the arguments for and against colonoscopy for colon cancer screening.
2. Recognize updates to the treatment arsenal for IBD and eosinophilic gastrointestinal disorders.
3. Recognize patients who benefit from screening for Barrett’s Esophagus.
4. Identify current approaches to alcohol use, malnutrition and frailty in potential liver transplant candidates.
5. Compare and utilize current treatment approaches to non-alcoholic steatohepatitis.
7:45-8:00 am Welcome and Introductory Comments
Course Directors: Avash Kalra, MD and Blake Jones, MD
Session I – High-Yield Topics in Luminal Gastroenterology
Moderator: TBD
8:00-8:20 am Positioning Biologics for Inflammatory Bowel Disease
Waseem Ahmed, MD
8:20-8:40 am Updates in the Treatment of Eosinophilic Gastrointestinal Disorders and Future Directions
Nipun Reddy, MD
8:40-9:00 am Best Practices in Neuro-Gastroenterology, Involving CBT and Hypnotherapy
Amitha Gumidyala, MD
9:00-9:20 am Panel Discussion
9:20-9:40 am Break
9:40-10:30 am BREAKOUT SESSION AND NETWORKING
Session II– High-Yield Topics in Hepatology
Moderator: Avash Kalra, MD
10:30-10:50 am A Practical Approach to Malnutrition and Frailty in Chronic Liver Disease
Avash Kalra, MD
10:50-11:10 am Alcoholic Hepatitis and Liver Transplant: When is Transplant Appropriate?
Jon Rice, MD
11:10-11:30 am It's 2023. What Can We Offer for the Treatment of NASH?
11:30-11:50 am Panel Discussion
11:50-12:30 pm Lunch Break
Session III – High-Yield Topics in Therapeutic Endoscopy
Moderator: TBD
12:30-12:50 pm The Latest Updates on Screening and Management of Barrett's Esophagus
Kusuma Pokala, MD
12:50-1:10 pm ESD: Indications and Techniques
Hazem Hammad, MD
1:10-1:30 pm Complex Biliary Obstructions, Tips, and Techniques
Raj Shah, MD
1:30-1:50 pm Panel Discussion
1:50-2:45 pm Happy Hour Break
Session IV – Updates in Colorectal Cancer Prevention
Moderator: Blake Jones, MD
2:45-3:30 pm Debate: Colonoscopy Pros and Cons for CRC Screening
Blake Jones, MD & Swati Patel, MD
3:40-3:40 pm Closing Remarks
Course Directors: Avash Kalra, MD and Blake Jones, MD
3:40 pm Adjourn