At Digestive Disease Week (DDW) 2019 in San Diego, CA, DDW commemorated its 50th year as the premier meeting in gastroenterology, hepatology and surgery. Nearly 14,000 attendees helped us celebrate over four days of networking and world-class education that featured 813 original sessions (oral and poster), 4,229 posters and 291 exhibitor booths.
ASGE and the ASGE Foundation honored several outstanding gastroenterologists who have contributed to the advancement of GI endoscopy during the annual Crystal Awards dinner on Sunday, May 19, at the US Grant Hotel in San Diego. Gregory G. Ginsberg, MD, FASGE, won the Rudolf V. Schindler Award, ASGE’s highest honor.
After surviving a rigorous review process to make it to DDW®, 10 of the best endoscopic videos from around the globe will be featured in Tuesday’s ninth annual ASGE World Cup of Endoscopy.
To make sure attendees catch the most thought-provoking research at #DDW19, representatives from each of the four sponsoring societies will highlight the meeting’s top abstracts during Tuesday afternoon’s “Best of DDW 2019” session.
For the 23rd year, ASGE will highlight the most innovative endoscopic techniques and unusual cases from around the world during the annual ASGE Video Plenary.
Sajiv Sethi, MD, MPH, is currently two countries short of traveling to 30 countries before he turns 30. Read more about this adventerous ASGE Attendee Spotlight.
Shivakumar Vignesh, MD, FASGE, AGAF, discusses efforts to help instructors and faculty become better endoscopy trainers in order to reduce variations in endoscopic skill development in trainees.
Before DDW draws to a close, be sure to visit the ASGE MarketPlace in the Sails Pavilion on the upper level of the San Diego Convention Center.
A series of presentations covered several recent studies focusing on ways to enhance and improve endoscopy training — and ultimately improve patient safety — for both the trainer and trainee during an ASGE session on Saturday “Training Tips in Endoscopy for the Student and the Teacher.” Joshua B. Satchwell, MD, discussed the results of a randomized trial looking at a game-based learning intervention.
GI endoscopy never stands still. Neither can GI endoscopists, which is why ASGE brings its extended Postgraduate Course to DDW® every year, says course co-director Gregory G. Ginsberg, MD, FASGE. This year’s course — Best Practices and Emerging Paradigms — takes place on Sunday and Monday.
