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Special session and reception will highlight strategies to promote diversity in GI, address health care disparities

June 3, 2018

Diversity issues among gastroenterologists, hepatologists and surgeons as they relate to academia and various clinical practice settings are the subject of the Sunday afternoon session Ensuring Diversity in Gastroenterology: Practical Approaches for GI Societies, Institutions and Practices. “Diverse organizations ensure a broad range of perspectives and skills that stem from the experiences of individuals that make up organizations,” said AGA Diversity Committee Chair Rotonya Carr, MD.

Brush up on EUS basics at Sunday symposium

June 3, 2018

The goal of Sunday morning’s ASGE Clinical Symposium EUS: Doing the Basics Better is to offer a solid foundational outline of the spectrum of endoscopic ultrasound applications for people who are new to the technology, according to Ferga Gleeson, MD, FASGE, professor of medicine at Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN.

AGA Speaker Spotlight: Rhonda F. Souza, MD, AGAF

June 3, 2018

Rhonda F. Souza, MD, AGAF, will present “Eosinophilic Esophagitis: What If Elimination Diet Does Not Work?” during the AGA Postgraduate Course General Session V, Upper GI Tract on Sunday.

ASGE Attendee Spotlight: Allison R. Schulman, MD, MPH

June 3, 2018

First time at DDW^®? Allison R. Schulman, MD, MPH, shares her favorite meeting hack, the area of digestive disease research she finds the most fascinating and more.

SSAT Poster Spotlight: Kristen Seiler, MD

June 3, 2018

Kristen Seiler, MD, provides insight behind her poster “Induced Endodermal Progenitor Cells Assume Epithelial Gene Expression Profiles when Cultured on Acellular Intestinal Scaffolds without the Addition of Exogenous Growth Factors” (Su1300), which she will present Sunday.

Welcome to DDW^® 2018!

June 2, 2018

Digestive Disease Week^® (DDW) is the most comprehensive GI meeting in the world. It features top-tier research and high-quality sessions from four societies, making it the best place for gastroenterologists to find cutting-edge science and clinical updates, according to DDW Council Chair Grace H. Elta, MD, AGAF, FASGE.

AASLD plenaries highlight clinical applications of liver disease research

June 2, 2018

AASLD will feature the most innovative research in its two plenary sessions at DDW^®, according to AASLD President Ronald J. Sokol, MD, FAASLD. The Basic Science Plenary Session will be held Sunday morning and the Clinical Science Plenary Session will be held Monday morning. Each will offer something for all AASLD members and DDW attendees.

Bariatric endoscopy ‘a big part’ of profession’s future

June 2, 2018

As obesity continues to strain the nation’s health care system, the promise of minimally invasive weight-loss interventions is drawing more attention. The implications of such therapies are the subject of Saturday’s ASGE Clinical Symposium The Skinny on Bariatric Endoscopy, which will be moderated by Barham K. Abu Dayyeh, MD, MPH.

Guest orator calls for more one-on-one  coaching in surgeons’ professional development

June 2, 2018

Caprice C. Greenberg, MD, MPH, an expert on improving the quality and safety of surgical care, will present the annual Doris and John L. Cameron Guest Oration on Sunday. Her 45-minute presentation is titled The Role of Professional Societies in Continuing Professional Development.

Clinical experts to square off in ‘battle of the heavyweights’

June 2, 2018

Sponsored by the AGA Institute Clinical Practice Updates Committee, Saturday’s Battle of the Heavyweights: Controversies in Clinical Practice From IBD to NASH session will tackle some of the most puzzling clinical aspects of inflammatory bowel disease, liver disease and pancreaticobiliary disease, according to moderator Joseph K. Lim, MD, AGAF.

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Special session and reception will highlight strategies to promote diversity in GI, address health care disparities

Brush up on EUS basics at Sunday symposium

AGA Speaker Spotlight: Rhonda F. Souza, MD, AGAF

ASGE Attendee Spotlight: Allison R. Schulman, MD, MPH

SSAT Poster Spotlight: Kristen Seiler, MD

Welcome to DDW^® 2018!

AASLD plenaries highlight clinical applications of liver disease research

Bariatric endoscopy ‘a big part’ of profession’s future

Guest orator calls for more one-on-one  coaching in surgeons’ professional development

Clinical experts to square off in ‘battle of the heavyweights’

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