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AGA Attendee Spotlight: Joanne A. P. Wilson, MD, FACP, AGAF

June 4, 2018

Joanne A.P. Wilson, MD, FACP, AGAF, has attended every DDW conference since 1978, except 1980.

How much do you know about Washington, D.C.?

June 4, 2018

You probably learned in grade school that Washington, D.C., is home to the White House and runs along the Potomac River, but did you know the nation’s capital was built on a swamp?

Expert panel will share tips and tricks for managing difficult gastroenterology consultations

June 3, 2018

DDW Daily News Video Exclusive: Brennan Spiegel, MD, MSHS, AGAF, discusses the topics for Sunday’s AGA Clinical Symposium How to Manage Difficult Gastroenterology Consultations.

ASGE president tackles controversial issues in her year review, welcomes incoming leader

June 3, 2018

Outgoing ASGE President Karen L. Woods, MD, FASGE, addressed hot button issues as part of her year-in-review during Saturday’s Presidential Plenary. Steven A. Edmundowicz, MD, FASGE, also was inaugurated as ASGE’s next president.

Lecturer advocates for volunteerism, leads by example

June 3, 2018

If you were asked to make a list of words describing a surgeon, you may include words like skilled and intelligent. But odds are the word “altruistic” didn’t make your list, and American Board of Surgery Executive Director Jo Buyske, MD, FACS, thinks that’s a shame. Her SSAT Maja and Frank G. Moody State-of-the-Art Lecture on Monday will challenge surgeons to leverage their skills to give back.

Better communication can improve provider-patient relationships

June 3, 2018

Clinicians who want to improve treatment for IBS and IBD have a simple charge: Improve their patient communication skills. That was the key message from Douglas Drossman, MD, during Saturday’s AGA Postgraduate Course Luncheon Breakout Session Maximizing the Patient-Provider Relationship Using Effective Communication Skills for IBD and/or IBS.

Lecturer will review evolving management of cholestatic liver diseases

June 3, 2018

During Sunday’s AASLD State-of-the-Art Lecture Evolving Management of Cholestatic Liver Diseases, Cynthia Levy, MD, FAASLD, will discuss the treatment of primary biliary cholangitis and primary sclerosing cholangitis, the two most common causes of chronic cholestatic liver disease in adults.

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.

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AGA Attendee Spotlight: Joanne A. P. Wilson, MD, FACP, AGAF

How much do you know about Washington, D.C.?

Expert panel will share tips and tricks for managing difficult gastroenterology consultations

ASGE president tackles controversial issues in her year review, welcomes incoming leader

Lecturer advocates for volunteerism, leads by example

Better communication can improve provider-patient relationships

Lecturer will review evolving management of cholestatic liver diseases

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

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