The New Gastroenterologist (TNG) and Digestive Health Physicians Association (DHPA) invite you to attend their networking event at Digestive Disease Week® (DDW) 2019.
Digestive Disease Week® (DDW) begins in less than three weeks — May 17-21 at the San Diego Convention Center — and celebrates our 50th anniversary. The DDW Mobile App, Online Planner and DDWNews.org are your best resources to start organizing your time at #DDW19. “The app and the DDW Tracks combined are a great combination to help you navigate the meeting and save you time,” says DDW Council Chair Grace H. Elta, MD, AGAF, FASGE.
AASLD’s educational programming at DDW® is designed to provide a broad education on hot liver disease topics for general gastroenterologists and deeper learning for hepatologists seeking information on the latest research and treatment advances. Meena B. Bansal, MD, FAASLD, shares the sessions you won’t want to miss.
Will you be pinched for time at #DDW19? AGA’s Postgraduate Course course provides a concise and comprehensive update on the latest medical, scientific and technological advances in gastroenterology from the previous 12 months, designed for attendees who have limited time. Joseph Ahn, MD, MS, MBA, AGAF, and course co-directors explain more.
ASGE President Steven A. Edmundowicz, MD, FASGE, invites DDW® attendees to join him for coffee, doughnuts and the latest updates in gastrointestinal endoscopy during the annual ASGE Presidential Plenary on Saturday, May 18. The theme for this year’s plenary session is Endoscopic Innovation at Center Stage.
Learn new endoscopic surgical techniques during two SSAT concurrent hands-on courses — “Small Bowel, Abdominal Wall, Hernia and Colorectal” and “Esophagus & Gastric” on Saturday and Sunday, May 18-19 — led by course directors Alessandro Fichera, MD, FACS, FASCRS, and Michael B. Ujiki, MD.
“The diversity session is important to have yearly because identities change,” says Austin Chiang, MD, MPH, of the DDW® Diversity Symposium “Confronting Unconscious Bias and Its Impact on Career Development and Patient Care,” which will be held on Monday, May 20.
Join the editors of AASLD’s flagships journals for a comprehensive update, Hepatology Update: The Year in Review, on Saturday afternoon, May 18.
James D. Lewis, MD, MSCE, AGAF, will moderate an AGA session on Sunday, May 19, Biosimilars in IBD Care: Real-World Cases, that will focus on issues related to adoption and implementation of biosimilars for inflammatory bowel diseases.
ASGE hands-on session Train the Endoscopic Trainer course co-directors Shivakumar Vignesh, MD, FASGE, AGAF, and Catharine Walsh, MD, MEd, PhD, are passionate about improving endoscopic training. Join them on Friday, May 17, for a chance to hone teaching skills and learn the latest evidence-based teaching methods.
