ASGE discussant highlights best research submitted to DDW® 2019

The Best of ASGE is part of our signature two-hour session, the Best of DDW, presented each year on Tuesday. Moderated by Digestive Disease Week® (DDW) Council Chair, Grace H. Elta, MD, AGAF, FASGE, representatives from each of the four societies highlighted key points and provided commentary on the top presentations of the latest, best and most thought-provoking research presented all week.

Bret T. Petersen, MD, FASGE, professor of medicine at the Mayo Clinic, discussed nine of the top abstracts from ASGE presented during DDW 2019. Dr. Peterson worked with the societies’ program chairs to select the abstracts based on methodology, size, outcome, and whether the topic had clinical relevance to practice and appealed to broad interest. The selected abstracts covered five topical areas: artificial intelligence in GI endoscopy, new and expanding technology, colorectal, bariatrics and GI bleeding.

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The Best of ASGE is now available as a podcast, available to download and listen. If you attended DDW 2019, audio and slides from this session are available to watch in DDW On Demand (included in the cost of registration). Enter your badge ID, last name and the email you used to register for DDW 2019 to access for the first time.

This year, the Best of DDW session will be held on Tuesday, May 5, 2020 from 2 to 4 p.m. Learn more about registration for DDW 2020 here.

Bret T. Petersen, MD, FASGE is a professor of medicine in the Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology at the Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minnesota. His practice is focused in the Mayo Pancreas Clinic and the Advanced Endoscopy Group, and his professional interests include pancreatic and biliary diseases, performance and outcomes of ERCP, and delivery of endoscopic services. At Mayo, Dr. Petersen is a past Director of Endoscopy and has served on multiple clinic and foundation committees.