In honor of Women in Medicine Month, September is the perfect time of year to learn more about the women working in gastroenterology and hepatology and acknowledge the significant contributions they have made to the health care field.  

At Digestive Disease Week® (DDW) 2024,  There are many more, so we encourage you to use the DDW Mobile App and Meeting Planner to (re)watch to learn how they are advancing care for digestive disease patients. 

If you attended DDW 2024, you have access to these sessions through DDW On Demand until May 16, 2025. If you could not attend, there is still time to purchase access.  

Roberta Maselli, MD, PhD, FESGE
Malignant Polyps: Lesion Characteristics

Dr. Roberta Maselli is an associate professor at Humanas University Hospital in Milan, Italy and is the director of their advanced endoscopy program. At DDW 2024 she presented as part of the session on Management of Malignant Polyps. With new innovations, she is able to see more lesions and allows for a better characterization to predict if the lesion is adenoma or hyperplastic. This in turn helps decide how to remove it. Through her innovations and research, she has helped to pave the way for further advancements in the endoscopic world.  

Rena Yadlapati, MD, MSHS
Extraesophageal Reflux Upfront Testing for All is Not Practical 

Dr. Renya Yadlapati is a professor of clinical medicine, director for the center for esophageal diseases and medical director at the GI motility lab for the University of California San Diego. She gave a presentation on how upfront testing for all is not practical for extraesophageal reflux. She proposes that the innovations move in a multidisciplinary, less invasive strategies direction. 

Clara Kit Nam Lai, MBBS
Circling the Enemy: Recurrent Median Arcuate Ligament Syndrome with Intrapancreatic Celiac Trunk

Clara Lai researched at Metro Health Medical Center in Cleveland, OH. During her presentation, she walked attendees step-by-step through dissecting the recurrent median of the arcuate ligament syndrome with intrapancreatic celiac trunk.