During the SSAT Presidential Plenary on Sunday, SSAT President Stanley W. Ashley, MD, said the society is preparing for a new strategic plan that will re-evaluate the society’s role as well as its financial future and ongoing relationship with DDW®. “We are at the right time to start planning the next 10 years,” he said.
It has long been clear that “we are what we eat.” But a growing body of experimental data suggests it is not just what we eat, but how our individual gut microbiomes interact with diet that affects health. Federico Rey, PhD, explained this data during an AGA Symposium on Sunday.
Suresh Chari, MD, examined the medical and nutritional therapies for pain management in an ASGE Clinical Symposium on Sunday morning. “Pain is processed in some of the same areas of the brain as thoughts and emotions — structural damage or inflammation are not essential to experience pain,” Dr. Chari said.
Whether you have an evening free after DDW® sessions or you’re staying a couple extra days after the meeting, Washington, D.C., offers a variety of activities and capital sights to see this spring.
Patrick S. Kamath, MD, DM, MBBS, will define acute-on-chronic liver failure and review its history and scope during Monday’s AASLD State-of-the-Art Lecture Acute on Chronic Liver Failure: Pathophysiology and Therapeutic Approach.
Gastroenterologists can play an important role in the opioid epidemic, according to Eva Szigethy, MD, PhD. She weighs in on how GIs can help their patients as she previews Monday’s AGA Clinical Symposium Impact of America’s Opioid Epidemic on the Practice of Gastroenterology.
Grace H. Elta, MD, AGAF, FASGE, will co-moderate Monday’s ASGE Clinical Symposium Pancreatic Duct Endotherapy: Caution or Full Steam Ahead, which will review the current science and best practices for endotherapy in pancreatitis treatment.
Kathleen E. Corey, MD, MPH, MMSc, will deliver “Challenges in Screening for NAFLD (Including At-Risk Populations)” during Clinical Challenges in Adult and Pediatric Non-Alcoholic Fatty Liver Disease on Monday.
Joanne A.P. Wilson, MD, FACP, AGAF, has attended every DDW conference since 1978, except 1980.
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?
