Functional gastrointestinal disorders have long been among the most common conditions diagnosed by gastroenterologists. A panel of three experts will discuss the current science and review best practices during Monday’s AGA Institute-Rome Foundation Lectureship, titled “Making Treatment Choices for Functional GI Disorders.”
During Sunday’s AASLD symposium “Role of Gut Microbiome in NAFLD and Progression of Fibrosis,” an expert panel of clinician-scientists will discuss recent research that is shedding light on the gut microbiome’s impact on hepatobiliary disease. Rohit Loomba, MD, shares more.
The gut microbiome is as much an organ as the liver, pancreas, intestine or any other organ along the GI tract, says Eugene B. Chang, MD, AGAF, who will moderate Monday’s AGA symposium “Microbiome Diagnostics, Prognostics and Personalized Medicine.”
Anne Marie Lennon, MD, PhD, FASGE, shares what GI innovation she finds the most promising, who inspired her to pursue a career in gastroenterology and more in this ASGE Speaker Spotlight.
AGA Attendee Spotlight Bharati Kochar, MD, MSCR, shares her favorite things about San Diego, how working in the gastroenterology field has impacted and who she’d like to be mentored by at #DDW19.
Meena B. Bansal, MD, FAASLD, outlines some of the “best-of-the-best” liver abstracts submitted to DDW® that will be presented during two plenaries on Sunday and Monday.
DDW® Council Chair Grace H. Elta, MD, AGAF, FASGE, welcomes attendees to San Diego and #DDW19 — the 50th anniversary of the meeting. Find out what’s new this year and reflect on 50 years of excellence.
“It’s more important than ever for clinicians to have a firm grasp on the business aspects of their clinical practices,” says Sunday morning’s AGA “The Business of Medicine” Symposium Chair David Kunkel, MD.
ASGE-member trainees are invited to Saturday’s “ASGE Fellows Networking Session” for advice and instruction on a number of issues of interest to young physicians. Frank Gress, MD, FASGE, shares more about this great opportunity to network.
Diversity is a must-have tool to improve outcomes for patients, providers and all stakeholders in health care, says Marc A. Nivet, EdD, MBA, who will present the annual “SSAT Doris and John L. Cameron Guest Oration” on Sunday.
