FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 16, 2022

6:30 AM

Registration, Breakfast, and Visit Exhibits/Posters

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7:00 AM 

PBC: Diagnosis and Current Management Strategies

Nikolaos T. Pyrsopoulos, MD, PhD, MBA

CLDF Independent Symposium

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8:00 AM

Welcome and Introductions

Nikolaos T. Pyrsopoulos, MD, PhD, MBA

Rutgers New Jersey Medical School

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SESSION I

8:10 AM

Hepatorenal Syndrome Treatment in the US Today

Nikolaos T. Pyrsopoulos, MD, PhD, MBA

Rutgers New Jersey Medical School

8:40 AM

Review of Eosinophilic Esophagitis

Seyedehsan Navabi, MD 

Rutgers New Jersey Medical School

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9:10 AM

Interactive Panel Discussion

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9:20 AM

Break and Visit Exhibits/Posters

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SESSION II

9:35 AM

New Treatment Innovations in Ulcerative Colitis and Crohn’s Disease

Stephen Hanauer, MD

Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine

10:05 AM

New Advances in NASH in 2022

David Kaplan, MD
University of Pennsylvania 

10:35 AM

Indeterminate Colitis: How to Approach?

Farzana Rashid, MD

University of Pennsylvania 

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11:05 AM

How to Increase the Adenoma Detection Rate

Sushil Ahlawat, MD

Rutgers New Jersey Medical School

11:35 AM  

Interactive Panel Discussion

11:45 AM

Break/Lunch

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12:15 PM

Optimizing the Treatment Pathway for Patients with PBC 

Michael Ryan, MD

Industry Sponsored Event (Non-accredited)

Sponsored by Intercept Pharmaceuticals

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1:00 PM

Break and Visit Exhibits/Posters

​SESSION III

1:30 PM

Introduction of the 9th Annual Digestive Diseases New Advances
Distinguished Lecturer 2022

Nikolaos T. Pyrsopoulos, MD, PhD, MBA

Rutgers New Jersey Medical School

9th Annual Digestive Diseases New Advances

Distinguished Lecturer 2022

Viral Hepatitis Elimination

Rajender Reddy, MD

University of Pennsylvania 

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2:00 PM

Hepatitis B Cure: New Drugs, Novel Strategies

Jordan Feld, MD, MPH

Toronto General Hospital Research Institute

2:30 PM

Hepatitis C: What’s New?
Is There Any Difficult to Treat Populations Nowadays?

Kimberly Brown, MD

Henry Ford Health

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3:00 PM

Maximizing the Donor Potential for Liver Transplant

James Guarrera, MD

Rutgers New Jersey Medical School

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3:30 PM

Interactive Panel Discussion

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3:40 PM

Break and Visit Exhibits/Posters

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3:55 PM

Minimally Invasive vs. Surgical Bariatric Interventions. Winner?

Kaveh Hajifathalian, MD

Rutgers New Jersey Medical School

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4:25 PM

Advances in Pancreaticobiliary Endoscopy:

Creating Alternate Solutions

Georgios Papachristou, MD

The Ohio State University - Wexner Medical Center

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4:55 PM

Gastroparesis: Are We Moving on This Today?

Anthony J. Lembo, MD

Harvard Medical School
 

5:25 PM

NASH: Diagnostic and Prognostic Non-Invasive Tests

Nikolaos T. Pyrsopoulos, MD, PhD, MBA

Rutgers New Jersey Medical School

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5:55 PM
Irritable Bowel Syndrome: New Management Approaches

Anthony J. Lembo, MD

Harvard Medical School

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6:25 PM

Interactive Panel Discussion

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6:35 PM

Conference Reception