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AGENDA

* Agenda & speakers are subject to change

FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 29, 2023

7:30–8:00 AM

Registration, Breakfast, and Visit Exhibits / Posters

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8:00-8:05 AM

Welcome and Introductions

Nikolaos Pyrsopoulos, MD, PhD

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SESSION I

 

8:05–8:30 AM

Treatment Innovations in Esophagitis Management

Ronnie Fass, MD

 

8:30–8:55 AM

Renal Complications in Patients with Advanced Liver Disease: HRS AKI

Nikolaos Pyrsopoulos, MD, PhD

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8:55–9:20 AM

Peptic Ulcer Disease: How to Treat Today?

Ronnie Fass, MD

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9:20–9:45 AM

Liver Cancer in 2023

Nikolaos Pyrsopoulos, MD, PhD

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9:45–10:00 AM

Interactive Panel Discussion

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10:00–10:10 AM

Break and Visit Exhibits / Posters

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SESSION II

 

10:10–10:35 AM

What Is New in Hepatitis C?

Paul Kwo, MD

 

10:35–11:00 AM

Hepatitis B

Mitchell Shiffman, MD

 

11:00–11:25 AM

Hepatitis Delta 

Paul Kwo, MD

 

11:25–11:45 AM  

Interactive Panel Discussion

 

11:45 AM–12:15 PM

Break / Lunch

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12:15–1:00 PM

First and Only FDA Approved
Eosinophilic Esophagitis (EoE) Treatment

David Poppers, MD
Industry Sponsored Event

Sponsored By Sanofi / Regeneron

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1:00–1:30 PM

Break and Visit Exhibits / Posters

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1:00–1:30 PM
Fellows Workshop

Marcelo Kugelmas, MD
Mitchell Shiffman, MD

​SESSION III

 

1:30–1:55 PM

Noninvasive Colorectal Cancer Screening: Who and How?

Steven Itzkowitz, MD

 

1:55–2:20 PM

New Treatment Innovations and Options in Crohn’s Disease

Stephen Hanauer, MD
 

2:20–2:45 PM

Maximizing the Donor Potential for Liver Transplant

James Guarrera, MD

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2:45–3:10 PM

Ulcerative Colitis: Updates on Epidemiology and Management

Stephen Hanauer, MD

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3:10–3:35 PM

How to Increase the ADR?

Steven Itzkowitz, MD

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3:35–3:55 PM

Interactive Panel Discussion

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3:55–4:05 PM

Break and Visit Exhibits / Posters

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4:05–4:30 PM

IBD: Is There Any Difficult to Treat Population?

Siobhan Proksell, MD

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4:30–4:55 PM

10th Annual Digestive Diseases: New Advances
Distinguished Lecturer 2023

Climate Change and Health Care in Gastroenterology

M. Bishr Omary, MD, PhD 

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4:55–5:05 PM

Interactive Panel Discussion

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5:05-5:30 PM

Gastroenterology / Liver Disease: Clinical Case Conundrums

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5:30 PM

Adjournment 

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5:30-6:30 PM

Reception

This activity is jointly provided by the Annenberg Center for Health Sciences at Eisenhower and Focus Medical Communications.

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This activity is supported by educational grants from Cook Medical, CymaBay Therapeutics, Inc., Grifols, Mallinckrodt Pharmaceuticals, Olympus, and Salix Pharmaceuticals.

© 2023 by Focus Medical Communications, LLC

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