2024 CONFERENCE AGENDA

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Day 1: April 20th

Locations:
Breakfast/Lunch – Regency Ballroom #1
General Session – Diplomat Ballroom #3

7:30 AM – 8:15 AM
Industry-Sponsored Breakfast by Sanonfi and Regeneron Pharmaceuticals:
Dupixent in the Management of Eosinophilic Esophagitis
Paul Feuerstadt, MD

8:30 AM – 8:35 AM
Welcome
Philip Schoenfeld, MD

Inflammatory Bowel Disease

8:35 AM – 8:55 AM
How I Do It: Optimal Use of IL-23
Monoclonal Antibodies
Marla Dubinsky, MD

8:55 AM – 9:15 AM
Debate: Stride II: Should We Treat to Target or Treat to Symptom Response?
Moderator: Philip Schoenfld, MD
Speakers: Bincy Abraham, MD and Aline Charabaty, MD

9:15 AM – 9:35 AM
Optimal Mentoring and Networking
Jennifer Christie, MD

9:35 AM – 9:55 AM
How I Do It: Management of Pouchitis
Maia Kayal, MD

9:55 AM – 10:15 AM
Case Studies in IBD-1
Moderator: Samir Shah, MD
Panel: Aja McCutchen, MD, and Joshua Novak, MD

What’s First Line in UC Pancolitis?
Priscila Santiago, MD

Increased Ostomy Output in Crohn’s Disease with Short Bowel Syndrome
Rahul Dalal, MD, MPH

10:15 AM – 10:30 AM
Q & A
Philip Schoenfeld, MD

10:30 AM – 10:45 AM
Break

Esophageal and GI Motility Disorders

10:45 AM – 11:05 AM
Best of Evidence-Based GI: Esophageal Disorders
Moderator: Swathi Eluri, MD
Panel: Felice Schnoll-Sussman, MD and Prakash Gyawali, MD

11:05 AM – 11:25 AM
Debate: Step-Up vs. Top-Down Treatment of Eosinophilic Esophagitis
Moderator: Jennifer Christie, MD
Speakers: Joan Chen, MD and Joy Chang, MD

11:25 AM – 11:45 AM
Facilitating Diversity in GI
Sandra Quezada, MD

11:45 AM – 12:05 PM
Debate: Step-Up vs Top-Down Treatment of IBS-C
Moderator: Brennan Spiegel, MD
Speakers: Darren Brenner, MD and Baha Moshiree, MD

12:05 PM – 12:25 PM
Case Studies in GI Motility Disorders
Moderator: Linda Nguyen, MD
Panel: Kavita Kongara, MD, and Satish Rao, MD

“I Can’t Poop” – CIC vs Pelvic Floor Dysfunction
Katie Dunleavy, MD

“My Belly Hurts”-Optimizing Abdominal Pain Relief in IBS
Carl Kay, MD

12:25 PM – 12:35 PM
Q & A
Philip Schoenfeld, MD

12:45 PM – 1:30 PM
Industry Sponsored Lunch by Ardelyx Pharmaceuticals
IBSRELA: Discover a Different Mechanism of Action to Treat Adults with IBS-C

2:00 PM – 4:00 PM
Early GI Career Networking and Mentoring:
EBMed Faculty, Course Attendees and Industry Personnel Invited to Attend
Location: North Lagoon Pool

Day 2: April 21st

Locations:
Breakfast – Regency Ballroom #1
General Session – Diplomat Ballroom #3

7:30 AM – 8:15 AM
Industry Sponsored Breakfast by Phathom Pharmaceuticals:
VOQUENZA for Erosive Esophagitis Management

8:30 AM – 8:35 AM
Welcome
Linda Nguyen, MD and Aline Charabaty, MD

Esophageal and GI Motility Disorders

8:35 AM – 8:55 AM
Guideline Update: Helicobacter Pylori Management
Brennan Spiegel, MD

8:55 AM – 9:15 AM
Debate: Test or Treat for PPI-resistant Non-erosive GERD?
Moderator: Jennifer Christie, MD
Speakers: Felice Schnoll-Sussman, MD and Prakash Gyawali, MD

9:15 AM – 9:35 AM
How I Do It: Management of IBS-C and CIC
Satish Rao, MD, PhD

9:35 AM – 9:55 AM
Best of Evidence-Based GI Motility Disorders
Moderator: Darren Brenner, MD
Panel: Kavita Kongara, MD and Baha Moshiree, MD

9:55 AM – 10:15 AM
Case Studies in Esophageal Disorders
Moderator: Swathi Eluri, MD
Panel: Joy Chang, MD, MS and Joan Chen, MD, MS

EoE Treat-to-Target: Symptoms Improved but Histology Unchanged
Eric Low, MD

Laryngeal Reflux Unresponsive to PPI
Judy Trieu, MD

10:15 AM – 10:30 AM
Q & A
Linda Nguyen, MD

10:30 AM – 10:45 AM
Break

Inflammatory Bowel Diseases

10:45 AM – 11:05 AM
Guideline Update: Fecal Microbiota for Recurrent C. Dif
Paul Feuerstadt, MD

11:05 AM – 11:25 AM
How I Do It: Managing Short Bowel Syndrome
Joshua Novak, MD

11:25 AM – 11:45 AM
Best of Evidence-Based GI in IBD
Moderator: Philip Schoenfeld, MD
Panel: Marla Dubinsky, MD and Bincy Abraham, MD

11:45 AM – 12:05 PM
Case Studies in IBD-2
Moderator: Samir Shah, MD
Panel: Aja McCutchen, MD, Maia Kayal, MD, Sandra Quezada, MD, MS

What’s First Line in Ileal Crohn’s?
Sameer Berry, MD
Recurrent Pouchitis in UC Patient after IPAA
Joseph Sleiman, MD

12:05 PM – 12:25 PM
How To Be a Good Patient Advocate
Amber Tresca and Aline Charabaty, MD

12:25 PM – 12:35 PM
Q & A
Aline Charabaty, MD

12:35 PM
Wrap-up and Thank You
Philip Schoenfeld, MD