Harvard Gastroenterology 2024

Harvard Gastroenterology 2024

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Course Audience: gastroenterologists, internists, surgeons

Overview:

The Comprehensive 2024 Gastroenterology Update, Gastroenterology 2024 will be held online this year, using live streaming, electronic Q&A, and other remote learning technologies. 

This program ensures participants are current with state-of-the-art GI strategies and clinical practices. It covers recent advances and their impact on clinical approaches and on patient outcomes. Updates, best practices, and new guidelines are presented by nationally recognized GI experts and master clinicians.

Practical, Results-Driven Education

Highlights of the 2024 program include:

• Updated guidelines for the use of biologics in IBD
• Therapeutic drug monitoring in IBD treatment
• Management of the older adult with IBD
• Updated guidelines for treatment of C. difficile infection
• Managing GI complications of immunotherapy
• Improved management of IBS
• Tips to managing fecal incontinence
• Management of refractory GERD
• Expanded genetic testing options to diagnose hereditary GI cancer syndromes
• Management of fatty liver disease in 2024
• How to diagnose and manage cirrhosis
• How to improve your adenoma detection rate (ADR)
• Steps to ensure delivery of high-quality colonoscopic care
• Techniques to effectively control acute GI bleeding
• Endoscopic management of obesity
• When FMT is indicated for treatment
• Impact of COVID on the GI tract
• New strategies to treat common GI problems
• A comprehensive update of national guidelines

As new strategies, guidelines, and diagnostic and treatment options are presented, they are coupled with specific recommendations for incorporating these updates into your day-to-day work.

Education to Optimize Your Patient Outcomes

The evidence-based recommendations provided in this program cover:

• IBD
• GI Complications of Immunotherapy
• Microscopic Colitis
• Fatty Liver
• Barrett’s Esophagus
• Eosinophilic Esophagitis
• C. difficile Colitis
• Alcohol-Related Liver Disease
• Autoimmune Hepatitis
• IBS
• Refractory GERD
• Acute Pancreatitis
• Chronic Pancreatitis
• Celiac Disease
• GI Bleeding
• High Risk for Colorectal Cancer

Recent Advances and Innovations

Clinicians can rely on this program for education on:

• Biological therapies for IBD: how to choose which agent to start with? How to monitor during treatment? What is the role for therapeutic drug monitoring? When to switch? What new agents are now available?
• Managing refractory pouchitis
• GI complications of immunotherapy — a common and heterogeneous disorder: how to approach and treat effectively?
• Eosinophilic esophagitis: how to decide between drug therapy and dietary therapy?
• The stool microbiome: understanding the science behind clinical applications
• Celiac disease: making sense of the multiple serologic tests—new therapeutic strategies are on the horizon
• Adenoma detection rates: critical to measure and how to incorporate strategies, including AI, to increase your rate
• Endoscopic approaches to managing obesity

This program also offers a glimpse into the future of gastroenterology with engaging lectures given by world-renowned experts on inspiring and cutting-edge topics.

Who Should Attend

• Gastroenterologists
• Internists
• Surgeons
• Nurse Practitioners
• Physician Assistants

 

Monday, June 10, 2024

8:30am

Welcome

Daniel Chung, MD

8:30am to 9:15am

Which Initial Therapy to Choose for Crohn’s and UC?

Joshua Korzenik, MD

9:15am to 9:50am

Management of Severe UC and Pouch-Related Complications

Ashwin Ananthakrishnan, MD, MPH

9:50am to 10:15am

IBD in Pregnancy

Loren Rabinowitz, MD

10:15am to 10:30am

Panel Q&A

Drs. Ananthakrishnan, Korzenik, and Rabinowitz

10:30am to 10:50am

Break

10:50am to 11:15am

Management of the Older Adult with IBD

Bharati Kochar, MD

11:15am to 11:40am

WORKSHOP 1: Cutaneous Manifestations of IBD

Daniela Kroshinsky, MD

11:40am to 12:25pm

Therapeutic Drug Monitoring in IBD

Adam Cheifetz, MD

12:25pm to 12:40pm

Panel Q&A

Drs. Cheifetz, Kochar, and Kroshinsky

12:40pm to 1:45pm

Break

1:45pm to 2:15pm

How to Manage Microscopic Colitis

Hamed Khalili, MD

2:15pm to 2:45pm

GI Complications of Immunotherapy

Michael Dougan, MD

2:45pm to 3:00pm

Panel Q&A

Drs. Dougan and Khalili

3:00pm to 3:15pm

Break

3:15pm to 3:50pm

Who Should Have Genetic Testing for GI Cancer Syndromes?

Daniel Chung, MD

3:50pm to 4:25pm

WORKSHOP 2: CRC Screening and How to Improve Your ADR

Ramona Lim, MD

4:25pm to 5:00pm

Beyond Screening: What to Recommend to Reduce Colorectal Cancer Risk

Andrew Chan, MD, MPH

5:00pm to 5:15pm

Panel Q&A

Drs. Chan, Chung, and Lim

Tuesday, June 11, 2024

8:30am to 9:05am

Barrett’s Esophagus: Whom and How to Treat?

Douglas Pleskow, MD

9:05am to 9:40am

Esophageal Motility Disorders Made Easy

Barbara Nath, MD

9:40am to 10:15am

Management of Refractory GERD

Norman Nishioka, MD

10:15am to 10:30am

Panel Q&A

Drs. Nath, Nishioka, and Pleskow

10:30am to 10:45am

Break

10:45am to 11:20am

Comprehensive Approach to Eosinophilic Esophagitis

Walter Chan, MD

11:20am to 12:10pm

Celiac Disease and Gluten Sensitivity: 2024 Practitioner Updates

Ciaran Kelly, MD

12:10pm to 12:25pm

Panel Q&A

Drs. Chan and Kelly

12:25pm to 1:30pm

Break

1:30pm to 2:05pm

Making the Diagnosis of IBS

Kyle Staller, MD

2:05pm to 2:40pm

Modern Strategies to Treat IBS

Vikram Rangan, MD

2:40pm to 3:00pm

WORKSHOP 3: Tips to Managing Fecal Incontinence

Kyle Staller, MD

3:00pm to 3:20pm

Panel Q&A

Drs. Rangan and Staller

3:20pm to 3:40pm

Break

3:40pm to 4:15pm

Optimizing the Management of Gastroparesis

Braden Kuo, MD

4:15pm to 4:45pm

How to Evaluate Small Intestinal Bacterial Overgrowth

Judy Nee, MD

4:45pm to 5:00pm

Panel Q&A

Drs. Kuo and Nee

Wednesday, June 12, 2024

8:30am to 9:05am

Cholestatic Liver Diseases: What’s New in PBC and PSC

Daniel Pratt, MD

9:05am to 9:40am

Update on Autoimmune Hepatitis

Alan Bonder, MD

9:40am to 10:10am

WORKSHOP 4: How to Approach Drug-Induced Liver Injury (DILI)

Michael Curry, MD

10:10am to 10:25am

Panel Q&A

Drs. Bonder, Curry, and Pratt

10:25am to 10:45am

Break

10:45am to 11:25am

Alcohol-Associated Liver Disease

Gyongyi Szabo, MD, PhD

11:25am to 11:55am

The Management of NAFLD

Kathleen Corey, MD

11:55am to 12:10pm

Panel Q&A

Drs. Corey and Szabo

12:10pm to 1:10pm

Break

1:10pm to 1:45pm

WORKSHOP 5: How to Work Up a Liver Lesion

Karin Andersson, MD

1:45pm to 2:15pm

Diagnosis and Routine Management of Cirrhosis

Michelle Lai, MD

2:15pm to 2:55pm

Managing Advanced Liver Disease

Anna Rutherford, MD

2:55pm to 3:15pm

Panel Q&A

Drs. Andersson, Lai, and Rutherford

3:15pm to 3:30pm

Break

3:30pm to 4:05pm

Best Management Strategies in Acute Pancreatitis

David Jin, MD, MPH

4:05pm to 4:40pm

Updates in Chronic Pancreatitis

Sunil Sheth, MD

4:40pm to 5:15pm

Controversies in the Management of Cystic Lesions of the Pancreas

Carlos Fernandez-del Castillo, MD

5:15pm to 5:30pm

Panel Q&A

Drs. Fernandez-del Castillo, Jin, and Sheth

Thursday, June 13, 2024

8:30am to 9:15am

WORKSHOP 6: Tips to Removing the Difficult Polyp

Tyler Berzin, MD

9:15am to 9:45am

Quality in Colonoscopy: What to Measure and Why It Matters

Mandeep Sawhney, MD

9:45am to 10:00am

Panel Q&A

Drs. Berzin and Sawhney

10:00am to 10:15am

Break

10:15am to 10:45am

Endoscopy and the Anticoagulated Patient

Kunal Jajoo, MD

10:45am to 11:30am

Acute GI Bleeding and Other GI Emergencies

Linda Lee, MD

11:30am to 12:00pm

Endoscopic Approaches to Manage Obesity

Chris Thompson, MD

12:00pm to 12:15pm

Panel Q&A

Drs. Jajoo, Lee, and Thompson

12:15pm to 1:30pm

Break

1:30pm to 2:05pm

COVID in the GI Tract

Walter Chan, MD, MPH

2:05pm to 2:45pm

What’s New in C. difficile Colitis

Jessica Allegretti, MD, MPH

2:45pm to 3:15pm

New Insights into the Gut Microbiome and Disease

Ramnik Xavier, MD

3:15pm to 3:45pm

WORKSHOP 7: GI Cases to Remember

Douglas Horst, MD

3:45pm to 4:05pm

Panel Q&A

Drs. Allegretti, Chan, Horst, and Xavier