Friday, September 8, 2017 NEW DATE: Friday, November 17, 2017
3:00 – 7:00 pm Registration Open
4:00 – 6:00 pm FGS Self-Assessment Program for MOC Session
Saturday, September 9, 2017 NEW DATE: Saturday, November 18, 2017
6:45 – 7:10 am Complimentary Continental Breakfast in Exhibit Area /View Exhibits
7:15 – 7:30 am Annual Business Meeting – FGS MEMBERS ONLY (Moderator: Gerardo Lanes, MD)
Session 1: Challenges in GI and Endoscopy
7:30 – 7:35 am Intro/Welcome: Gerardo Lanes, MD – FGS President
7:35 – 7:55 am Evaluation & Management of Barrett’s Esophagus
Michael Wallace, MD
7:55 – 8:15 am Celiac and Non-Celiac Gluten Sensitivity
Chris Forsmark, MD
8:15 – 8:35 am Therapeutic EUS
Enrico Souto, MD
8:35 – 8:55 am James. L Borland, Sr. Memorial Lecture: Prevention of Post-ERCP Pancreatitis: Pharmacology vs. Stents
Jamie Barkin, MD
9:00 – 9:10 am Q&A Session for Presentations 1 – 3
Session 2: Navigating a Changing Healthcare Landscape
9:10 – 9:15 am Introduction to Healthcare Reimbursement & Quality
Gerardo Lanes, MD
9:15 – 9:35 am Managed Care Outlook: Managed Care Outlook: ACA Today and Challenges of Tomorrow
Jodi Brown, MBA/MHCM
9:35 – 9:55 am Living in a Value-Based World
Mike Segal, JD
9:55 – 10:00 am Q&A Session 2
10:00 – 10:30 am Break/Visit Exhibits
Session 3: Approach to the Unknowns
10:30 – 10:50 am Evaluation and Management of Pancreatic Cysts
Jodie Barkin, MD
10:50 – 11:15 am Chronic Abdominal Pain: It is Visceral and What Should I Do?
Brian Lacy, MD
11:15 – 11:35 am Asymptomatic Liver Masses: New Approaches for Diagnosis and Treatment
Roberto Firpi, MD
11:35 – 11:55 am Total Pancreatectomy with Islet Cell Autotransplantation
Vikas Dudeja, MD
11:55am – 12:05pm Q&A Session 3
12:05 – 1:05 pm James L. Cerda Memorial Fellow Jeopardy Competition
Moderator: Herbert C. Wolfsen, MD
1:05 – 1:10 pm Presentation of Awards & Concluding Remarks
Gerardo Lanes, FGS President
1:05 – 2:00 pm Complimentary Luncheon with Exhibitors
2:00 – 5:00 pm Endoscopy Laboratories (Not eligible for MOC Points)
Directors: Jose M. Nieto, MD, Dennis Yang, MD, and Javier Parra, MD
Sunday, September 10, 2017 NEW DATE: Sunday, November 19, 2017
6:45 – 7:30 am Complimentary Continental Breakfast in Exhibit Area /View Exhibits
7:30 – 7:40 am Intro/Welcome: Ben Pineau, MD, FGS President-Elect
Session 4: Common Disease and New Approaches, Part 1
7:40 – 8:00 am Refractory GERD: Diagnosis and Management
Joel Richter, MD
8:00 – 8:20 am Chromoendoscopy – Should It Be Standard of Care in IBD?
Peter Draganov, MD
8:20 – 8:45 am Irritable Bowel Syndrome in 2017
Brooks D. Cash, MD
8:45 – 9:05 am Hepatitis C
Paul Martin, MD
9:05 – 9:30 am Abdominal Bloating: New approaches and treatment, including SIBO
Brian Lacy, MD
9:30 – 9:40 am Q&A Session 4
9:40 – 10:10 am Break/View Exhibits
Session 5: Common Disease and New Approaches, Part 2
10:10 – 10:35 am Endoscopic and Molecular CRC Screening and Surveillance
Brooks Cash, MD
10:35 – 10:55 am Updates in emerging IBD Diagnostics and Therapeutics
Marcus Muehlbauer, MD
10:55 – 11:15 am Eosinophilic Esophagitis: Bench to Bedside
Kenneth DeVault, MD
11:15 – 11:35 am NASH
Christopher O’Brien, MD
11:35 – 11:55 am Non-Variceal Bleeding: What’s New?
Dennis Yang, MD
11:55 – 12:00 pm Q&A Session for Presentations 5
12:05 pm Meeting Adjourns
