AGENDA

Friday, September 23, 2016

6:00-7:30 p.m.

in this exciting GI jeopardy

tournament. Please come and
join us for this exciting tournament.
A light lunch will be provided.

Welcome Reception with Cocktails

and Hors DOeuvres held at the
hotel.
6:30 9:30 p.m.

Scientific Program
Saturday, September 24, 2016

Reception & Dinner at the hotel

with special guest speaker
Joe Conklin and Special
Achievement award recipient
Harris Clearfield, MD, poster
contest and the GI jeopardy
tournament award ceremony

7:00-7:45 a.m.

Registration/Breakfast/Visit
Exhibits/Visit Poster Displays

7:45-7:50 a.m.

Welcome and Introductions

Ralph McKibbin, MD, PSG President

Sunday, September 25, 2016

7:50-8:15 a.m.

Management of C. Difficile with

Fecal Transplant

7:00-7:45 a.m.

Registration/Breakfast/Visit
Exhibits/Visit Poster Displays

Neilanjan Nandi, MD

7:45-7:50 a.m.

Welcome and Introductions

8:15-8:40 a.m.

New Colonoscopy Techniques

to Improve Adenoma Detection
Rates

Ralph McKibbin, MD, PSG President

John Levenick, MD

8:40-9:05 a.m.

Autoimmune Pancreatitis and

Cholangiopathy

Khave Sharzehi, MD

9:05-9:30 a.m.

Managing IBD in the

Child-bearing Years

Luminal GI

Farzana Rashid Hossain, MD Farzana Rashid, MD

9:30-9:50 a.m.

Q & A

9:50-10:30 a.m.

Break/Visit Exhibits/Visit Posters

Nutrition and GI
7:50-8:15 a.m.

Endoscopic Management of
Obesity

Harshit Khara, MD

8:15-8:40 a.m.

Nutritional Deficiencies for the GI

Practitioner

Octavia Pickett-Blakely, MD

8:40-9:05 a.m.

IBD and Nutrition

Andrew Tinsely, MD

9:05-9:30 a.m. IBS-D: Novel Treatment

Approaches

Elie Aoun, MD

9:30-9:45 a.m. Q & A

Hepatology
Disparities in Liver Transplant
Allocation and Update on the
MELD Allocation System

9:45-9:55 a.m.

Annual Business Meeting

9:55-10:20 a.m.

Break/Visit Exhibits/Visit Posters

Naudia Jonassaint, MD

10:55-11:20 a.m.

Metabolic Liver Disorders

GI Practice

Manish Thapar, MD

11:20-11:45 a.m.

Hepatitis C: Newest Treatment

Options and What to Do When We
Cure It!

10:30-10:55 a.m.

10:20-10:45 a.m.

Achalasia and Endoscopic

Treatment with POEM

Stravos Stavropoulos, MD

10:45-11:05 a.m.

The IBD Medical Home

Miguel Regueiro, MD

11:05-11:25 a.m.

Telemedicine and Telehealth

Richard Moses, DO, JD

11:25-11:50 a.m.

Improving Patient Satisfaction and

Value Based Modifiers

Richard Kalman, MD

11:45 a.m.-12:10 p.m.

Liver Tumors

Jesse Civan, MD

12:10-12:30 p.m.

Q&A

12:30-1:30 p.m.

Lunch and GI Jeopardy

Tournament

Ralph McKibbin, MD

FIT attendees at the Annual

Scientific Meeting will participate

11:50 a.m.-12 noon

Q&A

12 noon Adjourn