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ACG 2009 Postgraduate Course Session Handouts

The American College of Gastroenterology is pleased to make available this year downloadable versions of speaker slides for the ACG 2009 Postgraduate Course. Final presentations are posted below. To access presentation slides, please click on the session title/speaker name below.

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Saturday, October 24, 2009

Session 1A: The Upper Gut

Moderator: William D. Chey, MD, FACG

8:00 am Eosinophilic Esophagitis: When to Check, How to Confirm and How to Treat
Joel E. Richter, MD, MACG
8:20 am GERD: What To Do When PPIs Don’t Help
Michael F. Vaezi, MD, PhD, FACG
8:40 am H. pylori 2009: When to Test, How to Test and How to Treat
William D. Chey, MD, FACG
9:00am Celiac Disease: Diagnostic Challenges and Treatment Options
Ciaran P. Kelly, MD, FACG
10:00 am David Sun Lecture
Gut Microbes: From Bugs to Drugs
Fergus Shanahan, MD, FACG
Session 1B: Colon

Moderator: Douglas K. Rex, MD, FACG

10:30 am Screening and Surveillance for Colorectal Cancer: Review and Rationale
Sidney J. Winawer, MD, MACG
10:50 am Controversies in Colorectal Cancer Prevention: Stool, Scope, Stain or Scan?
Douglas K. Rex, MD, FACG
11:10 am Persistent Watery Diarrhea: Is It All Microscopic Colitis?
Darrell S. Pardi, MD, FACG
11:30 am What’s the Initial Approach to Fecal Incontinence?
Satish S.C. Rao, MD, PhD, FACG

Saturday Learning Luncheons

12:40 pm - 1:55 pm (Separate registration required)

  1. Extraesophageal GERD: Still a Concern?
    Michael F. Vaezi, MD, PhD, FACG
  2. Hepatocellular Cancer Screening: In Whom and How?
    Hashem B. El-Serag, MD, MPH
  3. Biofeedback for Pelvic Floor Disorders: Does It Really Help?
    Satish S.C. Rao, MD, PhD, FACG
  4. Approach to Malabsorption: Where to Start?
    Lawrence R. Schiller, MD, FACG
  5. Nonalcoholic Fatty Liver Disease: Does Anything Help?
    Stephen H. Caldwell, MD
  6. Intestinal Ischemia: How to Confirm and Treat?
    Lawrence J. Brandt, MD, MACG
  7. Endoscopic Mucosal Resection: When, Where and How?
    Charles J. Lightdale, MD, MACG
  8. Barrett’s Ablation: Cut, Burn, Freeze or Leave Alone?
    Virender K. Sharma, MD, FACG
  9. Food Allergies versus Intolerance: How to Tell the Difference
    Sheila E. Crowe, MD, FACG
  10. Probiotics in GI Disease: When, Which One and How Much?
    Eamonn M.M. Quigley, MD, FACG
  11. Challenges in ERCP: Difficult Cannulation, Large Stones, SOM
    Richard A. Kozarek, MD, FACG
  12. New Developments in Endoscopic Sedation:  Do They Apply to My Endoscopy Unit?
    John J. Vargo, MD, MPH, FACG
Session 1C: Motility and Functional Disorders

Moderator: Lawrence R. Schiller, MD, FACG

1:45 pm Has Our Understanding of IBS Pathophysiology Improved Its Treatment?
Lin Chang, MD
2:05 pm Functional Dyspepsia: What Is It? How Do I Test for It? What Treatments Work?
Brian E. Lacy, MD, PhD, FACG
2:25 pm Is There Anything I Can Do for the Refractory Functional GI Patient?
Lawrence R. Schiller, MD, FACG
2:45 pm What Really Helps to Treat Gastroparesis?
Eamonn M.M. Quigley, MD, FACG
Simultaneous Sessions

3:45 pm - 5:00 pm

Symposium A: Pregnancy in GI and Liver Disease

MODERATOR: Renee L. Young, MD, FACG

3:45 pm Pregnancy and Liver Disease
Rebecca Van Dyke, MD
4:10 pm IBD and Pregnancy
Renee L. Young, MD, FACG
4:35 pm GI Medications and Pregnancy
Philip O. Katz, MD, FACG
Symposium B: What the Gastroenterologist Should Know About Obesity

MODERATOR: Amy E. Foxx-Orenstein, DO, FACG

3:45 pm Satiety and Appetite Regulation
Amy E. Foxx-Orenstein, DO, FACG
4:10 pm Diet, Drugs or Surgery: What Works and How to Choose
Donald Kirby, MD, FACG
4:35 pm Complications and Monitoring After Bariatric Surgery
David A. Johnson, MD, FACG
Symposium C: New Insights on the Evaluation and Management of GI Bleeding

MODERATOR: Jonathan A. Leighton, MD, FACG

3:45 pm Upper GI
Loren A. Laine, MD, FACG
4:10 pm Lower GI
Dennis M. Jensen, MD, FACG
4:35 pm Obscure GI
Jonathan A. Leighton, MD, FACG

Sunday, October 25, 2009

Session 2A: Inflammatory Bowel Disease

MODERATOR: Sunanda V. Kane, MD, MSPH, FACG

8:00 am IBD 2009: What’s the Role of Non-endoscopic Testing in Patient Management?
Sunanda V. Kane, MD, MSPH, FACG
8:20 am Can We Tailor Therapy to Phenotype and Genotype in IBD?
Maria T. Abreu, MD
8:40 am Biologics: When to Consider, What to Choose
David T. Rubin, MD, FACG
9:00 am Colon Cancer in IBD: What’s the Latest on Screening, Surveillance and Treatment?
Bret A. Lashner, MD, FACG
Session 2B: Liver

MODERATOR: Mitchell L. Shiffman, MD, FACG

10:00 am Acute Liver Failure: What’s the Cause and How Do I Keep Them Alive?
Timothy M. McCashland, MD
10:20 am Treatment of Hepatitis C 2009: What Are the Options?
Hugo E. Vargas, MD, FACG
10:40 am Hepatitis B: Why We Care and How to Treat
Jorge L. Herrera, MD, FACG
11:00 am What’s the Best Approach to Evaluate the Liver Mass?
Mitchell L. Shiffman, MD, FACG
11:20 am Hemochromatosis 2009: When to Check, How to Confirm and Treat
Bruce R. Bacon, MD, FACG

Sunday Learning Luncheons

12:10 pm - 1:35 pm (Separate registration required)

  1. Complications of Portal Hypertension: How to Manage
    Arun J. Sanyal, MD
  2. Esophageal Motility Disorders: How to Diagnose and Treat
    Philip O. Katz, MD, FACG
  3. Refractory Constipation: Drugs, Stimulation or Surgery
    Arnold Wald, MD, MACG
  4. NOTES 2009: Are We Closer to Primetime?
    Anthony N. Kalloo, MD, FACG
  5. New Techniques and Tools for Colonoscopy
    Douglas K. Rex, MD, FACG
  6. Polyposis Syndromes: Making Sense of Genetic Testing
    Carol A. Burke, MD, FACG
  7. Enteral Access Options and Complications
    Stephen A. McClave, MD
  8. Difficult Cases in IBD
    Sunanda V. Kane, MD, MSPH, FACG
  9. Extrahepatic Manifestations of Chronic Hepatitis
    Rowen K. Zetterman, MD, MACG
  10. IPMN: How to Confirm and Treat
    William R. Brugge, MD, FACG
  11. Luminal and Biliary Stenting: When, How and What to Do When Problems Develop
    Richard A. Kozarek, MD, FACG
  12. Pouchitis: How to Treat Recurrent and Refractory Disease
    Darrell S. Pardi, MD, FACG
Session 2C: Pancreaticobiliary

MODERATOR: William R. Brugge, MD, FACG

1:45 pm Is There Still a Role For Endoscopy in Acute and Chronic Pancreatitis?
Darwin L. Conwell, MD
2:05 pm Pancreatic Cysts: What Tests Are Useful?
William R. Brugge, MD, FACG
2:25 pm Does Idiopathic Pancreatitis Still Exist?
Peter V. Draganov, MD, FACG
2:45 pm Autoimmune Pancreatitis: When to Check, How to Confirm and How to Treat
Suresh T. Chari, MD, FACG
Simultaneous Sessions

3:45 pm - 5:00 pm

Symposium D: Complex Problems in IBD

MODERATOR: Gary R. Lichtenstein, MD, FACG

3:45 pm IBD in the Elderly — Does Management Differ?
Seymour Katz, MD, MACG
4:10 pm Bones and Stones
Gary R. Lichtenstein, MD, FACG
4:35 pm Safety Issues in IBD: Topics to Discuss with Your Patients
Corey A. Siegel, MD
Symposium E: Nutrition in GI Disease

MODERATOR: John K. DiBaise, MD, FACG

3:45 pm Inflammatory Bowel Disease
Douglas L. Seidner, MD, FACG
4:10 pm Pancreatitis
Stephen A. McClave, MD
4:35 pm Short Bowel Syndrome
John K. DiBaise, MD, FACG
Symposium F: Issues in Liver Transplantation

MODERATOR: Rowen K. Zetterman, MD, MACG

3:45 pm Selection and Survival
Naga P. Chalasani, MD, FACG
4:10 pm Care of the Post-Transplant Patient
Rowen K. Zetterman, MD, MACG
4:35 pm Recurrent Liver Disease After Transplant
K. Rajender Reddy, MD, FACG