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Gastroenterology, Hepatology & Nutrition – 36th Annual Update
December 5, 2019 - December 7, 2019
This two-day review course will focus on developments and current controversies in gastrointestinal and liver disease, endoscopy and abdominal organ transplantation.
Format: lecture presentations, discussions with audience participation, luncheon sessions.
Learning Objectives:
- Describe new pharmacotherapy of IBD and surgical treatment
- Improve the ability to monitor and both optimize and personalize the dosing of anti-TNF agents
- Understand of the role and appropriate use of anti-integrin therapy
- Describe the safety profile of various therapeutics in treating IBD in the pregnant patient
- Discuss the role of new therapies for hepatitis B, hepatitis C, and hepatocellular carcinoma
- Describe new developments in the treatment of C. difficile colitis
- Recognize the utility of pharmacologic and endoscopic therapies for reflux disease, Barrett’s esophagus, and esophageal cancer
- Describe the role of endoscopic mucosal dissection and endoscopic surgery and STER for treating early GI malignancies
- Determine appropriate candidates for ablation of Barrett’s esophagus
- Understand the role of POEM in treating achalasia
- Describe the role of therapeutic endoscopic ultrasound in clinical practice
- Understand the role of probiotics in GI disorders management
- Learn novel endoscopic techniques for improving care of patients with complicated hepatobiliary diseases and pancreatitis
- Recognize the clinical utility of endoscopic techniques for managing pancreatic fluid collections
- Describe the current treatment options for chronic pancreatitis
- Understand how to evaluate and treat patients with upper gastrointestinal motility and functional bowel disorders
- Learn optimal dosing strategies for colonoscopy bowel preparation