Gastroenterology and Hepatology:
Advances in Diagnosis and Treatment

September 4-7, 2008

PROGRAM GUIDE

Thursday, September 4, 2008
6:00-7:30 p.m.
Cocktail Reception on Veranda
7:30-8:45 p.m.
Dinner - Main Dining Room
 
Friday, September 5, 2008
Moderator:
Milton G. Mutchnick, M.D.
7:30 a.m.
Breakfast and Registration
8:00 a.m.
Welcome and Introduction
8:10 a.m.
The Optimal Staging of Fibrosis in 2008:
Biopsy, Biomarkers or Both
Nezam Afdhal, M.D.
8:40 a.m.
Cholestatic, but Not Jaundiced
Jenny Heathcote, M.D.
9:10 a.m.
Liver Transplantation: Moving Forward or Running in Place?
Dilip K. Moonka, M.D.
9:40 a.m.
Panel Discussion
Moderator: Elizabeth May, M.D.
Drs. Afdhal, Heathcote, Moonka
10:15 a.m.
BREAK
Moderator:
Murray N. Ehrinpreis, M.D.
10:45 a.m.
Strategies for HCV Therapy: The Emergence of STAT-C
Nezam Afdhal, M.D.
11:15 a.m.
Treatment of Chronic Hepatitis B: How to Hit a Moving Target
Milton G Mutchnick, M.D.
11:45 a.m.
Itching, Scratching and Sleepless
Jenny Heathcote, M.D.
12:15 p.m.
Case Presentations or Stump the Professors
Moderator: Firdous Siddiqui, M.D.
Drs. Afdhal, Heathcote, Moonka, Mutchnick
12:45 p.m.
Adjournment
 
Saturday, September 6, 2008
Moderator:
Firdous A. Siddiqui, M.D.
7:30 a.m.
Breakfast and Registration
8:00 a.m.
Welcome and Introduction
8:10 a.m.
Treatments of IBS in 2008
Douglas Drossman, M.D.
8:40 a.m.
Endotherapy and Surgical Therapy of Chronic Pancreatitis
Martin Freeman, M.D.
9:10 a.m.
Current Therapy of Ulcerative Colitis
Gary Lichtenstein, M.D.
9:40 a.m.
Panel Discussion
Moderator: Firdous Siddiqui, M.D.
Drs. Drossman, Freeman, Lichtenstein
10:15 a.m.
BREAK
Moderator:
Ravi Dhar, M.D.
10:45 a.m.
Enhancing Communication in Patients with Functional GI Disorders
Douglas Drossman, M.D.
11:15 a.m.
Approach to Suspected Sphincter of Oddi Dysfunction
Martin Freeman, M.D.
11:45 a.m.
Clinical Applications/Utility of Video-Capsule Endoscopy
Murray Ehrinpreis, M.D.
12:15 p.m.
Stump the Professors
Moderator: Murray N. Ehrinpreis, M.D.
Drs. Drossman, Freeman, Lichtenstein
12:45 p.m.
Adjournment
 
Sunday, September 7, 2008
Moderator:
Adhip Majumdar, Ph.D.
7:30 a.m.
Breakfast and Registration
8:00 a.m.
Introduction
8:10 a.m.
Liver Cancer: Good Thing You Screened - Now What?
Dilip K. Moonka, M.D.
8:40 a.m.
Current and Future Biologic Therapy for Crohn's Disease
Gary Lichtenstein, M.D.
9:10 a.m.
Submitted Cases and Panel Discussion
Moderator: Elizabeth May, M.D.
GI Trainees & Symposia Faculty
10:00 a.m.
Adjournment