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Agenda

​7:00–8:00 AM 
Breakfast, Registration, and Exhibits * 

7:30–8:15 AM
Industry-Sponsored Event * 

8:15–8:45 AM
Break & Exhibits * 


SESSION I - LIVER 

8:45–9:00 AM
Conference Overview & Objectives 

Bincy P. Abraham, MD, MS; Prasun Kumar Jalal, MD

9:00–9:15 AM
A Practical Guide to Clinical Care in Patients with MASLD

Prasun Kumar Jalal, MD

9:15–9:35 AM
Alcohol Associated Hepatitis-Controversies in Liver Transplantation 

Norah Terrault, MD

9:35–9:55 AM
Updates in the Surveillance and Management Strategies for Hepatocellular Cancer-
What a Gastroenterologist Needs to Know

Amit Singal, MD

9:55–10:00 AM
Cholestatic Liver Disease in Adult-A Changing Landscape

Sonal Kumar, MD, MPH

10:00–10:20 AM
Primary Biliary Cholangitis: Improving Patient Care

Sonal Kumar, MD, MPH

10:20–10:40 AM
Recent Advances in Management of Portal Hypertension

David E. Kaplan, MD, MSc, FACP, FAASLD, AGAF

10:40–11:00 AM
Panel Discussion / Q&A 

11:00–11:30 AM
Lunch & Exhibits * 

11:30 AM–12:15 PM
Industry-Sponsored Event *

12:15–12:45 PM
Break & Exhibits * 

 

SESSION II - GI 

12:45–1:05 PM
Management of Dysphagia 

Gulchin A. Ergun, MD

1:05–1:25 PM
Gastric Disorders Update

Mimi Tan, MD, MPH

1:25–1:45 PM
Updates in (Pancreato) Biliary Disease: Biliary Stenosis, Choledocholithiasis Eval, Post Surgical ERCP’s When to Refer

Deepika Satish, MD

1:45–2:05 PM
Updates in EUS

Philip Ge, MD, FASGE

2:05–2:20 PM
Panel Discussion / Q&A 

2:20–2:35 PM
Break & Exhibits * 


SESSION III - GI 

2:35–2:55 PM
IBD Special Populations

Bincy Abraham, MD, MS

2:55–3:15 PM
Brain Gut Connection: What Can Your GI Psychologist Do for Your Patients?

Marcel De Dois, PhD

3:15–3:35 PM
Updates on Colon Cancer Screening & Surveillance 

Aasma Shaukat, MD, MPH

3:35–3:55 PM
Microbiome & Health: Use of FMT, Probiotics for C. Diff, IBD, IBS,
Mental Health/Alzheimers, etc.

Christopher Fan, MD

3:55–4:15 PM
STATE of the ART lecture: Future of GI 

Prateek Sharma, MD, MASGE

4:15–4:30 PM
Panel Discussion & Closing Remarks 

Bincy P. Abraham, MD, MS; Prasun Kumar Jalal, MD

4:30–5:30 PM
Cocktail Reception *



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