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Join our experts for the 25th Anniversary of this event!
Learning Objectives
- To develop management approach to eosinophilic esophagitis
- To understand utility of esophageal diagnostic tests
- To learn an approach to esophageal motility disorders
- To learn approach to managing diet in IBS
- To learn approach to managing prescription or OTC therapy in IBS
- To learn optimal colon polyp surveillance paradigms
- To understand approaches to colon cancer screening in different populations
- To understand about the use of immunosuppressive monotherapy in IBD
- To learn when and how to withdraw immunomodulatory therapy in IBD
- To learn the difference between outcomes for biologic therapies in IBD from clinical trials compared to real word experience
- To contrast what is known about microbial based therapies vs immune based therapies in IBD
Agenda
All lectures are 20 minutes long, with 10 minutes for discussion
Morning Session
0825 Welcome – Charles Bernstein
0830 Treatment and Follow Up of Eosinophilic Esophagitis – Ikuo Hirano
0900 Approach to Esophageal Motility Disorders – John Pandolfino
0930 IBS: Diet Therapy, Drug Therapy or Both – Premysl Bercik
1000 Panel discussion – Donald Duerksen
1030 Break
1050 Controversies in Colorectal Cancer Screening: Which test is best? – Jason Dominitz
1120 Colon Polyp Follow Up – The Best Evidence – David Lieberman
1150 Panel discussion – Harminder Singh
1230 Lunch
Afternoon Session
1330 Are Immunosuppressives Alive or Dead as Monotherapy in IBD? – Stephen Hanauer
1400 When and How Do You Withdraw Immune Therapy in IBD? – Simon Travis
1430 Do Clinical Trial Data Mirror Real World Practice in IBD? – Laura Targownik
1500 Break
1520 The Future of IBD Treatment: Should We Modulate the Microbiota or Host Immunity? – Matthieu Allez
1550 Panel discussion – Charles Bernstein
Speakers
Guest Faculty
Matthieu Allez, MD, PHD
Professor of Medicine
Head of the Department of Gastroenterology
Hopital Saint-Louis – Paris, FR
Premysl Bercik, MD
Associate Professor, Division of Gastroenterology
Department of Medicine
Richard Hunt-AstraZeneca Chair in Gastroenterology
McMaster University – Hamilton, ON
Jason Dominitz, MD, MHS
National Director of Gastroenterology for the
Veterans Health Administration
Acting Chief of Gastroenterology for the VA Puget Sound
Professor of Gastroenterology and Medicine
University of Washington – Seattle, WA
Stephen Hanauer, MD
Professor of Medicine
Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology
Northwestern University – Chicago, IL
Ikuo Hirano, MD
Professor of Medicine
Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology
Northwestern University – Chicago, IL
David Lieberman, MD
Professor of Medicine
Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology
School of Medicine
Oregon Health and Science University – Portland, OR
John Pandolfino, MD
Chief of Gastroenterology and Hepatology in the
Department of Medicine
Hans Popper Professor
Professor of Medicine (Gastroenterology and Hepatology)
Northwestern University – Chicago, IL
Laura Targownik, MD, MSHS, FRCPC
Staff Gastroenterologist, Division of Gastroenterology
Departmental Division Director
University of Toronto – Toronto, ON
Simon Travis, DPhil, FRCP
Professor of Clinical Gastroenterology
Translational Gastroenterology Unit
Oxford University – Oxford, UK
Local Faculty
Dr. Charles N. Bernstein
Distinguished Professor of Medicine
Section of Gastroenterology
Director, University of Manitoba
IBD Clinical and Research Centre
Max Rady College of Medicine
Donald Duerksen, MD, FRCPC
Acting Head, Section of Gastroenterology
Professor of Medicine, University of Manitoba
Medical Director – Adult Manitoba Home Nutrition
Program & WRHA Food and Nutrition Services
Harminder Singh, MD, FRCP
Associate Professor of Medicine
Section of Gastroenterology
University of Manitoba