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MAY 4 - OPTIONAL HANDS-ON MODULES
MAY 2

07:40

08:00

08:20

08:40

10:00

10:20

12:00

01:40

03:45

03:30

03:15

04:45

01:00

Expanding poetry: E-POEM, G-POEM, Z-POEM - Amit Maydeo, MD, FASGE (India)

Management of difficult biliary stones

Horst Neuhaus, MD (Germany)

Biliary access in patients with Altered anatomy - Raj J. Shah, MD, FASGE, AGAF (USA)

Refreshment break & Exhibits

Live Endoscopy

Live Endoscopy

Meet the Professor

Luncheon sessions

Live Endoscopy

Refreshment break & Exhibits

An evidence-based approach to EUS/FNA-FNB for solid and cystic lesions - Uzma Siddiqui, MD (USA)

Live Endoscopy

At the movies

The great debate: Management of Peripancreatic fluid collections: Endoscopy, surgery or IR

MAY 3

12:00

04:40

03:40

03:20

03:00

01:20

01:00

08:20

07:00

07:40

08:00

10:20

10:00

Live Endoscopy

Barrett's with dysplasia: resect, burn or freeze? - Sri Komanduri, MD, MS, FASGE, AGAF (USA)

New technologies in Endoscopy - Alessandro Repici, MD (Italy)

The breakfast debate: What is the best Management strategy in patients with large colon polyps: EMR, ESD or surgery?

Meet the Professor

Luncheon sessions

Live Endoscopy

Refreshment break & Exhibits

At the movies

Live Endoscopy

Closing GI fistulas: Plugs, Stents, Clips or Sutures - Miguel Angel Ramirez Luna, MD (Mexico)

Refreshment break & Exhibits

Live Endoscopy

An update on the management of upper GI bleeding in 2018 - Fauze Maluf, MD, PhD (Brazil)

OPTION 2: THERAPEUTIC ENDOSCOPY

12:00

Adjourn

Therapeutic Endoscopy hands-on lab - 8 different stations:

Station 1 & 2: ESD

Station 3: Endoscopic suturing

Station 4: Full thickness resection

Station 5: ERCP with Cholangiopancreatoscopy

Station 6: Interventional EUS/ pseudocyst drainage

Station 7: EMR and Hemostasis

Station 8: Zenker's diverticulotomy

08:00

Current and emerging endoscopic primary gastric therapies - Barham Abuh Dayyeh, MD, MPH (USA)

OPTION 1: BARIATRIC MODULE

Opening remarks and Conference goals - Vivek Khumbari, MD (USA)

08:00

Endoscopic Management of weight regain after bariatric surgery - Fauze Maluf, MD, PhD (Brazil)

08:35

09:50

09:25

09:00

11:45

11:20

10:55

10:30

10:05

Endoscopic Management of complications after bariatric surgery - Christopher Thompson, MD (USA)

Surgical Management of complications after bariatric surgery - Michael Schweitzer, MD (USA)

Refreshment break & Exhibits

Bariatric surgery in patients with BMI 3-40 kg/m2 - Gina Adrales, MD (USA)

Current and emerging endoscopic primary enteral therapies - Alessandro Repici, MD (Italy)

A personalized approach to endoscopic bariatric therapies - Barham Abuh Dayyeh, MD, MPH (USA)

Bariatric endoscopy hands-on lab

6 different stations

Case presentation and panel discussion

08:10

Medical Management of Primary Weight loss and Weight regain - Lawrence Cheski, MD, FACP, FTOS (USA)

Lunch & Exhibits

12:15

01:00

Adjourn

04:30

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