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Saturday, May 19Tuesday, May 22

Exhibit Dates: Sunday, May 20Tuesday, May 22

San Diego Convention Center

San Diego, CA

Preliminary Program

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According to a survey of DDW 2011 participants,

90 percent of attendees would recommend the

meeting to their colleagues. They said that DDW:

Helped improve their professional competency.

Included content directly relevant to their work.

Gave them access to educational sessions

that were of excellent quality.Discover for yourself why DDW is the gold

standard event in the eld. Register today to

experience four days of top-quality educational

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cutting-edge research and access to vendors

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Table of Contents

JoinYour Colleagues at the

Meeting They Recommend

Connect with DDW 3

Registration & Housing 4

Hotel Rates 6

Preliminary Program Listings 8

DDW Programming 12

Continuing Medical Education (CME) 16

Society Highlights 17

AASLD Highlights 17

AGA Highlights 21

ASGE Highlights 27

SSAT Highlights 30

Exhibits and Activities 33

DDW Resources 34


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Connect withDDW using Social MediaSocial media is a free and easy way to connect with other DDW attendees,presenters, exhibitors and DDW Administration. You will stay informed about

what is happening at the meeting by getting news and announcements

in real time and have opportunities to communicate directly with other

participants.

www.facebook.com/DDWMeetingIf youre not already using Facebook, sign up for a free account at

www.facebook.com. Search for and Like Digestive Disease Week.

You can post photos, videos and comments on DDWs Wall, get

access to special discounts from San Diego-area businesses and more

www.twitter.com/DDWMeetingDont turn your mobile phone off during DDW 2012 sessionsset

it on silent and Tweet as you learn. If you already use Twitter, follow

DDW now @DDWMeeting and use the hashtag #DDW12 to join

the conversation.

To start using Twitter, sign up for a free account at www.twitter.com.

To register from your phone, text the word START to 40404. Twitter

will ask you to choose a user name and send you instructions for

completing your setup. To access your account later from the Web,

visit www.twitter.com/account/complete and enter your phone

number. Be sure to text follow DDWMeeting to 40404 to receive

DDWs Tweets on your phone.

www.youtube.com/DDWMeetingOn YouTube, you can watch videos made by DDW 2011 attendees

in Chicago and see presenters discussing their work. No registration

is required to watch, but you will need to register for a free account

to comment.

NEW FOR 2012:

Keep watching as the meeting date approaches. Starting in early 2012,

invited speakers will provide video previews of their DDW presentations

QR CodesQR codes like this one will appear on DDW publications and resources

throughout the year. Scan the code with your mobile device to keep

up with DDW news and updates while youre on the go. Dont have a

QR code reader? Get a free one at www.i-nigma.mobi.

NEW FOR 2012:

Each poster in the Poster Hall will feature a QR code. Scanning the

code will allow you to view the ePoster* and a video* produced by the

poster presenter.

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www.ddw.orgRegistration & Housing

NEW FOR 2012:

DDW will offer more options for meeting materials pick-up to save you time

onsite. You can even pick up materials at selected hotels and save a trip to the

Convention Center.

Registration Fees

Register by April 11 and save $100.

Category On or Before April 11 After April 11

Member $95 $195

Member Trainee Complimentary $100

Member Associate $95 $195

Nonmember $420 $520

Nonmember Trainee $145 $245Nonmember Associate $145 $245

Exhibitor $95 $195

Student $95 $195

Practice Manager $145 $245

Spouse/Guest $45 $45

Important Registration Dates

Jan. 4, 2012

Member-only registration opens for members of AASLD, AGA, ASGE andSSAT.

Jan. 11, 2012General registration opens.

April 11, 2012Early-bird registration deadlinesave $100 by registering on or before this

date!

April 27, 2012Last day to register and receive badge and tickets in the mail prior to the

meeting. If you register after this date, you must pick up your badge and

tickets onsite.

Photography Waiver

DDW plans to take photographs and video at DDW 2012 and reproduce

them in DDW educational, news or promotional material, whether in print,

electronic or other media, including the DDW website. By participating in

DDW 2012, you grant the right to use your name, photograph and biography

for such purposes to DDW. All postings become the property of DDW.

Postings may be displayed, distributed or used by DDW for any purpose.


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How to Register & Make TravelArrangements

Everything you need to register is available online at

www.ddw.org.

Download complete registration materials,

including a preliminary program, society

postgraduate course information, hotel rates and

map, and more at www.ddw.org.

Register online or call 888-873-3976 (U.S. and

Canada) or 508-743-8521 (international) between

the hours of 9 a.m. and 5 p.m. ET.

Make your hotel reservation when you register

for DDW. All hotel reservations must be made

through Travel Planners, DDWs housing provider,

as hotels cannot take direct reservations. A list of

DDW hotels and a hotel map is on pages 6 through7 and online at www.ddw.org/housing . Reserve

online or by calling 800-221-3531 (U.S. and Canada)

or 212-532-1660 (international) between the hours

of 9 a.m. and 7 p.m. ET.

Take advantage of discounts and guaranteed

lowest fares on air travel and car rentals by using

the ofcial DDW travel company, UNIGLOBE

Ulti-Max Travel. Visit www.ddw.org/travel to make

your arrangements.

Register early to save money, ensure a reservation

at the hotel of your choice, secure your place

in limited-attendance ticketed sessions and

bypass the lines at onsite registration.

Registration & Housing Confrmation

Conrmation of your registration and housing

arrangements will be sent within 24 business hours

of receipt. If you do not receive a conrmation

within 10 business days, contact DDW registration at

888-873-3976 (U.S. and Canada) or 508-743-8521

(international). Your badges and tickets will be

mailed to you if you register by April 27.

Meeting Cancellations & ReundsWritten cancellations and refund requests must

be received on or before April 20. Requests will

not be honored after this date. Substitutions are

not permitted. Fees for sessions with meals are

nonrefundable. Refunds, minus a $50 administrative

fee per event, will be processed after the meeting.

Mail refund requests to:

DDW Registration and Housing

107 Waterhouse Rd.

Bourne, MA 02532

Additional Registration Inormation

Ticketed Sessions

Most DDW sessions are included in your DDW

registration fee; however, some sessions require anadditional registration fee. The ticket icon denotes

these sessions. The cost of each session is listed in

this brochure. Ticketed sessions are very popular and

do sell out, so register early.

Visa Requirements/Visa Waiver Program

Participants from outside the United States may

need to apply for a visa at the American Embassy,

Consulate or other visa-issuing ofce in their

country of origin. To obtain a visa, you will need

a letter of invitation, a valid passport, a photo ID

and a completed Form DS-156 (non-immigrant visa

application form).

To request an invitation letter, you must rst register

for the meeting. Early-bird registration opens

January 4 for members of AASLD, AGA, ASGE and

SSAT and January 11 for nonmembers. Once you have

registered, you may request your invitation letter

online, using the links on the registration website.

DDW encourages you to start your visa application

process as soon as possible. Some U.S. embassies

and consulates may require a face-to-face interview

for non-immigrant visa applications. Apply for your

visa at least three to four months before the meetingInternational travelers seeking to travel to the

United States under the Visa Waiver Program are

now subject to enhanced security requirements.

All eligible travelers who wish to travel under this

program must apply for authorization using the

Electronic System for Travel Authorization (ESTA)

website, https://esta.cbp.dhs.gov/.

To learn more about these requirements, visit

www.ddw.org/international or the U.S. Department

of State website at www.travel.state.gov.

Hotel CancellationsYour hotels individual cancellation policy will be

printed on the conrmation you receive from Travel

Planners. Please refer to this policy for information

regarding cancellations and possible penalties. If

you have questions about your hotels policy, please

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www.ddw.orgHotel Rates

Map # Hotel Shuttle

Stop

Distance to

Convention Center

Single

Rate

Double

Rate

Twin

Rate

Triple

Rate

Quad

Rate

1 Andaz San Diego (ormerly The Ivy Hotel) AH 7 Blocks $259 $259 $259 N/A N/A

2 Best Western Bayside AH 1 Mile $159 $159 $159 $169 $179

3 Courtyard by Marriott San Diego Downtown AH 8 Blocks $199 $199 $199 $209 $219

4 Crowne Plaza Mission Valley AH 5.8 Miles $139 $139 $139 $149 $159

5 Doubletree Mission Valley AH 5.6 Miles $195 $195 $195 $215 $235

6 Doubletree San Diego Downtown AH 1 Mile $179 $179 $189 $189 $189

7 Embassy Suites San Diego Bay Downtown(One bedroom suite)(Bayview suite)

AH 4 Blocks$249$259

$249$259

$249$259

$269$279

$289$299

8 Hampton Inn Downtown(King)(Queen/Queen)

AH 1 Mile$159$169

$159$169

N/A$169

N/A$179

N/A$189

9 Hard Rock San Diego(Studio)(Hard Rock King Bedded Suite)

W 1 Block $259$289

$259$289

$259N/A

$279N/A

$279N/A

10 Hilton Mission Valley AH 5 Miles $184 $184 $184 $204 $224

11 Hilton San Diego Airport/Harbor Island AH 3.3 Miles $219 $219 $219 $239 $249

12 Hilton San Diego Bayront(Standard)(Deluxe)

W 1 Block $283$333

$283$333

$283$333

$313$358

$338$383

13 Hilton San Diego Gaslamp W 1 Block $223 $223 $223 $243 $263

14 Holiday Inn on the Bay AH 1.1 Miles $199 $199 $199 $219 $239

15 Holiday Inn San Diego Bayside AH 5 Miles $159 $159 $159 $169 $179

16 Holiday Inn San Diego Downtown AH 1.1 Miles $159 $159 $159 $169 $179

17 Horton Grand AH 3 Blocks $205 $205 $205 $225 $245

18 Hotel Del Coronado AH 5 Miles $259 $259 $259 $284 $309

19 Hotel Indigo AH 8 Blocks $209 $209 $209 $209 $209

20 Hotel Solamar AH 3 Blocks $239 $239 $259 $279 $299

21 Loews Coronado Bay Resort AH 9.5 Miles $239 $239 $239 $259 $259

22 Manchester Grand Hyatt(Standard)(Club level rooms)

W 3 Blocks$282$345

$282$345

$282$345

$307$370

$332$395

23 Omni San Diego Hotel(Deluxe rooms)(Premium rooms)

W 2 Blocks$251$269

$251$269

$251$269

$271$289

$291$309

24 Residence Inn by Marriott Downtown NB 1 Mile $199 $199 N/A N/A N/A

25 San Diego Marriott Gaslamp Quarter NB 2 Blocks $249 $249 $249 $269 $289

26 San Diego Marriott Marquis and Marina(City view rooms)(Bay view rooms)

W Adjacent$281$301

$281$301

$281$301

$301$321

$321$341

27 Sheraton Mission Valley AH 5.2 Miles $149 $149 $149 $149 $149

28 Sheraton San Diego Hotel and Marina AH 3 Miles $229 $229 $229 $249 $269

29 Sheraton Suites San Diego AH 1 Mile $209 $209 $209 $229 $249

30 Soa Hotel NB 9 Blocks $177 $177 $210 $235 $260

31 Town and Country AH 5.6 Miles $155 $155 $155 $175 $195

32 US Grant NB 8 Blocks $269 $269 $269 $289 $309

33 W Hotel San Diego NB 9 Blocks $259 $259 $259 $279 $299

34 Westin Gaslamp Quarter AH 5 Blocks $249 $249 $249 $269 $289

35 Westin San Diego AH 9 Blocks $249 $249 $249 $269 $289


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= An additional fee is required for this session.

Preliminary Program Listings

Saturday, May 19

Time Society Event Page

7:3010 a.m. ASGE Hands-On Workshop: ERCP 27

8 a.m.4:35 p.m. SSATMaintenance o Certication Course:Evidence Based Treatment o Hepatopancreatobiliary Diseases

30

8 a.m.5 p.m. ASGE Learning Center 29

8 a.m.5 p.m. DDW Poster Sessions and ePosters 12

8:15 a.m.5:30 p.m. AGASpring Postgraduate Course:Practical Solutions or Your Everyday Clinical Management Problems

21

8:3010 a.m. AGA Committee Sponsored Session:Screening Strategies in Minority Populations: How Do We Personalize the Approach?

25

8:3010 a.m. ASGE Clinical Symposium: Advanced Colonoscopy and Polypectomy 28

8:3010 a.m. DDW Combined Clinical Symposium:New Therapies Against HCV: Practitioners Delivering Specialty Care

13

10:30 a.m.noon AGA Committee Sponsored Session:Building a Comprehensive Quality Improvement Program in Your Practice

25

10:30 a.m.noon AGA Morton I. Grossman Lecture given by Nobel Prize winner Roger Tsien 26

10:30 a.m.noon DDW Combined Clinical Symposium: Treatment o Early GI Cancer: When is it Sae? 13

10:30 a.m.noon DDW NEW FOR 2012:Combined Translational Symposium: Probiotics in Health and Disease

13

11:30 a.m.2 p.m. ASGE Hands-On Workshop: Colonoscopy 27

25 p.m. AASLD Research Highlights: Hepatology: The Year in Review 17

2:153:45 p.m. ASGE Clinical Symposium: Endoscopic Treatment o Perorations and Fistulae 28

2:153:45 p.m. ASGE Clinical Symposium: Enteroscopy: Capsule, Single, Double, or Spiral 28

2:153:45 p.m. DDW Combined Clinical Symposium:Primary Sclerosing Cholangitis: Pathogenesis and Controversies

13

3:306 p.m. ASGE Hands-On Workshop: EMR/ESD 27

45:30 p.m. AGA Committee Sponsored Session: IBD & IBS 2012: AGA-JSGE Joint Symposium 25

45:30 p.m. AGA Distinguished Abstract Plenary Sessions 24

45:30 p.m. ASGE Clinical Symposium: My Endoscopy Call Week 28

45:30 p.m. ASGE Clinical Symposium: Screening or GI Neoplasia in High Risk Populations 28

56 p.m. ASGE Fellows Networking Session 29

5:306:30 p.m. AGA NEW FOR 2012:Council Section Networking Event

26

5:457:15 p.m. AGA Trainee and Young GI Track: Networking Event 22

Friday, May 18


46:30 p.m. ASGENEW FOR 2012:International Symposium: Secrets rom the Asian Masters o Endoscopy

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Sunday, May 20


6:308 a.m. ASGE Breakast with Champions 28

6:458 a.m. AGA Focused Clinical Updates and Focused Research Roundtables 23

7:3010 a.m. ASGE Hands-On Workshop: Xtreme Endoscopic Toolbox: New and Cutting Edge Therapies 27

7:458:15 a.m. SSAT Opening Session 30



8:159:15 a.m. SSAT Presidential Plenary Session 30

8:3010 a.m. AASLD Clinical Symposium: Liver Maniestations o Systemic Diseases in Children 18

8:3010 a.m. AASLD Plenary Session 17

8:3010 a.m. AGA Committee Sponsored Session: Obesity and the Impact on GI Diseases 25

8:3010 a.m. AGA Committee Sponsored Session: Use o the AGA Digestive Health Outcomes Registry and Its Data or Research 25

8:3010 a.m. AGA Funderberg Research Scholar Awards: Gastroesophageal Junction Cancers: Gastric or Esophageal Origins? 26

8:3010 a.m. ASGE Clinical Symposium: Barretts Esophagus: How and Who to Screen, Survey and Ablate 28

8:3010 a.m. ASGE Clinical Symposium: Managing Anticoagulation, Antiplatelets and Antibiotics in Endoscopy 28

8:3010 a.m. DDW Combined Clinical Symposium: Management o the Patient at High Risk or Colon Cancer 13

8:30 a.m.12:05 p.m. AGA Spring Postgraduate Course: Practical Solutions or Your Everyday Clinical Management Problems 21

9:1510 a.m. SSAT Presidential Address 30

10:3011:15 a.m. SSAT Presidential Plenary Session 30

10:3011:30 a.m. AASLD State-o-the-Art Lecture: HCV Therapy: Who Can Wait and Who Cant? 20

10:30 a.m.noon AGA Rome Foundat ion Lecture: Intest inal Permeabil ity in Gastroenterology and Its Relevance to Functional GI Disorders 26

10:30 a.m.noon AGA GRG Spring Symposium: Epigenetics: From Bench to Bedside 26

10:30 a.m.noon AGA The Dr. Charles S. Lieber Lecture: ER Stress and Fatty Liver Disease 26

10:30 a.m.noon ASGE Clinical Symposium: Endoscopic Submucosal Dissection: How to Do It. 28

10:30 a.m.noon DDW Combined Clinical Symposium: Gastrointestinal Management o the Patient with Obesity 13

11:15 a.m.noon SSAT Maja and Frank G. Moody State-o-the-Art Lecture 30

12:301:30 p.m. AGA Trainee and Young GI Track: Career and Proessional Related Issues 22

12:301:45 p.m. DDW Meet-the-Proessor Luncheons 14

12:302 p.m. AGA Curbside Consultants 25

16 p.m. ASGE Annual Postgraduate Course: Endoscopy 2012: Integration o Science and Practice 27

1:456 p.m. AGA Trainee and Young GI Track: Board Review Session 22

2:153:45 p.m. AASLD Clinical Symposium: Fat, Infammation and the Food We Eat 18

2:153:45 p.m. AGA Committee Sponsored Session: Lo Mejor DDW en Espaol 25

2:153:45 p.m. AGA Committee Sponsored Session: Best o UEGW 2011 25

2:153:45 p.m. ASGE Clinical Symposium: Innovating Your Practice 28

2:153:45 p.m. ASGE Special Session: Screening or Malignancies in Ethnic Populations 28

2:153:45 p.m. DDW Combined Clinical Symposium: Management o Fecal Incontinence 13

2:153:45 p.m. SSAT Controversies in GI Surgery 31

2:153:45 p.m. AGA Plenary Session: Basic Science 24

2:154:30 p.m. SSAT Video Session 31

2:154:45 p.m. SSAT State-o-the-Art Conerence: Technological Advances in the Surgical Treatment o Colon and Rectal Cancer 30

2:155:15 p.m. SSAT Plenary Oral Presentations 30

45 p.m. AASLD State-o-the-Art Lecture: HCV-Related Liver Transplantation 20

45 p.m. AASLD State-o-the-Art Lecture: Nonalcoholic Fatty Liver Disease in Children and Adolescents 20

45 p.m. SSAT Clinical Ward Rounds 31

45:30 p.m. AGA Cochrane IBD Symposium: Prevention and Management o IBD-Related ComplicationsWhat Can Cochrane Reviews Tell Us? 26


45:30 p.m. AGA Haggitt Society: Clinicopathologic Coping with Exception in Ulcerative Colitis 26

45:30 p.m. AGA NEW FOR 2012: Young GI Mentoring Event: Developing International Research Partnerships 22

45:30 p.m. ASGE Clinical Symposium: Role o Endoscopy in Bariatric Surgery Complications 28

5:306:30 p.m. AGA NEW FOR 2012: Council Section Networking Event 26



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6:458 a.m. AGA Focused Clinical Updates and Focused Research Roundtables 23

7 a.m.noon ASGE Annual Postgraduate Course: Endoscopy 2012: Integration o Science and Practice 27

7:309:15 a.m. SSAT Video Session 31

810 a.m. AGA Plenary Session: Clinical 24



8:309:30 a.m. SSAT Clinical Ward Rounds 31

8:3010 a.m. AASLD Plenary Session 17

8:3010 a.m. AGA Fellows Teaching Fellows 22

8:3010 a.m. AGA Committee Sponsored Session: Issues Facing GI Fellowship Programs 25

8:3010 a.m. AGA Committee Sponsored Session: Taking Control o Your Future in an Era o Disruptive Technologies 25

8:3010 a.m. ASGE Clinical Symposium: Managing the Reractory Benign Gastrointestinal Stricture 28

8:3010 a.m. ASGE Clinical Symposium: Perorming Quality ERCP 28

8:3010 a.m. SSAT Public Policy & Advocacy Committee Panel 31

9:3011 a.m. SSAT SSAT/AHPBA Joint Symposium: Evolution and Treatment o Benign Liver Neoplasms 32

1011:15 a.m. SSAT Plenary Oral Presentations 30

1011:15 a.m. SSAT Quick Shot Oral Presentations 31

1011:15 a.m. SSAT Video Session 31

10 a.m.noon AGA Plenary Session: Presidential 24

10:3011:30 a.m. AASLD State-o-the-Art Lecture: HBV Therapy: Who Can Wait and Who Cant? 20

10:30 a.m.noon ASGE Clinical Symposium: Role o Endoscopy in Chronic Pancreatitis 28

10:30 a.m.noon DDW Combined Clinical Symposium: Functional Disorders o the Esophagus 13

11:15 a.m.noon SSAT Doris and John L. Cameron Guest Oration 32

12:301:45 p.m. AGA Problem-Based Learning Luncheons 23


12:302 p.m. AGA Curbside Consultants 25

15 p.m. ASGE Presidential Plenary Session 28

2:153:15 p.m. SSAT Three Ways to Bend the Cost Curve in GI Surgery Without Sacricing Quality 32

2:153:45 p.m. AASLD Clinical Symposium: Gender and Outcomes in Liver Disease 19

2:153:45 p.m. AASLD Clinical Symposium: Liver Disease in Patients with HIV Inection 18

2:153:45 p.m. AGA Committee Sponsored Session: ACGME Requirements: Practical Tools 25

2:153:45 p.m. AGA Fellows in Gastroenterology and Hepatology: Advancement in Skills or Clinical Practice 22

2:153:45 p.m. AGA Billing, Coding and Compliance Update or Gastroenterology in 2012 24

2:153:45 p.m. ASGE Special Session: Approach to Hard-to-Diagnose Biliary Strictures 28

2:153:45 p.m. DDW Combined Clinical Symposium: Multidisciplinary Management o Complicated Crohns Disease 13

2:153:45 p.m. SSAT Controversies in GI Surgery 31

2:154 p.m. SSAT Plenary Oral Presentations 30

3:154:45 p.m. SSAT SSAT/ASCRS Joint Symposium: Controversies in Surgery or Ulcerative Colitis 32

45 p.m. SSAT Clinical Ward Rounds 31

45 p.m. SSAT Quick Shot Oral Presentations 31

45:30 p.m. AASLD Clinical Symposium: Race, Ethnicity and Outcomes in Liver Disease 19

45:30 p.m. AGA Committee Sponsored Session: Curriculum-Focused Session:How to Teach the Challenging (but Hardly Forgotten) Topics in Your Training Program

25

45:30 p.m. AGA Committee Sponsored Session: Evidence-Based Review o Popular Trends in Diet/Nutrition and the GI Tract 25

45:30 p.m. AGA Committee Sponsored Session: Publishing Manuscripts: The Path rom Ideas to Publication 25


45:30 p.m. DDW Combined Clinical Symposium: Pancreatic Cystic Neoplasms and IPMN 13

5:306:30 p.m. AGA NEW FOR 2012: Council Section Networking Event 26

68 p.m. DDW Diversity Reception 12



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Tuesday, May 22



7:309:30 a.m. SSATSSAT/ISDS Joint Breakast Symposium: Optimizing Outcomes or Our Patients: Data and Practice:Combining Perioperative Patient Management and Expert Technical Tips 32

7:3010 a.m. ASGE Hands-On Workshop: Stents and Ablation 27

89:30 a.m. SSAT Plenary Oral Presentations 30



8 a.m.noon ASGE Endoscopic Video Forum 29

8:3010 a.m. AASLD Clinical Symposium: Coagulation and Anticoagulation in Liver Disease 19

8:3010 a.m. AGA NEW FOR 2012:Academy or GI and Liver Educators Plenary

24

8:3010 a.m. AGA Late-Breaking Abstracts Plenary 24

8:3010 a.m. AGA Technology Update or the Gastroenterologist 2012:How to Use Digital Technology to Enhance and Market Your Practice

24

8:3010 a.m. DDW Combined Clinical Symposium: Management o HCC: Chemotherapy, Reduction o Tumor Load or Transplant? 13

9:30 a.m.noon SSAT Plenary Oral Presentations 30

10:3011:45 a.m. SSAT Quick Shot Oral Presentations 31

10:3011:30 a.m. AASLD State-o-the-Art Lecture: Alcoholic Liver Disease 20

10:30 a.m.noon AGA Advance Your Leadership Ski lls : How to Rise to a Posit ion o Leadership in Gastroenterology or Hepatology 22

10:30 a.m.noon AGA How to Secure Innovation and Technology Development in Gastroenterology 25

10:30 a.m.noon DDW Combined Clinical Symposium: Can You Eliminate Barretts Esophagus? 13

Noon2 p.m. ASGE Introduction to Capsule Endoscopy 28

Noon3 p.m. SSATKelly and Carlos Pellegrini SSAT/SAGES Joint Lunch Symposium:Current Concepts and Controversies in Foregut Motility

32

12:301:45 p.m. AGA Problem-Based Learning Luncheons 23


13 p.m. ASGE World Cup o Endoscopy Video Session 29

13:30 p.m. ASGE Hands-On Workshop: GI Emergencies 27

15 p.m. DDW DDW Maintenance o Certication (MOC) Course 12

25 p.m. DDW The Best o DDW 12

2:153:45 p.m. AASLD Clinical Symposium: Debating the Major Issues or Using Non-Invasive Tests to Detect Hepatic Fibrosis 19

2:153:45 p.m. DDW Combined Clinical Symposium: Endoscopic Biliary Complications: What Can You Do? 13

35 p.m. ASGE ASGEs Best o International Endoscopy 29

45:30 p.m. AGA Navigating Common Ethical Dilemmas in the Practice o Gastroenterology 25



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DDW Programming

The Best o DDW 2012 Session

Tuesday, May 22, 25 p.m.

Each of the four DDW societies will choose a discussant to review its top

presentations at this not-to-be-missed session. Attend this session to get anoverview of the latest, best and most thought-provoking research presented

all week.

DDW Maintenance o Certifcation (MOC) Course


Session Fee: $150

Course Director: John F. Kuemmerle, MD, AGAF

This live self-study course is designed around the AGA Guidebook to ABIM

Recertication 2010 and 2011 modules. Each module has been approved

by the American Board of Internal Medicine (ABIM) for 10 MOC points. The

format of this four-hour interactive course incorporates audience-responsetechnology to review two gastroenterology modules. Further details about

this course are available online at www.ddw.org.

Poster Sessions and ePosters

Saturday, May 19Tuesday, May 22, 8 a.m.5 p.m.

Nearly 4,400 basic science and clinical posters will be on display at DDW.

Authors will be at their posters to answer questions from noon until 2 p.m.

on the day their posters are scheduled. ePosters will return in 2012.

Diversity Reception

Monday, May 21, 68 p.m.

Jointly sponsored by all four societies, this reception provides a valuable

networking opportunity for minorities to gather, discuss relevant issues and

learn more about what each society is doing to promote diversity within

gastroenterology, hepatology, endoscopy and gastrointestinal surgery.


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Combined Clinical Symposia


AASLD, AGA, ASGE and SSAT offer jointly-sponsored symposia on topics of broad interest to DDW

participants. The integrated, multi-disciplinary approach of these sessions will interest clinicians and basicscientists alike.

Saturday, May 19

Time Title Moderator Sponsors

8:3010 a.m. New Therapies Against HCV:Practitioners Delivering Specialty Care

Sanjeev Arora, MD, AGAF andAndrew Muir, MD, MHS

AASLD, AGA

10:30 a.m.noon Treatment o Early GI Cancer: When is it Sae? Marta L. Davila, MD, FASGE andBlair Jobe, MD

ASGE, SSAT

2:153:45 p.m. Primary Sclerosing Cholangitis:Pathogenesis and Controversies

Keith Lindor, MD and SreenivasaS. Jonnalagadda, MD, FASGE

AASLD, ASGE

Sunday, May 20


8:3010 a.m. Management o the Patient at High Risk orColon Cancer

David A. Lieberman, MD, FASGE,AGAF and Feza Remzi, MD

ASGE, SSAT

10:30 a.m.noon Gastrointestinal Management o thePatient with Obesity

Richard Rothstein, MD, AGAF andChristopher J. Gostout, MD,FASGE

AGA, ASGE, SSAT, AASLD

2:153:45 p.m. Management o Fecal Incontinence Deborah Nagle, MD andSatish Rao, MD, PhD, AGAF

SSAT, AGA, ASGE

Monday, May 21


10:30 a.m.noon Functional Disorders o the Esophagus Marco Patti, MD andRonnie Fass, MD

SSAT, AGA, ASGE

2:153:45 p.m. Multidisciplinary Management oComplicated Crohns Disease

David Schwartz, MD andFabrizio Michelassi, MD

AGA, SSAT, ASGE

45:30 p.m. Pancreatic Cystic Neoplasms and IPMN Carlos Fernandez del Castillo,MD and Timothy Gardner, MD

SSAT, AGA

Tuesday, May 22


8:3010 a.m. Management o HCC: Chemotherapy,Reduction o Tumor Load or Transplant?

Laura Kulik, MD andSusan Orlo, MD

AASLD, SSAT

10:30 a.m.noon Can You Eliminate Barretts Esophagus? Prateek Sharma, MD andKenneth K. Wang, MD, FASGE

AGA, ASGE, SSAT

2:153:45 p.m. Endoscopic Biliary Complications:What Can You Do?

Michael L. Kochman, MD, FASGE,AGAF and Gary C. Vitale, MD

ASGE, SSAT

NEW FOR 2012:

Combined Translational Symposium

Saturday, May 19


10:30 a.m.noon Probiotics in Health and Disease TBD AGA, AASLD, ASGE, SSAT


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M32 Cystic Tumors o the Pancreas: To Operate or Not? Taylor Riall, MD; Frank Gress, MD, AGAF SSAT

M33 Diverticulitis: Two and Out or Not? Steve Wexner, MD SSATM34 Endoscopic Bariatrics: How it Can be Done Jacques Deviere, MD, PhD; Steven Edmundowicz, MD ASGE

M35 Enteroscopy: How I Do It Jerey Tokar, MD; Andrew Ross, MD ASGE

M36 Finding the Perect Job Sarah Rodriguez, MD; Laith Jamil, MD;Prabhleen Chahal, MD

ASGE

M37 Health Care Reorm: What It Means Brian Jacobson, MD, MPH; Colleen Schmitt, MD, MHS ASGE

M38 Improving Quality in the Endoscopy Laboratory Bret Petersen, MD; Michael Wallace, MD, MPH ASGE

M39 Lunch at the Movies: ERCP Adam Slivka,MD, PhD; John Baillie, MD;V. Raman Muthusamy, MD

ASGE

M40 Management o Pancreatic Neuroendocrine Tumors Joseph Pisegna, MD AGA

M41 Master Class on Using Immunosuppresive Agents in IBD Peter Higgins, MD, PhD, MSc; Gert van Assche, MD, PhD AGA

M42 Masters Level Course in GI Bleeding Francis Chan, MD; Elizabeth Rajan, MD, FASGE ASGE

M43 Pancreatic Cysts in the Age o the Incidentaloma James Farrell, MD AGA

M44 The Adolescent with Reractory IBD:What to Do When Infiximab Stops Working

Maria Oliva-Hamker, MD; Neera Gupta, MD AGA

M45 What Do Barrier Function Measures Mean? Michael Camilleri, MD, AGAF AGA

M46 What to Do When You Suspect Lynch Syndrome Jonathan Terdiman, MD AGA

Tuesday, May 22, 12:301:45 p.m.

Session # Topic Speaker Society

M47* Diagnostic Strategies in ERCP* TBD AGA

M48* Hypoxia and Epithelial Regulation* Cormac Taylor, PhD AGA

M49 Advanced ERCP Bret T. Petersen, MD; Sreenivasa Jonnalagadda, MD ASGE

M50 Alternative Therapeutic Approaches toChronic PPI Treatment or GERD

Ronnie Fass, MD AGA

M51 Case Discussion: NAFLD & NASH Mary Rinella, MD AASLD

M52 Case Discussion: Variceal Hemorrhage Roberto de Franchis, MD AASLD

M53 CBD Stones: Laparoscopic or Endoscopic? Gary Vitale, MD; Isaac Raijman, FACP SSAT

M54 How do We Treat Hepatitis C in Pediatrics? Kathleen Schwarz, MD AGA

M55 How to Find Flat Adenomas Jonathan Cohen, MD; David Bruining, MD ASGE

M56 Lunch at the Movies: EUS John DeWitt, MD; Marcia Canto, MD, MHS ASGE

M57 Management o Chronic Pancreatitis Mohamad Eloubeidi, MD, MHS, AGAF;Shyam Varadarajulu, MD

ASGE

M58 Managing Carcinoid Tumors TBD AGA

M59 Modern Staging and Treatment o Rectal Cancer Alessandro Fichera, MD; Mark Pochapin, MD SSAT

M60 Pancreatic Function Testing Darwin Conwell, MD AGA

M61 Practical Enteral Nutrition John Fang, MD; Stephen McClave, MD, AGAF ASGE

M62 Probiotics in Children: When and How? Steano Guandalini, MD AGA

M63 Success During the Early Phases o Your Academic GI Career Barbara Bass, MD; Douglas G. Adler, MD;Charles Vollmer, Jr., MD

SSAT

M64 The Future o CRC Screening with Colonoscopy: Pay-or-Perormance, Quality Measures, and Billing/Coding Issues

Joel Brill, MD, AGAF AGA

M65 Using Large Datasets or IBD Research Michael Kappelman, MD AGA

M66 Variceal Bleeding Loren Laine, MD, AGAF AGA

Sessions marked with an asterisk (*) are Meet-the-Investigator Luncheons. All other sessions are Meet-the-Professor Luncheons

Monday, May 21, 12:301:45 p.m. (continued)

Session # Topic Speaker Society


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www.ddw.orgContinuing Medical Education (CME)

AASLD

The American Association for the Study of Liver

Diseases (AASLD) is accredited by the Accreditation

Council for Continuing Medical Education to provide

continuing medical education for physicians. The

AASLD designates these live activities forAMA PRA

Category 1 Credits. Physicians should claim only

the credit commensurate with the extent of their

participation in the activity.

Statement on Disclosure

The American Association for the Study of Liver

Diseases (AASLD) is committed to ensuring balance,

independence, objectivity and scientic rigor in

its sponsored and jointly sponsored educational

activities. Individuals in a position to control the

content of an AASLD-sponsored activity (program

planners, course directors, speakers, etc.) are

expected to disclose to the audience all relevant

nancial relationships.

When an unlabeled use of a commercial product,

or an investigational use not yet approved for any

purpose is discussed during an educational activity,

the speaker shall disclose to the audience that the

product is not labeled for the use under discussion or

that the product is still investigational.

AASLD will identify and resolve all conicts of

interest prior to program implementation.

AGA

The American Gastroenterological Association (AGA)

Institute is accredited by the Accreditation Council for

Continuing Medical Education (ACCME) to provide

continuing medical education for physicians. The AGA

Institute designates these live educational activities

forAMA PRA Category 1 Credits. Physicians should

only claim credit commensurate with the extent of

their participation in the activity.

In accordance with ACCMEs Standards for

Commercial Support of Continuing Medical

Education, all faculty and planning partners must

disclose any nancial relationship(s) or other

relationship(s) held within the past 12 months. The

AGA Institute implements a mechanism to identify

and resolve all conicts of interest prior to delivering

the educational activity to learners.

ASGE

The American Society for Gastrointestinal Endoscopy

(ASGE) is accredited by the Accreditation Council fo

Continuing Medical Education to provide continuing

medical education for physicians.

ASGE designates these live activities forAMA PRA

Category 1 Credits. Physicians should claim only

the credit commensurate with the extent of their


ASGE requires all individuals who are in a position

to control the content of an educational activity todisclose all relevant nancial relationships with any

commercial entity producing health-care related

products and/or services. Disclosures are made in

written form prior to the start of the educational

activity and any potential conicts of interest that

exist are resolved prior to the start of the activity

through the ASGE Conict of Interest Resolution

Policy Process. All disclosures are made available

and communicated to the learner prior to the

activity starting.

SSATThe Society for Surgery of the Alimentary Tract is

planning and implementing these live activities in

accordance with the Essential Areas and Policies of

the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical

Education.

AMA PRA Category 1 Creditswill be provided;

physicians should claim only the credit

commensurate with the extent of their


CME credit is available for most DDW sessions. Each of the sponsoring societies certies its own activities for

CME credit. Sessions that do NOT offer CME will be indicated as such in the onsite Program Book.

Society CME Statements


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AASLD is

the leading

organization

of scientists

and healthcare

professionals

committed to

preventing and

curing liver disease.

www.ddw.org


AASLD Highlights

Research Highlights: Hepatology: The Year in Review

Moderators: John R. Lake, MD and Michael H. Nathanson, MD, PhD

Saturday, May 19, 25 p.m.

Registration Fees On or Before April 11 After April 11

AASLD Member $210

Trainee Member $180 $230

Hepatology Associate Member $180 $230

Nonmember $370 $420

Nonmember Trainee $280 $330

Nonmember Hepatology Associate $280 $330

The program will provide a clinical update on specic topics of hepatology

that are of broad interest for clinicians, educators, students and researchers

interested in hepatobiliary disease. This will be achieved by didactic lectures

that include brief updates of key recent literature with adequate opportunity

for question, answer and discussion.

Preliminary Schedule

Time Session

2 p.m. Welcome and Introduction

2:05 p.m. Viral Hepatitis

2:35 p.m. Hepatobiliary Cancers

3:05 p.m. Stem Cells and the Liver

3:35 p.m. Break3:55 p.m. New Approaches to Immunosuppression and Immunologic Tolerance

4:25 p.m. An Update in Live Donor Liver Transplantation

4:55 p.m. Wrap-up

Goals and Objectives

Improve patient care by increasing learner competence in diagnosing

and treating patients with acute and chronic liver disease.

Broaden the eld of research for investigators studying liver biology

and disease.

Plenary SessionsSunday, May 20, 8:3010 a.m.

Monday, May 21, 8:3010 a.m.

The best abstracts in basic and clinical hepatology will be presented at these

highly focused sessions.


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Clinical Symposia

Liver Manifestations of

Systemic Diseases in Children

(co-sponsored with NASPGHAN)

Sunday, May 20, 8:3010 a.m.

The liver complications of the systemic diseases

highlighted in this program (lupus, Fontan operation

and sinusoidal obstructive syndrome [SOS] are

challenging to manage. A concise review of the

pathophysiology and current treatment options for

the associated liver diseases is essential in order to

provide evidence-based medicine in the treatment

of disease. This topic as it relates to children has not

been addressed in recent symposia.

Goals and Objectives: Provide an overview of rheumatologic diseases

commonly associated with liver disease (e.g.,

lupus, JRA, MAS) and an update on potential drug

hepatotoxicities from medications used in the

treatment of rheumatologic disease (e.g. NSAIDS,

MTX, Remicade).

Provide an overview of congential heart diseases

associated with liver disease, followed by

discussion of recent literature pertaining to chronic

liver disease in long term survivors of the Fontan

operation (such as subclinical hepatic dysfunction

and cirrhosis).

Provide overview of liver complications associatedwith bone marrow transplant and focus on new

therapies for treatment of hepatic graft-versus-

host disease and sinusoidal obstructive syndrome.

Fat, Inammation and the Food We Eat

Sunday, May 20, 2:153:45 p.m.

The purpose of this clinical symposium is to review

in detail and better understand to what extent the

different components of our daily consumed food

contribute to the development and progression

of fatty liver, and better understand the benecial

effect in the liver of the different diets commonlyprescribed for the treatment of obesity. The

symposium will also highlight details as to what

extent energy expenditure and increased physical

activity improve fatty liver independent of weight

loss; and will evaluate the available data on the

effects of several medications tested in clinical trials

for the treatment of fatty liver.


Better understand the effect of diet components in

the development and progression of NAFLD.

Better understand the benecial effect in the liver

of commonly used anti obesity diets.

Better understand the benecial effect of energy

expenditure and increased physical activity

independent of weight loss.

Better grasp the medical literature on

pharmacological treatment of NAFLD.

Liver Disease in Patients with HIV Infection

Monday, May 21, 2:153:45 p.m.

Liver disease poses special challenges in the

HIV-infected population. In HBV-HIV coinfected

patients, the dual activity against HIV and HBVof the most-used antiretroviral regimens and the

immunosuppression derived from HIV infection

alter the course and management of HBV disease.

The specic needs of this subset of patients and

recommendations for treatment will be discussed.

With the aging of patients with HIV and viral

hepatitis, there is an increase in the incidence of

HCC. The epidemiological data of this dreadful

complication as well as interventions aimed at

early detection and treatment will be reviewed.

DAA are now available for the treatment of HCV.

However, there are signicant interactions between

DAA and antiretroviral drugs and scarce data on

the efcacy of the new treatment modalities in

HIV-HCV co-infected patients. Available data will

be reviewed and a panel of experts will discuss

their use in this specic subset of patients.


Better understand how the presence of HIV

may alter the clinical course and treatment of

chronic HBV.

Increase the awareness of HCC among HIV-

infected patients with viral hepatitis and better

grasp recommendations for HCC surveillance. Determine when and how new HCV treatment

modalities should be used.


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Gender and Outcomes in Liver Disease

Monday, May 21, 2:153:45 p.m.

The purpose of the program is to bring to the attention

of the attendee that there are gender differences

encountered in the epidemiology of various diseases

such as non-alcoholic fatty liver disease. Further, the

natural history of liver disease can be inuenced by

gender. Prognosis and treatment differences exist.

This is a program that presents a unique dimension and

such a program is generally not presented with a focus

that we envision here.


Understand the epidemiologic patterns of various

liver disease by gender.

Appreciate the impact of gender on the clinical

presentation and natural H/O chronic hepatitis C,non-alcoholic fatty liver disease, and end-stage

liver disease and liver transplantation for HCV

diseases.

Recognize differences in treatment paradigms and

outcomes in various liver diseases, based on gender.

Race, Ethnicity and Outcomes in Liver Disease

Monday, May 21, 45:30 p.m.

Chronic liver diseases are the 12th leading cause of

death in the United States and the burden of disease

has been projected to increase substantially in the

next several decades. Racial differences in diseasepresentation, response to medical therapy, use of

life-saving liver transplantation and post-transplant

outcomes have been reported in many, if not all,

liver diseases. We will provide an overview of these

disparities and discuss their potential underlying

biological, cultural, and socioeconomic mechanisms

through a review of the clinical literature. The

emphasis will be on clinical knowledge, though

discussions will include differences in underlying

mechanisms of disease where appropriate.


Recognize the racial disparities in the prevalence ofchronic liver diseases (e.g. viral hepatitis, alcoholic

liver disease and NAFLD), variations in disease

presentation and treatment of liver disease.

Explain the racial disparities in complications of

liver disease, including hepatocellular carcinoma

and cirrhosis-related mortality.

Describe the racial disparities in liver

transplantation and post-transplant outcomes.

Coagulation and Anticoagulation

in Liver Disease

Tuesday, May 22, 8:3010 a.m.

Recent studies have suggested that hemostasis in

patients with liver disease may achieve a state of

compensation, such that endogenous pro- and anti-

coagulant systems achieve a state of re-balanced

homeostasis. The aims of this clinical symposium are

to review mechanisms of re-balanced hemostasis,

to offer possible alternatives to better assess global

hemostasis, and identify possible indications for pro-

and anti-coagulant factor administration in patients

with acute and chronic liver disease. The emphasis

of the symposium will be clinical, but will include

translational basic science research as a rationale for

changing clinical practice.


Understand mechanisms of re-balanced

hemostasis in patients with acute and chronic liver

disease.

Better assess the risk of clinically signicant

bleeding and thrombosis in patients with liver

disease.

Use pro-coagulant factor repletion more selectively

in patients with liver disease.

Debating the Major Issues for Using

Non-invasive Tests to Detect Hepatic Fibrosis

Tuesday, May 22, 2:153:45 p.m.

This program will utilize a debate format to introduce

and discuss evidence for and against the use of non-

invasive tests for detecting hepatic brosis in clinical

practice. Case illustrations will be used to introduce

the clinical question, followed by a debate between

two experts in the area. A total of two major areas will

be debated by the speakers. Following the debate, a

brief discussion led by moderators including members

of the audience will conclude the session.


Understand the clinical scenarios when usingnon-invasive tests for detecting hepatic brosis

may be helpful.

Understand the benets and drawbacks

with particular methods for the non-invasive

assessment of hepatic brosis.


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State-o-the-Art Lectures

HCV Therapy: Who Can Wait and Who Cant

Speaker: Maribel Rodriguez-Torres, MD

Sunday, May 20, 10:3011:30 a.m.


Differentiate CHC patients with improved cure and

benets with available therapies.

Discuss a paradigm for patients with CHC that can

and should wait for future therapies.

HCV-related Liver Transplantation

Speaker: Marina Berenguer, MD

Sunday, May 20, 45 p.m.


Understand the natural history of hepatitis C

following liver transplantation and factors that

affect outcome.

Know the different strategies to treat HCV

infection in the transplant setting, including

treatment before and after transplantation.

Learn about the different tools available to monitor

hepatitis C progression in the new graft.

Nonalcoholic Fatty Liver Disease in

Children and AdolescentsSpeaker: Joel E. Lavine, MD, PhD



Present progress in understanding the

epidemiology, natural history, identication and

treatment of children with NAFLD, the most

common chronic liver disease in developed

countries.

Deliver evidence-based knowledge of the eld and

provide structure for future investigation.

Provide an epidemiological framework to recognizethose at risk.

HBV Therapy: Who Can Wait and Who Cant

Speaker: Anna S. F. Lok, MD

Monday, May 21, 10:3011:30 a.m.


Participants will have an improved understanding

of when treatment for hepatitis B should be

initiated, and when treatment can be deferred, and

the basis for those decisions.

Alcoholic Liver Disease

Speaker: Michael R. Lucey, MD

Tuesday, May 22, 10:3011:30 a.m.


Review the classication of alcoholic liver disease.

Understand the mechanisms that underlie alcoholic

liver disease.

Understand that abstinence is key to recovery from

alcoholism and ALD.

Update the audience on treatment of ALD,

including referral for, evaluation for, and outcome

of liver transplantation in ALD patients.

Other AASLD Programming

Research/Topic Fora, held Sunday, May 20Tuesday,

May 22, will present opportunities for presentation

of original research and exchange of ideas and data.

Topics include Autoimmune/Cholestatic Liver Disease

Cell and Molecular Biology, Hepatitis B and C, Liver

Transplantation, NASH/ASH and Viral Hepatitis.

AASLD General Learning Objectives

The AASLDs General Goals and Objectives are to:

Provide a forum for the exchange of new scientic

and clinical information relevant to the study of

liver disease.

Create an arena for the interchange of opinions

regarding the care and management of all types of

liver diseases.

Assess new diagnostic or therapeutic techniques

related to liver disease.


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AGA Highlights

The AGA is

committed

to expanding

the science of

gastroenterology

and furthering

excellence in

the practice of

gastroenterology.

AGA Spring Postgraduate Course

Practical Solutions for Your Everyday ClinicalManagement Problems

Saturday, May 19, 8:15 a.m.5:30 p.m.Sunday, May 20, 8:30 a.m.12:05 p.m.

Course Director: Rhonda F. Souza, MD, AGAF

Co-Directors: William J. Sandborn, MD, AGAF; Grace Li-Chun Su, MD

The AGAs Spring Postgraduate Course covers the latest therapies and

diagnostic modalities for digestive diseases. The program reviews a variety o

different disease states while drawing on clinical examples. The course offers

exible, customized learning formats from large lectures to small group

sessions, and provides a clinically focused curriculum with immediately

applicable information.

In addition to understanding the science behind new developments, you will

benet from practical, take-home points that you can start using right away.

Course Highlights

General sessions explore the latest therapies and diagnostic modalities

used in the upper GI tract, pancreaticobiliary and hepatic disorders,

GI cancers, IBD/IBS, the midgut and beyond.

Focused, small-group sessions provide direct access to internationally-

renowned faculty.

You will receive a syllabus containing detailed summaries of all sessions

that can be used as a permanent reference tool after the course. Additiona

copies are available for purchase.

Earn up to 10.75AMA PRA Category 1 Credits.

Learn about new research on GI bleeding, treatment of hepatitis,inammatory bowel disease and other practice-related topics.

For complete course details, please visit the AGA website at

www.gastro.org/pgcourse or the DDW website at www.ddw.org.


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AGA Highlights (continued)

AGA Trainee and Young GI Track

These sessions are specically designed to meet the unique needs of physicians who are new to the eld.

Participants will learn about all aspects of starting a career in clinical practice or research, have the opportunity

to network with mentors and peers and review board material.

Networking Event

Sponsored by the Womens Committee with

special invitation from Dr. Michelle K. Kim.

Saturday, May 19, 5:457:15 p.m.

Meet your peers, and more established colleagues

who serve as mentors, while enjoying refreshments.

Career and Professional Related Issues

Sunday, May 20, 12:301:30 p.m.

Session Chair: Michelle K. Kim, MD

Get advice on common career issues such as

choosing a practice type and location, developing

your CV, interviewing, negotiating contracts and

work-life balance.

FreeLunchIncluded:Boxed lunches will be

provided on a rst-come, rst served basis. Plan

to arrive early to take advantage of the free lunch

offer; quantities are limited.

Board Review Session

Sunday, May 20, 1:456 p.m.

Session Chairs: John F. Kuemmerle, MD, AGAF;

Arthur J. DeCross, MD, AGAF; Seth Sweetser, MD

This session serves as a primer for third-year

fellows preparing for the board exam, as well as

a review course for others wanting to test their

knowledge.

Young GI Mentoring Event: Developing

International Research Partnerships

Sunday, May 20, 45:30 p.m.

Meet mentors and peers to help you advance your

career in GI research.

Fellows Teaching Fellows


This session will highlight tools for success for

the GI fellow. Discussions will address available

resources for the GI fellow, mentorship in fellowship

and how to be a leader in the fellowship program.

Taught by current GI fellows, this session will also

be of interest to incoming fellows and residents.

Fellows in Gastroenterology and Hepatology:

Advancement in Skills for Clinical Practice

Monday, May 21, 2:153:45 p.m.

Presenter: F. Taylor Wootton III, MD, AGAF

Being a successful clinician requires skills that may

not be addressed during training. Learn about

practice management, working with support

staff, patient communication, joining a national

outcomes database, and nancial aspects of

clinical practice. Presentation will be followed by

roundtable discussions led by additional faculty.

Advance Your Leadership Skills:

How to Rise to a Position of Leadership in

Gastroenterology or Hepatology

Tuesday, May 22, 10:30 a.m.noon

Presenter: Sanjiv Chopra, MD, AGAF

Learn about the attributes of a successful leader

and the skills needed to become one. Presentation

will be followed by roundtable discussions led by

additional faculty.


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Focused Clinical Updates and Focused Research Roundtables

Sunday, May 20 & Monday, May 21, 6:458 a.m.

Session Fee: $60

These sessions are designed to help you choose the must see clinical research and basic science abstractsaccepted by AGA for presentation at DDW.

Sunday, May 20

Focus On Session Code Topic Speaker

Basic Science FR01 Epigenetics and Epigenomics:Concepts, Approaches and Implications or Neurogastroenterology

Tamas Ordog, MD

Clinical Science FC01 Eosinophilic Esophagitis Update Gary W. Falk, MD, MS, AGAF

Clinical Science FC02 FOB/FIT/Fecal DNA Tests:New Concepts or Improved Colorectal Cancer Screening

David A. Ahlquist, MD

Clinical Science FC03 Novel Diagnostic Approaches in IBD Julian Panes, MD

Clinical Science FC04 Quality Assessment in Endoscopy Dawn L. Francis, MD, MHS

Clinical Science FC05 Whats New in Functional and Motility Disorders in Children? Paul Hyman, MD

Monday, May 21

Focus On Session Code Topic Speaker

Basic Science FR02 ERCP Diagnosis and Treatment TBD

Clinical Science FC06 Advances in Epithelial Transport Pradeep K. Dudeja, PhD

Clinical Science FC07 Colorectal Cancer Surveillance and Screening Ann G. Zauber, PhD, AGAF

Clinical Science FC08 Emerging Therapies in IBD Jean-Frederic Colombel, MD

Clinical Science FC09 Intraductal Papillary Mucinous Neoplasms Keith D. Lillemoe, MD

Problem-Based Learning Luncheons

Monday, May 21 & Tuesday, May 22, 12:301:45 p.m.

Session Fee: $70

During these small-group sessions, an expert facilitator leads registrants in a discussion of real-life case

presentations. The group identies relevant facts, hypotheses and learning agenda items and then resolves the

problem put forth in the case presentation. A boxed lunch is provided. Space is limited.

Monday, May 21

Session Code Topic Speaker

LL02 Acute Pancreatitis: Fighting the War and Minimizing Collateral Damage Darwin Conwell, MD

LL03 Bridging the 18-Year-Old with IBD rom Pediatric to Adult Care:How Both Sides Can Ease the Transition

Laurie Fishman, MD, AGAF

LL04 Constipation: Diagnosis and Management When the Pelvic Floor is the Culprit Yolanda Scarlett, MD

LL05 Making Those Tough Decisions in Managing Perianal Crohns Disease Harland Winter, MD and Jess Kaplan, MD

LL06 A 32-Year-Old Woman with Fever and Jaundice: The Diagnosis Will Likely Surprise You! Sanjiv Chopra, MD, AGAF

Tuesday, May 22


LL07 Controversies in the Diagnosis and Management o Colorectal Neoplasia in Patients withInfammatory Bowel Disease

Francis A. Farraye, MD, AGAF

LL08 Evaluation and Management o Pancreatic Cystic Neoplasms David Lichtenstein, MD, AGAF

LL09 Management o Crohns Disease: Merging the Latest Evidence with Experience David Rubin, MD, AGAF

LL10 Whats New or Getting Bowels Moving? Jennier Christie, MD


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Plenary SessionsPlenary sessions will highlight the most novel and

innovative studies at DDW.

Basic ScienceSunday, May 20, 2:153:45 p.m.

Clinical Science

Monday, May 21, 810 a.m.

Presidential

Monday, May 21, 10 a.m.noon

This session will highlight a series of timely,

important topics in gastroenterology. It will feature

up to nine high-impact speakers focusing on GI and

hepatology topics. To open this session, there will be

an announcement of the Julius Friedenwald Medal,the highest honor that the AGA bestows.

Distinguished Abstract Plenaries

Saturday, May 19, Sunday May 20 &

Monday, May 21, 45:30 p.m.

Late-Breaking Abstracts


This session features the most up-to-date research,

submitted and reviewed just prior to the meeting.

NEW FOR 2012:

Academy for GI and Liver Educators

Plenary Session


The session will introduce the new AGA Academy of GI

and Liver Educators, which will advocate for education

as both an academic priority and as a career pathway

and will recognize excellence in education.

Breakfast will be available.

Billing, Coding and Compliance Updateor Gastroenterology in 2012

Monday, May 21, 2:153:45 p.m.

Session Fee: $75

Be prepared for this years coding changes by

attending this session. Participants will learn to:

Recognize the new GI codes effective for 2012.

Implement best code and bill for GI services

according to 2012 rules.

Discuss the new compliance regulations effectivefor 2012.

Sponsored by the Practice Management and Economics

Committee.

Technology Update or theGastroenterologist 2012:How to Use Digital Technology to

Enhance and Market Your PracticeTuesday, May 22, 8:3010 a.m.

Session Fee: $50

Session Chair: Georey L. Braden, MD, AGAF

This session will help clinicians learn to create a

medical library in a digital format. Attendees will

learn to use Facebook and Twitter to educate

patients and attract new patients to a practice. The

limitations and ethics of social media pertaining to

medical practices will also be discussed. The value

of linking the EHR of a medical practice to the

AGA Digestive Health Outcomes Registry will be

discussed. The AGA Registry will provide a databaseof patients that can be used for clinical research and

to document that a medical practice is in compliance

with clinical pathways. Patient centered outcomes

research will also improve patient care.

Attendees will learn how to use technology to

enhance various aspects of their practices:

Marketing: Learn to use social media such

as Facebook and Twitter to educate patients

and attract new patients to your practice. The

limitations and ethics of social media pertaining to

medical practices will be discussed.

Tracking outcomes: Learn how to link your EHRto the AGA Digestive Health Outcomes Registry.

The AGA Registry will provide a database of

patients that can be used for clinical research and

to document that your practice is in compliance

with clinical pathways. Patient-centered outcomes

research will also improve patient care.

Create a library: Learn how to create a medical

library in a digital format so that you can access

reference materials online rather than in journals

and books.


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www.ddw.orgAGA Highlights (continued)

Curbside Consultants

Sunday, May 20 & Monday, May 21, 12:302 p.m.

Session Fee: $60

During these popular lunchtime sessions, registrants have direct access to an expert clinical moderator who willanswer challenging case-specic inquiries on clinical topics. These sessions are highly interactive and do not

involve didactic lectures. Attendance at each session will be strictly limited.

Sunday, May 20


CC01 Challenging Dilemmas in IBD Gary R. Lichtenstein, MD, AGAF

CC02 Management o Hepatitis C Vinod K. Rustgi, MD, AGAF

Monday, May 21


CC03 Esophageal Motility Disorders Benson T. Massey, MD

CC04 Is it Celiac Disease? When Serology and Pathology are at Odds Alessio Fasano, MD

Committee Sponsored Sessions

Saturday, May 19

Time Session Title Committee

8:3010 a.m. Screening Strategies in Minority Populations: How Do We Personalize the Approach? Underrepresented Minorities

10:30 a.m. noon Building a Comprehensive Quality Improvement Program in Your Practice Clinical Practice & Quality Management

45:30 p.m. IBD & IBS 2012: AGA-JSGE Joint Symposium International

Sunday, May 20


8:3010 a.m. Obesity and the Impact on GI Diseases International

8:3010 a.m. Use o the AGA Digestive Health Outcomes Registry and Its Data or Research Clinical Practice & Quality Management

12:302 p.m. Career and Proessional Related Issues Session Education & Training

1:455:30 p.m. Board Review Session Education & Training

2:153:45 p.m. Best o UEGW 2011 International

2:153:45 p.m. Lo Mejor DDW en Espanol Underrepresented Minorities

Monday, May 21


8:3010 a.m. Issues Facing GI Fellowship Programs Education & Training

8:3010 a.m. Fellows Teaching Fellows Education & Training

8:3010 a.m. Taking Control o Your Future in an Era o Disruptive Technologies Practice Management & Economics2:153:45 p.m. ACGME Requirements: Practical Tools Education & Training

2:153:45 p.m. Fellows in Gastroenterology and Hepatology: Advancement in Skills or Clinical Practice Education & Training

45:30 p.m. Curriculum-Focused Session: How to Teach the Challenging (but Hardly Forgotten)Topics in Your Training Program

Education & Training

45:30 p.m. Evidence-Based Review o Popular Trends in Diet/Nutr ition and the GI Tract Womens

45:30 p.m. Publishing Manuscripts: The Path rom Ideas to Publication Publications

Tuesday, May 22


10:30 a.m. noon How to Secure Innovation and Technology Development in Gastroenterology Practice Management & Economics

45:30 p.m. Navigating Common Ethical Dilemmas in the Practice o Gastroenterology Ethics


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Special & Named Sessions

Saturday, May 19

Time Session Title

10:30 a.m.noon Morton I. Grossman Lecture given by Nobel Prize winner Roger Tsien

Sunday, May 20

Time Session Title

8:3010 a.m. Funderberg Research Scholar Awards Presentation and Lecture:Gastroesophageal Junction Cancers: Gastric or Esophageal Origins?

10:30 a.m.noon AGA Rome Foundation Lecture:GI Permeability in Gastroenterology and its Clinical Signicance to Functional GI Disorders

10:30 a.m.noon GRG Spring Symposium: Epigenetics: From Bench to Bedside

10:30 a.m.noon The Dr. Charles S. Lieber Lecture: ER Stress and Fatty Liver Disease

45:30 p.m. Cochrane IBD Symposium:Prevention and Management o IBD-Related ComplicationsWhat Can Cochrane Reviews Tell Us?

45:30 p.m. Haggitt Society: Clinicopathologic Coping with Exception in Ulcerative Colitis

NEW FOR 2012:

Council Section Networking Events

Saturday, May 19Monday, May 21, 5:306:30 p.m.

The AGA will offer networking events for all AGA members to meet with their AGA Council representatives and

fellow society members. These events will be grouped by Council section. During these events, six sections will

present Section Research Mentor Awards to outstanding mentors. Some of the best posters submitted to the AGA

will also be on display and a cash bar will be available. All AGA members are welcome to attend these events.

Saturday:

Hormones, Transmitters, Growth Factors and theirReceptors Section

Growth, Development and Child Health Section

Intestinal Disorders Section

Neurogastroenterology and Motility Section

Sunday:

Gastrointestinal Oncology Section

Imaging and Advanced Technology Section

Liver and Biliary Section

Pancreatic Disorders Section

Monday:

Clinical Practice Section

Immunology, Microbiology and Inammatory

Bowel Diseases Section

Nutrition & Obesity Section

Esophageal, Gastric and Duodenal Disorders

Section

Other AGA Programming

Additional programming includes state-of-the-art lectures and research, translational and clinical symposia and

abstract presentations.


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ASGE Highlights

ASGE is the

foremost specialty

society dedicated

to educating

its physician

members in the

use of endoscopic

techniques for

the diagnosis and

treatment of GIdiseases.

ASGE Annual Postgraduate Course

Endoscopy 2012:Integration of Science and Practice

Sunday, May 20, 16 p.m. & Monday, May 21, 7 a.m.noonThe ASGE Postgraduate Course will present the latest developments

in gastrointestinal endoscopy with a major emphasis on challenges

endoscopists face in daily practice.

For complete details about the agenda, please refer to the course brochure,

available on the ASGE website at www.asge.org or the DDW website at

www.ddw.org.

NEW FOR 2012:

ASGE International Symposium:Secrets rom the Asian Masters o Endoscopy

Friday, May 18, 46:30 p.m.

Member: $200

Non-member: $250

The Asian Masters of Endoscopy course is a hybrid of didactic lectures and

real-time demonstrations of techniques performed by the leaders in the eld

from Asia. ASGE will bring together outstanding endoscopists from Japan,

Korea, China and India in this rst-ever DDW session to demonstrate the

latest techniques from Asia. Techniques such as ESD, POEM, NOTES and

other forms of radical endoscopy will be demonstrated.

Hands-On Workshops


Registration Fee (Per Session) On or before April 11 After April 11

ASGE Member $325 $375

Non-member $375 $425

ASGE Trainee member $175 $225

These two-and-a-half hour sessions will provide an opportunity for

participants to interact with expert faculty as they demonstrate techniques in

the following areas:

Saturday, May 19

7:3010 a.m. ERCP (HW1)

11:30 a.m.2 p.m. Colonoscopy(HW2)

3:306 p.m. EMR/ESD (HW3)

Sunday, May 20

7:3010 a.m. Xtreme Endoscopic Toolbox: New and Cutting Edge Therapies (HW4)

Tuesday, May 22

7:3010 a.m. Stents and Ablation (HW5)

13:30 p.m. GI Emergencies (HW6)


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Introduction to CapsuleEndoscopy (AS01)Tuesday, May 22, noon2 p.m.

Registration Fee(Per Session)

On or beforeApril 11

After April 11

ASGE Member $250 $300

Non-member $325 $375

ASGE Trainee member $150 $200

This two-hour session will provide the perfect

introduction for practitioners who have recently

begun using or are considering implementing capsule

endoscopy. Expert faculty will use case studies

to discuss the implications and benets of this

technology.

Breakast with Champions

Sunday, May 20Tuesday, May 22, 6:308 a.m.

Session Fee: $75

These small-group sessions provide a great

opportunity to interact with the champions of

endoscopy and learn how they deal with challenging

situations. Breakfast will be provided.

Sunday, May 20

Session Code Topic

BC01 Avoiding ERCP Complications

BC02 Gastrointestinal Stenting

BC03 Hemostatic Techniques

BC04 How to Find all o the Polyps

Monday, May 21

Session Code Topic

BC05 Developing New Technology inGastroenterology

BC06 Evaluation o the Pancreatic Mass

BC07 Mastering ERCPBC08 What Do I Do with Barrett's Esophagus

Tuesday, May 22

Session Code Topic

BC09 Colonoscopy rom a Masters Perspective

BC10 Colonoscopy: Improving Your Technique

BC11 EUS in 2012

BC12 Gastrointestinal Stromal Tumors

ASGE Presidential Plenary Session


ASGEs Plenary Session will feature a combination

of the latest research, cutting-edge videos and twodistinguished lectures from world-renowned experts

to illuminate the future for endoscopic research and

clinical practice. ASGE President Gregory G. Ginsberg

MD, FASGE will deliver the ASGE 2012 Presidential

Address.

ASGE Clinical Symposia andSpecial Sessions

Saturday, May 19

Time Session Title

8:3010 a.m. Clinical Symposium: AdvancedColonoscopy and Polypectomy

2:153:45 p.m. Clinical Symposium: Endoscopic Treatmento Perorations and Fistulae.

2:153:45 p.m. Clinical Symposium: Enteroscopy:Capsule, Single, Double, or Spiral

45:30 p.m. Clinical Symposium: My Endoscopy CallWeek

45:30 p.m. Clinical Symposium: Screening or GINeoplasia in High Risk Populations

Sunday, May 20

Time Session Title8:3010 a.m. Clinical Symposium: Barretts Esophagus:

How and Who to Screen, Survey and Ablate

8:3010 a.m. Clinical Symposium: ManagingAnticoagulation, Antiplatelets andAntibiotics in Endoscopy

10:30 a.m.noon Clinical Symposium: EndoscopicSubmucosal Dissection: How to Do It

2:153:45 p.m. Clinical Symposium: Innovating Your Practice

2:153:45 p.m. Special Session: Screening or Malignanciesin Ethnic Populations

45:30 p.m. Clinical Symposium: Role o Endoscopy in

Bariatric Surgery Complications

Monday, May 21

Time Session Title

8:3010 a.m. Clinical Symposium: Managing theReractory Benign Gastrointestinal Stricture

8:3010 a.m. Clinical Symposium: Perorming QualityERCP

10:30 a.m.noon Clinical Symposium: Role o Endoscopy inChronic Pancreatitis

2:153:45 p.m. Special Session: Approach to Hard-to-Diagnose Biliary Strictures


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ASGE Highlights (continued)

ASGE Endoscopic Video Forum

Tuesday, May 22, 8 a.m.noon

The ASGE Endoscopic Video Forum features peer-

reviewed videos demonstrating the most innovativeendoscopic techniques and unusual cases from

around the world. Dont miss these diverse, cutting-

edge presentations.

ASGE World Cup o EndoscopyVideo Session


ASGEs Second Annual World Cup of Endoscopy

Video Session will feature leading videos

representing different countries. All selected

videos will be presented and scored by a panel ofinternational judges live at DDW!

ASGEs Best o International Endoscopy


Get the global perspective on hot topics in

endoscopy from world-renowned experts, including

leaders from Europe, India, Japan and Australia.

Explore approaches to pancreatic neoplasms,

endoscopic surgical procedures, enhanced

mucosal resection techniques and more.

ASGE Fellows Networking Session

Saturday, May 19, 56 p.m.

Register online for this event at

www.asge.org/fellowssession .

ASGE Learning Center

Saturday, May 19Monday, May 21, 8 a.m.5 p.m.

Tuesday, May 22, 8 a.m.4 p.m.

The ASGE Learning Center provides DDW attendees

with the opportunity to view educational endoscopic

videos and interactive CD-ROMs for free, as well as

attend hands-on endoscopic demonstrations.


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SSAT Highlights

The SSATs annual

meeting is a

premier forum

for presentation

of original,

state-of-the-art

work in surgical

gastroenterology.

For complete details about the SSAT Annual Meeting, please visit the SSAT

website at www.ssat.com or the DDW website at www.ddw.org.

SSAT Maintenance o Certifcation Course

Evidence Based Treatment of Hepatopancreatobiliary Diseases

Saturday, May 19, 8 a.m.4:35 p.m.

The 2012 SSAT Maintenance of Certication Course is the second in a

three-year cycle of courses that will help fulll Part II MOC requirements

for surgeons. This years course focuses on evidence based treatment of

hepatopancreatobiliary diseases. Lectures by experts will be combined with

panel discussions and case presentations to highlight key issues.

Opening Session

Sunday, May 20, 7:458:15 a.m.

SSATs 53rd Annual Meeting begins with an opening session that will include

the introduction of new members, announcements of scholarship awards,

reports from the SSAT Foundation, recognition of the Foundation donors,

and conferment of the Founders Medal. The session will be immediately

followed by the Presidential Plenary Session and the Presidential Address.

Plenary Sessions

Presidential Plenary A&B

Sunday, May 20, 8:159:15 a.m. and 10:3011:15 a.m.

Plenary Oral PresentationsSunday, May 20, 2:155:15 p.m.

Monday, May 21, 1011:15 a.m. and 2:154 p.m.

Tuesday, May 22, 89:30 a.m. and 9:30 a.m.noon

Presidential Address

Sunday, May 20, 9:1510 a.m.

Speaker: John G. Hunter, MD President, SSAT

Maja and Frank G. Moody State-o-the-Art LectureSunday, May 20, 11:15 a.m.noon

State-o-the-Art Conerence

Technological Advances in the Surgical Treatment

of Colon and Rectal Cancer

Sunday, May 20, 2:154:45 p.m.

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Quick Shot Oral Presentations

Monday, May 21, 1011:15 a.m. and 45 p.m.

Tuesday, May 22, 10:3011:45 a.m.

Authors present brief oral reports on their work,with time allotted for follow-up questions from the

audience during sessions on Monday and Tuesday.

Video Sessions

Sunday, May 20, 2:154:30 p.m.

Monday, May 21, 7:309:15 a.m.

(Continental breakfast provided)

Monday, May 21, 1011:15 a.m.

The breakfast session features a potpourri of

topics, while the other two are themed sessions. Allfeature peer-reviewed presentations selected from

submitted video abstracts.

Controversies in GI Surgery

Each of these sessions provides a forum for two

debates in which distinguished faculty will tackle

opposing sides of hot-topic, controversial GI issues.

Controversies in GI Surgery A

Sunday, May 20, 2:153:45 p.m.

Debate 1: C. Difcile Colitis:

Ileostomy and Lavage vs. Resection

Debate 2: Is Surgical Intervention for

Cystic Neoplasms of the

Pancreas Being Overutilized?

Controversies in GI Surgery B

Monday, May 21, 2:153:45 p.m.

Debate 3: Ban the Band? Which is the Best

Operation for Morbid Obesity?

Debate 4: 360 vs. Partial Fundoplication:

Which is Standard for GERD?

Clinical Ward Rounds

The SSAT Ward Rounds are cased-based sessions

that feature heightened interactivity between

audience and panel experts in a freewheeling

educational format.

The Difcult Bile Duct Stone:Case Presentations and Tricks of the Trade


Diverticulitis: Lavage and Resection Which Treatment When?

Monday, May 21, 8:309:30 a.m.

The GI Surgeon and Endoscopy:

Case Presentations Where theEndoscope Matters


SSAT Public Policy &Advocacy Committee Panel



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SSAT Highlights (continued)

Joint Symposia

The SSAT continues its tradition of presenting

joint symposia with the AHPBA (Americas Hepato

Pancreato Biliary Association), ASCRS (American

Society of Colon and Rectal Surgeons), ISDS

(International Society for Digestive Surgery) and

SAGES (Society of American Gastrointestinal

and Endoscopic Surgeons) at DDW.

SSAT/AHPBA Joint Symposium:

Evolution and Treatment of

Benign Liver Neoplasms


SSAT/ASCRS Joint Symposium:

Controversies in Surgery for Ulcerative Colitis

Monday, May 21, 3:154:45 p.m.

SSAT/ISDS Joint Breakfast Symposium:Optimizing Outcomes for our Patients:

Data and Practice: Combining Perioperative

Patient Management and Expert Technical Tips

Tuesday, May 22, 7:309:30 a.m.

Kelly and Carlos Pellegrini SSAT/SAGES

Joint Lunch Symposium: Current Concepts

and Controversies in Foregut Motility

Tuesday, May 22, noon3 p.m.

Doris and John L. CameronGuest Oration

Monday, May 21, 11:15 a.m.noon

Three Ways to Bend the Cost Curve inGI Surgery Without Sacrifcing Quality

Monday, May 21, 2:153:15 p.m.


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www.ddw.orgExhibits and Activities

Exhibit Hall

Sunday, May 20Tuesday, May 22, 10 a.m.4 p.m.

Make time to visit the Exhibit Hall to learn more about the latest, cutting-

edge products and services for gastroenterology and related elds.

Exhibit Hall Activities

Bistro Tickets

Saturday, May 19Tuesday, May 22, 11 a.m.2:30 p.m.

Conveniently located in the exhibit hall, this is a great dining option that

allows you to both save time and sit down to a plentiful lunch. Purchase mea

tickets online when you register for DDW.

Complimentary Afternoon Snacks

Each afternoon, a free snack will be offered on the exhibit oor, whilesupplies last. Popular items last year included popcorn, cookies and hot

roasted nuts.

Exhibit Excursion

Youll nd a rafe card in your DDW registration bag. Visit participating

exhibitors booths throughout the hall and collect stickers for a chance to

win. Prize drawings will be held each afternoon in the exhibit hall.

Healthcare Technology Briefs

View 30-minute presentations on the latest EMR/EHR solutions. Presented

by industry experts, these sessions take place in the DDW Theater inside the

exhibit hall.

HITECH Pavilion

This area of the exhibit hall features electronic medical and health record

(EMR/EHR) technologies and practice management products.

Product Theaters

Exhibitors will showcase the latest GI products and innovations in live,

45-minute presentations held in the DDW Theater.

Surf-n-Snack Zone

Take a break, check your e-mail, meet up with colleagues or just relax for awhile at the Surf-n-Snack Zone. This dedicated area in the exhibit hall offers

free WiFi service, as well as plenty of seating in close proximity to concession

outlets in the exhibit hall.

Supported by Abbott.

Please support DDW exhibitors by visiting the exhibit hall.Industry support of DDW funds many aspects of the meeting

and helps keep the cost of your attendance down.


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DDW Resources

Abstracts on Disk and Online

Visit www.ddw.org to review this years accepted

abstracts before arriving in San Diego. Youll also

receive a CD-ROM of all accepted abstracts onsite.

Both the CD-ROM and online versions convert the

printed abstracts into a searchable electronic format.

Career and Recruitment Center

The DDW Career and Recruitment Center is your one-

stop shop for careers and hiring in gastroenterology.

As part of HEALTHeCAREERS Network, its

connected to the entire GI professional community.

Job seekers can search for GI opportunities across

the country (and internationally) in all practice

settings. Employers can post jobs to ll any open

position within a medical facility of any size,including GI physicians, NPs, PAs, administrators,

HIT professionals, nurses and all others. The service

is free for job seekers, and employers may post

jobs and search resumes for a fee. Whether you

are looking to nd a job or ll a job, start your

search today at www.ddw.org/careercenter.

DDW Daily News

DDW Daily News, the ofcial daily newspaper of

DDW, is published overnight to report on last-minute

program changes (room and speaker changes) and

details about scheduled events. I

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