Join us for the One and Only Postgraduate Course at DDW 2025. This course will be the first-ever joint postgraduate course between the American Gastroenterological Association (AGA) and the American Society for Gastrointestinal Endoscopy (ASGE). The course directors include international experts from the ASGE and AGA- Drs. Christen Dilly, Ruben Hernaez, Jami Kinnucan, Nageshwar Reddy, and Alessandro Repici.
Participants who join the course either in-person or virtually live will:
- incorporate the best available evidence and technology into your care for patients with GI and liver diseases
- minimize morbidity, mortality, and symptom burden from common GI and liver diseases
- individualize diagnostic and treatment approaches to special populations
- collaborate with an interdisciplinary team focused on GI and liver disease
Participants can expect similar formatting to prior education conferences, including didactic lectures, case-based discussions, video-case presentations, and panel discussions. The sessions are organized on Saturday by disease state with highlights below and on Sunday by approach to common symptom presentations. With the AGA and ASGE partnering for this singular educational opportunity, you can expect a comprehensive review of medical and endoscopic approaches to common GI diseases.
The full agenda and a complete list of faculty can be found here.
Saturday May 3, 2025
- Keynote talks from ASGE President Dr. Prateek Sharma reviewing AI beyond polyp detection and AGA President Dr. Maria Abreu reviewing the impact on microbiome in GI diseases
- Changing colorectal cancer outcomes
- Challenges in management of liver disease
- Updates in pancreatitis: from acute to chronic pancreatitis
- Updates in obesity and metabolic diseases in 2025
- Managing the whole IBD patient: treatment to prevention
Saturday May 3, 2025 Lunch Breakout sessions
- Endoscopy and therapeutics with surgically-altered anatomy
- Manage Anticoagulant & Antiplatelet Drugs in Common Clinical Scenarios Like A Pro!
- Adding hemorrhoid treatment to your service line
- ESD vs. EMR for colon polyps
- Endoscopic management of leaks, fistulas, mucosal defects
- Approach to challenging cases: chronic diarrhea: it’s not always irritable bowel syndrome
- Incorporation of virtual reality into pain management
- The role of trauma informed care: approach to your patients with pelvic floor dysfunction
- Inpatient management to inflammatory bowel disease
- Acute management, acute liver injury and cholestasis
- The impact of diet on gut health and disease
- Care for immunocompromised patients: prevention through vaccination
Sunday May 4, 2025
- Keynote with endoscopy leader Dr. Andy Tau talking about the toolkit for inpatient endoscopy
- Approach to heartburn, thinking beyond PPI management
- Evaluation and management of dysphagia and updates in eosinophilic esophagitis (EoE)
- Approach to challenging cases of gas and bloating
- Multidisciplinary approach to obstructive jaundice
- All things GI oncology
Don’t miss out on this unique combination approach to GI education May 3-4, 2025, in San Diego by registering here. Save money by registering before May 1, 2025. Come for the education and stay for the networking and chance to see international colleagues. Even if you can’t attend in person, register and enjoy the virtual option!
Dr. Kinnucan has no conflicts of interest to report.
Illustration by April Brust
