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Agenda

7:30 - 8:00 AM 

Breakfast and Registration*

 

8:00 - 8:45 AM 

Industry-Sponsored Event (Non-accredited)* 

8:45 - 9:15 AM 

Break and Exhibit Hall*

9:15 - 9:25 AM 

Program Overview

SESSION I

9:25 - 9:45 AM

Hepatitis B

Kenneth Sherman, MD, PhD

9:45 - 10:05 AM

Clinical Tipping Points in Portal Hypertension

Frederic Gordon, MD 

10:05 - 10:25 AM

Primary Biliary Cholangitis (PBC): The PPAR Revolution 

Daniel Pratt, MD 

10:25 - 10:45 AM

MASH Management: Implementation and Monitoring  

Jennifer Geremia, PA-C

10:45 - 11:05 AM

Alpha-1 Antitrypsin Deficiency (AATD): Beyond the Lungs

Arpan Mohanty, MD

11:05 - 11:25 AM 

Panel Discussion / Q&A

11:25 - 11:40 AM 

Break and Exhibit Hall*

 

SESSION II    

11:40 AM - 12:00 PM

Irritable Bowel Syndrome (IBS)

Kyle Staller, MD

12:00 - 12:20 PM

Updates in GERD

Hilary Ugras, FNP-BC, MSN 

12:20 - 12:40 PM

DGBI: Gastroparesis & Gut-Brain Neuromodulation

Amol Sharma, MD

12:40 - 1:00 PM 

Panel Discussion / Q&A

1:00 - 1:15 PM 

Lunch*

1:15 - 2:15 PM 

Accredited Symposium

Navigating the Cascade of Care in Hepatic Encephalopathy

This activity is supported by an educational grant from Salix Pharmaceuticals.

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2:15 - 2:30 PM 

Break and Exhibit Hall*

SESSION III   

2:30 - 2:50 PM

Treatment Updates in Inflammatory Bowel Disease (IBD) 
David Rubin, MD


2:50 - 3:10 PM

Guideline Updates in Ulcerative Colitis 

Ashwin Ananthakrishnan, MD  

3:10 - 3:30 PM

Intestinal Ultrasound in Clinical Practice
Cindy Law, MD

3:30 - 3:50 PM

Extra-intestinal Complications of IBD - A Case Study Perspective

3:50 - 4:10 PM 

Panel Discussion / Q&A

4:10  PM

Meeting Wrap-up

4:15 - 5:15 PM 

Conference Reception*
 

*Non-accredited session.

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