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2026 Annual Conference Agenda

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  FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 18
  10:00 am   Registration Opens  
  12:00 - 3:00 pm   GI Guidelines & Board Review
  Brennan Spiegal, MD, MSHS
  Hetal Karsan, MD
  3:00 - 3:30 pm   Refreshment Break
  3:30 - 5:30 pm   Fellows Symposium / GI Jeopardy
  5:30 - 6:30 pm   Fellows First Annual Career Fair
  6:00 - 9:00 pm
  TSGE Fellows Hands-On Symposium
  Pre-Registration Required
    
  SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 19
  6:45 - 7:30 am
  Women in GI - Rise and Shine Breakfast
  Building High Performing Teams: Innovation, Culture and Inclusive
Leadership with Michelle A. Anderson
  7:00 - 7:45 am   APP Breakfast - Networking, Mentorship, & Subspecialities
  7:00 am   Registration Opens | Breakfast Available
  7:30 - 7:35 am
  TSGE Presidential Address - Pushing the EDGE: 
  How a Concept Became a Game-Changer
  Prashant Kedia, MD, FASGE, FACG
  Topic: Foregut | Moderator: Harish Gagneja, MD
  8:00 - 8:20 am
  Laryngopharyngeal Reflux Disease - 
  How to Evaluate Chronic Cough as a Gastroenterologist? 
  Rena Yadlapati, MD, MSHS, AGAF, FACG, FAFS
  8:20 - 8:40 am   Navigating Complex Upper GI Strictures   Kalpesh Patel, MD
  8:40 - 9:00 am   Barrett's Esophagus - Post Ablation Surveillance and Acid Control   Prasad Iyer, MD, MS
  9:00 - 9:20 am   Gastric Polyps: Leave, Bit, or Resect?   Jeffrey Lee, MD, MPH, FACG, FASGE
  9:20 - 9:30 am   Q&A  
  9:30 - 10:00 am   Refreshment Break in Exhibit Hall
  Topic: IBD | Moderator: Pradeep Kumar, MD
  10:00 - 10:20 am    How Do I Tackle Crohn's Disease in 2026?   Russell Cohen, MD
  10:20 - 10:40 am   Severe, Steroids, and Salvage: Tackling Hospitalized IBD Flares   Harry Thomas, MD
  10:40 - 11:00 am   How Do I Tackle Ulcerative Colitis in 2026?   Aline Charabaty, MD
  11:00 - 11:20 am   Navigating Combination Therapy in IBD: From Evidence to Practical Applications   Russell Cohen, MD
  11:20 - 11:30 am   Q&A  
  Topic: Pancreatobiliary | Moderator: Jay Yepuri, MD
  11:30 - 11:50 am
  Practical Guide to Outpatient Management of Chronic Pancreatitis - 
  10 Things You Should Know
  Paul Tarnasky, MD
  11:50 - 12:10 pm   Dilated Common Bile Duct — How Do I Work This Up?   Tyler Berzin, MD
  12:10 - 12:30 pm   Pancreas Cancer Screening — What Do We Know in 2026?   Rushikesh Shah, MD
  12:30 - 12:40 pm   Q&A  
  12:45 - 1:45 pm   Membership Luncheon and Business Meeting
  1:45 - 2:15 pm    Refreshment Break in Exhibit Hall
  Topic: Small Bowel / Colon | Moderator: Lisa Casey, MD
  2:15 - 2:35 pm   Leaky Gut & Beyond - Answering Difficult Questions in Clinic   Darren Brenner, MD
  2:35 - 2:55 pm   Small Intestinal Bacterial Overgrowth: Myths and Facts   Dejan Micic, MD
  2:55 - 3:15 pm   Colorectal Screening Dilemmas   Folasade May. MD, PhD, M.Phil
  3:15 - 3:35 pm   Colitis: 'When It's Not IBD' — The Mimics You Can't Miss   Roopa Vemulapalli, MD
  3:35 - 3:45 pm   Q&A  
  3:35 - 4:00 pm   Refreshment Break 
  Topic: Video Forum | Moderator: Prashant Kedia, MD, FASGE, FACG
  4:00 - 4:20 pm   George Wahba, MD  
  4:20 - 4:40 pm   Tara Kahanian, MD  
  4:40 - 5:00 pm   Arslan Baig, MD  
  5:00 - 5:20 pm   Matheus Franco, MD, MBA, MSc, PhD  
  5:20 - 5:30 pm   Q&A  
  
  SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 20
  7:00 - 8:00 am   IP Committee Breakfast
  7:00 am   Registration Opens | Breakfast Available
  7:55 - 8:00 am   Opening Remarks  
  8:00 - 9:00 am   Ethics in Medical AI   Tyler Berzin, MD
  Topic: Quality Matters | Moderator: Louis Wilson, MD, FACG
  9:00 - 9:20 am   Quality Metrics in Upper Endoscopy: From Guidelines to Practice   Harish Gagneja, MD
  9:20 - 9:40 am   From Detection to Documentation: Quality Metrics in Colonoscopy   Aasma Shaukat, MD, MPH
  9:40 - 10:00 am   Quality Metrics in EUS and ERCP   Girish Mishra, MD, MSc, FASGE
  10:00 - 10:10 am   Q&A  
  10:10 - 10:20 am   Refreshment Break
  Topic: Liver | Moderator: Gaurav Arora, MD, MS, AGAF
  10:20 - 10:40 am
  Stephen A. Harrison, MD, Memorial Lecture
  MASLD Management in 2026
  Meena Bansal, MD, FAASLD
  10:40 - 11:00 am   Changes in the Landscape of Liver Transplant in 2026   Sammy Saab, MD, AGAF, MPH
  11:00 - 11:20 am   Preventive Hepatology - What's New in 2026   Jan Petrasek, MD, PhD
  11:20 - 11:40 am   Drug Induced Liver Injury - The Ever Present Threat   Prasun Jalal, MD, FRCP (UK), FAASLD, FASGE, FACG, AGAF
  11:40 - 11:50 am   Q&A  
  12:00 pm    ADJOURN 
  
  Topic: APP Track
  2:15 - 2:35 pm   IBD Management Redefined: Treat to Target for Sustained Remission   Amy Stewart, NP
  2:35 - 2:55 pm   Supporting the Gut from the Ground Up: Pelvic PT in IBD Care   Smita Metha, PFPT
  2:55 - 3:15 pm   Fueling Remission: Nutrition Strategies in IBD Care   Stacy Collins, RD
  3:15 - 3:35 pm   "Gut Feeling" Hormones Across the Lifespan - A GI Perspective   Vaneesha Vallabh-Patel, MD
  3:35 - 3:45 pm   Q&A  
  3:45 - 4:00 pm   Refreshment Break  
  4:00 - 4:20 pm   Celiac Disease   Jill Olmstead, DNP
  4:20 - 4:40 pm   Neuromodulation Demystified: A Practical Guide for APPs Educational   Kristina Skarbinski
  4:40 - 5:00 pm   Emerging Therapies in MASLD/MASH: A New Era in Liver Care   Yulia Lyuboslavsky
  5:00 - 5:20 pm   Hepatocellular Carcinoma in Hispanic Populations   Lisa Hernandez, HP
  5:20 - 5:30 pm   Q&A   

 

  

  

  

  

  

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