2026 Annual Conference Agenda
September 18 – 20, 2026 • Austin Marriott Downtown
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
Stuart Spechler, MD, AGAF, FACG
9:00 - 9:20 am
Gastric Polyps: Leave, Bit, or Resect?
Jeffrey Lee, MD, MPH, FACG, FASGE
9:30 - 10:00 am
Refreshment Break in Exhibit Hall
Topic: IBD | Moderator: Joanna Linsteadt, 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
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
12:45 - 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 - 4:00 pm
Refreshment Break
Topic: Video Forum | Moderator: Prashant Kedia, MD, FASGE, FACG
4:00 - 4:20 pm
Video Presentation
George Wahba, MD
4:20 - 4:40 pm
Video Presentation
Tara Kahanian, MD
4:40 - 5:00 pm
Video Presentation
Arslan Baig, MD
5:00 - 5:20 pm
Video Presentation
Matheus Franco, MD, MBA, MSc, PhD
8:30 pm
TSGE Membership Mixer
Zanzibar, Austin Marriott Downtown — Unwind & Connect: TSGE After Hours
APP TRACK • SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 19
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
3:45 - 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
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
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
10:10 - 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
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