GUILD Caribbean 2024 Program

Sunday (1/14/24) Monday (1/15/24) Tuesday (1/16/24) Wednesday (1/17/24)
7:30-8:30 AM Breakfast with faculty:
Exhibits		 Breakfast with faculty:
Exhibits		 Breakfast with faculty:
Exhibits		 Breakfast with faculty:
Exhibits
8:30 – 9:20 AM
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Questions:
9:20-9:30		 Year in Review:
Best Papers in Crohn’s Disease
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Edward Loftus, MD
Millie Long, MD
 Year in Review:
Best Papers in Gastroenterology
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Aasma Shaukat, MD
Prateek Sharma, MD		 Year in Review:
Best Papers in Ulcerative Colitis
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David Rubin, MD
Ashwin Anathakrishnan, MD		 Year in Review:
Best Papers Hepatology
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Mary Rinella, MD
Bob Brown, MD
9:30 – 10:00 AM
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Questions:
10:00-10:05		 State of the Art:
Data Based Algorithms to Select IBD Therapy for your Patient
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David Rubin, MD
 Advances:
Updates on the evaluation and management of IBS
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Satish Rao, MD
 Hot Topic:
Use of Intestinal Ultrasound in IBD: From the Profound to the Practical
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Maia Kayal, MD
 Ask The Consultant:
Pregnancy in the Patient with Chronic Liver Disease
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Norah Terrault, MD

10:05-10:35 AM

Questions:
10:35-10:40

 How I Do It:
Small Molecules user’s guide (30m)
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Bruce Sands, MD
 State of the Art:
Contemporary Management of Pancreatic cysts-guidelines and beyond
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Seth Gross, MD		 Ask The Consultant:
Immune Mediated Disease: Derm-GI Intersection
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George Martin, MD		 State of the Art:
Inpatient Consults
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Bob Brown, MD
10:40 – 11:10 AM Break / Exhibits Break / Exhibits Break / Exhibits Break / Exhibits
11:10 – 11:40 AM
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Questions: 11:40-11:45		 Ask The Consultant:
The Rheumatologist
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Arthur Kavanaugh, MD		 Advances:
Eosinophilic Esophagitis: a practical approach to symptoms and surveillance
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Prateek Sharma, MD		 Out of the Box:
Precision Medicine:
What is it and will we ever see it for IBD?
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Bruce Sands, MD		 State of the Art:
Steatotic Liver Disease: New Term, New considerations
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Mary Rinella, MD
11:45 AM – 12:20 PM
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Novel approaches for preventing postoperative Crohn’s Disease
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Miguel Regueiro, MD		 Guidelines:
Advances in the prevention of colon cancer – role of stool tests, surveillance intervals, and colonoscopy quality measures
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Aasma Shaukat, MD		 State of the Art:
Updates in the management perianal Crohn’s disease
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Miguel Regueiro, MD		 Improving the Quality of Care:
Managing the patient with alcohol-associated hepatitis
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Norah Terrault, MD
12:20-12:50 PM Q+A (non-CME) Q+A (non-CME) Q+A (non-CME) Liver Cases with the Faculty:
Lead: Norah Terrault, MD
12:50 – 1:20 PM Product Theater
Lunch and Lecture		 Product Theater
Lunch and Lecture		 Product Theater
Lunch and Lecture		 Meeting Closure
1:20 – 1:50 PM Q+A with Faculty:
Audience Cases
(non-CME)		 Q+A with Faculty:
Audience Cases
(non-CME)		 Q+A with Faculty:
Audience Cases
(non-CME)

1:50 – 2:20 PM

Questions: 2:20-2:25

 Hot Topic:
How does what you eat affect your IBD? From the Science to Practical Advice for our Patients
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Ashwin Anathakrishnan, MD		 Advances:
Updates in the management of chronic constipation: medications, devices and other interventions
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Satish Rao, MD
 Hot Topic:
Managing Extraintestinal manifestations of IBD: SpA, Skin, Eyes, Brain
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Millie Long, MD		 .
Afternoon Workshops
2:25 – 4:00 PM		 IBD Cases with the Faculty:
Case Based IBD Review
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Uma Mahadevan, MD and IBD faculty		 General GI Cases with the Faculty:
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Moderator: Seth Gross, MD
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Faculty: Aasma Shaukat, MD; Prateek Sharma, MD; Satish Rao, MD
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• GERD/NERD
• Pseudocysts
• EMR of polyps
• Pelvic Floor dysfunction
• GI Bleeding
• Etc.

How to Guide:

• Biosimilars in the treatment of IBD: just switch & swap? (25 min)
Maia Kayal, MD
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• Cardiovascular Risk in IBD: Another reason to control disease activity (25 min)
Edward Loftus, MD
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• The Pregnant Patient: what to do with traditional and newer therapies (25 min)
Uma Mahadevan, MD
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• Questions for the Faculty
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6:00 – 9:00 PM Welcome Reception & Dinner
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Session Descriptions

Year in Review:
Two speakers will have about 25 minutes each to present and defend their choice for the important papers/abstracts/news stories/etc. from the previous year on key topics. At the end, there will be 10 minutes available for audience Q&A and discussion.

State of the Art
One speaker will present the most updated information on disease pathology, diagnosis and mangement

“Outside the Box” and Special Seminars:
One speaker will cover a topic relevant to but perhaps outside of traditional gastroenterology topics. 30 minutes for lecture, 10 minutes for Q&A

“How I do it” Seminar:
One speaker will cover a topic in gastroenterology from their expert personal perspective, supplemented by literature review

Hot Topic
One speaker will cover a topic of particular new relevance to gastroenterologists, presenting the latest evidence, recommendations

Guidelines
Review by leading expert, an often author, of society guidelines in a particular topic and how to implement them in your practice. 30-minute talk with 10 minutes for audience Q+A

Ask the Consultant
A gastroenterologist will be able to present short, common cases to a non-GI specialist for their practical advice. This year, we will quiz a rheumatologist on disease and drug related arthralgias and rheumatic events in IBD

Advances:
Talks will address both technologic and therapeutic advances in topic areas

Improving Quality of Care
“Quality” is a buzzword in medicine today. This series addresses specific topics where providers can troubleshoot and improve their patient care

Panel Discussions:
All faculty and the audience members participate and give their assessment of and opinions on key topics in our field

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