8th Annual GUILD Conference Program

Gastroenterology Updates IBD and Liver Disease 2024 Program

Guild Conference 2023

GUILD BOOTCAMP: Back to Basics (All Registered Attendees Welcome)

Saturday February 17, 2024

• 3:30 pm: Introduction – Fernando Velayos
• 3:35–4:05 pm: Introduction to IBD: Diagnosis and Prognosis- Dawn Beaulieu, MD
• 4:05-4:35 pm: Ulcerative Colitis and Crohn’s Disease: Medical Management – Michael Chiorean, MD
• 4:35-5:10 pm: Case Studies in IBD: Applying what we learned – Fernando Velayos, MD
• 5:10-5:45 pm: Liver Disease You Need to Screen For: Who, How and What Next – Norah Terrault, MD
• 5:45-6:00 pm: Questions
• 6:00-7:15 pm: Networking Reception for NP/PA

Time (HST) Sunday (2/18/24) Monday (2/19/24) Tuesday (2/20/24) Wednesday (2/21/24)
Industry Hosted Event
7:00-7:30 AM
Product Theater hosted by Janssen (non-CME)
The Time is Now – Beyond Clinical Trials: STELARA® Real-world Evidence in Adults with Moderately to Severely Active Crohn’s Disease (CD) or Ulcerative Colitis (UC)
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Speaker: Uma Mahadevan, MD
Product Theater hosted by Phathom Pharmaceuticals (non-CME)
The Power to Help Heal and Maintain Healing of Erosive GERD in Adults
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Speaker: Priya Kathpalia, MD
Industry Hosted Event
7:35-8:05 AM
Product Theater hosted by AbbVie (non-CME)
Head-to-Head in Crohn’s Disease
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Speaker: David Rubin, MD
Product Theater hosted by Sanofi and Regeneron Pharmaceuticals (non-CME)
First and Only-FDA Approved Eosinophilic Esophagitis (EoE) Treatment
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Speaker: Dr. Quan Nhu, MD, PhD
Product Theater hosted by Pfizer (non-CME)
A New FDA-Approved Oral Prescription Option for Adults With Moderately to Severely
Active Ulcerative Colitis
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Speaker: Miguel Regueiro, MD
7:30-8:20 AM Breakfast with Faculty:
Posters / Exhibits
Breakfast with Faculty:
Posters / Exhibits
Breakfast with Faculty:
Posters / Exhibits
Breakfast with Faculty:
Posters / Exhibits
8:20-8:35 AM Hawaiian Blessing
8:35 – 9:25 AM
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Questions:
9:25-9:35
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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Vanessa Shami, MD
Jeff Lee, MD
Year in Review:
Best Papers in Ulcerative Colitis
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David Rubin, MD
Fernando Velayos, MD
Year in Review:
Best Papers Hepatology
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Rohit Loomba, MD
Elliott Tapper, MD
9:35 – 10:05 AM
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Questions:
10:05-10:10
Improving Quality of Care:
New insights on the role of Mental Health in IBD
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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:
Cardiovascular Risk in IBD: Another reason to control disease activity?
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Edward Loftus, MD
Hot Topic:
Managing the patient with alcohol-associated hepatitis
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Norah Terrault, MD

10:10-10:40 AM

Questions:
10:35-10:40

How I Do It:
Small Molecules user’s guide (30m)
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Michael Chiorean, MD
State of the Art:
Contemporary Management of Pancreatic cysts-guidelines and beyond
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Vanessa Shami, MD
Consultant Hot Seat:
Immune Mediated Disease: Derm-GI Intersection
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George Martin, MD
State of the Art:
Steatotic Liver Disease – Dealing with Diagnostics and New Drug Therapies
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Rohit Loomba, 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
Consultant Hot Seat:
The Rheumatologist
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Arthur Kavanaugh, MD
Hot Topic:
Eosinophilic Esophagitis: a practical approach to symptoms and surveillance
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Priya Kathpalia, MD
Out of the Box:
Functional Medicine; what is its role in IBD
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Dawn Beaulieu, MD
Clinical Pearls:
Five most common inpatient liver consults and their management
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Norah Terrault, MD
11:45 AM – 12:20 PM
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Questions:
12:20-12:25
State of the Art:
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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Jeff Lee, MD
State of the Art:
Updates in the management perianal Crohn’s disease
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Miguel Regueiro, MD
Ask the Consultant:
Liver Mass: Work up and When to Worry
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Elliott Tapper, MD
12:25-12:45 PM Break Break Break Break
12:45 – 1:20 PM
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Questions 1:20-1:30
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Lunch and Lecture
Guidelines:
Practical approach to IBD dysplasia surveillance and management (30m)
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Fernando Velayos, 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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Gil Melmed, MD
Cases with the Faculty:
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Lead: Norah Terrault, MD
Afternoon Workshops
1:30 – 3:35 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: Priya Kathpalia, MD
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Faculty: Vanessa Shami, MD
Jeff Lee, MD
Satish Rao, MD
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• GERD/NERD
• Pseudocysts
• EMR of polyps
• Pelvic Floor dysfunction
• GI Bleeding
• Etc.
How to Guide:
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• Biosimilars in the treatment of IBD: just switch & swap? (30 min)
Michael Chiorean, MD
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• Vaccinating your patient with IBD (30m)
Gil Melmed, MD
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• The Pregnant Patient: what to do with traditional and newer therapies (30 min)
Uma Mahadevan, MD
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• Questions to the Faculty
Meeting Closure
6:00 pm 9:00 pm Welcome Dinner . . .

Activities

Breakfast and Breaks: Posters and Exhibits
At the breakfast session and at the breaks between sessions, attendees will have the opportunity to review poster presentations, interact with the authors, and view the exhibit area. Faculty will be in the breakfast area meeting informally with the attendees.

Session Descriptions

Year in Review.
Two speakers will have about 15 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.

“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, and presented in case format for 20 minutes with 10 minutes for Q&A.

Hot Topic
One speaker will cover a topic of particular new relevance to gastroenterologists, presenting the latest evidence, recommendations, etc. 20-30 minutes for lecture, 10 minutes for Q&A

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

Afternoon Workshops:
These 110 minute sessions will cover practical issues relevant to the clinic. The format will be hands on or video, with subjects, supplemented by a lecture and discussion, with the goal of allowing clinicians to learn about novel techniques or participate in complex case discussion.

Questions?

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