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Registration & Housing
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NEW FOR 2012: DDW will offer more options for meeting materials pick-up to save you time onsite. You can even pick up materials at selected hotels and save a trip to the Convention Center.
Registration Fees
Register by April 11 and save $100. Category Member Member Trainee Member Associate Nonmember Nonmember Trainee Nonmember Associate Exhibitor Student Practice Manager Spouse/Guest On or Before April 11 $95 Complimentary $95 $420 $145 $145 $95 $95 $145 $45 After April 11 $195 $100 $195 $520 $245 $245 $195 $195 $245 $45
Important Registration Dates Jan. 4, 2012

Member-only registration opens for members of AASLD, AGA, ASGE and SSAT.
Jan. 11, 2012

General registration opens.
April 11, 2012

Early-bird registration deadlinesave $100 by registering on or before this date!
April 27, 2012

Last day to register and receive badge and tickets in the mail prior to the meeting. If you register after this date, you must pick up your badge and tickets onsite.
Photography Waiver
DDW plans to take photographs and video at DDW 2012 and reproduce them in DDW educational, news or promotional material, whether in print, electronic or other media, including the DDW website. By participating in DDW 2012, you grant the right to use your name, photograph and biography for such purposes to DDW. All postings become the property of DDW. Postings may be displayed, distributed or used by DDW for any purpose.
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How to Register & Make Travel Arrangements
Everything you need to register is available online at www.ddw.org. Download complete registration materials, including a preliminary program, society postgraduate course information, hotel rates and map, and more at www.ddw.org. Register online or call 888-873-3976 (U.S. and Canada) or 508-743-8521 (international) between the hours of 9 a.m. and 5 p.m. ET. Make your hotel reservation when you register for DDW. All hotel reservations must be made through Travel Planners, DDWs housing provider, as hotels cannot take direct reservations. A list of DDW hotels and a hotel map is on pages 6 through 7 and online at www.ddw.org/housing. Reserve online or by calling 800-221-3531 (U.S. and Canada) or 212-532-1660 (international) between the hours of 9 a.m. and 7 p.m. ET. Take advantage of discounts and guaranteed lowest fares on air travel and car rentals by using the official DDW travel company, UNIGLOBE Ulti-Max Travel. Visit www.ddw.org/travel to make your arrangements. Register early to save money, ensure a reservation at the hotel of your choice, secure your place in limited-attendance ticketed sessions and bypass the lines at onsite registration.
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Additional Registration Information

Ticketed Sessions
Most DDW sessions are included in your DDW registration fee; however, some sessions require an additional registration fee. The ticket icon denotes these sessions. The cost of each session is listed in this brochure. Ticketed sessions are very popular and do sell out, so register early.
Visa Requirements/Visa Waiver Program

Participants from outside the United States may need to apply for a visa at the American Embassy, Consulate or other visa-issuing office in their country of origin. To obtain a visa, you will need a letter of invitation, a valid passport, a photo ID and a completed Form DS-156 (non-immigrant visa application form). To request an invitation letter, you must first register for the meeting. Early-bird registration opens January 4 for members of AASLD, AGA, ASGE and SSAT and January 11 for nonmembers. Once you have registered, you may request your invitation letter online, using the links on the registration website. DDW encourages you to start your visa application process as soon as possible. Some U.S. embassies and consulates may require a face-to-face interview for non-immigrant visa applications. Apply for your visa at least three to four months before the meeting. International travelers seeking to travel to the United States under the Visa Waiver Program are now subject to enhanced security requirements. All eligible travelers who wish to travel under this program must apply for authorization using the Electronic System for Travel Authorization (ESTA) website, https://esta.cbp.dhs.gov/. To learn more about these requirements, visit www.ddw.org/international or the U.S. Department of State website at www.travel.state.gov.
Registration & Housing Confirmation

Confirmation of your registration and housing arrangements will be sent within 24 business hours of receipt. If you do not receive a confirmation within 10 business days, contact DDW registration at 888-873-3976 (U.S. and Canada) or 508-743-8521 (international). Your badges and tickets will be mailed to you if you register by April 27.
Meeting Cancellations & Refunds

Written cancellations and refund requests must be received on or before April 20. Requests will not be honored after this date. Substitutions are not permitted. Fees for sessions with meals are nonrefundable. Refunds, minus a $50 administrative fee per event, will be processed after the meeting. Mail refund requests to: DDW Registration and Housing 107 Waterhouse Rd. Bourne, MA 02532
Hotel Cancellations
Your hotels individual cancellation policy will be printed on the confirmation you receive from Travel Planners. Please refer to this policy for information regarding cancellations and possible penalties. If you have questions about your hotels policy, please contact the hotel directly.
Hotel Rates
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Preliminary Program Listings

Friday, May 18
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ASGE
NEW FOR 2012: International Symposium: Secrets from the Asian Masters of Endoscopy
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Saturday, May 19
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7:3010 a.m. 8 a.m.4:35 p.m. 8 a.m.5 p.m. 8 a.m.5 p.m. 8:15 a.m.5:30 p.m. 8:3010 a.m. 8:3010 a.m. 8:3010 a.m. 10:30 a.m.noon 10:30 a.m.noon 10:30 a.m.noon 10:30 a.m.noon 11:30 a.m.2 p.m. 25 p.m. 2:153:45 p.m. 2:153:45 p.m. 2:153:45 p.m. 3:306 p.m. 45:30 p.m. 45:30 p.m. 45:30 p.m. 45:30 p.m. 56 p.m. 5:306:30 p.m. 5:457:15 p.m.
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Hands-On Workshop: ERCP Maintenance of Certification Course: Evidence Based Treatment of Hepatopancreatobiliary Diseases Learning Center Poster Sessions and ePosters Spring Postgraduate Course: Practical Solutions for Your Everyday Clinical Management Problems Committee Sponsored Session: Screening Strategies in Minority Populations: How Do We Personalize the Approach? Clinical Symposium: Advanced Colonoscopy and Polypectomy Combined Clinical Symposium: New Therapies Against HCV: Practitioners Delivering Specialty Care Committee Sponsored Session: Building a Comprehensive Quality Improvement Program in Your Practice Morton I. Grossman Lecture given by Nobel Prize winner Roger Tsien Combined Clinical Symposium: Treatment of Early GI Cancer: When is it Safe? NEW FOR 2012: Combined Translational Symposium: Probiotics in Health and Disease Hands-On Workshop: Colonoscopy Research Highlights: Hepatology: The Year in Review Clinical Symposium: Endoscopic Treatment of Perforations and Fistulae Clinical Symposium: Enteroscopy: Capsule, Single, Double, or Spiral Combined Clinical Symposium: Primary Sclerosing Cholangitis: Pathogenesis and Controversies Hands-On Workshop: EMR/ESD Committee Sponsored Session: IBD & IBS 2012: AGA-JSGE Joint Symposium Distinguished Abstract Plenary Sessions Clinical Symposium: My Endoscopy Call Week Clinical Symposium: Screening for GI Neoplasia in High Risk Populations Fellows Networking Session NEW FOR 2012: Council Section Networking Event Trainee and Young GI Track: Networking Event
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Sunday, May 20
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6:308 a.m. 6:458 a.m. 7:3010 a.m. 7:458:15 a.m. 8 a.m.5 p.m. 8 a.m.5 p.m. 8:159:15 a.m. 8:3010 a.m. 8:3010 a.m. 8:3010 a.m. 8:3010 a.m. 8:3010 a.m. 8:3010 a.m. 8:3010 a.m. 8:3010 a.m. 8:30 a.m.12:05 p.m. 9:1510 a.m. 10:3011:15 a.m. 10:3011:30 a.m. 10:30 a.m.noon 10:30 a.m.noon 10:30 a.m.noon 10:30 a.m.noon 10:30 a.m.noon 11:15 a.m.noon 12:301:30 p.m. 12:301:45 p.m. 12:302 p.m. 16 p.m. 1:456 p.m. 2:153:45 p.m. 2:153:45 p.m. 2:153:45 p.m. 2:153:45 p.m. 2:153:45 p.m. 2:153:45 p.m. 2:153:45 p.m. 2:153:45 p.m. 2:154:30 p.m. 2:154:45 p.m. 2:155:15 p.m. 45 p.m. 45 p.m. 45 p.m. 45:30 p.m. 45:30 p.m. 45:30 p.m. 45:30 p.m. 45:30 p.m. 5:306:30 p.m.
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Breakfast with Champions Focused Clinical Updates and Focused Research Roundtables Hands-On Workshop: Xtreme Endoscopic Toolbox: New and Cutting Edge Therapies Opening Session Learning Center Poster Sessions and ePosters Presidential Plenary Session Clinical Symposium: Liver Manifestations of Systemic Diseases in Children Plenary Session Committee Sponsored Session: Obesity and the Impact on GI Diseases Committee Sponsored Session: Use of the AGA Digestive Health Outcomes Registry and Its Data for Research Funderberg Research Scholar Awards: Gastroesophageal Junction Cancers: Gastric or Esophageal Origins? Clinical Symposium: Barretts Esophagus: How and Who to Screen, Survey and Ablate Clinical Symposium: Managing Anticoagulation, Antiplatelets and Antibiotics in Endoscopy Combined Clinical Symposium: Management of the Patient at High Risk for Colon Cancer Spring Postgraduate Course: Practical Solutions for Your Everyday Clinical Management Problems Presidential Address Presidential Plenary Session State-of-the-Art Lecture: HCV Therapy: Who Can Wait and Who Cant? Rome Foundation Lecture: Intestinal Permeability in Gastroenterology and Its Relevance to Functional GI Disorders GRG Spring Symposium: Epigenetics: From Bench to Bedside The Dr. Charles S. Lieber Lecture: ER Stress and Fatty Liver Disease Clinical Symposium: Endoscopic Submucosal Dissection: How to Do It. Combined Clinical Symposium: Gastrointestinal Management of the Patient with Obesity Maja and Frank G. Moody State-of-the-Art Lecture Trainee and Young GI Track: Career and Professional Related Issues Meet-the-Professor Luncheons Curbside Consultants Annual Postgraduate Course: Endoscopy 2012: Integration of Science and Practice Trainee and Young GI Track: Board Review Session Clinical Symposium: Fat, Inflammation and the Food We Eat Committee Sponsored Session: Lo Mejor DDW en Espaol Committee Sponsored Session: Best of UEGW 2011 Clinical Symposium: Innovating Your Practice Special Session: Screening for Malignancies in Ethnic Populations Combined Clinical Symposium: Management of Fecal Incontinence Controversies in GI Surgery Plenary Session: Basic Science Video Session State-of-the-Art Conference: Technological Advances in the Surgical Treatment of Colon and Rectal Cancer Plenary Oral Presentations State-of-the-Art Lecture: HCV-Related Liver Transplantation State-of-the-Art Lecture: Nonalcoholic Fatty Liver Disease in Children and Adolescents Clinical Ward Rounds Cochrane IBD Symposium: Prevention and Management of IBD-Related ComplicationsWhat Can Cochrane Reviews Tell Us? Distinguished Abstract Plenary Sessions Haggitt Society: Clinicopathologic Coping with Exception in Ulcerative Colitis
NEW FOR 2012: Young GI Mentoring Event: Developing International Research Partnerships
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Clinical Symposium: Role of Endoscopy in Bariatric Surgery Complications

NEW FOR 2012: Council Section Networking Event

Monday, May 21
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6:308 a.m. 6:458 a.m. 7 a.m.noon 7:309:15 a.m. 810 a.m. 8 a.m.5 p.m. 8 a.m.5 p.m. 8:309:30 a.m. 8:3010 a.m. 8:3010 a.m. 8:3010 a.m. 8:3010 a.m. 8:3010 a.m. 8:3010 a.m. 8:3010 a.m. 9:3011 a.m. 1011:15 a.m. 1011:15 a.m. 1011:15 a.m. 10 a.m.noon 10:3011:30 a.m. 10:30 a.m.noon 10:30 a.m.noon 11:15 a.m.noon 12:301:45 p.m. 12:301:45 p.m. 12:302 p.m. 15 p.m. 2:153:15 p.m. 2:153:45 p.m. 2:153:45 p.m. 2:153:45 p.m. 2:153:45 p.m. 2:153:45 p.m. 2:153:45 p.m. 2:153:45 p.m. 2:153:45 p.m. 2:154 p.m. 3:154:45 p.m. 45 p.m. 45 p.m. 45:30 p.m. 45:30 p.m. 45:30 p.m. 45:30 p.m. 45:30 p.m. 45:30 p.m. 5:306:30 p.m. 68 p.m.
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Breakfast with Champions Focused Clinical Updates and Focused Research Roundtables Annual Postgraduate Course: Endoscopy 2012: Integration of Science and Practice Video Session Plenary Session: Clinical Learning Center Poster Sessions and ePosters Clinical Ward Rounds Plenary Session Fellows Teaching Fellows Committee Sponsored Session: Issues Facing GI Fellowship Programs Committee Sponsored Session: Taking Control of Your Future in an Era of Disruptive Technologies Clinical Symposium: Managing the Refractory Benign Gastrointestinal Stricture Clinical Symposium: Performing Quality ERCP Public Policy & Advocacy Committee Panel SSAT/AHPBA Joint Symposium: Evolution and Treatment of Benign Liver Neoplasms Plenary Oral Presentations Quick Shot Oral Presentations Video Session Plenary Session: Presidential State-of-the-Art Lecture: HBV Therapy: Who Can Wait and Who Cant? Clinical Symposium: Role of Endoscopy in Chronic Pancreatitis Combined Clinical Symposium: Functional Disorders of the Esophagus Doris and John L. Cameron Guest Oration Problem-Based Learning Luncheons Meet-the-Professor Luncheons Curbside Consultants Presidential Plenary Session Three Ways to Bend the Cost Curve in GI Surgery Without Sacrificing Quality Clinical Symposium: Gender and Outcomes in Liver Disease Clinical Symposium: Liver Disease in Patients with HIV Infection Committee Sponsored Session: ACGME Requirements: Practical Tools Fellows in Gastroenterology and Hepatology: Advancement in Skills for Clinical Practice Billing, Coding and Compliance Update for Gastroenterology in 2012 Special Session: Approach to Hard-to-Diagnose Biliary Strictures Combined Clinical Symposium: Multidisciplinary Management of Complicated Crohns Disease Controversies in GI Surgery Plenary Oral Presentations SSAT/ASCRS Joint Symposium: Controversies in Surgery for Ulcerative Colitis Clinical Ward Rounds Quick Shot Oral Presentations Clinical Symposium: Race, Ethnicity and Outcomes in Liver Disease Committee Sponsored Session: Curriculum-Focused Session: How to Teach the Challenging (but Hardly Forgotten) Topics in Your Training Program Committee Sponsored Session: Evidence-Based Review of Popular Trends in Diet/Nutrition and the GI Tract Committee Sponsored Session: Publishing Manuscripts: The Path from Ideas to Publication Distinguished Abstract Plenary Sessions Combined Clinical Symposium: Pancreatic Cystic Neoplasms and IPMN NEW FOR 2012: Council Section Networking Event Diversity Reception
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Tuesday, May 22
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6:308 a.m. 7:309:30 a.m. 7:3010 a.m. 89:30 a.m. 8 a.m.4 p.m. 8 a.m.5 p.m. 8 a.m.noon 8:3010 a.m. 8:3010 a.m. 8:3010 a.m. 8:3010 a.m. 8:3010 a.m. 9:30 a.m.noon 10:3011:45 a.m. 10:3011:30 a.m. 10:30 a.m.noon 10:30 a.m.noon 10:30 a.m.noon Noon2 p.m. Noon3 p.m. 12:301:45 p.m. 12:301:45 p.m. 13 p.m. 13:30 p.m. 15 p.m. 25 p.m. 2:153:45 p.m. 2:153:45 p.m. 35 p.m. 45:30 p.m.
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Breakfast with Champions SSAT/ISDS Joint Breakfast Symposium: Optimizing Outcomes for Our Patients: Data and Practice: Combining Perioperative Patient Management and Expert Technical Tips Hands-On Workshop: Stents and Ablation Plenary Oral Presentations Learning Center Poster Sessions and ePosters Endoscopic Video Forum Clinical Symposium: Coagulation and Anticoagulation in Liver Disease NEW FOR 2012: Academy for GI and Liver Educators Plenary Late-Breaking Abstracts Plenary Technology Update for the Gastroenterologist 2012: How to Use Digital Technology to Enhance and Market Your Practice Combined Clinical Symposium: Management of HCC: Chemotherapy, Reduction of Tumor Load or Transplant? Plenary Oral Presentations Quick Shot Oral Presentations State-of-the-Art Lecture: Alcoholic Liver Disease Advance Your Leadership Skills: How to Rise to a Position of Leadership in Gastroenterology or Hepatology How to Secure Innovation and Technology Development in Gastroenterology Combined Clinical Symposium: Can You Eliminate Barretts Esophagus? Introduction to Capsule Endoscopy Kelly and Carlos Pellegrini SSAT/SAGES Joint Lunch Symposium: Current Concepts and Controversies in Foregut Motility Problem-Based Learning Luncheons Meet-the-Professor Luncheons World Cup of Endoscopy Video Session Hands-On Workshop: GI Emergencies DDW Maintenance of Certification (MOC) Course The Best of DDW Clinical Symposium: Debating the Major Issues for Using Non-Invasive Tests to Detect Hepatic Fibrosis Combined Clinical Symposium: Endoscopic Biliary Complications: What Can You Do? ASGEs Best of International Endoscopy Navigating Common Ethical Dilemmas in the Practice of Gastroenterology
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DDW Programming
The Best of DDW 2012 Session
Tuesday, May 22, 25 p.m.
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Each of the four DDW societies will choose a discussant to review its top presentations at this not-to-be-missed session. Attend this session to get an overview of the latest, best and most thought-provoking research presented all week.
DDW Maintenance of Certification (MOC) Course

Session Fee: $150 Course Director: John F. Kuemmerle, MD, AGAF This live self-study course is designed around the AGA Guidebook to ABIM Recertification 2010 and 2011 modules. Each module has been approved by the American Board of Internal Medicine (ABIM) for 10 MOC points. The format of this four-hour interactive course incorporates audience-response technology to review two gastroenterology modules. Further details about this course are available online at www.ddw.org.
Poster Sessions and ePosters

Saturday, May 19Tuesday, May 22, 8 a.m.5 p.m.
Nearly 4,400 basic science and clinical posters will be on display at DDW. Authors will be at their posters to answer questions from noon until 2 p.m. on the day their posters are scheduled. ePosters will return in 2012.
Diversity Reception
Monday, May 21, 68 p.m.
Jointly sponsored by all four societies, this reception provides a valuable networking opportunity for minorities to gather, discuss relevant issues and learn more about what each society is doing to promote diversity within gastroenterology, hepatology, endoscopy and gastrointestinal surgery.
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Combined Clinical Symposia
Saturday, May 19Tuesday, May 22
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AASLD, AGA, ASGE and SSAT offer jointly-sponsored symposia on topics of broad interest to DDW participants. The integrated, multi-disciplinary approach of these sessions will interest clinicians and basic scientists alike.
Saturday, May 19
Time 8:3010 a.m. 10:30 a.m.noon 2:153:45 p.m. Title New Therapies Against HCV: Practitioners Delivering Specialty Care Treatment of Early GI Cancer: When is it Safe? Primary Sclerosing Cholangitis: Pathogenesis and Controversies Moderator Sanjeev Arora, MD, AGAF and Andrew Muir, MD, MHS Marta L. Davila, MD, FASGE and Blair Jobe, MD Keith Lindor, MD and Sreenivasa S. Jonnalagadda, MD, FASGE Sponsors AASLD, AGA ASGE, SSAT AASLD, ASGE
Sunday, May 20
Time 8:3010 a.m. 10:30 a.m.noon Title Management of the Patient at High Risk for Colon Cancer Gastrointestinal Management of the Patient with Obesity Management of Fecal Incontinence Moderator Sponsors David A. Lieberman, MD, FASGE, ASGE, SSAT AGAF and Feza Remzi, MD Richard Rothstein, MD, AGAF and AGA, ASGE, SSAT, AASLD Christopher J. Gostout, MD, FASGE Deborah Nagle, MD and Satish Rao, MD, PhD, AGAF SSAT, AGA, ASGE
2:153:45 p.m.
Monday, May 21
Time 10:30 a.m.noon 2:153:45 p.m. 45:30 p.m. Title Functional Disorders of the Esophagus Multidisciplinary Management of Complicated Crohns Disease Pancreatic Cystic Neoplasms and IPMN Moderator Marco Patti, MD and Ronnie Fass, MD David Schwartz, MD and Fabrizio Michelassi, MD Carlos Fernandez del Castillo, MD and Timothy Gardner, MD Sponsors SSAT, AGA, ASGE AGA, SSAT, ASGE SSAT, AGA
Tuesday, May 22
Time 8:3010 a.m. 10:30 a.m.noon 2:153:45 p.m. Title Management of HCC: Chemotherapy, Reduction of Tumor Load or Transplant? Can You Eliminate Barretts Esophagus? Endoscopic Biliary Complications: What Can You Do? Moderator Laura Kulik, MD and Susan Orloff, MD Prateek Sharma, MD and Kenneth K. Wang, MD, FASGE Sponsors AASLD, SSAT AGA, ASGE, SSAT
Michael L. Kochman, MD, FASGE, ASGE, SSAT AGAF and Gary C. Vitale, MD
NEW FOR 2012:
Combined Translational Symposium

Saturday, May 19
Time 10:30 a.m.noon Title Probiotics in Health and Disease Moderator TBD Sponsors AGA, AASLD, ASGE, SSAT
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DDW Meet-the-Professor Luncheons
Sunday, May 20Tuesday, May 22, 12:301:45 p.m.
Session Fee: $75 or three for $180
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Participate in a scholarly, dynamic discussion in an informal, small-group atmosphere. A boxed lunch is included. Space is limited to 30 participants per session.
Sunday, May 20, 12:301:45 p.m.

Session # M01* M02* M03 M04 M05 M06 M07 M08 M09 M10 M11 M12 M13 M14 M15 M16 M17 M18 M19 M20 M21 M22 M23 Topic Epigenetic Mechanisms and Cancer* New Approaches to Studying Stem Cell Behavior in Vitro* Approach to Neoplastic Barretts Esophagus Approach to Pancreatic Cysts Case Discussion: Hepatitis B Case Discussion: Liver Disease in Pregnancy Celiac Disease Double and Single Balloon: When and Where Evidence-Based Treatment of the Difficult IBS Patient Expert Polypectomy GI Management of the Bariatric Patient How to Do Endoscopic Research and Publish Laser Confocal Microscopy: How to Do It Lunch at the Movies: GI Emergencies Mucosal Resection: The Basics Nutritional Care of Patient with Acute Pancreatitis Operative Therapies for GERD: What are the Options? Optimizing Biologic Therapies for IBD Pancreatic Imaging Steatohepatitis in the Adolescents The Difficult Gallbladder: Tricks to Get Out of Trouble Where is the Bleeder? Management of Obscure GI Bleeding Who Do You Screen and for What? Speaker William Grady, MD, AGAF Calvin Kuo, MD; Noah Shroyer, PhD Prateek Sharma, MD Nuzhat Ahmad, MD; Michael Levy, MD Tram Tran, MD J. Eileen Hay, MD Detlef Schuppan, MD, PhD Simon K. Lo, MD; Mark Stark, MD Philip Schoenfeld, MD, MSEd, MS; Darren Brenner, MD Douglas Rex, MD, AGAF; Tonya Kaltenbach, MD Christopher Thompson, MD Glenn Eisen, MD, MPH; Andrew Wang, MD; Richard Wong, MBBS Herbert Wolfsen, MD; Julia Liu, MD Louis-Michel Wong Kee Song, MD; John Cello, MD Irving Waxman, MD; Juergen Hochberger, MD, PhD Stephen McClave, MD, AGAF Jeff Peters, MD; Brian Dunkin, MD Brian Feagan, MD Jorge Obando, MD Joel Lavine, MD, PhD Nathaniel Soper, MD; Bruce Schirmer, MD Lauren Gerson, MD John Petrini, Jr., MD; Jason Dominitz, MD Society AGA AGA AGA ASGE AASLD AASLD AGA ASGE AGA ASGE AGA ASGE ASGE ASGE ASGE AGA SSAT AGA AGA AGA SSAT AGA ASGE
Monday, May 21, 12:301:45 p.m.

Session # M24* M25* M26 M27 M28 M29 M30 M31 Topic Eosinophilic Esophagitis* Wnt Signaling and Gut Homeostasis* Achalasia and Esophageal Motility Disorders Barretts Without Dysplasia: Ablate or Not? Case Discussion: Acute Kidney Injury in a Patient with Cirrhosis Case Discussion: Hepatitis C Characterizing and Managing Pain in IBS Classification System for Esophageal High Resolution Manometry Speaker David Katzka, MD; Evan Dellon, MD Asma Nusrat, MD C. Prakash Gyawali, MD, MRCP AGAF , Gary Falk, MD, MS, AGAD; Sharmila Anandasabapathy, MD Andrew Keaveny, MD; Oren Fix, MD, MSc Alexander, Monto, MD Lin Chang, MD, AGAF John Pandolfino, MD, AGAF Society AGA AGA AGA ASGE AASLD AASLD AGA AGA
Sessions marked with an asterisk (*) are Meet-the-Investigator Luncheons. All other sessions are Meet-the-Professor Luncheons.
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Monday, May 21, 12:301:45 p.m. (continued)
Session # M32 M33 M34 M35 M36 M37 M38 M39 M40 M41 M42 M43 M44 M45 M46 Topic Cystic Tumors of the Pancreas: To Operate or Not? Diverticulitis: Two and Out or Not? Endoscopic Bariatrics: How it Can be Done Enteroscopy: How I Do It Finding the Perfect Job Health Care Reform: What It Means Improving Quality in the Endoscopy Laboratory Lunch at the Movies: ERCP Management of Pancreatic Neuroendocrine Tumors Master Class on Using Immunosuppresive Agents in IBD Masters Level Course in GI Bleeding Pancreatic Cysts in the Age of the Incidentaloma The Adolescent with Refractory IBD: What to Do When Infliximab Stops Working What Do Barrier Function Measures Mean? What to Do When You Suspect Lynch Syndrome Speaker Taylor Riall, MD; Frank Gress, MD, AGAF Steve Wexner, MD Jeffrey Tokar, MD; Andrew Ross, MD Sarah Rodriguez, MD; Laith Jamil, MD; Prabhleen Chahal, MD
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Society SSAT SSAT ASGE ASGE
Jacques Deviere, MD, PhD; Steven Edmundowicz, MD ASGE
Brian Jacobson, MD, MPH; Colleen Schmitt, MD, MHS ASGE Bret Petersen, MD; Michael Wallace, MD, MPH Adam Slivka,MD, PhD; John Baillie, MD; V. Raman Muthusamy, MD Joseph Pisegna, MD Peter Higgins, MD, PhD, MSc; Gert van Assche, MD, PhD Francis Chan, MD; Elizabeth Rajan, MD, FASGE James Farrell, MD Maria Oliva-Hamker, MD; Neera Gupta, MD Michael Camilleri, MD, AGAF Jonathan Terdiman, MD ASGE ASGE AGA AGA ASGE AGA AGA AGA AGA
Tuesday, May 22, 12:301:45 p.m.

Session # M47* M48* M49 M50 M51 M52 M53 M54 M55 M56 M57 M58 M59 M60 M61 M62 M63 M64 M65 M66 Topic Diagnostic Strategies in ERCP* Hypoxia and Epithelial Regulation* Advanced ERCP Alternative Therapeutic Approaches to Chronic PPI Treatment for GERD Case Discussion: NAFLD & NASH Case Discussion: Variceal Hemorrhage CBD Stones: Laparoscopic or Endoscopic? How do We Treat Hepatitis C in Pediatrics? How to Find Flat Adenomas Lunch at the Movies: EUS Management of Chronic Pancreatitis Managing Carcinoid Tumors Modern Staging and Treatment of Rectal Cancer Pancreatic Function Testing Practical Enteral Nutrition Probiotics in Children: When and How? Success During the Early Phases of Your Academic GI Career The Future of CRC Screening with Colonoscopy: Pay-forPerformance, Quality Measures, and Billing/Coding Issues Using Large Datasets for IBD Research Variceal Bleeding Speaker TBD Cormac Taylor, PhD Bret T. Petersen, MD; Sreenivasa Jonnalagadda, MD Ronnie Fass, MD Mary Rinella, MD Roberto de Franchis, MD Gary Vitale, MD; Isaac Raijman, FACP Kathleen Schwarz, MD Jonathan Cohen, MD; David Bruining, MD John DeWitt, MD; Marcia Canto, MD, MHS Mohamad Eloubeidi, MD, MHS, AGAF; Shyam Varadarajulu, MD TBD Alessandro Fichera, MD; Mark Pochapin, MD Darwin Conwell, MD John Fang, MD; Stephen McClave, MD, AGAF Stefano Guandalini, MD Barbara Bass, MD; Douglas G. Adler, MD; Charles Vollmer, Jr., MD Joel Brill, MD, AGAF Michael Kappelman, MD Loren Laine, MD, AGAF Society AGA AGA ASGE AGA AASLD AASLD SSAT AGA ASGE ASGE ASGE AGA SSAT AGA ASGE AGA SSAT AGA AGA AGA
Sessions marked with an asterisk (*) are Meet-the-Investigator Luncheons. All other sessions are Meet-the-Professor Luncheons.
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Continuing Medical Education (CME)
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CME credit is available for most DDW sessions. Each of the sponsoring societies certifies its own activities for CME credit. Sessions that do NOT offer CME will be indicated as such in the onsite Program Book.
Society CME Statements

AASLD
The American Association for the Study of Liver Diseases (AASLD) is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education to provide continuing medical education for physicians. The AASLD designates these live activities for AMA PRA Category 1 Credits. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.
ASGE
The American Society for Gastrointestinal Endoscopy (ASGE) is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education to provide continuing medical education for physicians. ASGE designates these live activities for AMA PRA Category 1 Credits. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity. ASGE requires all individuals who are in a position to control the content of an educational activity to disclose all relevant financial relationships with any commercial entity producing health-care related products and/or services. Disclosures are made in written form prior to the start of the educational activity and any potential conflicts of interest that exist are resolved prior to the start of the activity through the ASGE Conflict of Interest Resolution Policy Process. All disclosures are made available and communicated to the learner prior to the activity starting.
Statement on Disclosure
The American Association for the Study of Liver Diseases (AASLD) is committed to ensuring balance, independence, objectivity and scientific rigor in its sponsored and jointly sponsored educational activities. Individuals in a position to control the content of an AASLD-sponsored activity (program planners, course directors, speakers, etc.) are expected to disclose to the audience all relevant financial relationships. When an unlabeled use of a commercial product, or an investigational use not yet approved for any purpose is discussed during an educational activity, the speaker shall disclose to the audience that the product is not labeled for the use under discussion or that the product is still investigational. AASLD will identify and resolve all conflicts of interest prior to program implementation.
SSAT
The Society for Surgery of the Alimentary Tract is planning and implementing these live activities in accordance with the Essential Areas and Policies of the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education. AMA PRA Category 1 Credits will be provided; physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.
AGA
The American Gastroenterological Association (AGA) Institute is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME) to provide continuing medical education for physicians. The AGA Institute designates these live educational activities for AMA PRA Category 1 Credits. Physicians should only claim credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity. In accordance with ACCMEs Standards for Commercial Support of Continuing Medical Education, all faculty and planning partners must disclose any financial relationship(s) or other relationship(s) held within the past 12 months. The AGA Institute implements a mechanism to identify and resolve all conflicts of interest prior to delivering the educational activity to learners.
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AASLD Highlights
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Research Highlights: Hepatology: The Year in Review

Moderators: John R. Lake, MD and Michael H. Nathanson, MD, PhD
Saturday, May 19, 25 p.m.

Registration Fees AASLD Member Trainee Member Hepatology Associate Member Nonmember Nonmember Trainee Nonmember Hepatology Associate On or Before April 11 $210 $180 $180 $370 $280 $280 After April 11 $260 $230 $230 $420 $330 $330
The program will provide a clinical update on specific topics of hepatology that are of broad interest for clinicians, educators, students and researchers interested in hepatobiliary disease. This will be achieved by didactic lectures that include brief updates of key recent literature with adequate opportunity for question, answer and discussion. Preliminary Schedule
Time
2 p.m. 2:05 p.m. 2:35 p.m. 3:05 p.m. 3:35 p.m. 3:55 p.m. 4:25 p.m. 4:55 p.m.
Session
Welcome and Introduction Viral Hepatitis Hepatobiliary Cancers Stem Cells and the Liver Break New Approaches to Immunosuppression and Immunologic Tolerance An Update in Live Donor Liver Transplantation Wrap-up
AASLD is the leading organization of scientists and healthcare professionals committed to preventing and curing liver disease.
Goals and Objectives Improve patient care by increasing learner competence in diagnosing and treating patients with acute and chronic liver disease. Broaden the field of research for investigators studying liver biology and disease.
Plenary Sessions
Sunday, May 20, 8:3010 a.m. Monday, May 21, 8:3010 a.m.
The best abstracts in basic and clinical hepatology will be presented at these highly focused sessions.
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Clinical Symposia
Liver Manifestations of Systemic Diseases in Children
(co-sponsored with NASPGHAN)
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Goals and Objectives Better understand the effect of diet components in the development and progression of NAFLD. Better understand the beneficial effect in the liver of commonly used anti obesity diets. Better understand the beneficial effect of energy expenditure and increased physical activity independent of weight loss. Better grasp the medical literature on pharmacological treatment of NAFLD.
Sunday, May 20, 8:3010 a.m.

The liver complications of the systemic diseases highlighted in this program (lupus, Fontan operation and sinusoidal obstructive syndrome [SOS] are challenging to manage. A concise review of the pathophysiology and current treatment options for the associated liver diseases is essential in order to provide evidence-based medicine in the treatment of disease. This topic as it relates to children has not been addressed in recent symposia. Goals and Objectives: Provide an overview of rheumatologic diseases commonly associated with liver disease (e.g., lupus, JRA, MAS) and an update on potential drug hepatotoxicities from medications used in the treatment of rheumatologic disease (e.g. NSAIDS, MTX, Remicade). Provide an overview of congential heart diseases associated with liver disease, followed by discussion of recent literature pertaining to chronic liver disease in long term survivors of the Fontan operation (such as subclinical hepatic dysfunction and cirrhosis). Provide overview of liver complications associated with bone marrow transplant and focus on new therapies for treatment of hepatic graft-versushost disease and sinusoidal obstructive syndrome.
Liver Disease in Patients with HIV Infection Monday, May 21, 2:153:45 p.m.
Liver disease poses special challenges in the HIV-infected population. In HBV-HIV coinfected patients, the dual activity against HIV and HBV of the most-used antiretroviral regimens and the immunosuppression derived from HIV infection alter the course and management of HBV disease. The specific needs of this subset of patients and recommendations for treatment will be discussed. With the aging of patients with HIV and viral hepatitis, there is an increase in the incidence of HCC. The epidemiological data of this dreadful complication as well as interventions aimed at early detection and treatment will be reviewed. DAA are now available for the treatment of HCV. However, there are significant interactions between DAA and antiretroviral drugs and scarce data on the efficacy of the new treatment modalities in HIV-HCV co-infected patients. Available data will be reviewed and a panel of experts will discuss their use in this specific subset of patients. Goals and Objectives Better understand how the presence of HIV may alter the clinical course and treatment of chronic HBV. Increase the awareness of HCC among HIVinfected patients with viral hepatitis and better grasp recommendations for HCC surveillance. Determine when and how new HCV treatment modalities should be used.
Fat, Inflammation and the Food We Eat Sunday, May 20, 2:153:45 p.m.
The purpose of this clinical symposium is to review in detail and better understand to what extent the different components of our daily consumed food contribute to the development and progression of fatty liver, and better understand the beneficial effect in the liver of the different diets commonly prescribed for the treatment of obesity. The symposium will also highlight details as to what extent energy expenditure and increased physical activity improve fatty liver independent of weight loss; and will evaluate the available data on the effects of several medications tested in clinical trials for the treatment of fatty liver.
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Gender and Outcomes in Liver Disease Monday, May 21, 2:153:45 p.m.
The purpose of the program is to bring to the attention of the attendee that there are gender differences encountered in the epidemiology of various diseases such as non-alcoholic fatty liver disease. Further, the natural history of liver disease can be influenced by gender. Prognosis and treatment differences exist. This is a program that presents a unique dimension and such a program is generally not presented with a focus that we envision here. Goals and Objectives Understand the epidemiologic patterns of various liver disease by gender. Appreciate the impact of gender on the clinical presentation and natural H/O chronic hepatitis C, non-alcoholic fatty liver disease, and end-stage liver disease and liver transplantation for HCV diseases. Recognize differences in treatment paradigms and outcomes in various liver diseases, based on gender.
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Coagulation and Anticoagulation in Liver Disease Tuesday, May 22, 8:3010 a.m.
Recent studies have suggested that hemostasis in patients with liver disease may achieve a state of compensation, such that endogenous pro- and anticoagulant systems achieve a state of re-balanced homeostasis. The aims of this clinical symposium are to review mechanisms of re-balanced hemostasis, to offer possible alternatives to better assess global hemostasis, and identify possible indications for proand anti-coagulant factor administration in patients with acute and chronic liver disease. The emphasis of the symposium will be clinical, but will include translational basic science research as a rationale for changing clinical practice. Goals and Objectives Understand mechanisms of re-balanced hemostasis in patients with acute and chronic liver disease. Better assess the risk of clinically significant bleeding and thrombosis in patients with liver disease. Use pro-coagulant factor repletion more selectively in patients with liver disease.
Race, Ethnicity and Outcomes in Liver Disease Monday, May 21, 45:30 p.m.
Chronic liver diseases are the 12th leading cause of death in the United States and the burden of disease has been projected to increase substantially in the next several decades. Racial differences in disease presentation, response to medical therapy, use of life-saving liver transplantation and post-transplant outcomes have been reported in many, if not all, liver diseases. We will provide an overview of these disparities and discuss their potential underlying biological, cultural, and socioeconomic mechanisms through a review of the clinical literature. The emphasis will be on clinical knowledge, though discussions will include differences in underlying mechanisms of disease where appropriate. Goals and Objectives Recognize the racial disparities in the prevalence of chronic liver diseases (e.g. viral hepatitis, alcoholic liver disease and NAFLD), variations in disease presentation and treatment of liver disease. Explain the racial disparities in complications of liver disease, including hepatocellular carcinoma and cirrhosis-related mortality. Describe the racial disparities in liver transplantation and post-transplant outcomes.
Debating the Major Issues for Using Non-invasive Tests to Detect Hepatic Fibrosis Tuesday, May 22, 2:153:45 p.m.
This program will utilize a debate format to introduce and discuss evidence for and against the use of noninvasive tests for detecting hepatic fibrosis in clinical practice. Case illustrations will be used to introduce the clinical question, followed by a debate between two experts in the area. A total of two major areas will be debated by the speakers. Following the debate, a brief discussion led by moderators including members of the audience will conclude the session. Goals and Objectives Understand the clinical scenarios when using non-invasive tests for detecting hepatic fibrosis may be helpful. Understand the benefits and drawbacks with particular methods for the non-invasive assessment of hepatic fibrosis.
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State-of-the-Art Lectures
HCV Therapy: Who Can Wait and Who Cant
Speaker: Maribel Rodriguez-Torres, MD Speaker: Anna S. F. Lok, MD
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HBV Therapy: Who Can Wait and Who Cant Monday, May 21, 10:3011:30 a.m.
Goals and Objectives Participants will have an improved understanding of when treatment for hepatitis B should be initiated, and when treatment can be deferred, and the basis for those decisions.
Sunday, May 20, 10:3011:30 a.m.

Goals and Objectives Differentiate CHC patients with improved cure and benefits with available therapies. Discuss a paradigm for patients with CHC that can and should wait for future therapies.
Alcoholic Liver Disease

Speaker: Michael R. Lucey, MD
HCV-related Liver Transplantation

Speaker: Marina Berenguer, MD
Tuesday, May 22, 10:3011:30 a.m.

Goals and Objectives Review the classification of alcoholic liver disease. Understand the mechanisms that underlie alcoholic liver disease. Understand that abstinence is key to recovery from alcoholism and ALD. Update the audience on treatment of ALD, including referral for, evaluation for, and outcome of liver transplantation in ALD patients.
Sunday, May 20, 45 p.m.

Goals and Objectives Understand the natural history of hepatitis C following liver transplantation and factors that affect outcome. Know the different strategies to treat HCV infection in the transplant setting, including treatment before and after transplantation. Learn about the different tools available to monitor hepatitis C progression in the new graft.
Other AASLD Programming

Research/Topic Fora, held Sunday, May 20Tuesday, May 22, will present opportunities for presentation of original research and exchange of ideas and data. Topics include Autoimmune/Cholestatic Liver Disease, Cell and Molecular Biology, Hepatitis B and C, Liver Transplantation, NASH/ASH and Viral Hepatitis.
Nonalcoholic Fatty Liver Disease in Children and Adolescents

Speaker: Joel E. Lavine, MD, PhD
Sunday, May 20, 45 p.m.

Goals and Objectives Present progress in understanding the epidemiology, natural history, identification and treatment of children with NAFLD, the most common chronic liver disease in developed countries. Deliver evidence-based knowledge of the field and provide structure for future investigation. Provide an epidemiological framework to recognize those at risk.
AASLD General Learning Objectives

The AASLDs General Goals and Objectives are to: Provide a forum for the exchange of new scientific and clinical information relevant to the study of liver disease. Create an arena for the interchange of opinions regarding the care and management of all types of liver diseases. Assess new diagnostic or therapeutic techniques related to liver disease.
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AGA Highlights
AGA Spring Postgraduate Course
Practical Solutions for Your Everyday Clinical Management Problems Saturday, May 19, 8:15 a.m.5:30 p.m. Sunday, May 20, 8:30 a.m.12:05 p.m.
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Course Director: Rhonda F. Souza, MD, AGAF Co-Directors: William J. Sandborn, MD, AGAF; Grace Li-Chun Su, MD The AGAs Spring Postgraduate Course covers the latest therapies and diagnostic modalities for digestive diseases. The program reviews a variety of different disease states while drawing on clinical examples. The course offers flexible, customized learning formats from large lectures to small group sessions, and provides a clinically focused curriculum with immediately applicable information. In addition to understanding the science behind new developments, you will benefit from practical, take-home points that you can start using right away. Course Highlights General sessions explore the latest therapies and diagnostic modalities used in the upper GI tract, pancreaticobiliary and hepatic disorders, GI cancers, IBD/IBS, the midgut and beyond. Focused, small-group sessions provide direct access to internationallyrenowned faculty. You will receive a syllabus containing detailed summaries of all sessions that can be used as a permanent reference tool after the course. Additional copies are available for purchase. Earn up to 10.75 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits. Learn about new research on GI bleeding, treatment of hepatitis, inflammatory bowel disease and other practice-related topics.
The AGA is committed to expanding the science of gastroenterology and furthering excellence in the practice of gastroenterology.
For complete course details, please visit the AGA website at www.gastro.org/pgcourse or the DDW website at www.ddw.org.
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AGA Trainee and Young GI Track
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These sessions are specifically designed to meet the unique needs of physicians who are new to the field. Participants will learn about all aspects of starting a career in clinical practice or research, have the opportunity to network with mentors and peers and review board material. Networking Event Sponsored by the Womens Committee with special invitation from Dr. Michelle K. Kim. Saturday, May 19, 5:457:15 p.m. Meet your peers, and more established colleagues who serve as mentors, while enjoying refreshments. Career and Professional Related Issues Sunday, May 20, 12:301:30 p.m. Session Chair: Michelle K. Kim, MD Get advice on common career issues such as choosing a practice type and location, developing your CV, interviewing, negotiating contracts and work-life balance. F reeLunchIncluded:Boxed lunches will be provided on a first-come, first served basis. Plan to arrive early to take advantage of the free lunch offer; quantities are limited. Board Review Session Sunday, May 20, 1:456 p.m. Session Chairs: John F. Kuemmerle, MD, AGAF; Arthur J. DeCross, MD, AGAF; Seth Sweetser, MD This session serves as a primer for third-year fellows preparing for the board exam, as well as a review course for others wanting to test their knowledge. Young GI Mentoring Event: Developing International Research Partnerships Sunday, May 20, 45:30 p.m. Meet mentors and peers to help you advance your career in GI research. Fellows Teaching Fellows Monday, May 21, 8:3010 a.m. This session will highlight tools for success for the GI fellow. Discussions will address available resources for the GI fellow, mentorship in fellowship and how to be a leader in the fellowship program. Taught by current GI fellows, this session will also be of interest to incoming fellows and residents. Fellows in Gastroenterology and Hepatology: Advancement in Skills for Clinical Practice Monday, May 21, 2:153:45 p.m. Presenter: F. Taylor Wootton III, MD, AGAF Being a successful clinician requires skills that may not be addressed during training. Learn about practice management, working with support staff, patient communication, joining a national outcomes database, and financial aspects of clinical practice. Presentation will be followed by roundtable discussions led by additional faculty. Advance Your Leadership Skills: How to Rise to a Position of Leadership in Gastroenterology or Hepatology Tuesday, May 22, 10:30 a.m.noon Presenter: Sanjiv Chopra, MD, AGAF Learn about the attributes of a successful leader and the skills needed to become one. Presentation will be followed by roundtable discussions led by additional faculty.
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Focused Clinical Updates and Focused Research Roundtables
Sunday, May 20 & Monday, May 21, 6:458 a.m.
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Session Fee: $60 These sessions are designed to help you choose the must see clinical research and basic science abstracts accepted by AGA for presentation at DDW.
Sunday, May 20
Focus On Basic Science Clinical Science Clinical Science Clinical Science Clinical Science Clinical Science Session Code FR01 FC01 FC02 FC03 FC04 FC05 Topic Epigenetics and Epigenomics: Concepts, Approaches and Implications for Neurogastroenterology Eosinophilic Esophagitis Update FOB/FIT/Fecal DNA Tests: New Concepts for Improved Colorectal Cancer Screening Novel Diagnostic Approaches in IBD Quality Assessment in Endoscopy Whats New in Functional and Motility Disorders in Children? Speaker Tamas Ordog, MD Gary W. Falk, MD, MS, AGAF David A. Ahlquist, MD Julian Panes, MD Dawn L. Francis, MD, MHS Paul Hyman, MD
Monday, May 21
Focus On Basic Science Clinical Science Clinical Science Clinical Science Clinical Science Session Code FR02 FC06 FC07 FC08 FC09 Topic ERCP Diagnosis and Treatment Advances in Epithelial Transport Colorectal Cancer Surveillance and Screening Emerging Therapies in IBD Intraductal Papillary Mucinous Neoplasms Speaker TBD Pradeep K. Dudeja, PhD Ann G. Zauber, PhD, AGAF Jean-Frederic Colombel, MD Keith D. Lillemoe, MD
Problem-Based Learning Luncheons

Monday, May 21 & Tuesday, May 22, 12:301:45 p.m.
Session Fee: $70 During these small-group sessions, an expert facilitator leads registrants in a discussion of real-life case presentations. The group identifies relevant facts, hypotheses and learning agenda items and then resolves the problem put forth in the case presentation. A boxed lunch is provided. Space is limited.
Monday, May 21
Session Code LL02 LL03 LL04 LL05 LL06 Topic Acute Pancreatitis: Fighting the War and Minimizing Collateral Damage Bridging the 18-Year-Old with IBD from Pediatric to Adult Care: How Both Sides Can Ease the Transition Constipation: Diagnosis and Management When the Pelvic Floor is the Culprit Making Those Tough Decisions in Managing Perianal Crohns Disease A 32-Year-Old Woman with Fever and Jaundice: The Diagnosis Will Likely Surprise You! Speaker Darwin Conwell, MD Laurie Fishman, MD, AGAF Yolanda Scarlett, MD Harland Winter, MD and Jess Kaplan, MD Sanjiv Chopra, MD, AGAF
Tuesday, May 22
Session Code LL07 LL08 LL09 LL10 Topic Controversies in the Diagnosis and Management of Colorectal Neoplasia in Patients with Inflammatory Bowel Disease Evaluation and Management of Pancreatic Cystic Neoplasms Management of Crohns Disease: Merging the Latest Evidence with Experience Whats New for Getting Bowels Moving? Speaker Francis A. Farraye, MD, AGAF David Lichtenstein, MD, AGAF David Rubin, MD, AGAF Jennifer Christie, MD
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Plenary Sessions
Plenary sessions will highlight the most novel and innovative studies at DDW.
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Basic Science Sunday, May 20, 2:153:45 p.m. Clinical Science Monday, May 21, 810 a.m. Presidential Monday, May 21, 10 a.m.noon
This session will highlight a series of timely, important topics in gastroenterology. It will feature up to nine high-impact speakers focusing on GI and hepatology topics. To open this session, there will be an announcement of the Julius Friedenwald Medal, the highest honor that the AGA bestows.
Technology Update for the Gastroenterologist 2012: How to Use Digital Technology to Enhance and Market Your Practice
Tuesday, May 22, 8:3010 a.m.
Session Fee: $50 Session Chair: Geoffrey L. Braden, MD, AGAF This session will help clinicians learn to create a medical library in a digital format. Attendees will learn to use Facebook and Twitter to educate patients and attract new patients to a practice. The limitations and ethics of social media pertaining to medical practices will also be discussed. The value of linking the EHR of a medical practice to the AGA Digestive Health Outcomes Registry will be discussed. The AGA Registry will provide a database of patients that can be used for clinical research and to document that a medical practice is in compliance with clinical pathways. Patient centered outcomes research will also improve patient care. Attendees will learn how to use technology to enhance various aspects of their practices: Marketing: Learn to use social media such as Facebook and Twitter to educate patients and attract new patients to your practice. The limitations and ethics of social media pertaining to medical practices will be discussed. Tracking outcomes: Learn how to link your EHR to the AGA Digestive Health Outcomes Registry. The AGA Registry will provide a database of patients that can be used for clinical research and to document that your practice is in compliance with clinical pathways. Patient-centered outcomes research will also improve patient care. Create a library: Learn how to create a medical library in a digital format so that you can access reference materials online rather than in journals and books.
Distinguished Abstract Plenaries Saturday, May 19, Sunday May 20 & Monday, May 21, 45:30 p.m. Late-Breaking Abstracts Tuesday, May 22, 8:3010 a.m.
This session features the most up-to-date research, submitted and reviewed just prior to the meeting. NEW FOR 2012:
Academy for GI and Liver Educators Plenary Session Tuesday, May 22, 8:3010 a.m.
The session will introduce the new AGA Academy of GI and Liver Educators, which will advocate for education as both an academic priority and as a career pathway and will recognize excellence in education. Breakfast will be available.
Billing, Coding and Compliance Update for Gastroenterology in 2012

Monday, May 21, 2:153:45 p.m.
Session Fee: $75 Be prepared for this years coding changes by attending this session. Participants will learn to: Recognize the new GI codes effective for 2012. Implement best code and bill for GI services according to 2012 rules. Discuss the new compliance regulations effective for 2012.
Sponsored by the Practice Management and Economics Committee. = An additional fee is required for this session.
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Curbside Consultants
Sunday, May 20 & Monday, May 21, 12:302 p.m.
Session Fee: $60
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During these popular lunchtime sessions, registrants have direct access to an expert clinical moderator who will answer challenging case-specific inquiries on clinical topics. These sessions are highly interactive and do not involve didactic lectures. Attendance at each session will be strictly limited.
Sunday, May 20
Session Code CC01 CC02 Topic Challenging Dilemmas in IBD Management of Hepatitis C Speaker Gary R. Lichtenstein, MD, AGAF Vinod K. Rustgi, MD, AGAF
Monday, May 21
Session Code CC03 CC04 Topic Esophageal Motility Disorders Is it Celiac Disease? When Serology and Pathology are at Odds Speaker Benson T. Massey, MD Alessio Fasano, MD
Committee Sponsored Sessions

Saturday, May 19
Time 8:3010 a.m. 10:30 a.m. noon 45:30 p.m. Session Title Screening Strategies in Minority Populations: How Do We Personalize the Approach? Building a Comprehensive Quality Improvement Program in Your Practice IBD & IBS 2012: AGA-JSGE Joint Symposium Committee Underrepresented Minorities Clinical Practice & Quality Management International
Sunday, May 20
Time 8:3010 a.m. 8:3010 a.m. 12:302 p.m. 1:455:30 p.m. 2:153:45 p.m. 2:153:45 p.m. Session Title Obesity and the Impact on GI Diseases Use of the AGA Digestive Health Outcomes Registry and Its Data for Research Career and Professional Related Issues Session Board Review Session Best of UEGW 2011 Lo Mejor DDW en Espanol Committee International Clinical Practice & Quality Management Education & Training Education & Training International Underrepresented Minorities
Monday, May 21
Time 8:3010 a.m. 8:3010 a.m. 8:3010 a.m. 2:153:45 p.m. 2:153:45 p.m. 45:30 p.m. 45:30 p.m. 45:30 p.m. Session Title Issues Facing GI Fellowship Programs Fellows Teaching Fellows Taking Control of Your Future in an Era of Disruptive Technologies ACGME Requirements: Practical Tools Fellows in Gastroenterology and Hepatology: Advancement in Skills for Clinical Practice Curriculum-Focused Session: How to Teach the Challenging (but Hardly Forgotten) Topics in Your Training Program Evidence-Based Review of Popular Trends in Diet/Nutrition and the GI Tract Publishing Manuscripts: The Path from Ideas to Publication Committee Education & Training Education & Training Practice Management & Economics Education & Training Education & Training Education & Training Womens Publications
Tuesday, May 22
Time 10:30 a.m. noon 45:30 p.m. Session Title How to Secure Innovation and Technology Development in Gastroenterology Navigating Common Ethical Dilemmas in the Practice of Gastroenterology Committee Practice Management & Economics Ethics
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Special & Named Sessions
Saturday, May 19
Time 10:30 a.m.noon Session Title Morton I. Grossman Lecture given by Nobel Prize winner Roger Tsien
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Sunday, May 20
Time 8:3010 a.m. 10:30 a.m.noon 10:30 a.m.noon 10:30 a.m.noon 45:30 p.m. 45:30 p.m. NEW FOR 2012: Session Title Funderberg Research Scholar Awards Presentation and Lecture: Gastroesophageal Junction Cancers: Gastric or Esophageal Origins? AGA Rome Foundation Lecture: GI Permeability in Gastroenterology and its Clinical Significance to Functional GI Disorders GRG Spring Symposium: Epigenetics: From Bench to Bedside The Dr. Charles S. Lieber Lecture: ER Stress and Fatty Liver Disease Cochrane IBD Symposium: Prevention and Management of IBD-Related ComplicationsWhat Can Cochrane Reviews Tell Us? Haggitt Society: Clinicopathologic Coping with Exception in Ulcerative Colitis
Council Section Networking Events

Saturday, May 19Monday, May 21, 5:306:30 p.m.
The AGA will offer networking events for all AGA members to meet with their AGA Council representatives and fellow society members. These events will be grouped by Council section. During these events, six sections will present Section Research Mentor Awards to outstanding mentors. Some of the best posters submitted to the AGA will also be on display and a cash bar will be available. All AGA members are welcome to attend these events.
Saturday:
Hormones, Transmitters, Growth Factors and their Receptors Section Growth, Development and Child Health Section Intestinal Disorders Section Neurogastroenterology and Motility Section
Monday:
Clinical Practice Section Immunology, Microbiology and Inflammatory Bowel Diseases Section Nutrition & Obesity Section Esophageal, Gastric and Duodenal Disorders Section
Sunday:
Gastrointestinal Oncology Section Imaging and Advanced Technology Section Liver and Biliary Section Pancreatic Disorders Section
Other AGA Programming

Additional programming includes state-of-the-art lectures and research, translational and clinical symposia and abstract presentations.
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ASGE Highlights
ASGE Annual Postgraduate Course
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Endoscopy 2012: Integration of Science and Practice Sunday, May 20, 16 p.m. & Monday, May 21, 7 a.m.noon
The ASGE Postgraduate Course will present the latest developments in gastrointestinal endoscopy with a major emphasis on challenges endoscopists face in daily practice. For complete details about the agenda, please refer to the course brochure, available on the ASGE website at www.asge.org or the DDW website at www.ddw.org. NEW FOR 2012:
ASGE International Symposium: Secrets from the Asian Masters of Endoscopy

Friday, May 18, 46:30 p.m.
Member: $200 Non-member: $250 The Asian Masters of Endoscopy course is a hybrid of didactic lectures and real-time demonstrations of techniques performed by the leaders in the field from Asia. ASGE will bring together outstanding endoscopists from Japan, Korea, China and India in this first-ever DDW session to demonstrate the latest techniques from Asia. Techniques such as ESD, POEM, NOTES and other forms of radical endoscopy will be demonstrated.
Hands-On Workshops
Saturday, May 19Tuesday, May 22
ASGE is the foremost specialty society dedicated to educating its physician members in the use of endoscopic techniques for the diagnosis and treatment of GI diseases.
Registration Fee (Per Session) ASGE Member Non-member ASGE Trainee member
On or before April 11 $325 $375 $175
After April 11 $375 $425 $225
These two-and-a-half hour sessions will provide an opportunity for participants to interact with expert faculty as they demonstrate techniques in the following areas:
Saturday, May 19
7:3010 a.m. 11:30 a.m.2 p.m. 3:306 p.m. ERCP (HW1) Colonoscopy (HW2) EMR/ESD (HW3) Xtreme Endoscopic Toolbox: New and Cutting Edge Therapies (HW4) Stents and Ablation (HW5) GI Emergencies (HW6)
Sunday, May 20
7:3010 a.m.
Tuesday, May 22
7:3010 a.m. 13:30 p.m.
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Introduction to Capsule Endoscopy (AS01)
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ASGE Presidential Plenary Session

Monday, May 21, 15 p.m.
After April 11 $300 $375 $200 ASGEs Plenary Session will feature a combination of the latest research, cutting-edge videos and two distinguished lectures from world-renowned experts to illuminate the future for endoscopic research and clinical practice. ASGE President Gregory G. Ginsberg, MD, FASGE will deliver the ASGE 2012 Presidential Address.
Tuesday, May 22, noon2 p.m.

Registration Fee (Per Session) ASGE Member Non-member ASGE Trainee member On or before April 11 $250 $325 $150
This two-hour session will provide the perfect introduction for practitioners who have recently begun using or are considering implementing capsule endoscopy. Expert faculty will use case studies to discuss the implications and benefits of this technology.
ASGE Clinical Symposia and Special Sessions

Saturday, May 19
Time 8:3010 a.m. Session Title Clinical Symposium: Advanced Colonoscopy and Polypectomy Clinical Symposium: Endoscopic Treatment of Perforations and Fistulae. Clinical Symposium: Enteroscopy: Capsule, Single, Double, or Spiral Clinical Symposium: My Endoscopy Call Week Clinical Symposium: Screening for GI Neoplasia in High Risk Populations
Breakfast with Champions

Sunday, May 20Tuesday, May 22, 6:308 a.m.
Session Fee: $75 These small-group sessions provide a great opportunity to interact with the champions of endoscopy and learn how they deal with challenging situations. Breakfast will be provided.
2:153:45 p.m. 2:153:45 p.m. 45:30 p.m. 45:30 p.m.
Sunday, May 20
Session Code BC01 BC02 BC03 BC04 Topic Avoiding ERCP Complications Gastrointestinal Stenting Hemostatic Techniques How to Find all of the Polyps
Sunday, May 20
Time 8:3010 a.m. 8:3010 a.m. Session Title Clinical Symposium: Barretts Esophagus: How and Who to Screen, Survey and Ablate Clinical Symposium: Managing Anticoagulation, Antiplatelets and Antibiotics in Endoscopy
Monday, May 21
Session Code BC05 BC06 BC07 BC08 Topic Developing New Technology in Gastroenterology Evaluation of the Pancreatic Mass Mastering ERCP What Do I Do with Barrett's Esophagus
10:30 a.m.noon Clinical Symposium: Endoscopic Submucosal Dissection: How to Do It 2:153:45 p.m. 2:153:45 p.m. 45:30 p.m. Clinical Symposium: Innovating Your Practice Special Session: Screening for Malignancies in Ethnic Populations Clinical Symposium: Role of Endoscopy in Bariatric Surgery Complications
Monday, May 21
Time 8:3010 a.m. 8:3010 a.m. Session Title Clinical Symposium: Managing the Refractory Benign Gastrointestinal Stricture Clinical Symposium: Performing Quality ERCP
Tuesday, May 22
Session Code BC09 BC10 BC11 BC12 Topic Colonoscopy from a Masters Perspective Colonoscopy: Improving Your Technique EUS in 2012 Gastrointestinal Stromal Tumors
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ASGE Endoscopic Video Forum

Tuesday, May 22, 8 a.m.noon
The ASGE Endoscopic Video Forum features peerreviewed videos demonstrating the most innovative endoscopic techniques and unusual cases from around the world. Dont miss these diverse, cuttingedge presentations.
ASGE Fellows Networking Session

Saturday, May 19, 56 p.m.
Register online for this event at www.asge.org/fellowssession.
ASGE Learning Center

Saturday, May 19Monday, May 21, 8 a.m.5 p.m. Tuesday, May 22, 8 a.m.4 p.m.
The ASGE Learning Center provides DDW attendees with the opportunity to view educational endoscopic videos and interactive CD-ROMs for free, as well as attend hands-on endoscopic demonstrations.
ASGE World Cup of Endoscopy Video Session

ASGEs Second Annual World Cup of Endoscopy Video Session will feature leading videos representing different countries. All selected videos will be presented and scored by a panel of international judges live at DDW!
ASGEs Best of International Endoscopy

Get the global perspective on hot topics in endoscopy from world-renowned experts, including leaders from Europe, India, Japan and Australia. Explore approaches to pancreatic neoplasms, endoscopic surgical procedures, enhanced mucosal resection techniques and more.
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SSAT Highlights
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For complete details about the SSAT Annual Meeting, please visit the SSAT website at www.ssat.com or the DDW website at www.ddw.org.
SSAT Maintenance of Certification Course

Evidence Based Treatment of Hepatopancreatobiliary Diseases Saturday, May 19, 8 a.m.4:35 p.m.
The 2012 SSAT Maintenance of Certification Course is the second in a three-year cycle of courses that will help fulfill Part II MOC requirements for surgeons. This years course focuses on evidence based treatment of hepatopancreatobiliary diseases. Lectures by experts will be combined with panel discussions and case presentations to highlight key issues.
Opening Session
Sunday, May 20, 7:458:15 a.m.
SSATs 53rd Annual Meeting begins with an opening session that will include the introduction of new members, announcements of scholarship awards, reports from the SSAT Foundation, recognition of the Foundation donors, and conferment of the Founders Medal. The session will be immediately followed by the Presidential Plenary Session and the Presidential Address.
Plenary Sessions
Presidential Plenary A&B Sunday, May 20, 8:159:15 a.m. and 10:3011:15 a.m. Plenary Oral Presentations Sunday, May 20, 2:155:15 p.m.
The SSATs annual meeting is a premier forum for presentation of original, state-of-the-art work in surgical gastroenterology.
Monday, May 21, 1011:15 a.m. and 2:154 p.m. Tuesday, May 22, 89:30 a.m. and 9:30 a.m.noon
Presidential Address
Sunday, May 20, 9:1510 a.m.
Speaker: John G. Hunter, MD President, SSAT
Maja and Frank G. Moody State-of-the-Art Lecture

Sunday, May 20, 11:15 a.m.noon
State-of-the-Art Conference
Technological Advances in the Surgical Treatment of Colon and Rectal Cancer Sunday, May 20, 2:154:45 p.m.
The SSAT State-of-the-Art Conference is sponsored by the SSAT Research Committee.
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Quick Shot Oral Presentations
Monday, May 21, 1011:15 a.m. and 45 p.m. Tuesday, May 22, 10:3011:45 a.m.
Authors present brief oral reports on their work, with time allotted for follow-up questions from the audience during sessions on Monday and Tuesday.
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Clinical Ward Rounds

The SSAT Ward Rounds are cased-based sessions that feature heightened interactivity between audience and panel experts in a freewheeling educational format.
Video Sessions
Sunday, May 20, 2:154:30 p.m. Monday, May 21, 7:309:15 a.m.
(Continental breakfast provided)
The Difficult Bile Duct Stone: Case Presentations and Tricks of the Trade Sunday, May 20, 45 p.m. Diverticulitis: Lavage and Resection Which Treatment When? Monday, May 21, 8:309:30 a.m. The GI Surgeon and Endoscopy: Case Presentations Where the Endoscope Matters Monday, May 21, 45 p.m.
Monday, May 21, 1011:15 a.m.

The breakfast session features a potpourri of topics, while the other two are themed sessions. All feature peer-reviewed presentations selected from submitted video abstracts.
Controversies in GI Surgery
Each of these sessions provides a forum for two debates in which distinguished faculty will tackle opposing sides of hot-topic, controversial GI issues.
SSAT Public Policy & Advocacy Committee Panel

Monday, May 21, 8:3010 a.m.
Controversies in GI Surgery A Sunday, May 20, 2:153:45 p.m.

Debate 1: C. Difficile Colitis: Ileostomy and Lavage vs. Resection Debate 2: Is Surgical Intervention for Cystic Neoplasms of the Pancreas Being Overutilized?
Controversies in GI Surgery B Monday, May 21, 2:153:45 p.m.

Debate 3: Ban the Band? Which is the Best Operation for Morbid Obesity? Debate 4: 360 vs. Partial Fundoplication: Which is Standard for GERD?
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Joint Symposia
The SSAT continues its tradition of presenting joint symposia with the AHPBA (Americas Hepato Pancreato Biliary Association), ASCRS (American Society of Colon and Rectal Surgeons), ISDS (International Society for Digestive Surgery) and SAGES (Society of American Gastrointestinal and Endoscopic Surgeons) at DDW. SSAT/AHPBA Joint Symposium: Evolution and Treatment of Benign Liver Neoplasms Monday, May 21, 9:3011 a.m. SSAT/ASCRS Joint Symposium: Controversies in Surgery for Ulcerative Colitis Monday, May 21, 3:154:45 p.m. SSAT/ISDS Joint Breakfast Symposium: Optimizing Outcomes for our Patients: Data and Practice: Combining Perioperative Patient Management and Expert Technical Tips Tuesday, May 22, 7:309:30 a.m. Kelly and Carlos Pellegrini SSAT/SAGES Joint Lunch Symposium: Current Concepts and Controversies in Foregut Motility Tuesday, May 22, noon3 p.m.
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Doris and John L. Cameron Guest Oration

Monday, May 21, 11:15 a.m.noon
Three Ways to Bend the Cost Curve in GI Surgery Without Sacrificing Quality
Monday, May 21, 2:153:15 p.m.
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Exhibits and Activities

Exhibit Hall
Sunday, May 20Tuesday, May 22, 10 a.m.4 p.m.
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Make time to visit the Exhibit Hall to learn more about the latest, cuttingedge products and services for gastroenterology and related fields.
Exhibit Hall Activities

Bistro Tickets Saturday, May 19Tuesday, May 22, 11 a.m.2:30 p.m.
Conveniently located in the exhibit hall, this is a great dining option that allows you to both save time and sit down to a plentiful lunch. Purchase meal tickets online when you register for DDW.
Complimentary Afternoon Snacks

Each afternoon, a free snack will be offered on the exhibit floor, while supplies last. Popular items last year included popcorn, cookies and hot roasted nuts.
Exhibit Excursion
Youll find a raffle card in your DDW registration bag. Visit participating exhibitors booths throughout the hall and collect stickers for a chance to win. Prize drawings will be held each afternoon in the exhibit hall.
Healthcare Technology Briefs

View 30-minute presentations on the latest EMR/EHR solutions. Presented by industry experts, these sessions take place in the DDW Theater inside the exhibit hall.
HITECH Pavilion
This area of the exhibit hall features electronic medical and health record (EMR/EHR) technologies and practice management products.
Product Theaters
Exhibitors will showcase the latest GI products and innovations in live, 45-minute presentations held in the DDW Theater.
Surf-n-Snack Zone
Take a break, check your e-mail, meet up with colleagues or just relax for a while at the Surf-n-Snack Zone. This dedicated area in the exhibit hall offers free WiFi service, as well as plenty of seating in close proximity to concession outlets in the exhibit hall.
Supported by Abbott.
Please support DDW exhibitors by visiting the exhibit hall. Industry support of DDW funds many aspects of the meeting and helps keep the cost of your attendance down.
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DDW Resources
Abstracts on Disk and Online
Visit www.ddw.org to review this years accepted abstracts before arriving in San Diego. Youll also receive a CD-ROM of all accepted abstracts onsite. Both the CD-ROM and online versions convert the printed abstracts into a searchable electronic format.
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ePosters
With each poster at DDW 2012 presented for only one day, its difficult to fit in everything that interests you. ePosters takes DDW posters online, where you can access them during and after the meeting. The complete poster* will be available for viewing, and authors have the option to supply a PDF or an interactive PowerPoint presentation to further explain their data. NEW FOR 2012: Get expanded access to ePosters. Scan the QR code on each poster board to view the ePoster* and a video* produced by the poster presenter.
Supported by Shire US, Inc. *if submitted
Career and Recruitment Center

The DDW Career and Recruitment Center is your onestop shop for careers and hiring in gastroenterology. As part of HEALTHeCAREERS Network, its connected to the entire GI professional community. Job seekers can search for GI opportunities across the country (and internationally) in all practice settings. Employers can post jobs to fill any open position within a medical facility of any size, including GI physicians, NPs, PAs, administrators, HIT professionals, nurses and all others. The service is free for job seekers, and employers may post jobs and search resumes for a fee. Whether you are looking to find a job or fill a job, start your search today at www.ddw.org/careercenter.
Host City Tours

Visit www.ddw.org/registration to sign up for tours of San Diego, provided by Accent on Arrangements.
DDW Daily News

DDW Daily News, the official daily newspaper of DDW, is published overnight to report on last-minute program changes (room and speaker changes) and details about scheduled events. It also includes an exhibitor list and map, interviews with each societys president and incoming president, and more. The paper is distributed throughout the convention center and at major meeting hotels each day.
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With MyDDW, you can search all 400 sessions and 4,400 posters, including full-text abstracts, to find the ones you want to attend. You can also search for exhibitors and their products and services, and locate their booths on a map. Create your own customized itinerary in advance and spend your valuable time onsite in sessions, not flipping through program pages. You can plan your DDW on your desktop PC, your mobile device or both.
DDW On Demand
NEW FOR 2012: AGA postgraduate course is included! Purchase DDW On Demand Web access to every session,* including speaker slides, procedural videos and pointer movements. Access the session library and download session audio from anywhere, any time. New recording technology gives you online access to sessions faster than ever before.
*Other ticketed sessions are not included.
Program Book
The Program Book, provided to each attendee in his/ her conference bag, contains a comprehensive listing of all scientific sessions sorted by day and time, including a convenient week-at-a-glance chart. Speaker names and room numbers are noted. The book also contains general meeting information, a directory of exhibitors, a map of the San Diego Convention Center, and a listing of official hotels with their addresses and phone numbers.
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NEW FOR 2012:
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Society Products and Services

Purchase educational items, practice management tools and other offerings from DDWs four societies onsite.
Program eBook
The DDW program book will be available online download the new eBook version to your Kindle, Nook or iPad before you arrive and save time.
AASLD Exhibit Hall Booth (#3017)

Learn more about AASLD membership and offerings, including The Liver Meeting.
Symposia Central
DDW provides an area to display brochures for other medical meetings. There is no charge for this service. Any brochures or posters placed elsewhere in the convention center will be discarded. To reserve a place in Symposia Central, contact DDW Administration at ddwadmin@gastro.org.
AGA Exhibit Hall Booth (#3028)

Visit the AGA Booth and the AGA Store to purchase AGA products and learn about AGA programs and services. Find out how to get involved with the AGA Digestive Health Outcomes Registry (DHOR), view product demonstrations, pick up samples of AGA journals and patient education materials and get information about upcoming courses. Information about AGA membership will also be available.
ASGE Store
The ASGE Store is the place at DDW to learn about and purchase ASGE products, all in one place. Explore ASGEs Endoscopic Learning Library of DVDs featuring demonstrations of endoscopic procedures. Check out the large selection of ASGE physician and patient education products and signature logo items. You can also pick up the latest course information and ASGE membership information.
AGA PAC Exhibit Hall Booth (#2933)

Stop by the AGA PAC Booth to learn about the PACs role in advancing issues important to gastroenterology.
AGA Store
Visit the AGA Store to purchase AGA educational, clinical and practice management products as well as a variety of patient education books. In addition, pick up samples of AGA journals and information about new resources, upcoming courses and membership. The Store will feature a product demonstration of UptoDate, the popular online clinical information resource as well as information about the AGA Digestive Health Outcomes Registry.
SSAT
Learn more about SSAT and apply for membership at the Society Membership Desk in the registration area of the San Diego Convention Center.
ASGE Exhibit Hall Booth (#3329)

ASGE is the source for endoscopic training and educationthats why ASGE membership is a must. Visit the ASGE exhibit booth to learn about becoming an ASGE member and the special incentives for joining during DDW. While at the booth, be sure to pick up a sample pack of the patient education brochures (available in English and Spanish), applications for career development and endoscopic research awards and information on the ASGE Foundation. Learn more about the ASGE Advocacy program, Endoscopic Recognition Program, upcoming courses and other new initiatives.
Save the Date
Saturday, May 18Tuesday, May 21 Exhibit Dates: Sunday, May 19Tuesday, May 21 Orange County Convention Center Orlando, FL
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Clinical Symposium: Role of Endoscopy in Bariatric Surgery Complications

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DDW Maintenance of Certification (MOC) Course

Poster Sessions and ePosters

= An additional fee is required for this session.

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Combined Translational Symposium

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Sunday, May 20, 12:301:45 p.m.

Monday, May 21, 12:301:45 p.m.

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Jacques Deviere, MD, PhD; Steven Edmundowicz, MD ASGE

Tuesday, May 22, 12:301:45 p.m.

Continuing Medical Education (CME)

Society CME Statements

Research Highlights: Hepatology: The Year in Review

Saturday, May 19, 25 p.m.

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