AGENDA
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7:00–7:30 am
Registration and Breakfast
7:30–8:15 am
Industry-Sponsored Event*
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8:15–8:45 am
Break/Visit Exhibits
8:45–9:00 am
Welcome and Program Overview
Bowel Disorders – What’s New?
9:00–9:15 am
Small Bowel Bleeds
Umer Bhatti, MD
9:15–9:30 am
Inherited Polyposis Syndromes
Jennifer Maratt, MD
9:30–9:45 am
Update in IBD Guidelines
Khaled Abdeljawad, MD
9:45–10:00 am
Transition of Care for Motility Disorders
Joseph Croffie, MD, MPH
10:00–10:10 am
Q&A
10:10–10:35 am
Break/Visit Exhibits
Metabolic Hepatology
10:35–10:50 am
Improving Outcomes in Cirrhosis: 2026 Update
Archita Desai, MD
10:50–11:05 am
MASLD Update: Recently Approved Therapies and Phase III Trials
Samer Gawrieh, MD
11:05–11:20 am
Multi-Disciplinary Metabolic Syndrome Case Discussion
Niharika Samala, MD; Sarah Naramore, MD; Dimitrios Stefanidis, MD, PhD
11:20–11:30 am
Q&A
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11:30 am–12:15 pm
Live Endoscopy Session 1: Colorectal
Douglas Rex, MD, and John Guardiola, MD
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12:15–12:45 pm
Lunch and Exhibits
12:45–1:30 pm
Industry-Sponsored Event*
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1:30–2:00 pm
Break/Visit Exhibits
2:00–2:45 pm
Live Endoscopy Session 2: Advanced Endoscopy
Mohammad Al-Haddad, MD, MSc, and Jeff Easler, MD
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2:45–3:00 pm
How We Do It: Physician-Advanced Practice Provider Collaboration in IU GI
Sarah Stainko, MSN, FNP-C
3:00–3:15 pm
Break/Visit Exhibits
Integrating Brain, Gut, and Genetics in Motility Care
3:15–3:30 pm
The Brain-Gut Connection: GI Psychology
Anne Mary Montero, PhD
3:30–3:45 pm
Motility Testing
John Wo, MD
3:45–4:00 pm
Ehlers-Danlos Syndrome and GI Dysmotility
Clair Francomano, MD
4:00–4:15 pm
Is This Gastroparesis or Not?
Akira Saito, MD
4:15–4:25 pm
Q&A
4:25–4:30 pm
Closing Remarks and Adjourn​
Friday, February 27, 2026
Saturday, February 28, 2026
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7:30–8:00 am
Registration and Breakfast
8:00–8:45 am
Industry-Sponsored Event*
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8:45–9:30 am
Espresso Networking Reception
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9:30–9:40 am
Welcome and Program Overview
Complex Care in Liver Disease
9:40–9:55 am
Updates in Alcohol-Related Liver Disease
David Crabb, MD
9:55–10:10 am
Shifting Trends in Liver Transplantation
Marco Lacerda, MD
10:10–10:25 am
Transition of Care for Liver Disease
Kyla Tolliver, MD
10:25–10:40 am
Orphan Liver Diseases: What Every Clinician Should Know
Craig Lammert, MD
10:40–10:50 am
Q&A
10:50–11:00 am
Break/Visit Exhibits
Debate
11:00–11:15 am
Approach to CRC Screening in a Patient from Rural Indiana: Colonoscopy vs. Non-Colonoscopy Screening Methods
Thomas Imperiale MD, and Douglas Rex, MD
GI On Call
11:15–11:30 am
Acute Hepatic Encephalopathy
Ashina Singh, MD
11:30–11:45 am
Acute Flare of IBD: Inpatient Management
Monika Fischer, MD
11:45 am–12:00 pm
Pancreatobiliary Emergencies: When to Walk and When to Run
James Watkins, MD
12:10–12:40 pm
Lunch and Exhibits
12:40–1:25 pm
Industry-Sponsored Event*
1:25–1:55 pm
Break/Visit Exhibits
Debate
1:55–2:10 pm
Chronic Pancreatitis: Surgery vs. Endoscopic Therapy
Nicholas Zyromski, MD, and Mohammad Al-Haddad, MD, MSc; (Mark Gromski, MD, Moderator)
Practical Approaches in General GI
2:10–2:25 pm
Approach to Abdominal Pain
Leigh Preston, PA
2:25–2:40 pm
Navigating Nutrition: Elimination Diets, Tube Feeding, Gastroparesis, and Chronic Pancreatitis
Bekah Sommer, MS, RD, CDCES
2:40–2:55 pm
From Struggle to Strategy: Pediatric Feeding Difficulty and Failure to Thrive
Brett Hoskins, DO
2:55–3:10 pm
Managing GERD with Latest Advances
Zhibo An, MD, PhD
3:10–3:20 pm
Q&A
3:20–3:25 pm
Course Wrap Up and Adjourn
*Non-accredited session.