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9TH ANNUAL

DALLAS

CONFERENCE

Live! By Loews

Arlington, Texas
Friday, June 17, 2022 - Saturday, June 18, 2022

SOCIETY ENDORSEMENTS

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AGENDA
*Agenda is subject to change.

Friday, June 17, 2022

12:30 PM -12:50 PM CDT

Lunch and Registration

12:50 PM- 1:00 PM CDT

Welcome

Session I

1:00 PM – 1:25 PM CDT

Exocrine Pancreatic Insufficiency: Good Gland Gone Bad

Lawrence Schiller, MD

1:25 PM – 1:50 PM CDT

What’s New With ERCP?

Jay Yepuri, MD

1:50 PM - 2:15 PM CDT

Updated Guidelines on GERD Management

Stuart Spechler, MD

2:15 PM – 2:40 PM CDT

Latest Developments in the Treatment of Gastroparesis

Richard McCallum, MD

2:40 PM – 2:55 PM CDT

Q&A / Panel Discussion

2:55 PM – 3:10 PM CDT

Break

Session II

3:10 PM – 3:35 PM CDT

Update on Hepatitis B, C & D
(Includes Treatment and Hep B Vaccines)

Nancy Reau, MD

3:35 PM – 4:00 PM CDT

Beyond Hepatitis A Through D:

Unusual Cases of Viral Hepatitis (CMV, Hep E, Herpes)

Mack Mitchell, MD

4:00 PM – 4:25 PM CDT

Q&A / Panel Discussion

4:25 PM – 5:25 PM CDT

New Advances in NASH Diagnostics and Prognostics

Nancy Reau, MD
CLDF Independent Symposium (Accredited)

5:25 PM - 7:00 PM CDT

Conference Reception

Saturday, June 18, 2022

8:30 AM – 9:00 AM CDT

Breakfast and Registration

9:00 AM – 9:10 AM CDT

Welcome

Session III

9:10 AM – 9:35 AM CDT

Overcoming Antibiotic Resistance:
New Approaches to
H. pylori and C. difficile

Lawrence Schiller, MD

9:35 AM – 10:00 AM CDT

To Use or Not to Use: An Actionable Crystal Ball Into Novel Treatments for Disorders of the Gut-Brain Interaction

Darren Brenner, MD

10:00 AM – 10:25 AM CDT

Positioning New Therapies for IBD    

Stephen Hanauer, MD 

10:25 AM – 10:40 AM CDT

Bloating, Abdominal Pain, Diarrhea: Could it be CSID?

Daksesh Patel, DO 

10:40 AM – 11:00 AM CDT

Q&A / Panel Discussion

11:00 AM – 11:10 AM CDT

Break

11:10 AM – 11:50 AM CDT

Parallel Sessions (Select One)

  • GI Woes From Head to Toe

  • Case Studies in Inflammatory Bowel Disease (IBD)

  • Case Studies in Chronic Liver Disease
    (Pediatric, NAFLD/NASH, Cholestatic)

  • Case Studies in Chronic Liver Disease
    (Alcohol, HCC, Portal Hypertension)

 

11:50 AM – 12:10 PM CDT

Lunch Break

12:10 PM -12:55 PM CDT

Changing the Course of Crohn's Disease

Stephen B. Hanauer, MD
Industry-Sponsored Event (Non-accredited) 

Sponsored By: Janssen Pharmaceuticals

12:55 PM - 1:10 PM CDT

Break

Session IV

1:10 PM – 1:35 PM CDT

Management of Chronic Liver Diseases That Span

Childhood to Adulthood

Nitika Arora Gupta, MD

1:35 PM – 2:00 PM CDT

Latest Developments in the Diagnosis and

Treatment of NAFLD/NASH

Eric Lawitz, MD

2:00 PM – 2:25 PM CDT

Alcoholism, Alcoholic Liver Disease, and Transplant 

Mack Mitchell, MD

2:25 PM – 2:45 PM CDT

Q&A / Panel Discussion

2:45 PM – 3:00 PM CDT

Break

Session V

3:00 PM – 3:20 PM CDT

Portal Hypertension and Complications with Focus on

HE, HRS and Varices

David Bernstein, MD

3:20 PM – 3:45 PM CDT

Advances in Hepatocellular Carcinoma (HCC) Management

Nicole Rich, MD

3:45 PM – 4:10 PM CDT

Updates in Cholestatic Liver Disease

Marlyn Mayo, MD

4:10 PM – 4:35 PM CDT

Q&A / Panel Discussion

4:35 PM – 4:45 PM CDT

Meeting Wrap-up

Agenda

COURSE DIRECTORS

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Lawrence Schiller, MD

Program Director, Gastroenterology Fellowship
Baylor University Medical Center
Dallas, Texas

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Mack Mitchell, MD

Vice President for Medical Affairs

University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center
Dallas, Texas

FACULTY

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David Bernstein, MD

Northwell Health
Manhasset, New York

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Nitika Arora Gupta, MD

Emory University School of Medicine

Atlanta, Georgia

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Eric Lawitz, MD

Texas Liver Institute
San Antonio, Texas

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Richard McCallum, MD 

Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center
El Paso, Texas

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Nancy Reau, MD

Rush University Medical Center
Chicago, Illinois

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Stuart Spechler, MD

Baylor University Medical Center at Dallas
Dallas, Texas

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Darren M. Brenner, MD

Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine 

Chicago, Illinois

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Stephen Hanauer, MD

Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine
Chicago, Illinois

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Marlyn J. Mayo, MD

University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center
Dallas, Texas

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Daksesh Patel, DO

Illinois Gastroenterology Group/GI Alliance
Evanston, Illinois

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Nicole Rich, MD

University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center
Dallas, Texas

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Jay Yepuri, MD

Digestive Health Associates of Texas
Bedford, Texas

Faculty
Venue

VENUE

Live! By Loews
1600 E Randol Mill Rd

Arlington, TX 76011

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This activity is supported by educational grants from Ironwood Pharmaceuticals, Inc., Mallinckrodt Pharmaceuticals, Phathom Pharmaceuticals, and Salix Pharmaceuticals.


Jointly provided by the Annenberg Center for Health Sciences at Eisenhower, Gastrointestinal and Liver Association of the Americas (GALA), and the Texas Liver Institute.

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