PROGRAM DESCRIPTION

REGISTRATION INFORMATION

The registration deadline is Wednesday, December 5, 2018 REGISTRATION OPTIONS

Register online at https://gastroenterology2018.eventbrite.com

On-site registration is also available on December 7, 2018

Contact the office of CME at 718 270-2422 should you have any questions.

REGISTRATION FEES

Please make check payable to HSCB Foundation, Inc. Fees include comprehensive course syllabus, continental breakfast, lunch and refreshment break. CME certificate is an additional $25.00.

CANCELLATION POLICY

Refunds will be granted for requests received in writing prior to December 3, 2018 by 11:59 pm. Fax written requests to 718 270-4563. Refunds will be proceeded after the meeting. After December 7, 2018 all sales are final.

TRAVEL DIRECTIONS

Http:/www.downstate.edu/directons/index.html

BY SUBWAY

During rush hour, Take the Flatbush Avenue Line (#2 Seventh Avenue or #5 Lexington Avenue) trains to the Winthrop Street station. [Take any Brooklyn-bound train (#2, 3, 4, or 5) to Nevins Street in Brooklyn, changing there for a #2 or #5 marked "Flatbush Avenue"]. Stay toward the front of the train. Exit at Nostrand and Parkside Avenues. Cross Nostrand Avenue and walk one block east on Parkside Avenue until it ends at New York Avenue. Turn right onto New York Avenue. Cross Clarkson Avenue and walk south to Lenox Road and walk east on Lenox Road until the entrance at 395 Lenox Road.

PARKING

http://www.downstate.edu/directions/parking.html Valet Parking is available from 6:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m., located in front of the 445 Lenox Road hospital entrance at the valet parking booth. The fee is $10.00.

2018 UPDATE IN GASTROENTEROLOGY & HEPATOLOGY

ACCREDITATION AND

DESIGNATION STATEMENT

The State University of New York Downstate Medical Center (SUNY) is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education to provide continuing medical education for physicians.

SUNY Downstate Medical Center designates this live activi-ty for a maximum of 5.5 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit(s)TM. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.

DISCLOSURE STATEMENT

SUNY Downstate Medical Center Office of CME (OCME) and its affiliates are committed to providing educational activi-ties that are objective, balanced and as free of bias as pos-sible. The OCME has established policies that will identify and resolve all conflicts of interest prior to this educational activity. All participating faculty are expected to disclose to the audience, verbally or in writing, any commercial rela-tionships that might be perceived as a real or apparent conflict of interest related to the content of their presenta-tions, and unlabeled/unapproved uses of drugs and devic-es. Detailed disclosures will be made verbally and/or in writing during the program.

ADA STATEMENT

Special Needs: In accordance with the Americans with Disabilities Act, SUNY Downstate Medical Center seeks to make this conference accessible to all. If you have a disability which might require special accommodations, please contact Selina Adams at 718 270 1113 or e-mail your needs to selina.adams@downstate.edu.

Physician S45

Resident, Fellow and Students Complementary with ID

Other Health Professional $25

2018 Update in Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition is a one-day review course that focuses on current approach and management of gastrointestinal and liver diseases, gastrointestinal cancers, endoscopy and abdominal imaging abnormalities. The format will consist of overview topic presentations and will allow for significant audience interaction with our panelist speakers. The program is targeted toward a nationwide audience of gastroenterologists, internists, medical oncologists, surgeons, nurses, pharmDs and physician assistants.

During the afternoon, there will be a parallel session specifically designed for nurses, nurse practitioners, pharmDs, and physician assistants.

OBJECTIVES

Upon completion of this educational activity, participants should be able to:

1. Improve awareness in medical community regarding

appropriate colorectal cancer screening.

2. Increase understanding of Nonalcoholic Fatty Liver

Disease and performance measures for cirrhosis.

3. Increase understanding of pancreatic imaging, chronic

pancreatitis management and advanced endoscopic

techniques.

4. Understand the difficulties in managing inflammatory

bowel disease.

PROGRAM DIRECTOR

Shivakumar Vignesh, MD

Associate Professor of Medicine

PROGRAM CO-DIRECTORS

Ayse Aytaman, MD, FACG, AGAF, FAASLD

Clinical Professor of Medicine

Richard Ferstenberg, MD

Clinical Assistant Professor of Medicine

Savanna Thor, DO, MPH

Assistant Professor of Medicine

Friday, December 7, 2018

7:30 AM — 3:00 PM

LOCATION:

Alumni Auditorium

SUNY Downstate Medical Center

395 Lenox Road

Brooklyn, NY 11203

SPONSORED BY:

SUNY Downstate College of Medicine

Department of Medicine

Division of Gastroenterology & Hepatology

2018 UPDATE IN

GASTROENTEROLOGY & HEPATOLOGY

AGENDA

7:30–8:00 Registration and Breakfast

8:00–8:20 Welcome/Opening Remarks Moro Salifu, MD, MPH, MBA Shivakumar Vignesh, MD

SESSION ONE

Moderator: Shivakumar Vignesh, MD

8:20–8:40 CRC Screening & Surveillance Richard Ferstenberg, MD

8:40–9:00 Approach to Pancreatic Imaging Abnormalities Derrick Cheung, MD

9:00–9:20 GERD and Esophageal Motility Savanna Thor, DO, MPH

9:20–9:50 Panel Discussion

9:50–10:10 BREAK

SESSION TWO

Moderator: Ayse Aytaman, MD

10:10–10:30 Advanced Liver Disease: Cirrhosis Performance Measures Ayse Aytaman, MD

10:30–10:50 Fatty Liver on Imaging: Now What? Amon Asgharpour, MD

10:50–11:20 Hepatitis A – E in 2018 Paul Martin, MD

11:20–12:00 Panel Discussion

12:00–1:00 LUNCH

SESSION THREE

Moderator: Evan Grossman, MD

1:00–1:20 Surgical Management of Chronic Pancreatitis Rainer Gruessner, MD

1:20–1:40 Advanced Endoscopy Update Shivakumar Vignesh, MD

1:40–2:00 Quality Indicators in inflammatory Bowel Disease Garrett Lawlor, MD

2:00–2:20 GI Cancers: Genetic Testing Iuliana Shapira, MD

2:20–3:00 Panel Discussion

3:00 Adjourn

PARALLEL SESSION*

Moderator: Richard Ferstenberg, MD

1:00–1:20 Cirrhosis Ayesha Zahiruddin, MD

1:20–1:40 Constipation and IBS Ava Anklesaria, MD

1:40–2:00 GERD & Dyspepsia James Araujo, MD

2:00–2:20 HCV Margarita Pashukyants, NP

2:20–3:00 Panel Discussion

3:00 Adjourn

*Parallel session is designed for nurses, physician assistants, nurse practitioners, and pharmDs.

2018 UPDATE IN GASTROENTEROLOGY & HEPATOLOGY FACULTY

Ava Anklesaria, MD

Director of Endoscopy NYC Health + Hospitals/Kings County Clinical Assistant Professor of Medicine SUNY Downstate College of Medicine

James Araujo, MD

Assistant Director of Endoscopy VA NY Harbor Health Care System Clinical Assistant Professor of Medicine SUNY Downstate College of Medicine

Ayse Aytaman, MD, FACG, AGAF, FAASLD

Chief, Division of Gastroenterology & Hepatology VA NY Harbor Health Care System Clinical Professor of Medicine SUNY Downstate College of Medicine

Derrick Cheung, MD

Director of Advanced Endoscopy NYC Health + Hospitals/Kings County Clinical Assistant Professor of Medicine SUNY Downstate College of Medicine

Richard Ferstenberg, MD

Director of Hepatology NYC Health + Hospitals/Kings County Clinical Assistant Professor of Medicine SUNY Downstate College of Medicine

Evan Grossman, MD

Director of Gastroenterology & Hepatology Service NYC Health + Hospitals/Kings County Assistant Professor of Medicine SUNY Downstate College of Medicine

Rainer W.G. Gruessner, MD

Clarence & Mary Dennis Professor of Surgery Chairman, Department of Surgery SUNY Downstate College of Medicine

Iuliana Shapira, MD

Associate Professor of Medicine and Cell Biology Chief, Hematology/Oncology/Cancer Genetics Director, Cancer Institute SUNY Downstate College of Medicine

FACULTY

Savanna Thor, DO, MPH

Associate Program Director, Gastroenterology Fellowship Program Assistant Professor of Medicine SUNY Downstate College of Medicine

Moro Salifu, MD, MBA, MPH, FRCP

Chairman and Professor Department of Medicine SUNY Downstate College of Medicine

Shivakumar Vignesh, MD

Program Director, Gastroenterology Fellowship Program Chief, Division of Gastroenterology & Hepatology Associate Professor of Medicine SUNY Downstate College of Medicine

Ayesha Zahiruddin, MD

Clinical Director of Hepatology VA NY Harbor Health Care System Clinical Assistant Professor of Medicine SUNY Downstate College of Medicine

Margarita Pashukyant, NP

HCV Outreach and Colorectal Cancer Coordinator VA NY Harbor Health Care System

GUEST FACULTY

Amon Ashargpour, MD

Assistant Professor Medicine Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai

Garrett Lawlor, MD

Assistant Professor Medicine Associate Director of the Inflammatory Bowel Disease Program Columbia University

Paul Martin, MD

Professor of Medicine Chief, Division of Hepatology University of Miami Miller school of Medicine Editor in Chief of Liver Transplantation Journal