Overview
Orlando Health’s Digestive Health Institute is pleased to invite you to the Florida Digestive Diseases Update to be held Friday to Sunday, December 1 – 3, 2023 at the JW Marriott Orlando Bonnet Creek Resort and Spa in beautiful Central Florida.
This symposium will include clinically relevant information within an educational environment designed for optimal learning.
The increasing pace of inventions and innovations makes mastery of knowledge a challenge when it comes to digestive disorders. But that knowledge is essential for delivering state-of-the-art care.
Through a combination of instructional presentations and interactive case-based discussions, internationally recognized faculty will provide insight into six frequently encountered clinical areas:
- Esophagus
- Liver Diseases
- Functional Bowel Disorders
- Colon
- Pancreatology
- Inflammatory Bowel Disease
Knowledge gained from attending will allow you to implement these changes and improve quality of care at your practice.
The symposium is designed for all gastroenterologists, gastroenterology fellows, primary care physicians, nurses, physician assistants and nurse practitioners interested in the latest information on diagnostic and therapeutic options for patients with gastrointestinal disorders.
The symposium will commence on the afternoon of Friday December 1st with an exclusive half-day program designed for the purpose of meeting the educational needs of nurse practitioners and physician assistants who specialize in the management of patients with digestive diseases. Advanced practice providers (APPs) are critically important members of the health care team in today’s environment and play a key role in the management of patients both in the inpatient and outpatient settings. Therefore, we are excited to launch a half-day symosium for APPs that will cover commonly encountered clinical challenges and also include self-assessment programs. This program has been designed to provide a solid foundation and framework so that APPs can seamlessly transition to learn more about the latest updates that will be presented on December 2nd and 3rd.
Accreditation / Continuing Medical Education / Maintenance of Certificate
This activity has been planned and implemented in accordance with the accreditation requirements and policies of the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME) through the joint providership of Continuing Education Company, Inc. and Orlando Health Digestive Health Institute. Continuing Education Company, Inc. is accredited by the ACCME to provide continuing medical education for physicians.
Continuing Education Company, Inc. designates this live activity for a maximum of 11 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.
ABIM MOC: Successful completion of this CME activity, which includes participation in the evaluation component, enables the participant to earn up to 11 Medical Knowledge MOC points in the American Board of Internal Medicine’s (ABIM) Maintenance of Certification (MOC) program. Participants will earn MOC points equivalent to the amount of CME credits claimed for the activity. It is the CME activity provider’s responsibility to submit participant completion information to ACCME for the purpose of granting ABIM MOC credit. Please allow 6-8 weeks for your MOC points to appear on your ABIM records.
This educational activity is pending approval by the American Association of Nurse Practitioners® of up to 11 contact hours of accredited education.
Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA): Attendees of this program who need additional reasonable accommodations or who have special needs (including dietary needs) should email R‑DigestiveHealthInstitute[email protected] no later than November 1, 2023.
Course Directors
Shyam Varadarajulu, MD
President
Orlando Health Digestive Health Institute
Robert Hawes, MD
Medical Director
Center for Advanced Endoscopy Research and Education
Orlando Health Digestive Health Institute
Orlando Health Faculty
Mitali Agarwal, MD
Center for Inflammatory Bowel Disease
Orlando Health Digestive Health Institute
Ji Young Bang, MD
Director, Clinical Research
Orlando Health Digestive Health Institute
Sumyra Kachru, MD
General Gastroenterology
Orlando Health Digestive Health Institute
Arvind Murali, MD
Medical Director, Hepatology
Orlando Health Digestive Health Institute
Udayakumar Navaneethan, MD
Medical Director, Center for Inflammatory Bowel Disease
Orlando Health Digestive Health Institute
Huy Tran, MD
Medical Director, Gastrointestinal Motility
Orlando Health Digestive Health Institute
C. Mel Wilcox, MD
Medical Director, Pancreatology
Orlando Health Digestive Health Institute
Invited Faculty
Jennifer Christie, MD
Professor of Medicine
Director, Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology
University of Colorado School of Medicine
Aurora, Colorado
Darwin Conwell, MD
Chairman of Medicine
Professor, Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology
University of Kentucky
Lexington, Kentucky
Marla Dubinsky, MD
Professor of Pediatrics and Medicine
Chief, Division of Pediatric Gastroenterology and Nutrition
Mount Sinai Kravis Children’s Hospital
New York, New York
Ikuo Hirano, MD
Professor of Medicine
Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology
Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine
Chicago, Illinois
David A. Johnson, MD
Professor of Medicine
Director, Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology
Eastern Virginia School of Medicine
Norfolk, Virginia
Peter Kahrilas, MD
Professor of Medicine
Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology
Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine
Chicago, Illinois
Patrick Kamath, MD
Professor of Medicine
Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology
Mayo Clinic
Rochester, Minnesota
Paul Kwo, MD
Professor of Medicine
Director, Hepatology Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology
Stanford University
Palo Alto, California
Anne Marie Lennon, MD
Professor of Medicine
Director, Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology
Johns Hopkins University
Baltimore, Maryland
Gary Lichtenstein, MD
Professor of Medicine
Director, Inflammatory Bowel Disease Center
Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology
University of Pennsylvania Perelman School of Medicine
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Joseph A. Murray, MD
Professor of Medicine
Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology
Mayo Clinic
Rochester, Minnesota
Shajan Peter, MD
Associate Professor of Medicine
Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology
University of Alabama at Birmingham
Birmingham, Alabama
Gottumukkala S. Raju, MD
Professor of Medicine
Division of Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition
MD Anderson Cancer Center
Houston, Texas
Douglas K. Rex, MD
Professor of Medicine
Director of Endoscopy
Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology
Indiana University School of Medicine
Indianapolis, Indiana
David T. Rubin, MD
Chairman
Division of Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition
Professor of Medicine
University of Chicago Medical Center
Chicago, IL
Bo Shen, MD
Professor of Medicine and Surgical Sciences
Director, Inflammatory Bowel Disease Program
Columbia University Vagelos College of Physicians and Surgeons
New York, New York
Kirti Shetty, MD
Professor of Medicine
Director of Hepatology
Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology
University of Maryland Medical System
Baltimore, Maryland
Shelby Sullivan, MD
Associate Professor of Medicine
Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology
University of Colorado School of Medicine
Aurora, Colorado
Santhi Swaroop Vege, MD
Professor of Medicine
Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology
Director, Pancreas Group
Mayo Clinic
Rochester, Minnesota
Sachin Wani, MD
Professor of Medicine
Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology
University of Colorado School of Medicine
Aurora, Colorado
Dhiraj Yadav, MD
Professor of Medicine
Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology
University of Pittsburgh
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Agenda
Friday, December 1 - Advanced Practice Provider Session
12:00 pm
Registration
12:00 pm – 12:55 pm
Lunch
SESSION I
12:55 pm – 1:00 pm
Introduction
1:00 pm – 1:20 pm
Evaluation of diarrhea
Mitali Agarwal, MD
1:20 pm – 1:40 pm
GI motility studies – what is available and when to order what?
Huy Tran, MD
1:40 pm – 2:00 pm
Treatment of IBS – best options to try
Sumyra Kachru, MD
2:00 pm – 2:20 pm
Treatment of chronic constipation
Shajan Peter, MD
2:20 pm – 2:45 pm
Self-assessment
2:45 pm – 3:00 pm
BREAK
SESSION II
3:00 pm – 3:20 pm
Diagnosis and management of acute pancreatitis
Ji Young Bang, MD
3:20 pm – 3:40 pm
IBD 101 – The basics of diagnosis and initial therapy
Mitali Agarwal, MD
3:40 pm – 4:00 pm
Diagnosis and management of GI bleeding
Shajan Peter, MD
4:00 pm – 4:20 pm
Initial evaluation of abnormal liver tests
Arvind Murali, MD
4:20 pm – 4:45 pm
Self-assessment
Saturday, December 2 - General Session
7:00 am
Registration
7:00 am – 7:55 am
Breakfast
SESSION I: ESOPHAGUS
7:55 am – 8:00 am
Introduction
8:00 am – 8:15 am
Systematic approach to the diagnosis & optimal management of dysphagia
Peter Kahrilas, MD
8:15 am – 8:30 am
Update on Barrett’s – Best practice for screening and surveillance
Sachin Wani, MD
8:30 am – 8:45 am
Management of Esophageal Strictures
Ikuo Hirano, MD
8:45 am – 9:00 am
Diagnosis and management of the “sensitive” esophagus
Peter Kahrilas, MD
9:00 am – 9:30 am
Case presentations and discussion
9:30 am – 10:00 am
BREAK
SESSION II: LIVER
10:00 am – 10:15 am
Non-invasive tests in Nonalcoholic fatty liver disease: What to use and when to use?
Paul Kwo, MD
10:15 am – 10:30 am
Evaluation of abnormal liver tests in a patient with inflammatory bowel disease
Kirti Shetty, MD
10:30 am – 10:45 am
Acute kidney injury in Patients with Cirrhosis: An approach to evaluation and management
Patrick Kamath, MD
10:45 am – 11:00 am
Thrombocytopenia in patients with cirrhosis undergoing elective procedures: Clinical significance and treatment options
Paul Kwo, MD
11:00 am – 11:30 am
Case presentations and discussion
11:30 am – 12:30 pm
LUNCH
SESSION III: FUNCTIONAL BOWEL DISORDERS
12:30 pm – 12:45 pm
Best options for management of IBS - C and D
Jennifer Christie, MD
12:45 pm – 1:00 pm
Update on gut microbiome and GI disease – hype/hope or the answer?
David Johnson, MD
1:00 pm – 1:15 pm
Borderline obesity: Role of the clinical gastroenterologist
Shelby Sullivan, MD
1:15 pm – 1:30 pm
Atypical presentations of celiac disease – when to suspect?
Joseph Murray, MD
1:30 pm – 2:00 pm
Case presentations and discussion
2:00 pm – 2:30 pm
BREAK
SESSION IV: COLON
2:30 pm – 2:45 pm
AI for polyp detection – Good science or marketing tool?
Doug Rex, MD
2:45 pm – 3:00 pm
Oncogenetics of colon cancer – what the clinician needs to know now
David Johnson, MD
3:00 pm – 3:15 pm
The rise of the cold snare polypectomy – when do you use it?
Doug Rex, MD
3:15 pm – 3:30 pm
Preventing delayed bleeding after EMR – how to clip effectively?
G.S. Raju, MD
3:30 pm – 4:00 pm
Case presentations and discussion
6:00 pm – 8:30 pm
RECEPTION
Sunday, December 3
7:00 am
Registration
7:00 am – 7:55 am
Breakfast
SESSION V: PANCREATOLOGY
7:55 am – 8:00 am
Introduction
8:00 am – 8:15 am
Management options for pain associated with chronic pancreatitis
Santhi Vege, MD
8:15 am – 8:30 am
Evaluation and management of acute pancreatitis
Darwin Conwell, MD
8:30 am – 8:45 am
Molecular-genetic markers in pancreatitis – are they useful and when/how to obtain?
Dhiraj Yadav, MD
8:45 am – 9:00 am
A practical approach to pancreatic cysts for the general gastroenterologist
Anne Marie Lennon, MD
9:00 am – 9:30 am
Case presentations and discussion
9:30 am – 10:00 am
BREAK
SESSION VI: INFLAMMATORY BOWEL DISEASE
10:00 am – 10:15 am
Management of hospitalized patient with Acute Severe Ulcerative Colitis in 2023
David Rubin, MD
10:15 am – 10:30 am
Positioning small molecules and newer biologics in the IBD treatment algorithm
Gary Lichtenstein, MD
10:30 am – 10:45 am
Interventional IBD-New frontier in management of IBD
Bo Shen, MD
10:45 am – 11:00 am
New approaches in IBD treatment-precision medicine and dual biologic therapy
Marla Dubinsky, MD
11:00 am – 11:25 am
Case presentations and discussion
11:25 am – 11:30 am
CLOSING REMARKS / ADJOURN
11:30 am – 12:30 pm
LUNCH
Registration Information
Target Audience: Gastroenterologists, Colorectal Surgeons, General Surgeons, Primary Care Physicians, Hospitalists, Medical Residents, Gastroenterology Trainees, Internists, Advanced Nurse Practitioners and Nurses
Fees
Physicians .......................................................... $200
Others (Fellows-in-Training, Residents, Allied Health, Physician Assistants, Nurse Practitioners, Nurses and Industry Professionals).............$125
*Includes access to all sessions, breakfasts, lunches, refreshment breaks and Saturday evening reception.
Accommodations
JW Marriott Orlando Bonnet Creek Resort & Spa
14900 Chelonia Pkwy| Orlando, Florida 32821
JW Marriott Orlando Bonnet Creek Resort & Spa brings modern luxury to Orlando, Florida. Located near International Drive within the gates of Walt Disney World®, the family resort offers warm, inviting social spaces and amenities. Hotel features include the Spa by JW®, resort pool with splash pad, specialty restaurants and a rooftop terrace boasting nightly views of the nearby Disney fireworks. From locally inspired dishes to our holistic approach to wellbeing, JW Marriott Orlando Bonnet Creek Resort & Spa will provide you with expertly crafted service and vacation packages designed to deepen your journey with us.
- Special attendee room rate per night is $229 single/double occupancy, plus tax.
When you’re ready to explore Orlando, take our shuttle to the Disney World® Resort theme parks and Disney Springs, just minutes from the hotel. A discounted daily resort fee of $25, plus tax, is not included in the special meeting room rate, and provides the following guest amenities:
- Daily shuttle service to Magic Kingdom, Hollywood Studios, Epcot, Animal Kingdom, Disney Springs, Universal Orlando Resort, SeaWorld, and Aquatica.
- Daily enhanced wireless internet in guest room.
- One time welcome resort beverage. Two coupons per room, per stay (beer/wine/soda).
- Daily Bbsic wireless internet in convention and meeting space.
A limited number of rooms are available at this rate and are available on a first-come, first-served basis. Reservations must be made by November 17, 2023 in order to receive the special meeting rate. Once Orlando Health’s room block is sold out, the hotel may charge a higher rate for any additional rooms made available. Check-in is 4:00 pm. Check-out is 11:00 am.
Self-parking and valet-parking is available at the JW Marriott Orlando Bonnet Creek Resort and Spa. The 2023 fees are $32.00 for self-parking plus applicable taxes (currently 6.5%) and $45.00 for valet parking plus applicable taxes (currently 6.5%). Parking rates are subject to change without notice.
