Presentation Resources

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Foregut/Bariatrics

• Current Issues in the Surgical Management of GERD - Shaun Daly, MD (UCI Health)
• GERD after Sleeve Gastrectomy: What’s a Surgeon to Do? - Annie Wang, MD (UCI Health)
• Pearls in Managing Esophageal Motility Disorders - Elliot Yu, MD (UCI Health)
• Contemporary management of Barrett's Esophagus - Shravani Reddy, MD (UCI Health)
• Advances in Esophageal Cancer Oncologic Therapy - Farshid Dayyani, MD (UCI Health)
• Digital Empowerment: Using AI to Reduce Physician Burnout - Sidhartha Sinha, MD (Stanford University) (Track Director: Nimisha Parekh, MD)

Pancreaticobiliary

• Twenty Years of Pancreatic Cyst Surveillance: Lessons Learned - David Imagawa, MD, PhD (UCI Health)
• Update on the Treatment of Locally Advanced Pancreatic Cancer - Nadine Abi-Jaoudeh, MD (UCI Health)
• Managing Difficult Biliary Cannulation - John Lee, MD (UCI Health)
• Advances in Altered Anatomy ERCP - Christopher Paiji, MD (UCI Health)
• Development of a Same-Day Multi-Disciplinary Pancreatic Cancer Clinic - Arsen Osipov, MD (Cedars Sinai)

Inflammatory Bowel Disease

• Game Changers in Medical Management of IBD - Mark Salem, MD (UCI Health)
• Surgical emergencies in IBD - when is it needed? - Richard Straker, MD (UCI Health)
• Surgical Management of UC - Steven Mills, MD (UCI Health)
• IUS and Advances in Imaging in IBD - Phillip Gu, MD (Cedars Sinai)
• Case Discussions - Robert Fearn, MD (UCI Health) & Valery Vilchez, MD (UCI Health)
• The Leader's Financial ToolKit: The Financial Decisions Leaders Can't Delegate - Latifat Akintade, MD (Kaiser) (Track Director: Nimisha Parekh, MD)

Video Session: Lights, camera, action!

• Multi-specialty Applications for ICG - Annie Wang, MD (UCI Health)
• Robotic Transanal Surgery with Da Vinci Single Port Platform - Catherine Zhu, MD (UCI Health)
• Robotic Pancreaticoduodenectomy - Reed Ayabe, MD (UCI Health)
• Advanced Endoscopic Procedures: EDGE Procedure (ERCP), Endohepatology, Cryotherapy for Esophageal Cancer, Interventional EUS, POEM, ESD, Endobariatrics Case - Jason Samarasena, MD (UCI Health), Frances Dang, MD (UCI Health), Shravani Reddy, MD (UCI Health), Christopher Paiji, MD (UCI Health)
• Leadership Panel Discussion (Session Director: Nimisha Parekh, MD) - Dr. Joseph Carmichael (UCI Health), Tatyana Popkova (UCI Health), Randolph Siwabessy (UCI Health), Laurie Johnson (UCI Health)

Colorectal

• Updates on the Management of Rectal Cancer - Matthew Whealon, MD (UCI Health)
• Immunotherapy for dMMR/MSI-H Colorectal Cancers - April Choi, MD (UCI Health)
• Rebuilding the Postoperative Gut Microbiome: From Mechanistic Insight to Therapeutic Innovation - Cyrus Jahansouz, MD (University of Minnesota)
• High Risk Genetic Testing for GI Patients - William Karnes, MD (UCI Health)
• Advances in Colonoscopy and Polyp Resection - Frances Dang, MD (UCI Health)
• What’s New in Diverticulitis? - Tara Russell, MD, MPH, PhD (UCLA)
• The Business of Healthcare: Insights for the Future - John Hong, MD (UMD President and CEO) (Track Director: Nimisha Parekh, MD)

Hepatology

• Updates on the Natural History and Management of MASLD - Beshoy Yanny, MD (UCI Health)
• Diagnosis and Surgical Management of Cholangiocarcinoma - Reed Ayabe, MD (UCI Health)
• Long-term Hepatology Management after Liver Transplantation - Harry Nguyen, MD (UCI Health)
• IR Advances in Portal Hypertension Management - Rebecca Bennett, MD (UCI Health)
• Panel Discussion in Hepatocellular Carcinoma - David Imagawa, MD, PhD (UCI Health) & Rebecca Bennett, MD (UCI Health)
• Build Your Own Ladder: Evolve Your Career One Stage At A Time - Sonia K. Narang (Track Director: Nimisha Parekh, MD)

Functional GI & Pelvic Floor

• Personal Branding in Medicine - Austin Chiang, MD (Medtronic CMO - Thomas Jefferson) (Track Director: Nimisha Parekh, MD)
• Fecal Incontinence - Joseph Carmichael, MD (UCI Health)
• Management Updates in Irritable Bowel Syndrome - Jaehyun Kim, MD (UCI Health)
• Anterior Compartment Prolapse - Olivia Chang, MD (UCI Health)
• Aging and the Gut Microbiome - Kiran Sachdev, MD (UCI Health)
• Neuro-Physical Synergy: Integrating Biofeedback for Improved Outcomes - Risha Strople, PT, DPT, PRPC (Specialized PT)