Friday, February 23, 2024

7:30 - 8:15 AMREGISTRATION / BREAKFAST / EXHIBITS
8:15 - 8:30 AMWelcome & Announcements
8:30 - 9:45 AMSession One:
Optimal Multidisciplinary GI Cancer Staging: Evidence Based Approach
Moderator: Vivek Kaul, MD
PDF icon Esophageal: Daniela Molena, MD
PDF icon Pancreatic: Michael A. Choti, MD, MBA
PDF icon Rectal: Andreas M. Kaiser, MD
9:45 - 11:00 AMSession Two:
Endoscopic Cancer Ablation
Moderator: Madappa Kundranda, MD, PhD
PDF icon Luminal Cancer: Toufic Kachaamy, MD
PDF icon Pancreaticobiliary Cancer: Nirav Thosani, MD, MHA
PDF icon Leveraging Endoscopic Ablation and Immunotherapy: Sunil Sharma, MD, MBA
Expert Panel Discussion
11:00 - 11:15 AMREFRESHMENT BREAK / EXHIBITS
11:15 AM - 12:30 PMSession Three:
Multidisciplinary Precision Cancer Medicine 
Moderator: N. Jewel Samadder, MD, MSc
PDF icon Multidisciplinary Precision Cancer Medicine: Stephen Gruber, MD, PhD
PDF icon Hereditary GI Cancer Syndromes – Application to GI Practices: Gregory Idos, MD, MS
Multi-Cancer Early Detection: William Grady, MD

THE FOLLOWING 5 SESSIONS ARE NON-CME ACCREDITED.

12:30 - 1:00 PMCryotherapy Demonstration Sponsored Demonstration by Steris 
1:00 - 2:00 PMLunch Conference Sponsored by AstraZeneca 
2:00 - 3:00 PMRecent and Upcoming Advances in Colorectal Cancer Screening: Paul Limburg, MD, MPH
2:30 - 2:45 PMMulti-Cancer Case Panel Discussion
2:45 - 3:15 PMDemonstration on:
Full-Thickness Resection (Ovesco Endoscopy)
Cholangioscopy (Micro-Tech Endoscopy)
3:15 - 4:30 PMSession Four:
State of the Art Innovations in GI Cancer Care
Moderator: Toufic Kachaamy, MD
PDF icon Artificial Intelligence in Oncology: Primetime: Jacob Shreve, MD, MS
PDF icon Artificial Intelligence-Augmented Next Generation Diagnostics for Early Detection of Pancreas Cancer: Ajit H. Goenka, MD
PDF icon Immunotherapy for Non-Operative Management of GI Cancers: The Role of Endoscopy and Circulating Tumor DNA (ctDNA): Michael J. Overman, MD
4:30 PMADJOURN 
5:00 - 8:00 PMCONFERENCE DINNER
Not included in conference registration.
Paid ticket required.

Saturday, February 24, 2024

6:45 - 7:30 AMBREAKFAST / PRODUCT THEATER Company Sponsored Breakfast Conference: Takeda (NON-CME ACCREDITED)
7:30 - 8:00 AMREGISTRATION / EXHIBITS
8:00 - 8:05 AMWelcome & Announcements
8:05 - 8:35 AMSession One:
PDF icon Everyone Communicates but Few Connect: Incorporating Empathic Communication as a High Impact Medical Intervention
Jamie Ellis-Wittenhagen, DO
Hannah N. Farfour, DNP, AGPCNP-BC
8:35 - 9:35 AMSession Two:
Minimally Invasive Cancer Management: Make the Case Gastroenterologist or Surgeon
PDF icon Surgeon: V. Liana Tsikitis, MD, MBA
PDF icon Gastroenterologist: Neil R. Sharma, MD
9:35 - 9:55 AMREFRESHMENT BREAK / EXHIBITS
9:55 - 11:25 AM

Session Three:
Case Presentations: 
Complete Clinical Response: What is Next?
Minimal Residual Disease After Neoadjuvant Treatment, What’s Next? 
What to do with T1b After Endoscopic Resection? 
Expert Panel Discussion & Q&A

11:25 AMADJOURN 

PDF icon AJCC CANCER STAGING FORMS For any disease-specific updates, please click here.