Agenda

Friday, July 31st, 2026

2:00 – 6:00 PM
Exhibit Set-up Only

6:00 – 7:30 PM
Reception

7:30 – 9:00 PM
ISPEN Product Theater

Saturday, August 1st, 2026

6:30 – 7:25 AM
Registration, Breakfast, Exhibits

7:25 – 7:30 AM
Introduction – Course Director: Roberto Firpi, MD, M.S.

Session A – IBD

Moderator: Naueen Chaudhry, MD

7:30 – 7:50 AM
Effective Use of Advanced Therapies in Real-World Clinical Practice
Ellen Zimmermann, MD

7:50 – 8:10 AM
Everyday Drivers of Inflammation: Nutrition, Obesity, and Emerging Therapeutic Insights
Angela Pham, MD

8:10 – 8:30 AM
Managing Pregnancy with IBD: Updated Guidelines
Jill Gaidos, MD, Yale University

8:30 – 8:40 AM
Q&A

8:40 – 9:00 AM
Break & Exhibits

Session B – Liver

Moderator: Roniel Cabrera, MD, M.S.

9:00 – 9:20 AM
MASH: Beyond GLP1’s
Virginia Clark, MD, M.S.

9:20 – 9:40 AM
Portal hypertension risk stratification and management: do we even need endoscopy anymore?
Andreas Zori, MD

9:40 – 10:00 AM
Integrating alcohol use disorder treatment into GI/hepatology practice.
Wei Zhang, MD, Harvard University

10:00-10:20 AM
Transplanting the incurable: new indications for cholangiocarcinoma and metastatic colon cancer
Josiah McCain, MD

10:20 – 10:30 AM
Q&A

10:30 – 10:50 AM
Break & Exhibits

Session C – Luminal GI

Moderator: Peter Draganov, MD

10:50 – 11:10 AM
Acute Pancreatitis Update
Chris E. Forsmark, MD

11:10 – 11:30 AM
EUS guided biliary drainage
Dennis Yang, MD

11:30 – 11:50 AM
Therapeutic EUS beyond the bile duct
Tiffany Chua, MD

11:50 – 12:10 PM
Dr. Phillip P. Toskes Memorial Lecture: The Expanding Role of Artificial Intelligence in Colonoscopy
Shyam Thakkar, MD, West Virginia University

12:10 – 12:20 PM
Q&A

12:20 – 12:40 PM
Break & Exhibits

Session D – IBS

Moderator: Manuel Amaris, MD

12:40 –1:00 PM
Personalized management of dysphagia: using EGD and FLIP.
Alex Baumann, MD, Northwestern University

1:00 – 1:20 PM
Gastroparesis: glass half full perspective!
Baharak Moshiree, MD, Atrium Health

1:20 – 1:30 PM
Q&A

Session E – LUNCH

Breakout Sessions

1:30 – 3:30 PM
Breakout Session 1: Ask the experts, IBD – Solstice III
Naueen Chaudhry, MD
Jill Gaidos, MD
Priti Joshi-Guske, MD
Joseph Schergen, PA-C

1:30 – 3:30 PM
Breakout Session 2: Ask the experts, Liver – Equinox III
Rodericka Belt-Ross, APRN
Alpna Limaye, MD
Amitabh Suman, MD

1:30 – 3:30 PM
Breakout Session 3: The best of DDW and GI societies meetings – Equinox II
Thais Cabral de Melo Viana, MD
Anil K Sharma, MD
John Lieb, MD
Anand Gupte, MD

1:30 – 3:30 PM
Breakout Session 4: The best of AASLD and liver societies meetings – Equinox I
Patrick Horne, APRN
Nimy John, MD
Consuelo Soldevila-Pico, MD

1:30 – 3:30 PM
Breakout Session 5: Ask the experts, Motility – Solstice IV
Ricardo Rosado, MD
Sheetal Patel, MD
David Estores, MD

1:30 – 3:30 PM
Breakout Session 6: Ask the experts, Nuances in Private Practice (GI Fellows) – Sunrise Boardroom
Vishal Gupta, MD, Orange City, FL

Last Session – Closing Reception and Remarks

6:00 – 7:00 PM
UF GI alumni reception: Alumni Mixer (Alumni and Non-Alumni Welcome!)
Virginia Clark, MD
Chris Forsmark, MD

7:00 – 9:00 PM
Closing Reception & Dinner