Friday, July 31st, 2026
2:00 – 7:00 PM
Exhibit Set-up Only
6:00 – 7:00 PM
Registration
7:00 – 9:00 PM
Reception
Saturday, August 1st, 2026
6:30 – 7:30 AM
Registration, Breakfast, Exhibits
7:25 – 7:30 AM
Introduction – Course Director: Roberto Firpi, M.D., M.S. (UF Gastro Class 2001)
SESSION A – IBD Moderator: Naueen Chaudhry, M.D.
7:30 – 7:50 AM
Effective Use of Advanced Therapies in Real-World Clinical Practice
Ellen Zimmermann, M.D.
7:50 – 8:10 AM
Everyday Drivers of Inflammation: Nutrition, Obesity, and Emerging Therapeutic Insights
Angela Pham, M.D. (UF Gastro Class)
8:10 – 8:30 AM
Managing Pregnancy with IBD: Updated Guidelines
Jill Gaidos, M.D., Yale University, (UF Gastro Class)
8:30 – 8:40 AM
Q&A
8:40 – 9:00 AM
Break & Exhibits
SESSION B – Liver Moderator: Roniel Cabrera, M.D., M.S. (UF Gastro Class)
9:00 – 9:20 AM
MASH: Beyond GLP1’s
Virginia Clark, M.D., M.S. (UF Gastro Class)
9:20 – 9:40 AM
Portal hypertension risk stratification and management: do we even need endoscopy anymore?
Andreas Zori, M.D. (UF Gastro Class)
9:40 – 10:00 AM
Integrating alcohol use disorder treatment into GI/hepatology practice.
Wei Zhang, M.D., Harvard University, (UF Gastro Class)
10:00-10:20 AM
Transplanting the incurable: new indications for cholangiocarcinoma and metastatic colon cancer
Josiah McCain, M.D.
10:20 – 10:30 AM
Q&A
10:30 – 10:50 AM
Break & Exhibits
SESSION C – Luminal GI Moderator: Peter Draganov, M.D.
10:50 – 11:10 AM
Acute Pancreatitis Update
Chris E. Forsmark, M.D.
11:10 – 11:30 AM
EUS guided biliary drainage
Dennis Yang, M.D. (UF Gastro Class)
11:30 – 11:50 AM
Therapeutic EUS beyond the bile duct
Tiffany Chua, M.D.
11:50 – 12:10 PM
Dr. Phillip P. Toskes Memorial Lecture: The Expanding Role of Artificial Intelligence in Colonoscopy
Shyam Thakkar, M.D. , West Virginia University
12:10 – 12:20 PM
Q&A
12:20 – 12:40 PM
Break & Exhibits
SESSION D – IBS Moderator: Manuel Amaris, M.D.
12:40 –1:00 PM
Personalized management of dysphagia: using EGD and FLIP.
Alex Baumann, M.D., Northwestern University (UF Gastro Class)
1:00 – 1:20 PM
Gastroparesis: glass half full perspective!
Baharak Moshiree, M.D., Atrium Health (UF Gastro Class)
1:20 – 1:30 PM
Q&A
1:30 PM: SESSION E – LUNCH Breakout Sessions
1:30 – 3:30 PM
Breakout Session 1: Ask the experts, IBD
Naueen Chaudhry, M.D.
Jill Gaidos, M.D.
Priti Joshi-Guske, M.D.
Joseph Schergen, PA-C
1:30 – 3:30 PM
Breakout Session 2: Ask the experts, Liver
Rodericka Belt-Ross, APRN
Alpna Limaye, M.D
Amitabh Suman, M.D.
1:30 – 3:30 PM
Breakout Session 3: The best of DDW and GI societies meetings
Thais Cabral de Melo Viana, M.D.
Anil K Sharma, M.D.
John Lieb, M.D.
Anand Gupte, M.D.
1:30 – 3:30 PM
Breakout Session 4: The best of AASLD and liver societies meetings
Patrick Horne, APRN
Nimy John, M.D.
Consuelo Soldevila-Pico, M.D.
1:30 – 3:30 PM
Breakout Session 5: Ask the experts, Motility
Ricardo Rosado, M.D.
Sheetal Patel, M.D.
David Estores, M.D.
1:30 – 3:30 PM
Breakout Session 5: Ask the experts, Nuances in Private Practice (GI Fellows)
Vishal Gupta, M.D. Orange City, FL (UF Gastro Class)
6:00 – 7:00 PM
UF GI alumni reception: Alumni Mixer
Virginia Clark, M.D.
Chris Forsmark, M.D.
7:00 – 9:00 PM
All Participants: Closing Reception & Dinner