LIVE : DAY 02-Sep.14

Sep.13, 14 & 15, 2023 | 399 Revolution Drive, Somerville, MA

Minimally Invasive and Novel Therapeutics (MINT) in Foregut Disease

MGH and UCLA Collaborative Foregut Session

8:00 – 8:05 AM Welcome Back

Charu Paranjape, Kumar Krishnan

8:05 – 8:20 AM Current Status of Antireflux Surgery in Barrett’s Esophagus

David Chen, MD

8:20 – 8:25 AM Panel discussion

David Chen, Caitlin Houghton, Uma Sachdeva

Large Hiatus Closure: Mesh debate

8:25 – 8:37 AM Always with mesh (12 minutes)

Sarah Samreen, MD

8:37 – 8:50 AM Always without mesh (12 minutes)

Elan Witkowski, MD

8:50 – 8:55 AM Panel discussion

B.Ramana, David Chen, Denise Gee, Sarah Samreen, Elan Witkowski

8:55 – 9:25 AM Surgical Keynote: The next big thing in health care education- It’s probably not what you think

Melina Vassiliou, MD

9:25 – 9:35 AM Break

9:35 – 9:55 AM Prognostic factors “how to identify high risk BE”

Raman Muthusamy, MD

9:55 – 10:15 AM Stubborn BE. What do I do now burn, freeze or give up?

Norman Nishioka, MD

10:15 – 10:40 AM EMR vs ESD in the west. What is best? The East vs West debate

Uzma Siddiqui, MD

10:40 – 11:00 AM Expert panel and case discussions

11:00 – 11:25 AM Opioids and type 3 achalasia

Chris Velez, MD

11:25 – 11:45 AM Refractory achalasia

Kumar Krishnan, MD

11:45 – 12:00 PM Questions/ wrap up

12:00 – 1:00 PM Lunch

On-Demand Video #1 8am-12:00pm

1:00 – 3:45 PM APP/RN Break Out Session

1:00 – 1:05 PM Welcome and introduction

1:05 – 1:25 PM Multidisciplinary case: reflux aspiration

Shawn Lear, Jennifer Lopes-Decarvalho, Barbara Brien, Alexandra Maltby, Priyanca Waghmarae

1:25 – 1:40 PM Setting up OR/Endo for foregut cases

John Ferrandi, Ryan Zapata

1:40 – 2:00 PM Multidisciplinary procedure care for POEM & POP

Priyanca Waghmarae PA-C

2:00 – 2:20 PM FAQs for Manometry and pH testing: RNs respond

Jennifer Lopes-Decarvalho, Barbara Brien

2:20 – 2:30 PM Break

2:30 – 2:50 PM How to Prepare patient for esophagectomy (preprocedural care)

Mike Llewellyn PA-C, Shawn Lear, PA-C

2:50 – 3:10 PM Pearls and pitfalls in the recovery area

Laura Shannon, Meghan McDonald

3:10 – 3:30 PM Interactive audience game

3:30 – 3:45 PM Questions/ Wrap up

1:00 – 5:00 PM HANDS-ON SESSION ROTATING STATIONS: ROBOTIC SURGERY -FOREGUT

On-Demand Link #2 1:00pm-3:45pm