Agenda
Saturday, February 27, 2027
| 6:45 – 7:30 AM | Registration Continental Breakfast and Coffee Exhibit Hall Open |
| 7:30 – 7:35 AM | Welcome and Introductions Course Directors - UT Health San Antonio |
SESSION 1 | The Foregut Reimagined | |
| 7:35 – 8:00 AM | The Stricture That Won't Quit: Management of refractory esophageal strictures Speaker: Todd Baron, MD (UNC) |
| 8:00 – 8:20 AM | From routine to Refractory GERD: A quick guide to diagnosis and management Speaker: Brock Miller, MD (UT San Antonio) |
| 8:25 – 8:45 AM | Barrett's Esophagus: Who to Screen, When to Ablate, and What to Do with the Gray Zone Speaker: Sachin Wani, MD (University of Colorado) |
| 8:50 – 9:10 AM | Achalasia and Spastic Esophageal Disorders in the Modern Era: Tools and techniques for effective management Speaker: Matheus Franco, MD, PhD (UT San Antonio) |
| 9:15 – 9:25 AM | Q&A with Faculty |
| 9:25 – 9:45 AM | BREAK AND EXHIBITS |
| Product Theatre: TBD - 30 Minutes |
SESSION 2 | The Colon and Beyond: Lower GI and IBD Updates | |
| 10:00 – 10:20 AM | The High-Quality Colonoscopy in 2027: New Benchmarks, Serrated Lesions, and Practical Techniques That Prevent Interval Cancer Speaker: Carol Burke, MD (Cleveland Clinic) |
| 10:25 – 10:45 AM | Immune Checkpoint inhibitor Colitis A Practical Guide for the GI Doctor Who Didn't Train in Oncology Speaker: Yinghong Wang, MD (MD Anderson) |
| 10:50 – 11:10 AM | The JAK Age Has Arrived: Positioning Small Molecules Across IBD Indications in a Crowded Field Speaker: Anita Afzali, MD (University of Cincinnati) |
| 11:10 – 11:25 AM | Q&A with Faculty |
| 11:25 – 12:45 PM | LUNCH AND EXHIBITS Product Theatre: 11:35 AM (J&J) |
| 11:25 AM | Lunch Served |
| 11:35 AM - 12:45 PM | Electronic Poster Competition – Fellows and Residents 4 screens displaying 4 posters simultaneously in rotating blocks, 4-minute periods Faculty scoring in progress |
| 11:35 AM - 12:05 PM | J&J Product Theatre |
INNOVATION IN GI LECTURE | |
| 12:50 – 1:15 PM | "The Organ Nobody's Watching: The Fatty Pancreas Epidemic and What It's About to Cost Us" Speaker: Max Petrov, MD |
SESSION 3 | Potpourri | |
| 1:20 – 1:40 PM | Acute Pancreatitis in 2027: Less Fluid, Fewer Antibiotics, Smarter Timing Speaker options: Tyler Stevens, MD (Cleveland Clinic) |
| 1:45 – 2:05 PM | From Fever to Drain: A Practical Framework for Acute Cholangitis in the Modern Era Speaker: James Buxbaum, MD (USC Keck School of Medicine) |
| 2:10 – 2:30 PM | The GLP-1 Era: Weight Loss, MASH, Motility, and Endoscopy Speaker: Christina Awad, MD (UT San Antonio) |
| 2:35 – 2:45 PM | Q&A with Faculty |
| 2:45 – 3:15 PM | BREAK AND EXHIBITS |
SESSION 4 | LIVER | |
| 3:15 – 3:35 PM | How to use Non-invasive liver tests versus biopsy: Pitfalls and medico-legal implications Speaker: Jan Petrasek, MD (Texas Liver Institute / UT San Antonio) |
| 3:40 – 4:00 PM | HCC in 2027: Surveillance Failures, Updated Staging, and the Explosion of Systemic Therapies Speaker: Amit Singal, MD (UT Southwestern) |
| 4:05 – 4:25 PM | Portal Hypertension for the General GI: Varices, Ascites, and What the Baveno VIII Guidelines Actually Changed Speaker: Eugenia Tsai, MD (Texas Liver Institute / UT San Antonio) |
| 4:25 – 4:35 PM | Q&A with Faculty |
| 4:35 – 4:50 PM | Poster Awards Closing Remarks and Thank Yous |
Sunday, February 28, 2027
HANDS-ON WORKSHOP |
* First 40 to register for workshop will be eligible to participate.
40 Trainees | 9 Stations | 30 min Per Station | 4 - 5 Per Station |
Trainees are divided into 9 fixed groups of 4-5. Each group rotates through all 9 stations in sequence. A 10-minute break follows the 4th rotation. Station assignments are pre-distributed at registration; groups stay together for the full morning.
Time | Activity |
7:00 – 7:45 AM | Faculty & Proctor Arrival, Station Setup and Equipment Check |
7:45 – 8:00 AM | Trainee Registration, Group Assignment, and Welcome Remarks |
8:00 – 8:30 AM | ROTATION 1 — All groups begin at assigned station |
8:30 – 9:00 AM | ROTATION 2 |
9:00 – 9:30 AM | ROTATION 3 |
9:30 – 10:00 AM | ROTATION 4 |
10:00 – 10:10 AM | BREAK — Light refreshments |
10:10 – 10:40 AM | ROTATION 5 |
10:40 – 11:10 AM | ROTATION 6 |
11:10 – 11:40 AM | ROTATION 7 |
11:40 AM – 12:10 PM | ROTATION 8 |
12:10 - 12:40 PM | ROTATION 9 - Final Rotation |
12:40 – 12:50 PM | Closing Remarks, Skills Assessment, Certificate Distribution |