Agenda
Below are the exciting topics that will be discussed!
Saturday, February 28, 2026
| Time | Topic | Speaker |
| 6:45 AM – 7:30 AM | Registration Continental Breakfast and Coffee | - |
| 7:30 AM – 7:40 AM | Welcome and Introductions | C. Brock Miller, MD UT San Antonio |
Upper GI Section | ||
| Moderators | C. Brock Miller, MD Rajat Garg, MD | |
| 7:45 AM – 8:05 AM | Unraveling Dysphagia: From Clues to Cures | John Pandolfino, MD Northwestern |
| 8:10 AM – 8:30 AM | High Quality Upper Endoscopy: Tips and Tricks | Harish K. Gagneja, MD, MACG, AGAF, FASGE Austin Gastroenterology |
| 8:35 AM – 8:55 AM | Gluten, Genes, and the Gut: A Practical Guide to Celiac Disease | Sarah Marucci, MD UT San Antonio |
| 9:00 AM – 9:20 AM | Advanced Endoscopic Therapies for General GI Problems – AE for weight loss, GERD, gastroparesis | Matheus Franco, MD, MBA, MSc, PhD UT San Antonio |
| 9:25 AM – 9:35 AM | Q&A | All Faculty |
| 9:35 AM – 9:55 AM | BREAK | - |
Lower GI | ||
| Moderators | Juan Echavarria, MD Sarah Marucci, MD | |
| 10:00 AM – 10:20 AM | Lesion, Location, and Logic: Picking the Perfect Polyp Management Path | Dennis Yang, MD AdventHealth Orlando |
| 10:25 AM – 10:50 AM | Ulcerative colitis: Optimizing care in a busy general practice | Harry Thomas, MD Austin Gastro |
| 10:50 AM – 11:15 AM | Chronic Constipation and the Role of the Pelvic Floor Dysfunction | Alexis Pavle, MD UT San Antonio |
| 11:15 AM – 11:40AM | Crohn’s disease: Treat to Target | Bincy Abraham, MD, MS Methodist Houston |
| 11:40 AM – 11:50 AM | Q&A | All Faculty |
| 11:50 AM – 1:05 PM | Lunch and Exhibits | - |
| 12:30 PM – 1:00 PM | J&J Product Theatre | Located in Meal Room |
Everyday GI, Evolved: Practical Pearls | ||
| Moderators | Yaya Diallo, DO Pradeep Yarra, MD | |
| 1:10 PM – 1:35 PM | Look or Leap? Imaging vs. Intervention in Pancreatic Cysts | Rajat Garg, MD UT San Antonio |
| 1:35 PM – 2:00 PM | From Red Flags to Rapid Control: Modern Strategies for Upper GI Bleeds | Andy Tau, MD Austin Gastro |
| 2:00 PM – 2:20 PM | Incidental or Intervention? Approach to Gastric Polyps and SELs | Vanessa Shami, MD UVA |
| 2:25 PM – 2:50 PM | From Puzzling to Practical: Tackling Chronic Abdominal Pain in 2026 | Brennan Spiegel, MD, MSHS UCLA |
| 2:50PM – 3:00 PM | Q&A | All Faculty |
| 3:00 PM – 3:30 PM | Break and Exhibits | - |
| 3:35PM – 4:00 PM | AI in GI: What you Need to Know to Not Become Obsolete | Brennan Spiegel, MD, MSHS UCLA |
Liver for the General GI | ||
| Moderator | Eugenia Tsai, MD | |
| 4:00 PM – 4:25 PM | Current therapies for alcohol induced liver disease, including transplantation for acute alcoholic hepatitis…wait, what? | Jan Petrasek, MD Texas Liver Institute/ UT San Antonio |
| 4:25PM – 5:00 PM | Treating MASLD today, tomorrow, and beyond. Is it just about weight loss? | Eric Lawitz, MD Texas Liver Institute/ UT San Antonio |
| 5:00 PM – 5:25 PM | PBC therapy is easy…until it’s not. What to do with the non-responder | Nancy Reau, MD Rush University |
| 5:25PM – 5:35 PM | Q&A | All Faculty |
| 5:35 PM – 5:45 PM | Closing Remarks and Thank You’s | |
Sunday, March 1, 2026
| Time | Topic | Speaker |
| 7:30 AM – 8:15 AM | Registration, Breakfast, and Introductions | Juan Echavarria, MD UT San Antonio |
Didactic Presentation | ||
| Moderators | Juan Echavarria, MD UT San Antonio | |
| 8:20 AM – 8:40 AM | Management of endoscopic nightmares: perfs, leaks, fistulas | Matheus Franco, MD UT San Antonio Prabhleen Chahal, MD UT San Antonio |
| 8:40 AM – 9:00 AM | Interventional EUS including Endo hepatology | Rajat Garg, MD UT San Antonio Prabhleen Chahal, MD UT San Antonio |
| 9:10 AM – 12:30 PM | Hands-On Endoscopy Workshop | - |