Charges
The DDW Annual Scientific Program Committee is charged with providing peer review and final selection of research studies involving gastroenterology and endoscopic topics. The primary focus of scientific review is on the scientific merit, feasibility,
and utilization of GI and endoscopic resources. Invited abstract presentations are either for oral abstract presentation or poser presentation. Select abstracts are reviewed by the President for oral presentation during the ASGE Presidential Plenary
Program session. The Committee will convene at DDW followed by a series of conference calls and/or go-to-meeting to review submissions starting November – January of each year.
- Participate in one of the following abstract categories:
- ERCP Section 1
- ERCP Section 2
- EUS 1
- EUS 2
- Clinical Practice 1
- Clinical Practice 2
- Clinical Practice 3 (Quality Measures/Improvement)
- Lower GI 1
- Lower GI 2
- Upper GI, Small Bowel Imaging
- Upper GI, Non-Enteroscopy
- Esophagus 1
- Esophagus 2
- New Technology
- Bariatrics
- Attend oral and poster presentations at DDW.
- Encourage colleagues and fellows to consider submitting scientific abstracts during the months of June – November, when the DDW submission site is open.
- Review DDW evaluations and draw upon in-person observations to improve upon future ASGE scientific session presentations.
- Recommend programmatic or format delivery changes/improvements.
Expectations
- Members of committee are expected to actively participate in the work of the committee, providing thoughtful input to committee deliberations and focus on the best interests of ASGE and committee goals rather than on personal interests.
- Most of the committee’s work is conducted at DDW and during conference calls in the months of November - January.
- Members should be active in the review and recommendation process.
- Reviewer must recuse themselves from scoring abstracts from their own institution.
- Pay attention to activities that affect or are affected by the committee's work.
- Support the efforts of the committee chair and carry out individual assignments made by the chair
- Work as part of the committee and staff team to ensure that the committee's work and recommendations are in keeping with the general ASGE’s mission and goals.
- Serve as a regular member of this committee with a maximum three-year term with possible reappointment each year.
- Collaborate with members of related ASGE Committees/Task Forces and SIGs as mutual issues arise.
- Perform additional tasks as assigned by the Chair.
Chair
Amitabh Chak, MD, FASGE
Committee Members
Douglas K. Rex, MD, MASGE
Harry R. Aslanian, MD, FASGE
Ahmad Najdat Bazarbashi, MD
Geoffrey D. Block, MD, MSc, FACP
Bret T. Petersen, MD, MASGE
Aziz Aadam, MD
Kamran Ayub, MD, FASGE
Matthew L. Bechtold, MD, FASGE
Jay J. Bosco, MD, FASGE
Arkady Broder, MD
Kenechukwu Chudy-Onwugaje, MBBS, MPH
Charles E. Dye, MD
Syed M. Abbas Fehmi, M.D., M.Sc., FASGE
Wesam M. Frandah, MD
James L. Buxbaum, MD, FASGE
Gerald W. Dryden, Jr., MD, PhD, MSPH, FASGE
Adam L. Edwards, MD, MSc
C. Jonathan D. Foster, DO
Harish K. Gagneja, MD, FASGE
Anthony M. Gamboa, III, MD
Victoria Gomez, MD, FASGE
Mark A. Gromski, MD
Sammy Ho, MD, FASGE
Sumant Inamdar, MD, MPH
Brooke Glessing, MD
Adam J. Goodman, MD, FASGE
Jennifer T. Higa, MD
Marietta Iacucci, MD, PhD, FASGE
Laith H. Jamil, MD, FASGE
Terry L. Jue, MD, FASGE
Inessa Khaykis, MD, FASGE
Darshan Kothari, MD
Brent W. Lacey, MD
John M. Levenick, MD
Tossapol Kerdsirichairat, MD
Vani Konda, MD, FASGE
Somashekar G. Krishna, MD, MPH, FASGE
Jeffrey H. Lee, MD, FASGE
Kristle Lynch, MD
Gautam N. Mankaney, MD
Julia Massaad, MD
Farah Monzur, MD
Jose Nieto, DO, FASGE
Mohamed Othman, MD
Jennifer K. Maratt, MD
Girish Mishra, MD, MSc, FASGE
Mariam Naveed, MD
Endashaw Omer, MD
Shireen A. Pais, MD, FASGE
Shabana F. Pasha, MD, FASGE
Dhruvan Patel, MD, FCPP
Francisco C. Ramirez, MD
Mankanwal S. Sachdev, MD, FASGE
Shreyas Saligram, MD, FASGE
Amit Patel, MD
Shajan Peter, MD, FASGE
Amit Rastogi, MD, FASGE
Nadav Sahar, MD
Mandeep S. Sawhney, MD, FASGE
Bhavesh B. Shah, MD, FASGE Committee Member – ERCP 2 – Chair
Eun Ji Shin, MD
Roy M. Soetikno, MD, MS, MASGE
Daniel Strand, MD, FASGE
Richard Wu, MD, MPH
Rushikesh Shah, MD
Jacob M. Skeans, MD
Tyler Stevens, MD, FASGE
Michael B. Wallace, MD, MPH, FASGE
Rena H. Yadlapati, MD, MSHS
Marc J. Zuckerman, MD, FASGE
Staff Liaison
Rhonda Foss