Leaders in Endoscopy
Rescheduled from DDW 2020

9:00 – 9:10 AM
Welcome and Overview of Presentations
John J. Vargo II, MD, MPH, FASGE

9:10-9:13 AM

Personalized Algorithm for the Management of Weight Regain Following Roux-en-Y Gastric Bypass: Suturing versus Plication versus Argon Plasma Coagulation
Pichamol Jirapinyo, MD et al.

9:13-16 AM

Endoscopic Revision of Laparoscopic Sleeve Gastrectomy is Safe, Effective, And Durable: A Multicenter Study
Daniel Maselli, MD et al.

9:16 – 9:27 AM STATE-OF-THE-ART LECTURE

Revisionary Renaissance and Primary Therapy: Bariatric Endoscopy in 2020
Reem Z. Sharaiha, MD, MSc

9:27 – 9:30 AM

A New Designed Duodenoscope with Detachable Distal CAP Can Significantly Reduce Organic Residue Contamination After Reprocessing Evaluated by Adenosine
Piyapoom Pakvisal

9:30 – 9:33 AM

Quantitative QPCR-Based Bioburden Test for the Detection of Carbapenem-Resistant Enterobacteriaceae (CRE): Novel Test for Surveillance and Risk-Stratification
Rahul Pannala

9:33 – 9:36

Development and Testing of Scopeseal®, A Novel Disposable Device to Prevent Patient-Duodenoscope Cross Contamination
Pankaj J. Pasricha

9:36 – 9:47

JACK A. VENNES AND STEPHEN E. SILVIS LECTURE Bringing Sterile Clarity to the Duodenoscope: How Do We Get There?
Bret T. Petersen, MD, FASGE

9:47 – 9:50 AM

What Treatment to Use for Severe Non-Variceal UGI Hemorrhage: Standard Endoscopic Hemostasis, Doppler Guided Hemostasis, or Over-The-Scope-Clip (OTSC)?
Dennis M. Jensen

9:50 – 9:53 AM

An Non-Inferiority Randomized Controlled Trial to Compare Hemostatic Powder TC325 and Standard Therapy in Bleeding From Non-Variceal Upper Gastrointestinal Causes
James Y. Lau

9:53 – 10:03 AM DEBATE

Hemostatic Powder is Picture Perfect
Rehan Haidry, BSc (Hons), MRCP

Old School Still Rules: Don’t Throw Out Your Clips, Thermal and Injection Approaches John R. Saltzman, MD, FASGE

10:03 – 10:06 AM

Sustained Clinical Response with EUS-Guided RFA of Pancreatic Insulinoma
Sundeep Lakhtakia

10:06 – 10:09 AM

Proactive EUS-Guided Fine-Needle Aspiration and/or Biopsy (EUS-FNA/B) Tissue Collection in Pancreatic Ductal Adenocarcinoma (PDAC) Allows for Comprehensive Genomic Profiling (CGP)
Wasseem Skef

10:09 – 10:20 AM

J. EDWARD BERK LECTURE Endo-Oncology: The Power of EUS
Ferga C. Gleeson, MD, FASGE

10:20 – 10:23 AM

Smaller Hands and Less Experience Are Associated with Great Ergonomic Strain During Endoscopic Procedures
Alexander Shiang

10:23 – 10:26 AM

High Prevalence of Musculoskeletal Symptoms and Injuries in Third Space Endoscopists: An International Multi-Center Survey Study
Samuel Han

10:26– 10:29 AM

Patients Commonly Undergo Biopsy of a Normal or Irregular Z-Line and Are Recommended Endoscopic Surveillance Despite the Absence of Barrett's Esophagus: A Population-Based Analysis Using the GIQUIC National Quality Benchmarking Registry
Sachin B. Wani

10:29 – 10:32AM

Wide Area Transepithelial Sample Esophageal Biopsy Combined With Computer Assisted 3-Dimensional Tissue Analysis (WATS3D) for Detection of High Grade Dysplasia and Adenocarcinoma in Barrett: European Multi-Center, Prospective, Randomized, Tandem Study
Raf Bisschops

10:32 – 10:43 AM STATE-OF-THE-ART LECTURE

Where's Nemo? Who and How to Screen for Barrett's Esophagus in 2020
Gary Falk, MD, FASGE

10:43 – 10:53 AM

PRESIDENTIAL ADDRESS AND INAUGURATION OF KLAUS MERGENER, MD, PhD, MBA, FASGE John J. Vargo II, MD, MPH, FASGE, ASGE President

10:53– 10:56 AM

Targeted Next-Generation Sequencing (NGS) of Biliary Brushings and Biopsies Improves the Detection of Malignant Strictures and Potentially Stratifies Patients for Targeted Anti-Cancer Therapy
Aatur Singhi

10:56 – 10:59 AM

The Current Diagnostic Accuracy and Inter-Observer Agreement of Visual Impression With Digital Single-Operator Cholangioscopy for the Diagnosis of Indeterminate Biliary Strictures
Pauline M. Stassen

10:59 – 11:10 AM STATE-OF-THE-ART LECTURE

Has Indeterminate Become Definitive? Approach to the Vexing Bile Duct Stricture
Adam Slivka, MD, PhD, FASGE

11:10 – 11:13 AM

Endoscopist Facilitated Endotracheal Intubation for General Anesthesia Enhances Efficiency, Patient and Staff Safety During ERCP: A Prospective Randomized Study
Monique Barakat, Timothy Angelotti, Subhas Banerjee

11:13 – 11:16 AM

To Drive or Not to Drive? Recovery of Driving Skills Following Propofol Mediated Endoscopy: A Prospective Cohort Study
Pooja Lal, Jonathan Beard, Shashank Sarvepalli, Joe Salloum, Sunguk Jan1, Amit Bhatt1, Prabhleen Chahal, Tyler Stevens, John J. Vargo

11:16 – 11:27 AM STATE-OF-THE ART LECTURE

Sedation Soliloquy: Is It Time to Pack it in With GI Administered Sedation?
Daniel Pambianco, MD

11:27 – 11:30 AM

Efficacy of a Thin-Versus Thick-Wire Diameter Snare for Cold Snare Polypectomy - A Multi-Center Randomized Controlled Trial
Mayenaaz Sidhu

11:30 – 11:33 AM

Piecemeal Coldsnare Excision of Large Sessile Serrated Polyps is Safer and Equally Efficacious in Comparison to Conventional Endoscopic Mucosal Resection
Arnout van Hattem

11:33 – 11:44 AM STATE-OF-THE-ART LECTURE

What Should Be in Your Polypectomy Toolbox in 2020?
Tonya R. Kaltenbach, MD, MS, FASGE

11:44– 11:55 AM STATE-OF-THE-ART LECTURE

COVID 19 and the Endoscopy Practice, What Next?
Klaus Mergener, MD, PhD, MBA, FASGE

11:55– 12:00 PM

CLOSING REMARKS
John J. Vargo II, MD, MPH, FASGE

12:00 PM ADJOURN

Continuing Medical Education
The American Society for Gastrointestinal Endoscopy (ASGE) is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education to provide continuing medical education for physicians.

ASGE designates this live activity for a maximum of 4 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.

ASGE Assurance to High Level Scientific Evidence and Adherence to Neutrality:
ASGE is committed to you, our learners. We are committed to assuring the highest level of scientific rigor, research-based evidence and practicality to clinical use is conveyed throughout this educational activity. Members who designed this educational activity are carefully selected for their content expertise, teaching excellence and neutrality on the topic(s) being presented. ASGE requires all subject matter experts, committee members and staff planners who are in a position to control any aspect of content to disclose all relevant financial relationships with any commercial interests. Financial relationships in any amount is considered a potential conflict of interest, is peer-reviewed and resolved according to ASGE’s Educational Conflict of Interest policy and procedure prior to the start of this program.  

HIPAA Accountability:
ASGE makes every effort to not include individually identifiable health information in this educational activity. To protect patient privacy, faculty are requested to de-identify patient related material in accordance with the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA).

Educational Attributes:
This ASGE educational program addresses the following desirable physician attribute(s) that align with ACGME/ABMS Competencies, Institute of Medicine Competencies and/or Interprofessional Education Collaborative Competencies: a) Medical Knowledge; b) Practice-Based Learning and Improvement; c) Provide Patient-Centered Care; and d) Employ Evidence-Based Practice.

ASGE’s Commitment to Our Learners:
ASGE’s continuing medical education program consists of a diversified educational portfolio. Each educational activity serves to maintain, develop, or increase our learner’s knowledge, skill, and professional performance. It is our intention that you will be able to transfer this learning to the provision of services for your patients, the public and the endoscopy profession. Content developed for this educational activity is based upon a body of knowledge and skills generally recognized and accepted by the GI profession and ASGE’s standards of practice, the basic medical sciences, the discipline of clinical medicine, and the provision of health care to the public.