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2026 What’s New in GI Symposium

AGENDA

TimeTopicSpeaker
7:00 amRegistration and Exhibit Hall Opens
Breakfast – Product Theater*
7:55 – 8:00 amWelcome
SESSION 1 – DISORDERS OF THE FOREGUT
8:00 – 8:20 amEosinophilic Esophagitis in 2026: Which Therapy, When?Benjamin Elsbernd, MD
8:20 – 8:40 amManaging Upper GI Symptoms in Patients with a History of FundoplicationAriel Aday, MD
8:40 – 9:00 amHow a GI Does It: Laryngopharyngeal RefluxKerry Dunbar, MD, PhD
9:00 – 9:15 am Session 1 Panel Q&A
9:15 – 9:30 amBREAK
SESSION 2 – INFLAMMATORY BOWEL DISEASE
9:30 – 10:00 am Using and Choosing IBD Therapies. What’s New in 2026David Fudman, MD
10:00 – 10:20 amApproach to the Hospitalized Patient with UCJiexin Wang, MD
10:20 – 10:40 amCasesMoheb Boktor, MD
Alessandra Storino Gonzalez, MD
10:40 – 10:55 amSession 2 Panel Q&A
10:55 – 11:55 amBREAK
SESSION 3 – GUEST SPEAKER
11:15 – 12:00 pmKeynote: GLP-1 Agonists and Dysmotility Effect: Clinical, Practical, and Ethical ConsiderationsWalter Chan, MD, MPH, FACG, AGAF
12:00 – 12:15 pmQ&A
Lunch – Product Theater*
SESSION 4 – LOWER GI DISORDERS
1:15 – 1:35 pmPelvic Floor Dysfunction for the GIAmisha Ahuja, MD
1:35 – 1:50 pmMicrobiota Therapies for C. DiffKatie Truitt, MD
1:50 – 2:05 pmChoosing the Right Medicines for Your Patient with IBS-CNeha Patel, MD
2:05 – 2:15 pmSession 4 Panel Q&A
2:15 – 2:25 pmBREAK
SESSION 5 – ENDOSCOPY
2:25 – 2:45Tackling Large Polyps in Everyday EndoscopyShawn Shah, MD
2:45 – 3:00 pmHemostasis: What’s New in the ToolboxThomas Tielleman, MD
3:00 – 3:15 pmBarrett’s Guidelines: Making Sense of the Latest UpdatesTarek Sawas, MD
3:15 – 3:30 pmSession 5 Panel Q&A
3:30 pmClosing Remarks & Adjourn

* Non – CME | Breakfast Sponsored by Johnson and Johnson | Lunch Sponsored by Regeneron