Gastroenterology & Hepatology

2016 Digestive Disease WEek – Faculty Presentations

San Diego, California

May 21 – 24, 2016

ORAL PRESENTATIONS

SAturday, May 21

8:00 AM / Hall F (SDCC) / Hemorrhoid Therapies Faculty: ASGE Hands-on Workshop
Waqar A. Qureshi
8:15 AM / 9 (SDCC) / The Risk Factors of Hepatocellular Carcinoma (HCC) in Non-Cirrhotic Chronic Hepatitis B Patients in United States Veterans
Maneerat Chayanupatkul, Ronald Omino, Sahil Mittal, Hashem B. El-Serag, Fasiha Kanwal
8:15 AM / 4 (SDCC) / Racial/Ethnic Disparities in Hepatocellular Carcinoma Care Delivery
Sahil Mittal, Amit G. Singal
10:00 AM / 27 (SDCC) / Insights into the Development of Gastrointestinal Brunner's Glands: Critical Stem Cells and Differentiation Factors
Noah F. Shroyer
10:34 AM / 27 (SDCC) / SPDEF Shifts the Transcriptional Targets of Activated β-Catenin in Quiescent Intestinal Tumor Cells
Noah F. Shroyer
11:08 AM / 27 (SDCC) / Mechanisms of Differentiation and Homeostasis in the Gastrointestinal Tract
Noah F. Shroyer
3:00 PM / 6E (SDCC) / Acid Suppression Therapy Reduces Risk of Progression From Barrett’s Esophagus to Esophageal Adenocarcinoma: A Nested Case-Control Study in US Veterans
Mimi C. Tan, Hashem B. El-Serag, Xiaoying Yu, Aaron P. Thrift
3:00 PM / 31A (SDCC) / Quality Measures of Today and Tomorrow: How Are Measures Developed, and What is Coming Next?
Fasiha Kanwal
3:20 PM / 24 (SDCC) / ASGE's Senior Fellows Update: Anorectal Disease
Waqar A. Qureshi
5:00 PM / 9 (SDCC) / High Value Management of HCV Cirrhosis
Fasiha Kanwal

Sunday, May 22

8:15 AM / 33 (SDCC) / Accuracy of Post-Hoc High-Resolution Microendoscopy for Diagnosis of Esophageal Squamous Cell Neoplasia
Mimi C. Tan, Kalpesh G. Patel, Jason K. Hou, Mohamed O. Othman, Lubin F. Arevalo, Sharmila Anandasabapathy
8:45 AM / 11A (SDCC) / Practice-Level Variation in Hepatocellular Carcinoma Practices and Outcomes in the United States
Sahil Mittal, Aaron P. Thrift, Amit G. Singal
9:00 AM / 33 (SDCC) / Accuracy, Yield and Clinical Impact of a Low-Cost High Resolution Microendoscope in the Early Diagnosis of Esophageal Adenocarcinoma
Nabil M. Mansour, Sharmila Anandasabapathy
9:15 AM / 24 (SDCC) / Digital Single Operator Cholangioscopy (DSOC): Multicenter Experience in 237 Patients
Isaac Raijman
10:30 AM / 10 (SDCC) / The Annual Risk of Esophageal Adenocarcinoma Does Not Decrease Over Time in Patients With Barrett's Esophagus
Theresa Nguyen Wenker, Aaron P. Thrift, Xiaoying Yu, Hashem B. El-Serag
11:00 AM / 5 (SDCC) / A U.S. Multi-Center First Human Use Experience Using the Fully Disposable, Digital Single-Operator Cholangiopancreatoscope (DSOCP)
Isaac Raijman
11:15 AM / 32 (SDCC) / State of the Art Summary: Helicobacter pylori Therapy: A Paradigm Shift
David Y. Graham
11:15 AM / 28E (SDCC) / Although Not Genetically Associated, IRGM Shows Significantly Decreased Gene Expression in African American Crohn's Disease Cases Versus Matched Controls
Jason K. Hou

Monday, May 23

10:00 AM / 32 (SDCC) / Clinical Update on H. Pylori Therapies Here and Around the World
David Y. Graham
2:22 PM / 29A (SDCC) / Cost-Effectiveness of Direct-Acting Antivirals for Hepatitis C
Fasiha Kanwal
4:00 PM / 8 (SDCC) / Metabolic Syndrome and HCC: The Epidemiological Evidence
Hashem B. El-Serag
4:45 PM / 33 (SDCC) / Outcomes of Teduglutide Treatment in Patients With Short Bowel Syndrome
Hoda M. Malaty
5:00 PM / 8 (SDCC) / Is HCC in NAFLD Different: Are There Clinical Implications?
Sahil Mittal
5:30 PM / 6CF (SDCC) / Questions and Answers With the Editors of the AGA’s Journals
Hashem B. El-Serag

Tuesday, May 24

8:45 AM / 5 (SDCC) / Lumen Apposing Metal Stents for All Endoscopic Indications: An International, Multicenter Experience
Isaac Raijman
9:00 AM / 5 (SDCC) / Lumen Apposing Metal Stents in Pancreatic Fluid Collections: An International, Multicenter Experience
Isaac Raijman
10:00 AM / 32 (SDCC) / Active Gastric Inflammation in Human Volunteers After Exposure to a Cag-Positive H. pylori Challenge in a Placebo Controlled Vaccine Trial
David Y. Graham
10:15 AM / 33 (SDCC) / Time Trends in the Prevalence of Celiac Disease and Gluten-Free Diet in the United States Population: Results From the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES) 2009-2014
Kalpesh G. Patel
10:44 AM / 31A (SDCC) / Successful Implementation of Quality Measurement for Hepatology
Fasiha Kanwal
11:00 AM / 20A (SDCC) / Antibody Response to Three-Dose Hepatitis B Vaccine Is Reduced in Inflammatory Bowel Disease Patients on Anti-TNF Medications
Themistoklis Kourkoumpetis

POSTER PRESENTATIONS

SAturday, May 21

Title / Session / Authors
Clustering of Crohn's Disease Among Families in Bahrain: A 25-Year Population-Based Study / IBD: Natural History and Outcomes / David Y. Graham, Hoda M. Malaty
Incidence of and Predictors for Early Discontinuation of Biologic Therapies in Veteran Patients With Inflammatory Bowel Disease / IBD: Natural History and Outcomes / Jason K. Hou, Phillip Levin
Health Insurance Status Influences Choice of Therapy and Likelihood of Hospitalization for Patients With Crohn's Disease / IBD: Natural History and Outcomes / Xiaoying Yu, Manreet Kaur
Autonomous Nucleolar Mechanism of Colon Cancer Cell Survival and the Role of the Perinucleus in Ribosomal Protein Translation / Molecular Mechanisms and Pathways in Carcinogenesis and Metastasis / Antone R. Opekun
Cholangioscopy Is Safe and Feasible in Elderly Patients / Endsocopy: Outcomes Studies (Biliary/Pancreas) / Robert Sealock, Kalpesh G. Patel, Isaac Raijman, Mohamed O. Othman
CAP Assisted Colonoscopy Enhances Quality Based Competency in Colonoscopy Among Trainees: A Randomized Controlled Trial / Clinical Endoscopic Practice: Training and Education / Zhouwen Tang, Kalpesh G. Patel
Digital Single Operator Pancreatoscopy in the Management of Pancreatic Stones / Endoscopy: ERCP Chronic Pancreatitis / Isaac Raijman
Digital Single Operator Pancreatoscope (DSOP) in the Management of Pancreatic Disease / Endoscopy: ERCP Pancreatic Neoplasms / Isaac Raijman
Digital Single Operator Cholangiopancreatoscope (DSOP) in the Assessment of Pancreatic Intrapapillary Mucinous Neoplasia (IPMN) / Endoscopy: ERCP Pancreatic Neoplasms / Isaac Raijman
Laparoscopic Cholecystectomy and ERCP in a Single Session Reduces the Need for Multiple General Anesthetics in Pediatric Patients With Choledocholithiasis / Pediatric Endoscopy / Isaac Raijman
The Role of Transcription Factor GFI1 in Colorectal Cancer Progression and Metastasis / Molecular Mechanisms of Growth, Differentiation, and Disease / Noah F. Shroyer

Sunday, May 22

Title / Session / Authors
Barriers to Hepatitis C Treatment for the Veteran Population in the DAA Era / Hepatitis C: Therapeutics / Michael Lin, Donna White, Shahriar Tavakoli Tabasi, Hashem B. El-Serag, Fasiha Kanwal
Sleep Duration and Incident Liver Cancer in Postmenopausal Women / Liver and Biliary Carcinoma: Management, Etiology, Diagnosis and Natural History / Kathryn E. Royse, Hashem B. El-Serag, Donna White, Li Jiao
Ongoing Increases in HCC Incidence Disproportionately Impact Specific Sub-Groups and Geographic Regions / Liver and Biliary Carcinoma: Management, Etiology, Diagnosis and Natural History / Donna White, Fasiha Kanwal, Hashem B. El-Serag
Natural Language Processing Accurately Identifies Colorectal Dysplasia in a National Cohort of Veterans with Inflammatory Bowel Disease / IBD: Disease Complications / Jason K. Hou, , Hashem B. El-Serag
Presence of Colonic Dysplasia prior to Colorectal Cancer Diagnosis is Associated with Early Stage Cancer among Patients with Inflammatory Bowel Disease: A National Cohort Study / IBD: Disease Complications / Aaron P. Thrift, Hashem B. El-Serag, Jason K. Hou
Colorectal Cancer Is Diagnosed Earlier After Inflammatory Bowel Disease Diagnosis in African Americans Compared to Whites: A National Cohort Study / IBD: Disease Complications / Aaron P. Thrift, Hashem B. El-Serag, Jason K. Hou
The Incidence and Prevalence of Anxiety, Depression, and PTSD Among a National Cohort of United States Veterans With Inflammatory Bowel Disease / IBD: Disease Complications / Hashem B. El-Serag, Jason K. Hou
Factors Contributing to Indeterminate QuantiFERON®-TB Gold In-Tube Test Results in Patients With Inflammatory Bowel Diseases / IBD: Diagnostics in IBD / Aylin Tansel, Manreet Kaur
Non Alcoholic Fatty Liver Disease in Inflammatory Bowel Disease Is Associated With Obesity, Age, and Longer Disease Duration / IBD: Disease Complications / Hoda M. Malaty
The Plasticity of the Intestinal Stem Cell Compartment and Its Induction Following Rotavirus Infection / Intestinal Cell Molecular Biology/Stem Cells/Organoids (II) / Noah F. Shroyer
Factors Impacting SVR12 for Patients With Advanced Cirrhosis Receiving Daclatasvir and Sofosbuvir With Ribavirin in the ALLY-1 Study / Hepatitis C: Therapeutics / John M. Vierling

Monday, May 23

Title / Session / Authors
Natural History of Untreated HCC in a U.S. Cohort and the Role of Cancer Surveillance / Hepatocellular Cancer / Sahil Mittal, Fasiha Kanwal, Hashem B. El-Serag
Increasing Incidence of Crohn's Disease in All Age Groups in Bahrain / IBD: Epidemiology / David Y. Graham, Hoda M. Malaty
Histamine 2 Receptor Antagonists are Associated With an Increased Risk of Hospitalization and Surgery among Patients with Inflammatory Bowel Disease / IBD: Epidemiology / Rajesh Shah, Jason K. Hou
HCC Surveillance Is Associated With Early Tumor Detection and Improved Survival: A Multi-Center United States Study / Hepatocellular Cancer / Sahil Mittal, Amit G. Singal
Helicobacter pylori Virulence Genes of Minor Ethnic Groups in North Thailand / Helicobacter pylori: Epidemiology and Outcomes / Yoshio Yamaoka

Tuesday, May 24

Title / Session / Authors
Gluteofemoral Obesity Is Associated With a Reduced Risk of Barrett's Esophagus in Men: A Pooled Analysis of the Barrett's and Esophageal Adenocarcinoma Consortium / Barrett's Esophagus: Biology and Pathogenesis / Hashem B. El-Serag, Aaron P. Thrift
Diagnostic Utility of Fecal Elastase-1 in Exocrine Pancreatic Insufficiency - A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis / Clinical Chronic Pancreatitis / Rohini R. Vanga, Aylin Tansel, Avinash G. Ketwaroo, Hashem B. El-Serag, Mohamed O. Othman
The Validity of HCC Diagnosis Codes in Chronic Hepatitis B Patients in the Veterans Health Administration / Hepatitis B / Ronald Omino, Sahil Mittal, Fasiha Kanwal
Therapeutic Delays are Common in Patients with Hepatocellular Carcinoma / Health Care Delivery, Access and Cost-Effectiveness / Sahil Mittal, Amit G. Singal
The Effect of Gastroparesis on Management and Clinical Outcome in Children With Functional Dyspepsia / Pediatric Functional and Motility Disorders / Antone R. Opekun,
Digital Single-Operator Cholangioscopy (Dsoc) Improves Interobserver Agreement (IOA) and Accuracy for Evaluation of Indeterminate Biliary Strictures / Endoscopy: ERCP Cholangioscopy / Isaac Raijman
Digital Single Operator Cholangioscopy (DSOC): Assessment of Local Extent of Hilar and Extrahepatic Cholangiocarcinoma / Endoscopy: ERCP Cholangioscopy / Isaac Raijman
The Trends of Primary Antibiotic Resistance of Helicobacter pylori in Asia: A Systemic Review / Helicobacter pylori: Diagnosis, Treatment and Antimicrobial Resistance / Yoshio Yamaoka

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