2021-2024 ANMS Monthly Virtual Symposia Schedule
ANMS Basic Science Virtual Webinar on The gut as a sensing organ for the entire economy
Wednesday, October 16, 2024 at 6 pm /5 pm CT/3 pm
Moderator: Maya Kaelberer, PhD and Rodger Liddle, MD
A touching story of gut sensation: specialized mechanosensory enteroendocrine cells, Constanza Alcaino, PhD, University of Cambridge
Gut-brain sensory pathways that tell us when, where, and how much to eat, Guillaume de Lartigue, PhD, Monell Chemical Senses Center and Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania
Questions and Answers
ANMS Clinical Virtual Webinar on Private Practice Neurogastroenterology: Secrets for Success (and Sustainability)
Wednesday, September 25, 2024 at 6 pm /5 pm CT/3 pm
Moderator: Greg Sayuk, MD, MPH
Speakers: Kavita Kongara, MD and Jaime Ackerman PA-C from United Digestive Partner Practice – Atlanta Gastroenterology
Questions and Answers
ANMS Pearls of Wisdom: Electrogastrogram
Wednesday, August 21, 2024 at 6 pm /5 pm CT/3 pm
Moderators: Jason Baker, PhD and David Kunkel, MD
Speaker: Lourdes Cabili-Lopez, RN, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center
Questions and Answers
ANMS Basic Science Virtual Symposium: Mechanisms of the cholinergic anti-inflammatory pathway
Wednesday, July 17, 2024 at 6 pm ET/ 5 pm CT/ 3 pm PT
Moderators: Kirsteen Browning, PhD, and Rhian Stavely, PhD
Neural reflex circuits that regulate inflammation – Eric H. Chang, PhD, Feinstein Institutes for Medical Research
Renal-protective anti-inflammatory reflex elicited in mice by acute stress or vagal afferent stimulation is mediated by the C1 cells, the sympathetic system and the spleen – Patrice G. Guyenet, PhD, University of Virginia School of Medicine
Question & Answer
ANMS Virtual Clinical Webinar: “Guiding Practice”: Translating IBS societal guidelines to patient care
Wednesday, June 12, 2024 at 6 pm ET/ 5 pm CT/ 3 pm PT
Moderators: Kavita Kongara, MD and Gregory Sayuk, MD, MPH
What’s the evidence for what we do in IBS? – Brian E. Lacy, PhD, MD – Mayo Clinic-Jacksonville
Do the IBS guidelines stand up in clinical practice? – Andrea S. Shin, MD, MSCR – UCLA Health
Question & Answer
ANMS Basic Science Virtual Symposium: Microbiome, neuro-immune interactions, and the gut-brain. What is new?
Wednesday, April 17, 2024 at 6 pm ET/ 5 pm CT/ 3 pm PT
Moderators: Jaime Belkind-Gerson, MD and Kara Margolis, MD
Neuroimmune regulation of enteric bacterial infection – Colin Reardon, PhD – UC Davis
A look into the ongoing conversation between gut microbes, enteric nervous system and immune cells – Giada De Palma, PhD – McMaster University
Question & Answer
ANMS Pearls of Wisdom: Utilization for Using Neurogastroenterology and Motility Procedures for Developing a GI Psychology Clinical Management Plan
Wednesday, March 20, 2024 at 6 pm /5 pm CT/3 pm
Moderators: Jason Baker, PhD and Laurie Keefer, PhD
Speaker: Helen Burton-Murray, PhD
Questions and Answers
ANMS Virtual Clinical Webinar on Esophageal motility testing in 2024
Wednesday, February 21, 2024 at 6 pm /5 pm CT/3 pm
Moderators: Bianca Chang, MD and Diana Snyder, MD
Esophageal motility testing in 2024
Manometry Monarchy – C. Prakash Gyawali, MD
FLIPing to a New King? – Marcelo Vela, MD
Q&A
ANMS Basic Concepts in Neurogastroenterology on Little bits from big brains: Cutting-edge work from young investigators in neurogastroenterology
Wednesday, January 17, 2024 – 3 pm PT/5 pm CT/6 pm ET
Moderators: Julia Ganz, PhD and Kyle Staller, MD, MPH
Naomi Tjaden, MD, PhD
Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia
Modulating microbioal dysbiosis as a novel treatment for Hirschsprung associated enterocolitis
Yuying Luo, MD
Mount Sinai
Psychological Comorbidities are Prevalent Among Pregnant and Postpartum Women with IBS
Amy Shepherd, PhD
Boston Children’s Harvard
Not just for survival: The modulatory role of RET signaling in the gut
Jacques Gonzales, PhD
Michigan State
Early life adversity disrupts sexual dimorphism of enteric glial genes and functions
ANMS Basic Concepts in Neurogastroenterology on Modeling enteric nervous system using organoids to study motility and functional GI disorders
Wednesday, October 18, 2023 – 3 pm PT/5 pm CT/6 pm ET
Moderators: Brian Gulbransen, PhD and Robert Heuckeroth, MD, PhD
Faranak Fattahi, PhD – University of California San Francisco
Derivation of ENS models from hPSCs for modeling and treatment of DGBIs
Maxime M. Mahe, PhD – INSERM and Cincinnati Children’s Medical Center
Use of of hPSC-derived intestinal organoids to study the development and function of the ENS
Moderators: Jason Baker, PhD and Kate Scarlata, MPH, RDN, LDN
Speaker: Nancee Jaffe, MS, RDN , UCLA Health
ANMS Virtual Clinical Webinar on Esophageal motility testing in 2024
Wednesday, February 21, 2024 at 6 pm /5 pm CT/3 pm
Moderators: Bianca Chang, MD and Diana Snyder, MD
Esophageal motility testing in 2024
Manometry Monarchy – C. Prakash Gyawali, MD
FLIPing to a New King? – Marcelo Vela, MD
Q&A
ANMS Basic Concepts in Neurogastroenterology on Little bits from big brains: Cutting-edge work from young investigators in neurogastroenterology
Wednesday, January 17, 2024 – 3 pm PT/5 pm CT/6 pm ET
Moderators: Julia Ganz, PhD and Kyle Staller, MD, MPH
Naomi Tjaden, MD, PhD
Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia
Modulating microbioal dysbiosis as a novel treatment for Hirschsprung associated enterocolitis
Yuying Luo, MD
Mount Sinai
Psychological Comorbidities are Prevalent Among Pregnant and Postpartum Women with IBS
Amy Shepherd, PhD
Boston Children’s Harvard
Not just for survival: The modulatory role of RET signaling in the gut
Jacques Gonzales, PhD
Michigan State
Early life adversity disrupts sexual dimorphism of enteric glial genes and functions
ANMS Basic Concepts in Neurogastroenterology on Modeling enteric nervous system using organoids to study motility and functional GI disorders
Wednesday, October 18, 2023 – 3 pm PT/5 pm CT/6 pm ET
Moderators: Brian Gulbransen, PhD and Robert Heuckeroth, MD, PhD
Faranak Fattahi, PhD – University of California San Francisco
Derivation of ENS models from hPSCs for modeling and treatment of DGBIs
Maxime M. Mahe, PhD – INSERM and Cincinnati Children’s Medical Center
Use of of hPSC-derived intestinal organoids to study the development and function of the ENS
Moderators: Jason Baker, PhD and Kate Scarlata, MPH, RDN, LDN
Speaker: Nancee Jaffe, MS, RDN , UCLA Health
Wednesday, April 19, 2023 – 6:00 pm ET/ 5:00 pm CT and 3:00 pm PT
Moderators: Brian Gulbransen, PhD and Elyanne Ratcliffe, MD
Bacterial modulation of visceral sensation: Mediators and mechanisms Speaker: Alan Lomax, PhD, Queen’s University
Food for thought about immune drivers of gut pain Speaker: Stuart Brierley, PhD, Flinders University
Wednesday, June 21, 2023 – 6:00-6:45 pm ET/5:00-5:45 pm CT/3:00-3:45 pm PT
Moderators, Jason R. Baker, PhD and Nitin Ahuja, MD
Pearls of Wisdom: Physical Therapy for a Dyssynergic Defecation Patient
Speaker: Teresa Lee Hoey, PT, PRPC, CMTPT – Atrium Health
Wednesday, May 17, 2023 at 6:00 pm ET / 5:00 pm CT / 3:00 pm PT
Moderator: John Rosen, MD
Cannabinoids in the GI tract Speaker: Thangam Venkatesan, MD
Psychotropics in the GI tract Speaker: Desale Yacob, MD
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Wednesday, March 15, 2023 at 6:00 pm ET / 5:00 pm CT / 3:00 pm PT
Moderator, Anand Jain
Endoflip uses and limitations Speaker: Dusty Carlson
Clinical case endoflip presented where endoflip is useful and changes management Speaker: Adriana Lazarescu
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February 15, 2023 – 6 pm ET/5 pm CT/3 pm PT
Moderators: Jason R. Baker, PhD and Brooks D. Cash, MD
Pearls of Wisdom: Hydrogen Breath Testing
Speaker: Coka Yip, NP, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center
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January 11, 2023 – 6 pm ET/5 pm CT/3 pm PT
Moderators: Kenneth Koch, MD and Jennifer Wellington, DO
Transcutaneous auricular vagal nerve stimulation improves functional dyspepsia by enhancing vagal efferent activity, Jiande Chen, PhD, University of Michigan
The effect of gastric electrical stimulation and gastric mapping on small bowel motility in patients with gastroparesis and concomitant pancreatic and small bowel dysfunction, Thomas L. Abell, MD University of Louisville
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December 7, 2022 – 6 pm ET/5 pm CT/3 pm PT
Moderator: Baha Moshiree, MD and Emily Haller, MS, RDN
Establishing a successful Doctor-Patient partnership from Doctor perspective, Kenneth Koch, MD, Wake Forest University’s School of Medicine and Atrium Health Wake Forest Baptist
Establishing a successful Patient-Doctor partnership from Patient perspective – Laura A. Dotson, Laura A. Dotson, BA, BS, MAT, Patient Advocate and Educator
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ANMS Virtual Symposia: Medical Procedure Education Series on Pearls of Wisdom: Neurostimulation in the setting of Refractory Gastroparesis
August 23, 2023 from 6:00-6:45 pm ET/5:00-5:45 pm CT/3:00-3:45 pm PT
Moderators, Jason R. Baker, PhD and Baha Moshiree, MD
– Diana McFarlane, PA – Virginia Mason Franciscan Health
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December 14, 2022 – 6 pm ET/5 pm CT/3 pm PT
Moderators: Jason R. Baker, PhD and Lusine Ambartsumyan, MD
Speaker: Lisa Sitz, NP, Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta
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October 12, 2022 – 6 pm ET/5 pm CT/3 pm PT
Moderators: Jason R. Baker, PhD and Henry Parkman, MD
Speaker: Duane Burton, MHA, Mayo Clinic, Rochester
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August 17, 2022 – 6 pm ET/5 pm CT/3 pm PT
Moderators: Jason R. Baker, PhD and William L. Hasler, MD
Speaker: Lydia Watts, BA, BS, Michigan Medicine
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June 15, 2022 – 6 pm ET/5 pm CT/3 pm PT
Moderators: Jason R. Baker, PhD and Darren Brenner, MD
Speaker: Kirsten Walaski, MSN, CRNP, The Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia
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April 13, 2022 – 6 pm ET/5 pm CT/3 pm PT
Moderators: Jason R. Baker, PhD and Joan W. Chen, MD
Speaker: Barbara S. Brien, BSN, RN, Massachusetts General Hospital
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February 23, 2022 6:00 pm ET/5:00 pm CT/3:00 pm/PT
Moderators: Jason Baker, PhD and Prakash Gyawali, MD, MRCP
Mackenzie McArthur, MPAM, DMSc, PA-C, Atrium Health
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January 26, 2022 6:00 pm ET/5:00 pm CT/3:00 pm/PT
Moderator: Satish SC Rao, MD, PhD
How to Develop a Motility Lab
Jason R. Baker, PhD, Atrium Health
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Wednesday, October 19, 2022 – 9 am PT/11 am CT/12 pm ET
Moderators: Kara Margolis, MD and Gianluca Cipriani, PhD
Immune mechanisms of enteric nervous system remodeling: linking IBD to IBS
Milena Bogunovic, MD, PhD, UMass Chan Medical School
Regulation of intestinal immunity and tissue repair by enteric glia
Fränze Progatzky, PhD, The Francis Crick Institute
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Wednesday, November 16, 2022 – 9 am PT/11 am CT/12 pm ET
Moderators: William Chey, MD and Bethany Doerfler, MS, RD, LDN
Guy E. Boeckxstaens, MD, PhD KU Leuven / UZ Leuven
Local immune response to food antigens drives meal-induced abdominal pain
Stephen Vanner, MSc, MD, Queen’s University
Nutritional profile of rodent diets impacts experimental reproducibility in microbiome preclinical research
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Wednesday, September 28, 2022 ‐ 3 pm PT/5 pm CT/6 pm ET
Moderators: Tamas Ordog, MD and Elizabeth Videlock, MD, PhD
Novel mechanisms for enteric neuronal degeneration and gastrointestinal motility disorders – Shanthi Srinivasan, MD, Emory University
Intercellular communication between enteric glia, immune cells, and neurons in gastrointestinal neuromuscular disorders – Brian Gulbransen PhD, Michigan State University
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Wednesday, June 22, 2022 ‐ 3 pm PT/5 pm CT/6 pm ET
Moderators: Arthur Beyder, MD, PhD and Kristen Smith-Edwards, PhD
Life threatening bowel motility disorders: Making sense and making it better
Robert Heuckeroth, MD, PhD, Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia
Defining Enteric Neuron Diversity Through the Lens of Transcriptomics: E. Michelle Southard-Smith, PhD, Vanderbilt University
Wednesday, April 20, 2022 ‐ 3 pm PT/5 pm CT/6 pm ET
Moderators: G. Nicholas Verne, MD and Andrea Harrington, PhD
Epigenomics: Tamas Ordog, MD, Mayo Clinic
Gut Sensing Toolbox: Maya (Melanie) Kaelberer, PhD, Duke University
Latest Imaging techniques: Brian Gulbransen, PhD, Michigan State University
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February 16, 2022 – 6:00 pm ET/5:00 pm CT/3:00 pm/PT
Moderators, David Levinthal and Luke Grundy
Bowel–bladder interactions in IBS
G. Nicholas Verne, MD
University of Tennessee
Mechanisms of visceral organ crosstalk
Beverley Greenwood-vanMeerveld, PhD
University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center
Gastrointestinal and bladder co-morbidities in children: Is there a role for visceral organ cross-talk?
Jose Garza, MD
Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta
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August 24, 2022 – 6:00 pm ET/5:00 pm CT/3:00 pm/PT
Moderator: Linda Nguyen MD
Gastroparesis drug trials: why have they failed?
Brian E. Lacy, PhD, MD, Mayo Clinic, Jacksonville
How to treat Gastroparesis in Children. Are the current guidelines appropriate?
Katja Kovacic, MD, Medical College of Wisconsin
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Wednesday, March 9, 2022 – 6:00 pm ET/5:00 pm CT/3:00 pm/PT
Moderator: Baha Moshiree, MD
Clinical Pictures of SIBO
Eamonn Quigley, MD, Houston Methodist and Weill Cornell Medical College
Testing for SIBO
Lucinda Harris, MD, Mayo Clinic, Scottsdale
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December 15, 2021, 6:00 pm ET / 5:00 pm CT / 3:00 pm PT
Moderator: Miranda van Tilburg
Gut Directed Hypnotherapy Across the Spectrum of DGBI , Sarah Kinsinger, PhD, Loyola University Medical Center
Advances in Cognitive Behavior Therapy for DGBI – Laurie Keefer, PhD, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai
Environmental enrichment prevents stress induced epigenetic changes in the amygdala to inhibit visceral hypersensitivity – Albert Orock, PhD, University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center
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February 24, 2021 –3 pm PT/5 pm CT/6 pm ET
Moderator: John Wiley
Role of the cannabinoid system in pain control: Therapeutic implications – Greg Sayuk, MD, Washington University
Opioids and cannabinoids systems in IBS: Do they play an immune-related compensatory role in visceral pain? – Catia Sternini, MD, David Geffen School of Medicine, UCLA
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April 28, 2021 – 6:00 pm ET / 5:00 pm CT / 3:00 pm PT
Moderator: Beverley Greenwood-Van Meerveld
Early life abuse and other adverse life events impact IBS symptoms in adults – Lin Chang, MD, UCLA Health
Early life stress and sex-differences in brain epigenetic regulation of chronic visceral pain, Tijs Louwies, PhD, Oklahoma University
Nutritional interventions during pregnancy to reduce the impact of stress on the microbiome-gut-brain axis – Siobhain M. O’Mahony, BSc MSc PhD, University College Cork, Ireland
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June 16, 2021, 6:00 pm ET / 5:00 pm CT / 3:00 pm PT
Moderator: Gary Mawe
Esophageal Motility & Dysmotility: Physiology and Pathophysiology, C. Prakash Gyawali, MD, Washington University St. Louis
Cellular Mechanisms underlying Gastroparesis, Shanthi Srinivasan, MD, Emory University
Cerebral cortical influences on the stomach, David Levinthal, MD, PhD, University of Pittsburgh
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Wednesday, March 31, 2021 – 3 pm PT / 5 pm CT / 6 pm ET
Moderator: Anand Jain
Basics of esophageal manometry – Afrin Kamal, MD, Stanford University
Pitfalls of esophageal manometry – John Pandolfino, MD, Northwestern Medicine, Feinberg School of Medicine, Northwestern University
Clinical cases and discussion
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May 26, 2021 – 6:00 pm ET / 5:00 pm CT / 3:00 pm PT
Moderator: Leonel Rodriguez
Anorectal manometry, Patricia Garcia, Stanford University
Anorectal manometry in Pediatrics, Lusine Ambartsumyan Seattle Children’s
Clinical cases and discussion
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July 21, 2021 – 6:00 pm ET / 5:00 pm CT / 3:00 pm PT
Moderator: Peter Lu
Incorporating Social Media in Healthcare and Research: What do the clinicians and scientists need to know? Walter W. Chan, MD, MPH, Harvard University
False Health information: How does it spread and how can it be stopped? Miranda van Tilburg, PhD, Campbell University
Panelists: Peter Lu and Jennifer Webster
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Monday June 15, 2020 8-9:30pm ET
Moderators: John Pandolfino and Mark Pochapin
Introduction – Mark B. Pochapin, ACG
PPE, Work-Flow, Disinfection – Jason Baker, Atrium Health
Esophagus: C. Prakash Gyawali –Washington University in St. Louis
Stomach/Small Bowel/Colon – Baharak Moshiree, Atrium Health
Breath Testing – William D. Chey, University of Michigan
Anorectal – Satish S.C. Rao, Augusta University
Billing Related Issues – Abraham R. Khan, NYU Langone Health
Q&A – John E. Pandolfino, Northwestern University
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June 18, 2020 – 3 pm PT/5 pm CT/6 pm ET
What is EGJ outflow obstruction – Kristle Lynch, University Pennsylvania
Complementary diagnostic tools – C. Prakash Gyawali, Washington University in St. Louis
Therapeutic approach to EGJOO – Benson Massey, Medical College of Wisconsin
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Wednesday, August 5, 2020 – 3 pm PT/5 pm CT/6 pm ET
Moderator: Ellen Stein
Updates in Gastroparesis – Baha Moshiree, MD, Atrium Health
Gastroparesis: Are Kids just Little Adults? – Carlo Di Lorenzo, MD, Nationwide Children’s Hospital
Gastroparesis and associated conditions – Linda Nguyen, MD, Stanford University
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Wednesday, September 16 – 3 pm PT/5 pm CT/6 pm ET
Moderator: Justin Wheeler
Updates in Constipation – Nitin Ahuja, MD, University of Pennsylvania
Approach to Pediatric Constipation: How are Kids Different? – Jose Garza, MD, Children’s Health Care of Atlanta, GI Care for Kids
When Kids Need Surgery: Transitioning to Adulthood – Alessandra Gasior, DO, Nationwide Children’s Hospital
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Wednesday, October 7 – 3 pm PT/5 pm CT/6 pm ET
Moderator: Prasanna Kapavarapu
Vagal Nerve Stimulation: Hope or Hype? – Katja Kovacic, MD, Children’s Wisconsin
Gastric Electrical Stimulation: Developing an Approach – Peter Lu, MD, Nationwide Children’s Hospital
Neuromodulation for Anorectal Disorders– Satish Rao, MD, PhD, Augusta University
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Wednesday, November 18 – 3 pm PT/5 pm CT/6 pm ET
Moderator: Kimberly Harer
Approach to Kids with Functional Abdominal Pain – Miguel Saps, MD, University of Miami Health System
Central Neuromodulators for Functional Abdominal Pain – Douglas Drossman, MD, DrossmanCare
Brain Gut Therapies – Miranda van Tilburg, PhD, Campbell University
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Wednesday, December 2 – 3 pm PT/5 pm CT/6 pm ET
Moderator: Erin Toto
Newer approaches to diagnose dyssynergic defecation with insights into normal defecation – Leila Neshatian, MD, Stanford University
Management of defecatory dysfunction in adults – biofeedback and more – Adil Bharucha, MBBS, MD, Mayo Clinic
Pediatric approach to defecatory dysfunction – Samuel Nurko, MD, MPH, Boston Children’s Hospital
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August 19, 2020 – 3 pm PT/5 pm CT/6 pm ET
Moderator: Purna Kashyap
• Are gut microbiota to be blamed for abdominal pain? – David Reed, PhD, Queen’s University
• Separating facts from fiction: role of microbiome in modulating the gut-brain axis – Gerard Clarke, PhD, University College Cork
• Can diet be used to modulate the microbiome gut-brain axis – Premsyl Bercik, MD, McMaster University
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Wednesday, September 30 – 3 pm PT/5 pm CT/6 pm ET
Moderator: Elyanne Ratcliffe
• Regulation of intestinal contractility due to enteric neuronal programming by the microbiome – Vassilis Pachnis, MD, PhD, FMedSci, FRS, The Francis Crick Institute
• Gut microbiota-mediated Gene-Environment interaction in Enteric Neuropathies and implications for Motility Disorders – Nicolas Pilon, PhD, Université du Québec à Montréal (UQAM)
• Influence of ENS development on Gut Motility, Microbiota and Intestinal Inflammation in a zebra fish Hirschsprung’s Disease Model – Julia Ganz, PhD, Michigan State University
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Wednesday, October 21 ‐ 1 pm EST / 12 pm Central / 10 am PST
Moderator: Lin Chang
• Edging Closer to Personalized Medicine in FGID’s by understanding the pathogenic mechanisms for diagnosis and treatment – Michael Camilleri, MD, Mayo Clinic
• Disease Oriented Genome Networks: Role of serotonin receptor genes (and gene mutations and polymorphisms in other genes) in etiology of GI Disorders – Beate Niesler, PhD, University Hospital Heidelberg
• Rome classifications: the power of defining symptoms in the classification, diagnosis and treatment of neurogastroenterology and motility disorders – Magnus Simrén, MD, PhD, University of Gothenburg
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Wednesday, November 11 ‐ 3 pm PT/5 pm CT/6 pm ET
Moderator: Fievos Christofi
• Pathogenic Mechanisms Involving Basal Ganglia and Nigro-Vagal Neural Circuitry are Linked to Gastrointestinal Dysmotility in Parkinsonism – R. Alberto Travagli, PhD, Penn State
• Autism Spectrum Disorders and GI Dysfunction are Linked to Serotonin in the Gut-Brain Microbiome Axis – Kara Margolis, MD, Columbia University
• Gut Chemosensation and Appetite regulation in the Brain-Gut Axis – Helen Raybould, PhD, UC Davis
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Wednesday, December 16 – 3 pm PT/5 pm CT/6 pm ET
Moderator: Keith Sharkey
• Emerging roles of enteric glia in neurogastroenerolgy & motility disorders – Meena Rao, MD, PhD, Boston Children’s Hospital
• The natural history of muscularis propria macrophages determines their functional roles in gastrointestinal motility – Simon Gibbons, PhD, Mayo Clinic
• Functional connectivity of the smooth muscle, interstitial cell of Cajal, PDGFRα cell (SIP) syncytium drives normal gastrointestinal motility – Kenton Sanders, PhD, University of Nevada, Reno
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Wednesday, June 21, 2023 – 6:00-6:45 pm ET/5:00-5:45 pm CT/3:00-3:45 pm PT
Moderators, Jason R. Baker, PhD and Nitin Ahuja, MD
Pearls of Wisdom: Physical Therapy for a Dyssynergic Defecation Patient
Speaker: Teresa Lee Hoey, PT, PRPC, CMTPT – Atrium Health
Wednesday, April 19, 2023 – 6:00 pm ET/ 5:00 pm CT and 3:00 pm PT
Moderators: Brian Gulbransen, PhD and Elyanne Ratcliffe, MD
Bacterial modulation of visceral sensation: Mediators and mechanisms Speaker: Alan Lomax, PhD, Queen’s University
Food for thought about immune drivers of gut pain Speaker: Stuart Brierley, PhD, Flinders University
Wednesday, May 17, 2023 at 6:00 pm ET / 5:00 pm CT / 3:00 pm PT
Moderator: John Rosen, MD
Cannabinoids in the GI tract Speaker: Thangam Venkatesan, MD
Psychotropics in the GI tract Speaker: Desale Yacob, MD
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Wednesday, March 15, 2023 at 6:00 pm ET / 5:00 pm CT / 3:00 pm PT
Moderator, Anand Jain
Endoflip uses and limitations Speaker: Dusty Carlson
Clinical case endoflip presented where endoflip is useful and changes management Speaker: Adriana Lazarescu
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February 15, 2023 – 6 pm ET/5 pm CT/3 pm PT
Moderators: Jason R. Baker, PhD and Brooks D. Cash, MD
Pearls of Wisdom: Hydrogen Breath Testing
Speaker: Coka Yip, NP, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center
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January 11, 2023 – 6 pm ET/5 pm CT/3 pm PT
Moderators: Kenneth Koch, MD and Jennifer Wellington, DO
Transcutaneous auricular vagal nerve stimulation improves functional dyspepsia by enhancing vagal efferent activity, Jiande Chen, PhD, University of Michigan
The effect of gastric electrical stimulation and gastric mapping on small bowel motility in patients with gastroparesis and concomitant pancreatic and small bowel dysfunction, Thomas L. Abell, MD University of Louisville
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December 7, 2022 – 6 pm ET/5 pm CT/3 pm PT
Moderator: Baha Moshiree, MD and Emily Haller, MS, RDN
Establishing a successful Doctor-Patient partnership from Doctor perspective, Kenneth Koch, MD, Wake Forest University’s School of Medicine and Atrium Health Wake Forest Baptist
Establishing a successful Patient-Doctor partnership from Patient perspective – Laura A. Dotson, Laura A. Dotson, BA, BS, MAT, Patient Advocate and Educator
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December 14, 2022 – 6 pm ET/5 pm CT/3 pm PT
Moderators: Jason R. Baker, PhD and Lusine Ambartsumyan, MD
Speaker: Lisa Sitz, NP, Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta
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October 12, 2022 – 6 pm ET/5 pm CT/3 pm PT
Moderators: Jason R. Baker, PhD and Henry Parkman, MD
Speaker: Duane Burton, MHA, Mayo Clinic, Rochester
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August 17, 2022 – 6 pm ET/5 pm CT/3 pm PT
Moderators: Jason R. Baker, PhD and William L. Hasler, MD
Speaker: Lydia Watts, BA, BS, Michigan Medicine
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June 15, 2022 – 6 pm ET/5 pm CT/3 pm PT
Moderators: Jason R. Baker, PhD and Darren Brenner, MD
Speaker: Kirsten Walaski, MSN, CRNP, The Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia
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April 13, 2022 – 6 pm ET/5 pm CT/3 pm PT
Moderators: Jason R. Baker, PhD and Joan W. Chen, MD
Speaker: Barbara S. Brien, BSN, RN, Massachusetts General Hospital
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February 23, 2022 6:00 pm ET/5:00 pm CT/3:00 pm/PT
Moderators: Jason Baker, PhD and Prakash Gyawali, MD, MRCP
Mackenzie McArthur, MPAM, DMSc, PA-C, Atrium Health
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January 26, 2022 6:00 pm ET/5:00 pm CT/3:00 pm/PT
Moderator: Satish SC Rao, MD, PhD
How to Develop a Motility Lab
Jason R. Baker, PhD, Atrium Health
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Wednesday, October 19, 2022 – 9 am PT/11 am CT/12 pm ET
Moderators: Kara Margolis, MD and Gianluca Cipriani, PhD
Immune mechanisms of enteric nervous system remodeling: linking IBD to IBS
Milena Bogunovic, MD, PhD, UMass Chan Medical School
Regulation of intestinal immunity and tissue repair by enteric glia
Fränze Progatzky, PhD, The Francis Crick Institute
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Wednesday, November 16, 2022 – 9 am PT/11 am CT/12 pm ET
Moderators: William Chey, MD and Bethany Doerfler, MS, RD, LDN
Guy E. Boeckxstaens, MD, PhD KU Leuven / UZ Leuven
Local immune response to food antigens drives meal-induced abdominal pain
Stephen Vanner, MSc, MD, Queen’s University
Nutritional profile of rodent diets impacts experimental reproducibility in microbiome preclinical research
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Wednesday, September 28, 2022 ‐ 3 pm PT/5 pm CT/6 pm ET
Moderators: Tamas Ordog, MD and Elizabeth Videlock, MD, PhD
Novel mechanisms for enteric neuronal degeneration and gastrointestinal motility disorders – Shanthi Srinivasan, MD, Emory University
Intercellular communication between enteric glia, immune cells, and neurons in gastrointestinal neuromuscular disorders – Brian Gulbransen PhD, Michigan State University
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Wednesday, June 22, 2022 ‐ 3 pm PT/5 pm CT/6 pm ET
Moderators: Arthur Beyder, MD, PhD and Kristen Smith-Edwards, PhD
Life threatening bowel motility disorders: Making sense and making it better
Robert Heuckeroth, MD, PhD, Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia
Defining Enteric Neuron Diversity Through the Lens of Transcriptomics: E. Michelle Southard-Smith, PhD, Vanderbilt University
Wednesday, April 20, 2022 ‐ 3 pm PT/5 pm CT/6 pm ET
Moderators: G. Nicholas Verne, MD and Andrea Harrington, PhD
Epigenomics: Tamas Ordog, MD, Mayo Clinic
Gut Sensing Toolbox: Maya (Melanie) Kaelberer, PhD, Duke University
Latest Imaging techniques: Brian Gulbransen, PhD, Michigan State University
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February 16, 2022 – 6:00 pm ET/5:00 pm CT/3:00 pm/PT
Moderators, David Levinthal and Luke Grundy
Bowel–bladder interactions in IBS
G. Nicholas Verne, MD
University of Tennessee
Mechanisms of visceral organ crosstalk
Beverley Greenwood-vanMeerveld, PhD
University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center
Gastrointestinal and bladder co-morbidities in children: Is there a role for visceral organ cross-talk?
Jose Garza, MD
Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta
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August 24, 2022 – 6:00 pm ET/5:00 pm CT/3:00 pm/PT
Moderator: Linda Nguyen MD
Gastroparesis drug trials: why have they failed?
Brian E. Lacy, PhD, MD, Mayo Clinic, Jacksonville
How to treat Gastroparesis in Children. Are the current guidelines appropriate?
Katja Kovacic, MD, Medical College of Wisconsin
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Wednesday, March 9, 2022 – 6:00 pm ET/5:00 pm CT/3:00 pm/PT
Moderator: Baha Moshiree, MD
Clinical Pictures of SIBO
Eamonn Quigley, MD, Houston Methodist and Weill Cornell Medical College
Testing for SIBO
Lucinda Harris, MD, Mayo Clinic, Scottsdale
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December 15, 2021, 6:00 pm ET / 5:00 pm CT / 3:00 pm PT
Moderator: Miranda van Tilburg
Gut Directed Hypnotherapy Across the Spectrum of DGBI , Sarah Kinsinger, PhD, Loyola University Medical Center
Advances in Cognitive Behavior Therapy for DGBI – Laurie Keefer, PhD, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai
Environmental enrichment prevents stress induced epigenetic changes in the amygdala to inhibit visceral hypersensitivity – Albert Orock, PhD, University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center
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February 24, 2021 –3 pm PT/5 pm CT/6 pm ET
Moderator: John Wiley
Role of the cannabinoid system in pain control: Therapeutic implications – Greg Sayuk, MD, Washington University
Opioids and cannabinoids systems in IBS: Do they play an immune-related compensatory role in visceral pain? – Catia Sternini, MD, David Geffen School of Medicine, UCLA
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April 28, 2021 – 6:00 pm ET / 5:00 pm CT / 3:00 pm PT
Moderator: Beverley Greenwood-Van Meerveld
Early life abuse and other adverse life events impact IBS symptoms in adults – Lin Chang, MD, UCLA Health
Early life stress and sex-differences in brain epigenetic regulation of chronic visceral pain, Tijs Louwies, PhD, Oklahoma University
Nutritional interventions during pregnancy to reduce the impact of stress on the microbiome-gut-brain axis – Siobhain M. O’Mahony, BSc MSc PhD, University College Cork, Ireland
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June 16, 2021, 6:00 pm ET / 5:00 pm CT / 3:00 pm PT
Moderator: Gary Mawe
Esophageal Motility & Dysmotility: Physiology and Pathophysiology, C. Prakash Gyawali, MD, Washington University St. Louis
Cellular Mechanisms underlying Gastroparesis, Shanthi Srinivasan, MD, Emory University
Cerebral cortical influences on the stomach, David Levinthal, MD, PhD, University of Pittsburgh
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Wednesday, March 31, 2021 – 3 pm PT / 5 pm CT / 6 pm ET
Moderator: Anand Jain
Basics of esophageal manometry – Afrin Kamal, MD, Stanford University
Pitfalls of esophageal manometry – John Pandolfino, MD, Northwestern Medicine, Feinberg School of Medicine, Northwestern University
Clinical cases and discussion
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May 26, 2021 – 6:00 pm ET / 5:00 pm CT / 3:00 pm PT
Moderator: Leonel Rodriguez
Anorectal manometry, Patricia Garcia, Stanford University
Anorectal manometry in Pediatrics, Lusine Ambartsumyan Seattle Children’s
Clinical cases and discussion
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July 21, 2021 – 6:00 pm ET / 5:00 pm CT / 3:00 pm PT
Moderator: Peter Lu
Incorporating Social Media in Healthcare and Research: What do the clinicians and scientists need to know? Walter W. Chan, MD, MPH, Harvard University
False Health information: How does it spread and how can it be stopped? Miranda van Tilburg, PhD, Campbell University
Panelists: Peter Lu and Jennifer Webster
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Monday June 15, 2020 8-9:30pm ET
Moderators: John Pandolfino and Mark Pochapin
Introduction – Mark B. Pochapin, ACG
PPE, Work-Flow, Disinfection – Jason Baker, Atrium Health
Esophagus: C. Prakash Gyawali –Washington University in St. Louis
Stomach/Small Bowel/Colon – Baharak Moshiree, Atrium Health
Breath Testing – William D. Chey, University of Michigan
Anorectal – Satish S.C. Rao, Augusta University
Billing Related Issues – Abraham R. Khan, NYU Langone Health
Q&A – John E. Pandolfino, Northwestern University
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June 18, 2020 – 3 pm PT/5 pm CT/6 pm ET
What is EGJ outflow obstruction – Kristle Lynch, University Pennsylvania
Complementary diagnostic tools – C. Prakash Gyawali, Washington University in St. Louis
Therapeutic approach to EGJOO – Benson Massey, Medical College of Wisconsin
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Wednesday, August 5, 2020 – 3 pm PT/5 pm CT/6 pm ET
Moderator: Ellen Stein
Updates in Gastroparesis – Baha Moshiree, MD, Atrium Health
Gastroparesis: Are Kids just Little Adults? – Carlo Di Lorenzo, MD, Nationwide Children’s Hospital
Gastroparesis and associated conditions – Linda Nguyen, MD, Stanford University
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Wednesday, September 16 – 3 pm PT/5 pm CT/6 pm ET
Moderator: Justin Wheeler
Updates in Constipation – Nitin Ahuja, MD, University of Pennsylvania
Approach to Pediatric Constipation: How are Kids Different? – Jose Garza, MD, Children’s Health Care of Atlanta, GI Care for Kids
When Kids Need Surgery: Transitioning to Adulthood – Alessandra Gasior, DO, Nationwide Children’s Hospital
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Wednesday, October 7 – 3 pm PT/5 pm CT/6 pm ET
Moderator: Prasanna Kapavarapu
Vagal Nerve Stimulation: Hope or Hype? – Katja Kovacic, MD, Children’s Wisconsin
Gastric Electrical Stimulation: Developing an Approach – Peter Lu, MD, Nationwide Children’s Hospital
Neuromodulation for Anorectal Disorders– Satish Rao, MD, PhD, Augusta University
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Wednesday, November 18 – 3 pm PT/5 pm CT/6 pm ET
Moderator: Kimberly Harer
Approach to Kids with Functional Abdominal Pain – Miguel Saps, MD, University of Miami Health System
Central Neuromodulators for Functional Abdominal Pain – Douglas Drossman, MD, DrossmanCare
Brain Gut Therapies – Miranda van Tilburg, PhD, Campbell University
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Wednesday, December 2 – 3 pm PT/5 pm CT/6 pm ET
Moderator: Erin Toto
Newer approaches to diagnose dyssynergic defecation with insights into normal defecation – Leila Neshatian, MD, Stanford University
Management of defecatory dysfunction in adults – biofeedback and more – Adil Bharucha, MBBS, MD, Mayo Clinic
Pediatric approach to defecatory dysfunction – Samuel Nurko, MD, MPH, Boston Children’s Hospital
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August 19, 2020 – 3 pm PT/5 pm CT/6 pm ET
Moderator: Purna Kashyap
• Are gut microbiota to be blamed for abdominal pain? – David Reed, PhD, Queen’s University
• Separating facts from fiction: role of microbiome in modulating the gut-brain axis – Gerard Clarke, PhD, University College Cork
• Can diet be used to modulate the microbiome gut-brain axis – Premsyl Bercik, MD, McMaster University
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Wednesday, September 30 – 3 pm PT/5 pm CT/6 pm ET
Moderator: Elyanne Ratcliffe
• Regulation of intestinal contractility due to enteric neuronal programming by the microbiome – Vassilis Pachnis, MD, PhD, FMedSci, FRS, The Francis Crick Institute
• Gut microbiota-mediated Gene-Environment interaction in Enteric Neuropathies and implications for Motility Disorders – Nicolas Pilon, PhD, Université du Québec à Montréal (UQAM)
• Influence of ENS development on Gut Motility, Microbiota and Intestinal Inflammation in a zebra fish Hirschsprung’s Disease Model – Julia Ganz, PhD, Michigan State University
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Wednesday, October 21 ‐ 1 pm EST / 12 pm Central / 10 am PST
Moderator: Lin Chang
• Edging Closer to Personalized Medicine in FGID’s by understanding the pathogenic mechanisms for diagnosis and treatment – Michael Camilleri, MD, Mayo Clinic
• Disease Oriented Genome Networks: Role of serotonin receptor genes (and gene mutations and polymorphisms in other genes) in etiology of GI Disorders – Beate Niesler, PhD, University Hospital Heidelberg
• Rome classifications: the power of defining symptoms in the classification, diagnosis and treatment of neurogastroenterology and motility disorders – Magnus Simrén, MD, PhD, University of Gothenburg
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Wednesday, November 11 ‐ 3 pm PT/5 pm CT/6 pm ET
Moderator: Fievos Christofi
• Pathogenic Mechanisms Involving Basal Ganglia and Nigro-Vagal Neural Circuitry are Linked to Gastrointestinal Dysmotility in Parkinsonism – R. Alberto Travagli, PhD, Penn State
• Autism Spectrum Disorders and GI Dysfunction are Linked to Serotonin in the Gut-Brain Microbiome Axis – Kara Margolis, MD, Columbia University
• Gut Chemosensation and Appetite regulation in the Brain-Gut Axis – Helen Raybould, PhD, UC Davis
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Wednesday, December 16 – 3 pm PT/5 pm CT/6 pm ET
Moderator: Keith Sharkey
• Emerging roles of enteric glia in neurogastroenerolgy & motility disorders – Meena Rao, MD, PhD, Boston Children’s Hospital
• The natural history of muscularis propria macrophages determines their functional roles in gastrointestinal motility – Simon Gibbons, PhD, Mayo Clinic
• Functional connectivity of the smooth muscle, interstitial cell of Cajal, PDGFRα cell (SIP) syncytium drives normal gastrointestinal motility – Kenton Sanders, PhD, University of Nevada, Reno
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