Attendees will receive access to up to 20 contact hours of on-demand education after the live event until December 4th. See below for the schedule-at-a-glance and live education sessions and speakers. The full education lineup will be available in the coming weeks.
Saturday, October 31, 2020
All sessions will take place in Central Time (CDT).
| 8:00 am – 8:15 am |
Welcome and Introductions |
| 8:15 am – 9:15 am |
General Session: Keeping a Professional Presence in Times of Change
Presented by: Faith Roberts, MSN RN NEA-BC |
| 9:15 am – 9:25 am |
Break |
| 9:25 am – 10:25 am |
Exploring The Hidden Secrets of the Pancreas
Presented by: K. Jane Malick |
| 10:25 am – 10:35 am |
Break |
| 10:35 am – 11:35 am |
Zero Infections After GI Endoscopic Procedures: Many Centers Do It, You Can Too!
Presented by: Susan Hutfless |
| 11:35 am – 11:45 am |
Break |
| 11:45 am – 12:45 pm |
Transoral Incisionless Fundoplication (TIF)—Revolutionizing Treatment of GERD
Presented by: Regina Crowell, MD |
| 12:45 pm – 2:30 pm |
Virtual Exhibit Hall |
| 2:30 pm – 3:30 pm |
General Session: Interventional Treatments of Cancer in the GI Tract
Presented by: Neil Sharma, MD |
| 3:45 pm – 5:00 pm |
Virtual Get Together |
Sunday, November 1, 2020
All sessions will take place in Central Time (CDT).
| 8:00 am – 8:15 am |
Welcome and Introduction |
| 8:15 am – 9:15 am |
General Session: Community Cancer Screening/Colonoscopy
Presented by: Whitney Jones, MD |
| 9:15 am – 9:25 am |
Break |
| 9:25 am – 10:25 am |
Inflammatory Bowel Disease
Presented by: Anne Tuskey, MD |
| 10:25 am – 10:35 am |
Break |
| 10:35 am – 11:35 am |
The EATiology of Constipation: Choose Your Food if You Haven't Poo'd
Presented by: Patricia Raymond, MD |
| 11:35 am – 11:45 am |
Break |
| 11:45 am – 12:45 pm |
Infection Control in ERCP: Cholangitis, Duodenoscope Reprocessing and New Technology
Presented by: Mark Gromski, MD |
| 12:45 pm – 2:30 pm |
Virtual Exhibit Hall |
| 2:30 pm – 3:30 pm |
Eosinophilic Esophagitis (EOE): From Farm to Table
Presented by: Bryan Sauer, MD |
Monday, November 2, 2020
All sessions will take place in Central Time (CDT).
| 8:00 am – 8:15 am |
Welcome and Introductions |
| 8:30 am – 9:30 am |
Achalasia: Everything You Thought You Knew and Then Some
Presented by: Nikolai A. Bildzukewicz, MD |
| 9:40 am – 10:40 am |
Vendor Sessions |
| 10:40 am – 10:50 am |
Break |
| 10:50 am – 11:50 am |
Poster Power Hour |
| 11:50 am – 2:00 pm |
Virtual Exhibit Hall |
| 2:00 pm – 3:15 pm |
General Session: “How Can You Laugh at That?” Take a Closer Look at the Use of Nursing Humor
Presented by: Terry Foster, MSN RN CCRN CPEN TCRN CEN FAEN |
*Schedule is subject to change.
On-demand Sessions
Listed below are the on-demand session recordings that will be presented during the Annual Course and available to registered attendees for 30 days after the event.
The ABCs of IBD: The Basics of Inflammatory Bowel Disease and Diet
Presented by: Paula Gallagher, MFN RD LD
Leading as Nurse Managers: Does Style Really Matter?
Presented by: Jessica C. Miller, BSN RN CGRN NE-BC
Foreign Body Extraction: Up Above and Down Below
Presented by: Keith L. Obstein, MD MPH FASGE FACG AGAF
Submucosal Endoscopy: The New Frontier
Presented by: John DeWitt, MD
ERCP for Beginners
Presented by: Kimberly F. Venturella, BSN RN CGRN
Dealing with SOB: Take a Deep Breath
Presented by: Ayesha Angelito, BSN RN CGRN; Celina D. Silverio, BSN RN CGRN; Christopher Cabral
JCOH Accreditation Made Easy
Presented by: Kim Hirsch, RN CGRN
Cleaning Verification Conundrum: Solved!
Presented by: Rebecca Washburn, BSN MHA RN CER; Sheri King, BSN,CGRN, CSPDT
Management of Pulmonary Specimens in the GI Lab
Presented by: Eileen R. Babb, BSN RN CGRN CFER
Esophageal Manometry 101
Presented by: Kimberly F. Venturella, BSN RN CGRN
Endoluminal Functional Lumen Imaging Probe (EndoFLIP) in the Management of Challenging Esophageal Disorders
Presented by: Christopher Vélez, MD BA
Comparing Different Hepatitis Treatments and Updates
Presented by: Heather McCurdy, MSN NP-C
Tap Into the Current Topic of Stress and Gut Health
Presented by: Kristen L. Prince, MSN RN CGRN
Rebuilding the Gastrointestinal Tract Through Targeted Nutraceutical Treatments
Presented by: Brian McFarlin, PhD FACSM
The Prep Lab: An Effective Solution to Open Access Endoscopy
Presented by: Cathy S Birn, MA RN CGRN CNOR
Mentoring Partnerships; Tapping into the Current of a Mentoring Relationship
Presented by: Cynthia M. Friis, MEd BSN RN-BC; Lisa Heard, MSN RN CGRN CPHQ