Schedule at a Glance

SGNA 50th Annual Course Schedule

Check out our course schedule below and also consider registering for our vendor program sessions here. All times are in Mountain Standard Time (MST).

Saturday, May 6

Pre-Conference Workshops

Time & Room Number	Session/Event	Speaker(s)
8:00 AM - 3:00 PM Room 129	Regional Leadership Session	Regional Societies Committee
8:00 AM - 5:15 PM Room 121	CGRN Exam Essentials	Cathleen Shellnutt, DNP, APRN, AGCNS-BC, CGRN; Kathie Holloway, MSN, BSN, RN, CGRN
8:00 AM - 11:00 AM Room 128	Under Pressure: A Simulation Course to Improve Abdominal Pressure Strategies	Kelly Osborne, DNP, AGCNS-BC, CGRN
8:00 AM - 12:00 PM Room 122	SGNA Reprocessing Training: A Comprehensive Review of Endoscope Reprocessing	James Collins BS, RN, CNOR; Mark Bruns RN, BA, MHA; Laura Schneider RN, CASC
1:00 PM - 5:00 PM Room 127	Pursuing Excellence in Motility/pH Procedures	Janet King, BSN, RN, DIPL, CGRN; Kimberly Venturella, BSN, RN, CGRN; Rebecca Chandler, BSN, RN, CGRN
2:00 PM - 5:00 PM Room 128	Hands-on EUS	Jay Lardizabal, BSN, RN, CGRN
9:00 AM - 11:00 AM Room 126	Reprocessing and Beyond - Current Legal Issues & Prevention Strategies in Endoscopy Practice	Carol Stock, JD, MN, RN
5:30 PM - 7:00 PM Room 129	Vendor Program

Sunday, May 7

Time	Session/Event	Speaker(s)
7:00 AM - 7:45 AM Room 124	First Time Attendee Orientation
8:00 AM - 10:15 AM North Ballroom BC	Opening Ceremonies and Keynote Presentation: The Attitude of a Champion	Aaron Davis
10:45 AM - 12:15 PM North Ballroom BC	General Session: Liver Disease Evaluation and Treatments	Abdul Nadir MD
12:30 PM - 2:00 PM Various Rooms	Vendor Programs
2:15 PM - 3:15 PM Room 121	Endoscopic Sleeve Gastroplasty and the Nurse Role	Michelle Schmidt RN
2:15 PM - 3:15 PM North Ballroom BC	All together now! Getting the Universal Protocol Right!	Lisa Heard, DNP(c), MSN, RN, CGRN, CPHQ, CPPS
2:15 PM - 3:15 PM Room 122	When Patients Are Happy, Everyone Wins! Increased Patient Satisfaction Through a Multifaceted Approach	Stephanie Prischak, BSN, RN, CGRN; Kathy Shields, BSN, RN, CGRN
2:15 PM - 3:15 PM Room 126	Have the Guts to Start a Research Program	Dee Tilley RN, CCRC, CGRN, ACRP-MDP, ACRP-PM
3:30 PM - 4:30 PM Room 121	A Nurse Navigator Role in an Advanced Colonoscopy Program	Michelle Juan, MSN, RN, CGRN
3:30 PM - 4:30 PM Room 122	The Power from Within: Conducting an Infection Prevention Risk Assessment of HLD Practices in your facility	James Collins, BS, RN, CNOR
3:30 PM - 4:30 PM Room 126	The Art of Manometry and the Unique GERD Patient	Rebecca Chandler, BSN, RN, CGRN
3:30 PM - 4:30 PM North Ballroom BC	GI Pharmacology	Peter Buch, MD, FACG, AGAF, FACP
4:30 PM - 6:45 PM North Hall AB	Exhibit Hall Opening Reception

Monday, May 8

Time	Session/Event	Speaker(s)
7:00 AM - 8:00 AM Various Rooms	Vendor Programs
8:30 AM - 10:15 AM North Ballroom BC	Remarks and General Session: Comprehensive Overview of IBD with Updates in Clinical Practice and current gaps that exit in treatment	Michele Rubin, APN, MSN, CNS, CGRN
10:30 AM - 11:30 AM Room 121	IBS and Low FODMAP Diet	Youssef (Joe) Soliman, MD
10:30 AM - 11:30 AM Room 122	ERCP 101	Kimberly Venturella, BSN RN CGRN
10:30 AM - 11:30 AM Room 126	Leading From Within During a Time of Staffing Challenges	Kristi Prince, MSN RN CGRN
10:30 AM - 11:30 AM North Ballroom BC	Reflecting on the Past, Imagining the Future	Nancy S. Schlossberg BA, BSN,RN, CGRN, CER; Kathy Baker PhD, APRN, ACNS-BC, FCNS, FAAN
11:30 AM - 2:30 PM North Hall AB	Exhibit Hall Open Booth CEs
2:30 PM - 4:00 PM Room 121	The WRITE Project: Writing for Publication Program	Kathy Baker PhD, APRN, ACNS-BC, FCNS, FAAN; Rhoda Redulla, DNP, RN, NPD-BC, FAAN
2:30 PM - 4:00 PM North Ballroom BC	Gastric Cancer: What is New and What is Old in the Treatment of This Deadly Cancer	John Lipham, MD
2:30 PM - 4:00 PM Room 122	Bootcamp for Elevated Liver Function Tests	Peter Buch, MD, FACG, AGAF, FACP
2:30 PM - 4:00 PM Room 126	Bronchoscopic therapies for advanced COPD	Raed Alalawi MD
4:15 PM - 5:15 PM Room 121	Making your Message Stick: The Art of Storytelling	Lisa Heard DNP(c), MSN, RN, CGRN, CPHQ, CPPS; Cindy Friis, MEd BSN RN NPD-BC
4:15 PM - 5:15 PM North Ballroom BC	Understanding Esophageal Motility Testing: HRM to EndoFlip	Simi Joseph DNP, FPA-APRN, ANP, NP-C, NEA-BC
4:15 PM - 5:15 PM Room 122	Let's get to the gist of "GIST": Gastrointestinal stromal tumor explained	Sanjay Bhat, MD
5:30 PM - 6:30 PM North Ballroom BC	General Session: Power Up Your Microbiome	Paula Gallagher, MFN, RDN, LDN
7:00 PM - 9:00 PM North Ballroom D	SGNA Celebration to Recognize Fifty Years of the SGNA Annual Course!

Tuesday, May 9

Time	Session/Event	Speaker(s)
7:00 AM - 8:00 AM Room 121	Poster Oral Presentations
7:00 AM - 8:00 AM Room 122	Poster Oral Presentations
7:00 AM - 8:00 AM North Ballroom BC	Barrett's esophagus	Nikolai Bildzukewicz, MD, FACS
7:00 AM - 8:00 AM Room 126	Supply Expenditure Waste Reduction (SEWR)	Natalie Dawley, BSN-RN, CGRN; Clay Keith MHA, BSN, RN, CGRN
8:15 AM - 9:15 AM Room 121	Advanced Endoscopy and Transoral Incisionless Fundoplication: A minimally invasive treatment option for patients with GERD	Sarah Stainko, MSN, FNP-C
8:15 AM - 9:15 AM Room 122	Journey to Tenwek Hospital Kenya on an Endoscopy Medical Mission	Ronda Flesch, RN, BSN, CGRN
8:15 AM - 9:15 AM North Ballroom BC	Endoscopic Retrograde Cholangiopancreatography (ERCP) from basic to latest technology advances	Teodor Pitea, MD
8:15 AM - 9:15 AM Room 126	The GI Cannabis Conundrum: Gut Weed?	Laura M dos Santos, MBA, BSN, BSP, RN, CGRN
9:15 AM - 11:00 AM North Hall AB	Exhibit Hall Open Booth CEs
11:10 AM - 12:10 PM Room 121	ABCs of Bariatric Surgery for GI & Endoscopy Nurses	Nancy S. Schlossberg BA, BSN, RN, CGRN, CER; Gwendolyn Sampson Brown MSN, BSBA, RN, CNN
11:10 AM - 12:10 PM Room 122	Release Me because Tight Ain't Right: Nursing and GI Technician responsibilities in the Endoscopic Management of Achalasia	Ayesha Angelito, BSN, RN, CGRN; Ahwa Sung, BSN, RN, CGRN; Celina Silverio, BSN, RN, CGRN
11:10 AM - 12:10 PM Room 126	Improving scheduled case time accuracy in a pediatric endoscopy unit	Catie Coley, MSN, RN, CPN
11:10 AM - 12:10 PM North Ballroom BC	Esophageal Potpourri	Nikolai Bildzukewicz, MD, FACS
12:15 PM - 1:45 PM Various Rooms	Vendor Programs
2:00 PM - 3:00 PM Room 121	Gastric Peroral Endoscopic Myotomy: Treatment option for gastroparesis	Sarah Stainko MSN, FNP-C
2:00 PM - 3:00 PM Room 122	Use Your Power Within to Enhance Your Practice With Certification!	Lisa Heard DNP(c), MSN, RN, CGRN, CPHQ, CPPS; Conrad Worrell, RN, CGRN; Karin Cierzan, RN, CGRN CRNI
2:00 PM - 3:00 PM North Ballroom BC	Optimizing a Colonoscopy Prep Protocol Through Process Improvement	Michelle Juan MSN, RN, CGRN; Destenee Dickason MBA-HCM
2:00 PM - 3:00 PM Room 126	Operationalizing Process Improvement	James Collins BS RN CNOR
3:10 PM - 4:30 PM North Ballroom BC	Closing Remarks and Closing Keynote: A Glimpse Into the Future of Infection Control in a Post-Pandemic Era: A Forward-Facing View	J. Hudson Garrett Jr., Ph.D., MSN, MPH, MBA, FNP-BC, IP-BC, PLNC, CFER, AS-BC, VA-BC, BC-MSLcert™, MSL-BC, CPPS, CCHR-S, CPHQ, CVAHP, CPXP, CDIPC, FACDONA, FAAPM, FNAP, FACHE, FSHEA, FIDSA