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SGNA 50th Annual Course Schedule

Saturday, May 6

Pre-Conference Workshops

Time	Session/Event	Speaker(s)
8:00 AM - 3:00 PM	Regional Leadership Session	TBD
8:00 AM - 5:00 PM	CGRN Exam Essentials	Cathleen Shellnutt, DNP, APRN, AGCNS-BC, CGRN; Kathie Holloway, MSN, BSN, RN, CGRN
8:00 AM - 11:00 AM	Under Pressure: A Simulation Course to Improve Abdominal Pressure Strategies	Kelly Osborne, DNP, AGCNS-BC, CGRN
8:00 AM - 12:00 PM	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	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	Hands-on EUS	Jay Lardizabal, BSN, RN CGRN; Elizah Centeno, CGRN
9:00 AM - 11:00 AM	Reprocessing and Beyond - Current Legal Issues & Prevention Strategies in Endoscopy Practice	Carol Stock, JD, MN, RN

Sunday, May 7

Time	Session/Event	Speaker(s)
7:00 AM - 7:45 AM	First Time Attendee Orientation
8:00 AM - 10:15 AM	Opening Ceremonies and Keynote Presentation: Perform Like a Champion	Aaron Davis
10:45 AM - 12:15 PM	General Session: Rectal Cryotherapy	Toufic Kachaamy, MD, FASGE, AGAF
2:15 PM - 3:15 PM	Let's get to the gist of "GIST": Gastrointestinal stromal tumor explained	Sanjay Bhat, MD
2:15 PM - 3:15 PM	All together now! Getting the Universal Protocol Right!	Lisa Heard, DNP(c), MSN, RN, CGRN, CPHQ, CPPS
2:15 PM - 3:15 PM	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	TBD	TBD
3:30 PM - 4:30 PM	A Nurse Navigator Role in an Advanced Colonoscopy Program	Michelle Juan, MSN, RN, CGRN
3:30 PM - 4:30 PM	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	The Art of Manometry and the Unique GERD Patient	Rebecca Chandler, BSN, RN, CGRN
3:30 PM - 4:30 PM	GI Pharmacology	Peter Buch, MD, FACG, AGAF, FACP
4:30 PM - 6:45 PM	Exhibit Hall Opening Reception

Monday, May 8

Time	Session/Event	Speaker(s)
8:30 AM - 10:15 AM	Remarks and General Session	TBD
10:30 AM - 11:30 AM	IBS and Low FODMAP Diet	Youssef (Joe) Soliman, MD
10:30 AM - 11:30 AM	ERCP 101	Kimberly Venturella BSN RN CGRN
10:30 AM - 11:30 AM	Have the Guts to Start a Research Program	Dee Tilley RN, CCRC, CGRN, ACRP-MDP, ACRP-PM
10:30 AM - 11:30 AM	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	Exhibit Hall Open Booth CEs: 12:30-1:00pm; 1:15-1:45pm; 2:00-2:30pm
2:30 PM - 4:00 PM	Writing for Publication Workshop	Kathy Baker PhD, APRN, ACNS-BC, FCNS, FAAN; Rhoda Redulla, DNP, RN, NPD-BC, FAAN
2:30 PM - 4:00 PM	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	Bootcamp for Elevated Liver Function Tests	Peter Buch, MD, FACG, AGAF, FACP
2:30 PM - 4:00 PM	Interventional Pulmonology	Raed Alalawi MD
4:15 PM - 5:15 PM	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	Understanding Esophageal Motility Testing: HRM to EndoFlip	Simi Joseph DNP, FPA-APRN, ANP, NP-C, NEA-BC
4:15 PM - 5:15 PM	TBD	TBD
4:15 PM - 5:15 PM	Artificial Intelligence and the Impact on Physician Performance	Elaine Jewett, BSN, CGRN
5:30 PM - 6:30 PM	General Session: Power Up Your Microbiome	Paula Gallagher, MFN, RDN, LDN
7:30 PM - 9:30 PM	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	Poster Oral Presentations	TBD
7:00 AM - 8:00 AM	Poster Oral Presentations	TBD
7:00 AM - 8:00 AM	Barrett's esophagus	Nikolai Bildzukewicz, MD, FACS
7:00 AM - 8:00 AM	Supply Expenditure Waste Reduction (SEWR)	Natalie Dawley, BSN-RN, CGRN; Clay Keith MHA, BSN, RN, CGRN
8:15 AM - 9:15 AM	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	Journey to Tenwek Hospital Kenya on an Endoscopy Medical Mission	Ronda Flesch, RN, BSN, CGRN
8:15 AM - 9:15 AM	ERCP	Teodor Pitea, MD
8:15 AM - 9:15 AM	TBD	TBD
9:15 AM - 11:15 AM	Exhibit Hall Open Passport to Prizes Drawing
11:15 AM - 12:15 PM	A, B, Cs of Bariatric Surgery for GI & Endoscopy Nurses	Nancy S. Schlossberg BA, BSN, RN, CGRN, CER; Gwendolyn Sampson Brown MSN, BSBA, RN, CNN
11:15 AM - 12:15 PM	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
11:15 AM - 12:15 PM	Improving scheduled case time accuracy in a pediatric endoscopy unit	Catie Coley, MSN, RN, CPN
11:15 AM - 12:15 PM	Esophageal Potpurri	Nikolai Bildzukewicz, MD, FACS
1:30 PM - 2:30 PM	GPOEM and Gastroparesis	Sarah Stainko MSN, FNP-C
1:30 PM - 2:30 PM	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
1:30 PM - 2:30 PM	Optimizing a Colonoscopy Prep Protocol Through Process Improvement	Michelle Juan MSN, RN, CGRN; Destenee Dickason MBA-HCM
1:30 PM - 2:30 PM	TBD	TBD
2:45 PM - 4:30 PM	Closing Remarks and Closing Keynote: Infection Prevention	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