Digestive Disease Week® (DDW)
San Diego, California | May 21-24, 2016
DDW is considered the largest and most prestigious meeting in the world for the GI professional. Every year it attracts more than 15,000 physicians, researchers and academics from around the world who desire to stay up-to-date in the field.
The meeting is the year's best opportunity to learn about the latest advances in gastroenterology, hepatology, endoscopy and gastrointestinal surgery, prevention, diagnosis and treatment of digestive disorders, and cutting-edge technological advances.
DDW is jointly sponsored by four societies: the American Gastroenterological Association (AGA); the American Association for the Study of Liver Diseases (AASLD); the American Society for Gastrointestinal Endoscopy (ASGE); and the Society for Surgery of the Alimentary Tract (SSAT)
Venue: San Diego Convention Center
Date
May 21-24, 2016
Location
San Diego, California, United States
Website
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7:33Cloud-based patient management infrastructure makes patient management more effective and reduces costsSan Diego, CA, May 24, 2016—Project Sonar—a care-managed infrastructure developed via a partnership between Blue Cross/Blue Shield Illinois and the Illinois...
Lawrence Kosinski, MD, MBA, AGAF, FACG -
9:01Doppler endoscopic probe-assisted treatment of severe variceal or portal hypertension lesion bleeding lowers 30-day re-bleed rates significantlySan Diego, CA, May 23, 2016—After undergoing Doppler endoscopic probe (DEP)-assisted treatment of severe variceal or portal hypertensive lesion upper gastrointestinal...
Dennis M. Jensen, MD -
4:57Orally delivered fecal microbiota transplantation has similar safety, efficacy, engraftment as traditional delivery modalities in patients with recurrent Clostridium difficile infectionSan Diego, CA, May 22, 2016—In several measures of microbial engraftment, encapsulated fecal microbiota transplantation (FMT) may be equivalent to traditional delivery...
Jessica R. Allegretti, MD, MPH -
5:57New blood test measuring natural killer cell activity may help predict which patients are at risk for colorectal cancerSan Diego, CA, May 23, 2016—Measuring natural killer cell activity (NKA) with a simple new blood test may help identify patients at risk for colorectal cancer (CRC),...
Katia Betito, PhD -
3:43Endoscopic mucosal resection provides good outcomes in patients with Barrett’s esophagus and early adenocarcinomaSan Diego, CA, May 21, 2016—Patients with Barrett’s esophagus (BE) and early esophageal adenocarcinoma (EAC) who undergo endoscopic mucosal resection (EMR) have a...
Christine Tofani, MD -
2:53Rising incidence of young-onset colorectal cancer marks the past decadeSan Diego, CA, May 22, 2016—Researchers have documented a continued increase in the number of young-onset (YO) colorectal cancers (CRC) occurring in the United States,...
Elie Sutton, MD -
4:17Rate of laparoscopic cholecystectomies performed in NY State has risen over the past 20 yearsSan Diego, CA, May 22, 2016—Over the past 20 years, the number of operations for biliary dyskinesia (BD) has steadily risen, and payment source and income bracket are...
Vamsi V. Alli, MD -
5:33Hepatitis C virus screening for baby boomers found to be lackingSan Diego, CA, May 22, 2016—In a large cohort of minority patients, almost 75% of those eligible for hepatitis C virus (HCV) screening admitted as inpatients in an...
Rashmee Patil, MD -
5:04Do not delay follow-up colonoscopy after positive fecal immunochemical testSan Diego, CA, May 21, 2016—Even a delay of 6 months for follow-up colonoscopy after a positive fecal immunochemical test (FIT) may result in a higher risk for...
Douglas Corley, MD, PhD, MPH -
9:01Possible new treatment for patients struggling with obesity involves swallowable, gas-filled balloonsSan Diego, CA, May 24, 2016—A new gas-filled balloon (Obalon 6-month Balloon System) that patients swallow may be a new and viable treatment option for individuals who...
Shelby Sullivan, MD -
5:08Endocuff Vision does not improve polyp detection rates when used by expert endoscopistsSan Diego, CA, May 22, 2016—When performed by expert endoscopists, who are experienced and have acquired special accreditation, devices such as the Endocuff Vision may...
Pradeep Bhandari, MBBS, MD, MRCP -
4:54Low FODMAP diet improves health-related quality of life in patients with IBS-DSan Diego, CA, May 21, 2016—In patients with irritable bowel syndrome and diarrhea (IBS-D), a diet-based therapy that incorporates low fermentable...
Shanti Lynne Eswaran, MD -
6:54Split-dose, low-volume bowel preps are better at detecting sessile serrated polyps than single dose prepsSan Diego, May 22, 2016—A low-volume, split-dose (SD) bowel preparation (BP) increased the detection rate of sessile serrated polyps by 4-fold compared with a single...
Nicholas Horton, MD -
1:35Gastroenterologists, PCPs should be alert for clinical factors that may predict inadequate bowel preparationSan Diego, CA, May 21, 2016—Patient characteristics that may be predictive of inadequate bowel preparation include diabetes, psychiatric illness, opioid use, active...
Saloni Shah -
4:51Real-world high SVR rates with ledipasvir/sofosbuvir±ribavirin and ombitasvir/parataprevir/ritonavir+dasabvir±RBV mirror efficacy found in clinical trials for HCVSan Diego, CA, May 22, 2016—In this real-world study conducted to assess the comparative efficacy of ledipasvir/sofosbuvir±ribavirin (LS±RBV) and...
Lisa I. Backus -
4:37Low-residue diet before colonoscopy may achieve better bowel prep quality than clear liquid dietSan Diego, CA, May 18, 2016—Prior to colonoscopy, a single-day, low-residue diet (LRD) may improve bowel preparation quality—as well as patient...
Jason B. Samarasena, MD -
5:13Probiotics significantly reduce risk of infection with Clostridium difficile in hospitalized patientsSan Diego, CA, May 23, 2016—In hospitalized patients treated with antibiotics, the use of probiotics may significantly reduce the risk of Clostridium difficile infection...
Nicole T. Shen, MD -
2:57Many patients with hepatocellular carcinoma and chronic hepatitis B also have underlying cirrhosisSan Diego, CA, May 21, 2016—In a sample of US veterans with hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) and chronic hepatitis B (CHB) infection, researchers found that only a small...
Maneerat Chayanupatkul, MD -
6:58Fecal microbiota transplantation may be effective in patients with ulcerative colitisSan Diego, CA, May 23, 2016—In patients with resistant active ulcerative colitis, intense multi-donor fecal microbiota transplantation (FMT)—administered via...
Sudarshan Paramsothy, MD
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