SAGES 2018 is in the Pacific Northwest!!!!

photo art by Ron Fleishman

FSIE ACTIVITIES SO FAR: watch for details about the Sing off/ Portland Endofreaks and the Annual FSIE/Swanstrom Fellow Reunion! Great job everyone!

Wednesday April 11
 
ROBOTIC-ASSISTED VERSUS LAPAROSCOPIC UNILATERAL INGUINAL HERNIA REPAIR: A COMPREHENSIVE COST ANALYSIS
Research Podium Presentation by Walaa Abdelmoaty
Co-authors: Neighorn C, Dunst CM, Swanstrom LL, Hammill CW
Session Name: Hernia Session
Session Date & Time: Wednesday, April 11, 2018, 7:30 AM - 9:00 AM
 
HELP! I CANNOT CLOSE THE HIATUS
Video Podium Presentation by Walaa Abdelmoaty
Co-Authors:  Dunst CM, Zihni AM, Filicori F, Davila Bradley D, Reavis KM, Swanstrom LL, DeMeester SR.
Session Name: Foregut Videos Session
Session Date & Time: Wednesday, April 11, 2018, 3:00 PM - 5:00 PM
 
Thursday April 12
 
​ESOPHAGEAL DIVERTICULUM AFTER INCOMPLETE POEM
Video Podium Presentation by Filippo Filicori
Co-authors: Dunst CM, Zihni AM, Abdelmoaty WF, Demeester SR, Swanstrom LL
Session Name: Foregut session
Session Date & Time: Thursday, April 12, 2018, 7:30 AM - 9:00 AM
 
Long Term Outcomes After POEM for Achalasia- Is it still experimental?
Invited Lecture: Christy M Dunst
Session Name: POEM Coming of Age: What Have We Learned and What Are We Still Learning?
Session Date & Time: 10-11am Thursday April 12
 
Endoscopic Alternatives to Fundoplication
Case Presentation Kevin Reavis
Session Name: Endoscopic Alternatives to Fundoplication
Session Date & Time: April 12 11:00-12:00pm
 
 
Getting and Keeping Referral Patterns
Invited Lecture: Valerie Halpin
Session Name: Shining in Your Practice Right from the Start- Tools for Success
Session Date & Time: April 12 1:30-4:30pm
 
 
LONG TERM OUTCOMES FOLLOWING POEM FOR NON-ACHALASIA MOTILITY DISORDERS OF THE ESOPHAGUS.
Research Podium Presentation by Filippo Filicori
Co-authors: Dunst CM, Sharata A, Abdelmoaty WF, Zihni AM, Demeester SR, Swanstrom LL
Session Name: Flexible endoscopy session
Session Date & Time: Thursday, April 12, 2018, 1:30 PM - 3:00 PM
 
Real-time Diagnosis of Barrett’s Esophagus: A Prospective, Multicenter Trial Comparing Confocal Laser Endomicroscopy with Conventional Histology for the Identification of Intestinal Metaplasia in Novice Users
Research Podium presentation by Cory Richardson
Co-Authors: Colavita P, Severson P, Dunst CM.
Session Name: Flexible endoscopy session
Session Date & Time: Thursday, April 12, 2018, 1:30 PM - 3:00 PM
 
 
Management of gastroparesis-Medications/Endoscope/Laparoscope?
Invited Lecture: Christy M Dunst
Session Name: MIS Approaches to Complications of Esophagogastric Surgery
Session Date & Time: April 12 1:30-3:00 pm
 
LAPAROSCOPIC TRANSGASTRIC SUBMUCOSAL DISSECTION
Video Podium Presentation by Walaa Abdelmoaty
Co-Authors: Dunst CM, Filicori F, Zihni AM, Davila Bradley D, Reavis KM, DeMeester SR, Swanstrom LL
Session Name: Thursday Exhibit Hall Theater
Session Date & Time: Thursday, April 12, 2018, 1:30 PM - 4:00 PM
 
PARAESOPHAGEAL HERNIA ASSOCIATED WITH POSTERIOR SLIPPAGE OF GASTRIC BAND
Video presented by William Reid Shepard 
Co-authors: Emily Speer, Valerie Halpin, Christy M Dunst, Lee L Swanstrom, Kevin M Reavis
Session Name: Thursday Exhibit Hall Theater (Non CME)
Session date and time:  Thursday, April 12, 2018, 1:30 PM - 4:00 PM

Friday April 13
 
Why Diversity Matters
Invited Lecture: Lee Swanstrom
Session Name: We R SAGES-Celebrating Diveristy
Session Date & Time: Friday April 13 10-12
 
Laparoscopic Fundoplication: Technical Lessons Learned from 5000 operations
Invited Lecture: Lee Swanstrom
Session Name: MASTERS Foregut Session: Mastering GERD-Christy Dunst Chair,  Steven P Bowers and Gerald Fried Co-chairs
Session Date & Time: April 13 3:00-5:00 pm
 
Esophageal Adenocarcinoma: Does ARS have an Impact?
Invited Lecture: Steve DeMeester
Session Name: MASTERS Foregut Session: Mastering GERD-Christy Dunst Chair,  Steven P Bowers and Gerald Fried Co-chairs
Session Date & Time: April 13  3:00-5:00 pm
 
Minimally Invasive Pancreatic Resection: Present and Future
Case Presentation Moderator Pippa Newell
Session Name: Minimally Invasive Pancreatic Resection: Present and Future
Session Date & Time: Friday April 13 3:30-5:30
 
Saturday April 14
 
Percutaneous Image Guided Treatments- The New MIS
Chair Eran Shlomovitz & Co-chair Lee Swanstrom
Session Date and Time: Saturday April 14 9:30-11:00
           
Percutaneous Intervention: Hybrid OR Why Do We Need It?
Invited Lecture: Lee Swanstrom
Session Name: Percutaneous Image Guided Treatments- The New MIS
Session Date and Time: Saturday April 14 9:30-11:00
 
When Bad Things Happen to Good People: Endoscopy-Being FLEXible
Chair Jeffrey M Marks Co-Chair Kevin Reavis
Session Date and Time: Saturday April 14 9:30-11:00am
 
The Symptomatic Patient After Antireflux Surgery: Causes, Work-Up and Management Strategies
Chair Anne Lidor Co-chair Steve DeMeester
Session Date and Time: Saturday April 14 12:30-1:30
 
RESEARCH POSTER PRESENTATIONS:
 
LAPAROSCOPIC REPAIR OF RECURRENT PARAESOPHAGEAL HERNIA IS SAFE AND EFFECTIVE
Zihni AM, Dunst CM, Abdelmoaty WF, Filicori F, Ilchev R, Davila-Bradley D, Reavis KM, Swanstrom LL
 
SUBJECTIVE AND OBJECTIVE EVALUATION OF HIATAL CLOSURE TENSION DURING PARA-ESOPHAGEAL HERNIA REPAIR
Abdelmoaty WF, Dunst CM, Sharata AM, Fisher M, Zihni AM, Filicori F, Davila Bradley D, Reavis KM, Swanstrom LL, DeMeester SR
 
PATIENT CHARACTERISTICS ASSOCIATED WITH SUCCESSFUL CESSATION OF TUBE FEEDS IN MALNOURISHED PATIENTS WITH GASTROPARESIS
Filicori F, Dunst CM, Zihni AM, Abdelmoaty WF, Davila-Bradley D, Halpin V, Demeester SR, Swanstrom LL
 
TEN-YEAR OUTCOMES OF PYLOROPLASTY IN ADULT GASTROPARESIS
Abdelmoaty WF, Dunst CM, Zihni AM, Filicori F, Davila Bradley D, Reavis KM, DeMeester SR, Swanstrom LL
 
USE OF FULLY BIORESORBABLE POLY-4-HYDROXYBUTYRATE MESH FOR REINFORCEMENT OF CRURAL CLOSURE DURING PARA-ESOPHAGEAL HERNIA REPAIR
Abdelmoaty WF, Dunst CM, Filicori F, Zihni AM, Davila Bradley D, Reavis KM, Swanstrom LL, DeMeester SR
 
TECHNIQUE FOR LAPAROSCOPIC JEJUNOJEJUNOSTOMY
Zihni AM, Filicori F, Abdelmoaty WF, Reavis KM
 
COMBINED ENDOSCOPIC AND LAPAROSCOPIC RECONSTRUCTION OPTIMIZES OPERATIVE EFFICACY, EFFICIENCY, AND SAFETY
Zihni AM, Abdelmoaty WF, Filicori F, Schneider A, Wolf R, Reavis KM