Faculty, trainees in Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology attend Digestive Disease Week 2024
Raz Abdulqadir, a PhD candidate working in the laboratory of Dr. Thomas Ma, presents her work at Digestive Disease Week 2024.
Faculty and trainees in the Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology in the Department of Medicine at Penn State College of Medicine were recognized and well represented again this year at Digestive Disease Week (DDW), the world’s premier scientific conference for gastroenterology and digestive disorders. This year’s conference was held in Washington, DC, from May 19-21.
In addition to many outstanding poster presentations, multiple division faculty and trainees provided invited oral research talks, including members of the laboratories of Drs. Prashant Nighot, Thomas Ma and Iryna Pinchuk. Division members also participated on the panels of several scientific and/or educational sessions, including Drs. Matthew Coates, John Levenick, Jennifer Maranki, Matthew Moyer and Jonathan Stine.
Learn more about the Division’s DDW activities and recognitions below.
SATURDAY, MAY 18
Oral Presentations
- Moyer MT. Chemoablation for Pancreatic Cysts: Current State. Bread and Butter EUS, an ASGE Forum. Digestive Disease Week® (DDW) Washington Convention Center, Washington, Podium Presentation.
8:20-8:35 AM, 150AB (Walter E. Washington Convention Center) - Oral Presentation. Speakers: Raz Abdulqadir, Rana Al-Sadi, Thomas Ma
106: Bifidobacterium bifidum enhancement of intestinal epithelial tight junction barrier is mediated by TLR-2/TLR-6 signal transduction pathway-dependent increase in toll-interacting protein (TOLLIP) and occluding gene activity
Session Time 10:15 AM to 10:30 AM - Christina McAninch, Marina Chulkina, Zonghui Ma, Steven McAninch, Rachael Edwards, Ashley Seidneck, Ronaldo P Panganiban, Haiying Chen, Walter Koltun, Gregory Yochum, Tian Bing, Jia Zhou, Irina V Pinchuk.
Session Type: Research Forum/Oral Presentation
Session Title: Basic Mechanism of Tissue Repair and Injury
Session Time: 2:00 PM to 3:30 PM EDT (UTC –4)
Presentation Title: BRD4 as a Potential Therapeutic Target for Crohn’s Disease-Associated Fibrosis - Jennifer Maranki
Endoscopy in Pregnancy,
ASGE Post Graduate Course
3:35 – 3:50 PM, Walter E Washington Convention Center
Posters
- Heiko Pohl, John Levenick, Matt Moyer
Session Type: Topic Forum
Session Title: Colon Polyps and Early Cancer – Diagnosis, Treatment, and Prevention
Session Time: 8:00 AM to 9:30 AM EDT (UTC –4)
Presentation Title: Cold Snare Endoscopic Resection for Large Colon Polyps – A Randomized Trial
Presentation Time: 8:02 AM to 8:09 AM EDT (UTC –4) - Priya Arumugam, Ashwinkumar Subramenium Ganapathy, Kushal Saha and Prashant Nighot
Session Type: Research Forum
Session Title: Epithelial Junctions and Barrier Function
Session Time: 10:00 AM to 11:30 AM EDT (UTC –4)
Presentation Title: Autophagy Ameliorates ER Stress-Mediated Intestinal Tight Junction Barrier Dysfunction
SUNDAY, MAY 19
- Matthew Coates
Session Type: Research Forum/Session Moderator
Session Title: Host Immune Mechanisms in IBD
Session Date & Time: May 19, 2024 from 10:00 AM to 11:30 AM EDT (UTC –4)
Dr. Matthew Coates and Chachrit (Poom) Khunsriraksakul, MD-PhD student, display their research poster at DDW 2024.
- Trainee and Early Career Committee Networking Event
Jon Stine is one of 25 invited faculty/75 trainees may attend
2:00 – 3:00, Trainee and Early Career Lounge: 2nd Floor – Hall D
Posters
- Ibrahim Yaghnam, Hadie Razjouyan
Session Type: Poster Session
Session Title: Advancing Clinical Practice: GI Fellow-Directed Quality Improvement Projects
Session Time: 12:30 PM to 1:30 PM EDT (UTC –4)
Presentation Title: A Prospective Analysis of the Impact of Scheduled Outpatient Endoscopy Procedures on Inpatient Urgent and Emergent Endoscopy Procedures in a Single Tertiary Center - Chulkina, Marina1; McAninch, Steven Bruce1; McAninch, Christina1; Pinchuk, Irina V1
Session Type: Poster Session
Session Title: IBD: Cytokines, Signaling and Receptors
Session Time: 12:30 PM to 1:30 PM EDT (UTC –4)
Presentation Title: Hyperactivation of TGF-Beta Signaling in Intestinal Fibroblasts Aggravates Intestinal Inflammation and Fibrosis in Mice - Jake MacDonald, Abraham Mathew, Hadie Razjouyan, Myunghoon Kim
Session Type: Poster Session
Session Title: Esophagus Endoscopy
Session Time: 12:30 PM to 1:30 PM EDT (UTC –4)
Presentation Title: Single Dose Antibiotic Before Per-Oral Endoscopic Myomtomy (Poem) in Achalasia Patients is Effective
MONDAY, MAY 20
Oral Presentations
- Alison Faust
Session Type: Clinical Symposium
Session Title: Preventive Hepatology (1): Introduction – Hepatology for the Non-Hepatologist
Session Time: 8:00 AM to 9:30 AM EDT (UTC –4)
Presentation Title: Evaluation of Liver Disease in the Community - Moyer MT. Endoscopy/Imaging is the Way to Go for Risk Stratification for IPMNS. Controversies in the Evaluation and Management of IPMN’s. Speaker and panelist in the clinical symposia.
Session Type: Clinical Symposium.
Session Time: 10:40-50AM, 152AB (Walter E. Washington Convention Center) - Moyer MT. Risk Stratification of IPMNS Q&A. Session: Controversies in the Evaluation and Management of IPMNs. Panelist.
Session Type: Clinical Symposium.
Session Time: 10:50-11:00 AM. 152AB (Walter E. Washington Convention Center) - Leisgang A, Rex DK, Moyer MT. Cap-Assisted Endoscopic Mucosal Resection Allows Safe and Effective Resection of Adherent Dysplastic Lesions in the Setting of Inflammatory Bowel Disease: a Multicenter Retrospective Study.
Podium Presentation. New Diagnosis and Therapies – Approaches in Your IBD Patients,
Session Time: 10:00 AM to 11:30 AM
TUESDAY, MAY 21
Oral Presentations
- Jennifer Maranki
Meet the Professor Luncheon: ERCP with the Masters: Challenging Cases,
12:30 – 1:45PM, Sp 1127, Location 145B Walter E Washington Convention Center - Ron Panganiban
Session Type: Research Forum/Oral Presentation
Session Title: Cellular Crosstalk in Intestinal Inflammation
Session Time: 2:00 PM to 3:30 PM EDT (UTC –4)
Presentation Title: JAK2 Overexpression in Mesenchymal Cells Contribute to the Immunopathogenesis of UC and is a Potential Therapeutic Target
Posters
- Ibrahim Yaghnam, Smriti Kochhar, Kofi Clarke
Session Type: Poster Session
Session Title: ASGE Case Reports – Fellow/Trainee Posters
Session Time: 12:30 PM to 1:30 PM EDT (UTC –4)
Presentation Title: Long-Term Outcome of an Infected Walled-Off Pancreatic Necrosis Treated with Serial Hydrogen Peroxide Washes through Percutaneous Drains - Chachrit Khunsriraksakul
Session Type: Poster Session
Session Title: IBD: Comparative Effectiveness Studies
Session Time: 12:30 PM to 1:30 PM EDT (UTC –4)
Presentation Title: The Impact of Antispasmodic Use on Abdominal Pain and Opioid Use in Inflammatory Bowel Disease: A Population-Based Study
Invited Lectures
- Jon Stine
Dr. Jonathan Stine provides a research presentation at DDW 2024.
Session Type: Clinical Symposium
Session Title: New Imaging and Interventions for Portal Hypertension and Portal Vein Thrombosis
Session Date & Time: May 19, 2024 from 10:00 AM to 11:30 AM EDT (UTC –4)
Presentation Title: Case Presentations: Portal Vein Thrombosis - Jon Stine
Session Type: Board Review Course
Session Title: AGA Board Review Course
Session Date & Time: May 19, 2024 from 1:30 PM to 5:30 PM EDT (UTC –4)
Presentation Title: Metabolic, Hereditary, Inflammatory, and Vascular Diseases of the Liver - Jon Stine
Session Type: Conference/Debate/Panel/Symposium
Session Title: Academic Debate 3 – MASLD
Session Date & Time: May 20, 2024 from 10:00 AM to 11:00 AM EDT (UTC –4)
Presentation Title: + BARIATRIC SURGERY - Video Published in the ASGE GI Leap immediately following DDW 2024
Ibrahim Yaghnam, Abraham Mathew, Smriti Kochhar
Palliative Use of Lams in Tandem to Alleviate Malignant Bowel Obstructions in a Patient with Small Bowel Adenocarcinoma with Carcinomatosis
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