Day 1- Multidisciplinary Session
October 4, 2024

Start TimeEnd TimeSessionTopic
7:30 AM8:00 AMRegistration / breakfast
8:00 AM8:05 AMOpening remarks
8:05 AM8:15 AMSession 1. Stone disease and acute cholecystitisCholelithiasis and cholecystitis: Role of surgery
8:15 AM8:25 AMNew paradigm for gallbladder drainage: endoscopic decompression
8:25 AM8:35 AMEvolving IR therapies for the gallbladder – more than just cholecystostomy
8:35 AM8:55 AMInteresting Cases
8:55 AM9:25 AMBreak and Vendor Visiting in Exhibit Lounge
9:25 AM9:35 AMSession 2. Biliary Diseases and ManagementIR techniques for benign biliary strictures – the default
9:35 AM9:45 AMIR Techniques for Malignant biliary strictures
9:45 AM9:55 AMCholangioscopy-Practice Building
9:55 AM10:05 AMCholangioscopy: Trouble shooting
10:05 AM10:15 AMCholedocholithiasis-Percutaneous approach
10:15 AM10:25 AMCholangioscopy: Extreme IR
10:25 AM10:35 AMPercutaneous management of Biliary leaks
10:35 AM10:45 AMEmerging Role for EUS-Guided Biliary Access for Malignant Biliary Strictures
10:45 AM10:55 AMEndoscopic techniques to overcome altered anatomy
10:55 AM11:05 AMIndications and outcomes for surgical anastomotic revision
11:05 AM11:15 AMPalliative surgical strategies for malignant bile duct strictures
11:15 AM11:45 AMKurtz Amplatz Keynote Lecture
11:45 AM12:30 PMSiemens Industry Symposia with Lunch
12:30 PM1:00 PMVendor visiting and new products (Faculty escort Trainees)
1:00 PM1:10 PMSession 3. Liver Metastases: an updateRadioembolization and other embolotherapies for NET in the era of PRRT
1:10 PM1:20 PMIs there a role for liver-directed therapy for grade 3 neuroendocrine tumors and neuroendocrine carcinoma?
1:20 PM1:30 PMCurrent concepts in ablation for colorectal liver metastases: lessons learned from recent trials
1:30 PM1:40 PMRadioembolization for mCRC: does concurrent chemotherapy have added benefit?
1:40 PM1:50 PMImmunoembolization and chemoembolization for metastatic melanoma: Which to choose?
1:50 PM2:00 PMPercutaneous hepatic perfusion for metastatic melanoma.
2:00 PM2:10 PMFuture liver remnant challenge: portal vein embolization, radiation lobectomy or total venous deprivation?
2:10 PM2:20 PMOligometastatic disease: Which ablative strategy to choose?
2:20 PM2:30 PMSerial biopsy of metastatic lesions: value added
2:30 PM3:00 PMBreak and Vendor Visiting in Exhibit Lounge
3:00 PM3:10 PMSession 4. Multi-disciplinary approach to pancreatitis and sequelaeEndoscopic management of pancreatic fluid collections and walled-off necrosis
3:10 PM3:20 PMDrainage and debridement strategies: IR perspective
3:20 PM3:30 PMVARDS and other surgical techniques for management of PFC/WON
3:30 PM3:40 PMPercutaneous drainage techniques for chronic pancreatitis
3:40 PM4:45 PMSession 5. HCCInteresting Cases

Day 2- Multidisciplinary Session
October 5, 2024

Start TimeEnd TimeSessionTopic
7:30 AM8:00 AMRegistration / breakfast
8:00 AM8:15 AMSession 6: Management of Variceal HemorrhageThe Society of Gastrointestinal Intervention: a model for multidisciplinary society success
8:15 AM8:25 AMEndoscopic approaches to esophageal variceal hemorrhage
8:25 AM8:35 AMUpdate on TIPS indications
8:35 AM8:45 AMEndoscopic approaches to gastric variceal hemorrhage
8:45 AM8:55 AMIR approaches to gastric variceal hemorrhage
8:55 AM9:05 AMManagement of Ectopic Varices-Current concepts
9:05 AM9:15 AMSurgical indications and approaches to portal decompression
9:15 AM9:25 AMAcute Portal vein thrombosis-a case-based approach
9:25 AM9:35 AMPortal vein recanalization: Percutaneous approaches
9:35 AM9:45 AMCase presentations
9:45 AM10:15 AMBreak and Vendor Visiting in Exhibit Lounge
10:15 AM10:25 AMSession 7: Embolics and Management of Non-variceal hemorrhageLatest endoscopic techniques for bleeding control in the upper and lower GI bleeding
10:25 AM10:35 AMEmpiric and provocative angiography for LGIB
10:35 AM10:45 AMSurgical indications and approaches for GI hemorrhage
10:45 AM10:55 AMHemorrhoid embolization: review of literature and outcome Analysis
10:55 AM11:05 AMPaticles, coils, plugs and liquid embolics-current applications
11:05 AM12:00 PMSession 8: My Best SaveCase presentations
12:00 PM1:00 PMLunch and Vendor Visiting
1:00 PM1:10 PMSession 9: Management of pancreatic and CholangiocarcinomaEndoscopic diagnosis and management of pancreatic cancer
1:10 PM1:20 PMSurgical management of pancreatic cancer: new approaches
1:20 PM1:30 PMIR therapies for pancreatic cancer metastases to liver
1:30 PM1:40 PMSurgical management of Intrahepatic Cholangiocarcinoma
1:40 PM1:50 PMIntrahepatic Cholangiocarcinoma-Transcatheter therapies
1:50 PM2:00 PMIntrahepatic Cholangiocarcinoma-Role of ablation and technical Considerations
2:00 PM2:10 PMSession 10: Interventions for Morbid ObesitySurgical options for obesity: what works best?
2:10 PM2:20 PMEndoscopic bariatrics: newest techniques
2:20 PM2:30 PMCurrent state of embolization and ablation for obesity
2:30 PM2:40 PMMedical management of obesity – the newest and greatest
2:40 PM3:00 PMCase presentations
3:00 PM3:30 PMBreak and Vendor Visiting in Exhibit Lounge
3:30 PM3:40 PMSession 11. Management of luminal obstructionEUS and Endoscopic GJ stent placement
3:40 PM3:50 PMSurgical bypass – when is it indicated?
3:50 PM4:00 PMPercutaneous bowel drainage and stenting
4:00 PM4:30 PMCases, debates, and hot seat
4:30 PM4:45 PMSession 12. Top abstracts award presentations