Agenda

8:45 – 10:30 AM  |  Live Case Block A

Rush University Medical Center: Irving Waxman, MD • Ajaypal Singh, MD
Case Western Reserve University / University Hospitals Cleveland Medical Center: Amitabh Chak, MD
GI Associates: Chetan Mittal, MD, ABOM

10:50 – 11:50 AM  |  Controversies in Therapeutic Endoscopy — Debate Panel
(8 min + 2 min rebuttal per debate)

Moderators: Kulwinder Dua, MD, DSc, FRCP, FACP, MASGE | Medical College of Wisconsin  &  Zachary Smith, DO, MSc | Medical College of Wisconsin

Debate: Metal or Plastic Stents for Hilar Strictures? — Martin Freeman, MD (University of Minnesota) vs Jeffrey Lee, MD, MPH (UT MD Anderson Cancer Center)

Debate: EUS vs. ERCP for Malignant Biliary Obstruction — Nalini Guda, MD (Aurora Health Care) vs Willis Parsons, MD (Endeavor Health)

Debate: GLP-1 Agonists vs. EndoBariatrics — Christopher Chapman, MD (Rush University Medical Center) vs Allison Schulman, MD, MPH (University of Michigan)

12:50 – 2:20 PM  |  Live Case Block B

University Hospitals Cleveland Medical Center: Ashley Faulx, MD
UT MD Anderson Cancer Center: Emmanuel Coronel, MD • Philip Ge, MD • George Wahba, MD
Rush University Medical Center: Neal Mehta, MD

2:40 – 4:10 PM  |  Live Case Block C

Rush University Medical Center: Agnieszka Maniak, MD
University of Michigan: George Philips, MD
Aurora Health Care: Sahibzada Latif, MD
University Hospitals Cleveland Medical Center: Andrew Catanzaro, MD

4:10 – 5:10 PM  |  Nightmare Case Video Roundtable — When Things Go Wrong

Interventional EUS Misadventures — Zachary Smith, DO, MSc | Medical College of Wisconsin

ERCP Complications — Sujani Yadlapati, MD | Indiana University

EMR Complications — Ajaypal Singh, MD | Rush University Medical Center

Esophageal Stricture Complications — Kulwinder Dua, MD | Medical College of Wisconsin

7:00 – 8:00 AM  |  Fellows’ Session: Mentorship and Career in Advanced GI

Amit Bhatt, MD | Cleveland Clinic • Rockford Yapp, MD | GI Partners of Illinois • Irving Waxman, MD | Rush University Medical Center • Kulwinder Dua, MD, DSc, FRCP, FACP, MASGE | Medical College of Wisconsin • Willis Parsons, MD | Endeavor Health • Agnieszka Maniak, MD | Rush University Medical Center • Ashley Faulx, MD | University Hospitals Cleveland Medical Center • Amitabh Chak, MD | Case Western Reserve University / University Hospitals Cleveland Medical Center

8:00 – 8:45 AM  |  State of the Art (15 min each)

Optimizing POEM Outcomes: Lessons from the Data — Irving Waxman, MD | Rush University Medical Center

EUS Guided Interventions in Biliary and Gastric Outlet Obstruction — Jeffrey Lee, MD | UT MD Anderson Cancer Center

Barrett’s Esophagus in 2026: Diagnosis, Surveillance and Management — Amitabh Chak, MD | Case Western Reserve University / University Hospitals Cleveland Medical Center

8:45 – 10:15 AM  |  Live Case Block D

University of Minnesota: Martin Freeman, MD • Nabeel Azeem, MD
Indiana University: Mohammad Al-Haddad, MD • Mark Gromski, MD

10:35 AM – 12:05 PM  |  Live Case Block E

University of Michigan: Allison Schulman, MD, MPH
GI Associates: Chetan Mittal, MD, ABOM
UT MD Anderson Cancer Center: Emmanuel Coronel, MD • Philip Ge, MD • George Wahba, MD

1:05 – 2:35 PM  |  Live Case Block F

Rush University Medical Center: Irving Waxman, MD • Christopher Chapman, MD
University of Minnesota: Martin Freeman, MD • Ahmed Dirweesh, MD

2:55 – 4:25 PM  |  Live Case Block G

Indiana University: Mohammad Al-Haddad, MD • Mark Gromski, MD
University of Michigan: Jonathan Xia, MD
Aurora Health Care: Sahibzada Latif, MD

4:25 – 4:45 PM  |  Debate: EMR vs ESD for Barrett’s Neoplasia

Amitabh Chak, MD | Case Western Reserve University / University Hospitals Cleveland Medical Center (EMR) vs Amit Bhatt, MD | Cleveland Clinic (ESD)

Moderators: Irving Waxman, MD | Rush University Medical Center  &  Willis Parsons, MD | Endeavor Health

4:45 – 5:45 PM  |  Take-Home Algorithms (10 min each)

Refractory Esophageal Stricture Management — Kulwinder Dua, MD, DSc, FRCP, FACP, MASGE | Medical College of Wisconsin

High Risk Pancreatic Cysts: Survey, Resect or Ablate? — Ashley Faulx, MD | University Hospitals Cleveland Medical Center

Gallbladder Drainage: A Practical Approach — Ajaypal Singh, MD | Rush University Medical Center

EndoHepatology: Current State and Practical Applications — Neal Mehta, MD | Rush University Medical Center

Refractory GERD: Beyond PPI — An Algorithm — Agnieszka Maniak, MD | Rush University Medical Center