September 18 - September 20 | Austin, United States
304 E Cesar Chavez St,2026 TSGE Annual Conference
Registration is OPEN for the 2026 TSGE Annual Conference! Join us as we head to Austin this September! Bring your colleagues and connect with other gastroenterologists from across Texas as we get together to learn about updates in Gastroenterology, Hepatology, Endoscopy and more!
2026 Registration Rates
| Category | Early Bird Before 8/22 |
Regular After 8/22 |
|---|---|---|
| Member Physicians | $300 | $350 |
| Member Allied Health (Nurse/PA/Tech) | $175 | $225 |
| Fellow* | *$50 | *$75 |
| Non-Member Physicians, Allied Health, Apps, PAs, Nurse, Tech, Pharma D & Medical Liaisons | $400 | $475 |
*Fellows that attend the conference will be refunded the $50/$75 registration fee after the conference.
In compliance with the Americans with Disabilities Act, please contact the TSGE office at (512) 667-6672 with any special needs.
Late Registration
Online registration closes September 13. If you’d like to register after September 13, register on-site at the conference or contact the TSGE office at (512) 677-6672.
Cancel Registration
Registration is open until September 13, 2026. TSGE must receive cancellation notice by that date for a refund. A $25 processing fee applies. Non-attendance does not constitute cancellation notice. Partial registration is not offered.
Group Registration
Registering more than one person? Contact Kennedy Camero at kennedy@cameroams.com for assistance.
Where & When
Austin Marriott Downtown | 304 East Cesar Chavez St., Austin, TX 78701
Reservations: (512) 457-1111
TSGE has a special room rate of $299 (tax not included). Please call by August 29, 2026 to reserve at the reduced rate and mention you’re part of the TSGE meeting. After this date, reservations will be accepted only if rooms are available at the prevailing rate.
Meeting Details
Board Review Course
Friday, September 18 | 12:00 – 3:00 pm
GI Guidelines & Board Review — Presented by Brennan Spiegel, MD, MSHS and Hetal Karsan, MD
Attention Fellows!
Fellows Symposium / GI Jeopardy — Friday, September 18 | 3:30 – 5:30 pm
Real-world GI knowledge quiz. Winning team receives a major prize! Expert GI panel discussion and more.
Fellows Hands-On Symposium — Friday, September 18 | 6:00 – 9:00 pm
Designed for 3rd & 4th Year Fellows and Junior Faculty interested in advanced endoscopic techniques. Space is limited!
Course Faculty: Matheus Franco, MD; Rajat Garg, MD; Muhammad Baig, MD; Rush Shah, MD; Thomas Tielleman, MD; Andy Tau, MD; Shruti Mony, MD; George Wehba, MD; Deepika Satish, MD; Shifa Umar, MD; Thomas Davee, MD
Course Directors: Dr. Jeffrey Lee & Dr. Kalpesh Patel
Stations: EMR, Defect Closure, Hemostasis, Ablation, ERCP, Third Space/ESD
Fellows Housing Stipend: $300 (one day) / $450 (two days) / $600 (three days, must attend Fellow Symposium). You MUST check in at the registration desk each day you attend — no exceptions. Stipends mailed post-conference in 4–6 weeks.
Target Audience
Gastroenterologists, endoscopists, GI nurses, technicians, physician assistants, nurse practitioners, and others who treat patients for gastrointestinal conditions.
Ethics
The September 20 presentation fulfills 1 hour of ethics and/or professional responsibility required for Texas licensure.
Business Meeting
Saturday’s business meeting luncheon includes a brief TSGE business meeting and presentation of the Marcel Patterson – Robert Nelson Award.
Continuing Medical Education: This activity has been planned and implemented in accordance with the accreditation requirements and policies of the ACCME through the joint providership of the Texas Medical Association (TMA) and TSGE. TMA is accredited by the ACCME to provide continuing medical education for physicians. TMA designates this live activity for a maximum of 11.75 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™.
Continuing Nursing Education: Submitted to Montana Nurses Association for approval to award contact hours. Montana Nurses Association is accredited with distinction as an approver of continuing nursing education by the ANCC’s Commission on Accreditation. No contact hours will be awarded for Friday. This activity has also been submitted for pharmacotherapeutic hours.
Meeting Agenda
Friday, September 18
| 10:00 am | Registration Opens |
| 12:00 – 3:00 pm | GI Guidelines & Board Review |
| 3:00 – 3:30 pm | Refreshment Break |
| 3:30 – 5:30 pm | Fellows Symposium / GI Jeopardy |
| 5:30 – 6:30 pm | Fellows First Annual Career Fair |
| 6:00 – 9:00 pm | TSGE Hands-On Fellows Symposium |
Saturday, September 19
| 6:45 – 7:30 am | Women in GI – Rise and Shine Breakfast: Building High-Performing Teams: Innovation, Culture and Inclusive Leadership — Michelle A. Anderson, MD |
| 7:00 – 7:45 am | APP Breakfast – Networking, Mentorship & Subspecialties |
| 7:00 am | Registration Opens | Breakfast Available |
| 7:30 – 7:35 am | Opening Remarks |
| 7:35 – 8:00 am | TSGE Presidential Address — Pushing the EDGE: How a Concept Became a Game-Changer — Prashant Kedia, MD, FASGE, FACG |
Topic: Foregut | Moderator: Harish Gagneja, MD
| 8:00 – 8:20 am | Laryngopharyngeal Reflux Disease – How to Evaluate Chronic Cough as a Gastroenterologist? — Rena Yadlapati, MD, MSHS, AGAF, FACG, FAFS |
| 8:20 – 8:40 am | Navigating Complex Upper GI Strictures — Kalpesh Patel, MD |
| 8:40 – 9:00 am | Barrett’s Esophagus – Post Ablation Surveillance and Acid Control — Stuart Spechler, MD, AGAF, FACG |
| 9:00 – 9:20 am | Gastric Polyps: Leave, Bite or Resect? — Jeffrey Lee, MD, MPH, FACG, FASGE |
| 9:20 – 9:30 am | Q&A |
| 9:30 – 10:00 am | Refreshment Break in Exhibit Hall |
Topic: IBD | Moderator: Joanna Linsteadt, MD
| 10:00 – 10:20 am | How Do I Tackle Crohn’s Disease in 2026? — Russell Cohen, MD |
| 10:20 – 10:40 am | Severe, Steroids, and Salvage: Tackling Hospitalized IBD Flares — Harry Thomas, MD |
| 10:40 – 11:00 am | How Do I Tackle Ulcerative Colitis in 2026? — Aline Charabaty, MD |
| 11:00 – 11:20 am | Navigating Combination Therapy in IBD: From Evidence to Practical Applications — Russell Cohen, MD |
| 11:20 – 11:30 am | Q&A |
Topic: Pancreatobiliary | Moderator: Jay Yepuri, MD
| 11:30 – 11:50 am | Practical Guide to Outpatient Management of Chronic Pancreatitis – 10 Things You Should Know — Paul Tarnasky, MD |
| 11:50 am – 12:10 pm | Dilated Common Bile Duct — How Do I Work This Up? — Tyler Berzin, MD |
| 12:10 – 12:30 pm | Pancreas Cancer Screening – What Do We Know in 2026? — Rushikesh Shah, MD |
| 12:30 – 12:40 pm | Q&A |
| 12:45 – 1:45 pm | Membership Luncheon and Business Meeting |
| 1:45 – 2:15 pm | Refreshment Break in Exhibit Hall |
Topic: Small Bowel / Colon | Moderator: Lisa Casey, MD
| 2:15 – 2:35 pm | Leaky Gut & Beyond – Answering Difficult Questions in Clinic — Darren Brenner, MD |
| 2:35 – 2:55 pm | Small Intestinal Bacterial Overgrowth: Myths and Facts — Dejan Micic, MD |
| 2:55 – 3:15 pm | Colorectal Screening Dilemmas — Folasade May, MD, PhD, M.Phil |
| 3:15 – 3:35 pm | Colitis: ‘When It’s Not IBD’ – The Mimics You Can’t Miss — Roopa Vemulapalli, MD |
| 3:35 – 3:45 pm | Q&A |
| 3:45 – 4:00 pm | Refreshment Break |
Topic: Video Forum | Moderator: Prashant Kedia, MD, FASGE, FACG
| 4:00 – 4:20 pm | George Wehba, MD |
| 4:20 – 4:40 pm | Tara Kahanian, MD |
| 4:40 – 5:00 pm | Arslan Baig, MD |
| 5:00 – 5:20 pm | Matheus Franco, MD, MBA, MSc, PhD |
| 5:20 pm | Q&A |
Sunday, September 20
| 7:00 – 8:00 am | IP Committee Breakfast |
| 7:00 am | Registration Opens | Breakfast Available |
| 7:55 – 8:00 am | Opening Remarks |
| 8:00 – 9:00 am | Ethics in Medical AI — Tyler Berzin, MD |
Topic: Quality Matters | Moderator: Louis Wilson, MD, FACG
| 9:00 – 9:20 am | Quality Metrics in Upper Endoscopy: From Guidelines to Practice — Harish Gagneja, MD |
| 9:20 – 9:40 am | From Detection to Documentation: Quality Metrics in Colonoscopy — Aasma Shaukat, MD, MPH |
| 9:40 – 10:00 am | Quality Metrics in EUS and ERCP — Girish Mishra, MD, MSc, FASGE |
| 10:00 – 10:10 am | Q&A |
| 10:10 – 10:20 am | Refreshment Break |
Topic: Liver | Moderator: Gaurav Arora, MD, MS, AGAF
| 10:20 – 10:40 am | Stephen A. Harrison, MD, Memorial Lecture — MASLD Management in 2026 — Meena Bansal, MD, FAASLD |
| 10:40 – 11:00 am | Changes in the Landscape of Liver Transplant in 2026 — Sammy Saab, MD, AGAF, MPH |
| 11:00 – 11:20 am | Preventive Hepatology – What’s New in 2026 — Jan Petrasek, MD, PhD |
| 11:20 – 11:40 am | Drug-Induced Liver Injury – The Ever-Present Threat — Prasun Jalal, MD, FRCP (UK), FAASLD, FASGE, FACG, AGAF |
| 11:40 – 11:50 am | Q&A |
| 12:00 pm | Adjourn |
Topic: APP Track | Moderator: TBD
| 2:15 – 2:35 pm | IBD Management Redefined: Treat to Target for Sustained Remission — Amy Stewart, NP |
| 2:35 – 2:55 pm | Supporting the Gut from the Ground Up: Pelvic PT in IBD Care — Smita Metha, PFPT |
| 2:55 – 3:15 pm | Fueling Remission: Nutrition Strategies in IBD Care — Stacy Collins, RD |
| 3:15 – 3:35 pm | “Gut Feeling” Hormones Across the Lifespan – A GI Perspective — Vaneesha Vallabh-Patel, MD |
| 3:35 – 3:45 pm | Q&A |
| 3:45 – 4:00 pm | Refreshment Break |
| 4:00 – 4:20 pm | Celiac Disease — Jill Olmstead, DNP |
| 4:20 – 4:40 pm | Neuromodulation Demystified: A Practical Guide for APPs — Kristina Skarbinski |
| 4:40 – 5:00 pm | Emerging Therapies in MASLD/MASH: A New Era in Liver Care — Yulia Lyuboslavsky |
| 5:00 – 5:20 pm | Hepatocellular Carcinoma in Hispanic Populations — Lisa Hernandez, HP |
| 5:20 – 5:30 pm | Q&A |
2026 Program Directors
Roopa Vemulapalli, MD
Rushikesh Shah, MD
TSGE Education Committee
Waqar Qureshi, MD (Chair), Harish Gagneja, MD, Prashant Kedia, MD, Jay Yepuri, MD, Kalpesh Patel, MD, Karthik Garapati, MD, Prasun Jalal, MD, Hana Svejdova, APP, MSN, APRN, Phillip Ge, MD, Gaurav Arora, MD, John Tsai, MD