This is a privately held training event and is by invitation only. 

We will also be providing CME credit for those who attend! By signing up and attending you are eligible to receive CME credit for the Skills Lab portion of the Symposium. 

Course Directors: Sunil Dacha, MD

AGENDA

7:00 am – 7:30 am Registration

7:30 am – 8:00 am Intro to MITIE / Change into scrubs

8:00 am – 12:00 pm Station Rotations

12:00 pm – Lunch / Adjourn

Course Description: This hands-on training program will provide experience with advanced therapeutics endoscopic techniques and technology in the areas of mucosal ablation and resection, tissue closure, intraluminal stenting, gastroesophageal reflux treatments, and ERCP.

Course Objectives: Upon completion of this course, participants should be able to:

• Demonstrate proper technique for endoscopic mucosal resection using multiple methods.
• Describe important principles of electrosurgical energy as applied in the GI tract.
• Demonstrate the use of rescue strategies for GI bleeding or perforation following advanced tissue removal in the GI tract.
• Discuss technical difference between endoscopic submucosal resection (EMR) and endoscopic submucosal dissection (ESD).
• Discuss the advantages of per oral choledochoscopy over cholangiography in managing select biliary pathology.
• Demonstrate transoral incisionless fundoplication treatment of GERD

Course Design: This is a hands-on tissue explant lab where participants rotate among stations to learn and rehearse advanced GI techniques. Techniques and technologies used include:

Station 1:         ERCP with Cholangioscopy |  Dr. Jeffrey Lee, MD

Station 2:         Intestinal U/S| Dr. Megan Lewis, MD

Station 3:         TIFF | Dr. Kalpesh Patel, MD

Station 4:         EndoflipTM (Medtronic)| Dr. David Richards, MD

Station 5:         Xtack (Boston Scientific) | Dr. Thomas McCarty, MD

Station 6:         DAT clip/Boston Mantis clip & Steris Padlock | Dr. Feenalie Patel, MD

Station 7:         Cryoablation/Radio frequency ablation| Dr. Vaibhav Wadhwa, MD

Station 8:         EMR Colon | Dr. Tara Keihanian, MD

Station 9:         Band EMR | Dr. Alberto Barroso, MD

Station 10:      Hemorrhoids banding | Dr. Neha Mathur, MD