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8th Annual Underwood Symposium: Exploring Frontiers in the Management of Digestive and Liver Disorders - EXHIBIT REGISTRATION
EXHIBITOR/SPONSOR REGISTRATION
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Dear Corporate Partner,
It is our pleasure to invite you to exhibit at our 8th Annual Underwood Symposium: Exploring Frontiers in the Management of Digestive and Liver Disorders hosted at the Houston Methodist Research Institute on Friday, March 31, 2023. On behalf of our Course Directors, Dr. Eamonn Quigley, Dr. Bincy Abraham, Dr. Min Kim, and the Office of Continuing Medical Education (CME) we graciously extend the opportunity for you to join us as an exhibitor and/or sponsor!
We estimate that this annual conference will attract approximately 100 in-person attendees and 100 virtual attendees – all potential customers for your products and services.
I encourage you to take full advantage of this excellent opportunity to network with your target market as an exhibitor. Exhibiting companies will have the opportunity to share their educational materials and interact with participants.
Due to our limited number of exhibit openings, we hope you will take this opportunity and contact us now to register.
Please feel free to contact jvalencia3@houstonmethodist.org if you have any questions or need additional information.
Sincerely,
Eamonn Quigley, MD
David M. Underwood Chair of Medicine in Digestive Disorders,
Department of Medicine
Professor of Medicine,
Academic Institute
Director, Lynda K. and David M. Underwood Center for
Digestive Disorders
Houston Methodist
Weill Cornell Medical College
Bincy Abraham, MD, MS
Fondren Distinguished Professor in Inflammatory Bowel Disease, Department of Medicine
Professor of Clinical Medicine,
Academic Institute
Full Clinical Member,
Research Institute Program Director, Gastroenterology Fellowship Program,
Lynda K. and David M. Underwood Center for Digestive Disorders
Houston Methodist Weill Cornell Medical College
Min Kim, MD
David M. Underwood Distinguished Professor of Surgery in Digestive Disorders, Department of Surgery
Professor of Surgery, Academic Institute
Full Clinical Member, Research Institute
Houston Methodist
Weill Cornell Medical College
EXHIBIT DETAILS
Date and Time
Friday, March 31, 2023 | 7:00am – 5:00pm
Exhibit Location
Houston Methodist Research Institute
6670 Bertner Ave.
2nd Floor Pre-Function Space
Houston, TX 77030
EXHIBIT FEE: $1500
- One 6’ x 3’ table-top exhibit with two chairs
- Exhibiting companies may send a maximum of two (2) representatives to staff their exhibit table.
- Company logo will be located on the virtual exhibit page
- Recognition in the webpage and activity materials
NOTE: Companies may purchase one exhibit ONLY.
Target Audience
Physicians, physician assistants, nurse practitioners, nurses, residents/fellows, students, and researchers in gastroenterology, GI surgery, colorectal surgery, internal medicine and hepatology will benefit from this course.
Learning Objectives
- Discuss the risks and benefits of robot assisted liver transplantation
- Assess various liver lesions on imaging
- Manage gastrointestinal neuroendocrine tumors
- Define the outcomes of robot assisted pancreaticoduodenectomy
- Recognize the role of the microbiome in GI tract inflammation
- Demonstrate how to perform the robotic NICE procedure
- Manage complex anal fistulas
- Explain the optimal surgical management of patients with esophageal cancer
- Manage giant hiatal hernias
- Recognize how to treat GERD after PPI failure
- Discuss the evolution and treatment of eosinophilic esophagitis
- Recognize the role of artificial intelligence in GI assessments
- Recognize new treatment options for IBS and chronic constipation
- Indicate when to consider combination advanced therapies in severe IBD
| TIME | PRESENTATION | SPEAKER(S) |
| 7:00 AM | Registration | |
| 7:50 AM | Welcome and Symposium Introduction | Eamonn Quigley, MD |
| Plenary Session I: Liver/Pancreas/Stomach Session Chairs: Amanda Arrington, MD, MHM, FACS, FSSO, Sudha Kodali, MD, MSPH and Ashish Saharia, MD, FACS | ||
| 8:00 AM | Robot Assisted Liver Transplantation | Yee Lee Cheah, MD, FACS |
| 8:20 AM | Assessment of Liver Lesions | Tamneet Basra, MD |
| 8:40 AM | Complex Management of Gastrointestinal Neuroendocrine Tumors | Kelvin Allenson, MD |
| 9:00 AM | Introduction of Keynote Speaker | Min Kim, MD |
| 9:00 AM | Keynote Presentation: Robot Assisted Pancreaticoduodenectomy | John Martinie, MD |
| 9:30 AM | Panel Discussion | |
| 10:00 AM | Break and Exhibits | |
| Plenary Session II: IBD/Colorectal/Anal Session Chairs: Malcolm K. Irani, MD and Jean A. Knapps, MD | ||
| 10:30 AM | Robotic NICE Procedure for Diverticulitis | Matthew D. Weaver, MD |
| 10:50 AM | Microbiome in Inflammatory GI Conditions (IBD, Diverticulitis, Immuno-mediated Colitis, etc.) - is FMT the answer? | Christopher Fan, MD |
| 11:10 AM | Surgical Treatment of Complex Anal Fistula - Potential New Solutions to a Particularly Vexing Problem | Jeffrey L. Van Eps, MD |
| 11:30 AM | Panel Discussion | |
| 12:00 PM | Lunch and Exhibits | |
| Plenary Session III: Esophagus/Foregut Session Chairs: Daniel Bushyhead. MD and Todd Worley, MD, FACS | ||
| 1:00 PM | Management of Giant Hiatal Hernia | Ray Chihara, MD, PhD |
| 1:20 PM | GERD - What to do When PPI Fails? | Ali M. Raza, MD |
| 1:40 PM | Surgical Management of Esophageal Cancer | Katherine D. Gray, MD |
| 2:00 PM | Keynote Speaker Intro | Bincy Abraham, MD, MS |
| 2:00 PM | Keynote Presentation: Eosinophilic Esophagitis - Are We Making Progress? | Ikuo Hirano, MD |
| 2:30 PM | Panel Discussion | |
| 3:00 PM | Break and Exhibits | |
| Plenary Session IV: New Views on Old Problems Session Chairs: Bincy Abraham, MD, MS and Hani A. Zamil, MD, CMQ | ||
| 3:30 PM | AI in GI: Colon Cancer Screening and Beyond | Rachel L. Schiesser, MD |
| 3:50 PM | Updates on IBS and Constipation : From Hypnosis to Vibrating Capsules | Eamonn Quigley, MD |
| 4:10 PM | When 1+1 = 3: Combining Biologic & Small Molecule Therapy | Kerri L. Glassner, DO |
| 4:40 PM | Panel Discussion | |
| 5:00 PM | Adjournment | |
| COURSE DIRECTORS |
| Bincy P. Abraham, MD, MS |
| Fondren Distinguished Professor in Inflammatory Bowel Disease, Department of Medicine Professor of Clinical Medicine, Academic Institute Full Clinical Member, Research Institute Program Director, Gastroenterology Fellowship Program, Lynda K. and David M. Underwood Center for Digestive Disorders Houston Methodist Weill Cornell Medical College |
| Min P. Kim, MD |
| David M. Underwood Distinguished Professor of Surgery in Digestive Disorders, Department of Surgery Professor of Surgery, Academic Institute Full Clinical Member, Research Institute Houston Methodist |
| GUEST FACULTY |
| Ikuo Hirano, MD |
| Professor of Medicine Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine Chicago, IL |
| John Martinie, MD, FACS |
| Surgical Oncology HepatoPancreatoBiliary Surgery Atrium Health Levine Cancer Institute (Hepatobiliary (HPB) Cancer) Charlotte, NC |
| Matthew D. Weaver, MD |
| Colorectal Surgeon HCA Houston Healthcare |
| HOUSTON METHODIST FACULTY |
| Kelvin C. Allenson, MD |
| Gastrointestinal Surgical Oncology, Cutaneous (Skin) Surgical Oncology, Sarcoma and Connective Tissue Surgical Oncology, Surgical Oncology Surgical Oncology Houston Methodist Department of Surgery |
| Tamneet Basra, MD |
| Gastroenterologist and Transplant Hepatologist Houston Methodist Academic Medicine Associates - Hepatology |
| Yee Lee Cheah, MD, FACS |
| Transplant Surgery, Hepatobiliary and Pancreatic Surgery Liver Transplant Surgery Houston Methodist Department of Surgery - Transplant |
| Ray Chihara, MD, PhD |
| Assistant Professor of Surgery, Academic Institute Assistant Clinical Member, Research Institute Houston Methodist Weill Cornell Medical College |
| Christopher Fan, MD |
| Clinical and Research Gastroenterologist Houston Methodist |
| Kerri L. Glassner, DO |
| Gastroenterology Houston Methodist Gastroenterology Associate |
| Katherine D. Gray, MD |
| Thoracic Surgeon Houston Methodist Department of Surgery |
| Eamonn M.M. Quigley, MD |
| David M Underwood Chair of Medicine in Digestive Disorders Co-Director, Lynda K and David M Underwood Center for Digestive Disorders Professor of Medicine, Institute for Academic Medicine, Houston Methodist Hospital Professor of Medicine, Weill Cornell Medical College Adjunct Professor of Medicine, Texas A and M Health Sciences Center College of Medicine Adjunct Professor, School of Medicine, University College Cork |
| Ali M. Raza, MD |
| Gastroenterology, Interventional Gastroenterology Houston Methodist Gastroenterology Associates |
| Rachel L. Schiesser, MD |
| Gastroenterology Houston Methodist Gastroenterology Associate |
| Jeffrey L. Van Eps, MD |
| Colon and Rectal Surgeon Assistant Professor Houston Methodist |
| SESSION CHAIRS |
| Daniel W. Bushyhead, MD |
| Gastroenterology Assistant Professor of Clinical Medicine - Houston Methodist Academic Institute Assistant Professor of Clinical Medicine - Weill Cornell Medical College Houston Methodist Gastroenterology Associates |
| Amanda Arrington, MD, MHM, FACS, FSSO |
| Associate Professor, Department of Surgery, Division of Surgical Oncology Houston Methodist |
| Malcolm K. Irani, MD |
| Gastroenterology Houston Methodist Gastroenterology Associates |
| Jean A. Knapps, MD |
| Colon and Rectal Surgery General Surgery Houston Methodist |
| Sudha Kodali, MD, MSPH |
| Transplant Hepatologist, Sherrie and Alan Conover Center for Liver Disease & TransplantationHouston Methodist J.C. Walter Jr. Transplant CenterAssociate Professor of MedicineHouston Methodist |
| Ashish Saharia, MD, FACS |
| Liver Transplant Surgery, Pancreas Transplant Surgery, Kidney Transplant Surgery,Hepatobiliary and Pancreatic Surgery, General Surgery, Transplant Surgery Director, Liver Transplantation at Houston Methodist J.C. Walter Jr. Transplant Center and Surgical Director of Liver Transplantation in the Department of Surgery Houston Methodist Department of Surgery |
| Todd A. Worley, MD, FACS |
| General Surgery, Bariatric Surgery Houston Methodist Department of Surgery |
| Hani A. Zamil, MD, CMQ |
| Gastroenterology M.D. Advance Gastroenterologist Houston Methodist Gastroenterology Associates |
We gratefully acknowledge the following companies for supporting our 8th Annual Underwood Symposium: Exploring Frontiers in the Management of Digestive and Liver Disorders:
AbbVie
Ardelyx
Boston Scientific
Bristol Myers Squibb
Castle Biosciences
Cook Medical
Ferring Pharmaceuticals
Intercept Pharmaceuticals
Janssen Biotech
Perspectum
Pfizer
QOL Medical
Sanofi
Takeda Pharmaceuticals
Registration Instructions
- STEP 1 - Select the applicable fee and add to cart to complete the checkout process.
- STEP 2 - Once registered, on the week of the conference you will receive an email from Jalissa (jvalencia3@houstonmethodist.org) for more details on exhibiting.