Pre-DDW 2016 – Program

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Host: Ravinder Mittal, MD. – Professor of Medicine, Director GI function Laboratory, University of California, San Diego

Co-Host: Mark Fox, MD. – Professor of Medicine, St. Claraspital, Basel & University Hospital Zürich, Switzerland

Program

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08.00-
08.30

Breakfast and Welcome

Morning Session

Advances in Diagnosis and Management of Swallowing Disorders and Reflux

Chair: Reza Shaker, Milwaukee, USA; Mark Fox, Basel, Switzerland
08.30-
08.50

Esophageal Motor Disorders – Neural or Muscular

Ravinder Mittal, University of California, San Diego, USA
08.55-
09.25

Gastro-Esophageal Reflux – understanding mechanisms, targeting treatment

Sabine Roman, Hospices Civils de Lyon, Lyon, France
09.30-
09.50

Supra-Esophageal Reflux – understanding mechanisms, targeting treatment

Arash Babaei, Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, USA
09.55-
10.15

Distensibility/Compliance: does it explain symptoms?

John Pandolfino, North Western University, Chicago, USA
10.20-
10.40

Pressure flow dynamics: does it explain symptoms?

Tater Omari, Finders University, Adelaide, Australia
10.45-
11.05

Mucosal Function: does it explain symptoms?

Daniel Sifrim, Queen Mary’s University London, London, UK
11.10-
11.30

Swallowing Function and Dysfunction – what is next?

Peter Kahrilas, North Western University, Chicago, USA
11.35-
12.00

Case discussion, dysphagia: pharyngeal & esophageal

Nathalie Rommel, Leuven, Belgium; Dustin Carlson, Chicago, USA
12.00-
13.30

Lunch: HRiM imaging of oesophageal function during the meal – Live

Mark Fox, St. Claraspital, Basel & University Hospital Zürich, Switzerland

Afternoon Session

Advances in Diagnosis and Management of Constipation and Incontinence

Chair: Samuel Eisenstein, San Diego, USA; Emma Carrington, London, UK
13.30-
13.50

Clinical assessment of colonic function – progress

Phil Dinning, Flinders University, Adelaide, Australia
13.55-
14.15

Clinical assessment of anorectal function – progress

Henriette Heinrich, University Hospital Zürich, Switzerland
14.20-
14.40

Constipation – understanding mechanisms to target treatment

Satish Rao, Georgia Regents University, Georgia, USA
14.45-
15.05

Fecal Incontinence – understanding mechanisms to target treatment

Adil Bharucha, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, USA
15.10-
15.30

Biofeedback for anorectal conditions – who for & how it works?

Bill Whitehead, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, USA
15.35-
15.55

How to best image anal sphincters & pelvic floor – 3D-US and MRI?

Ravinder Mittal, University of California, San Diego, USA
16.00-
16.30

3D –  Ultrasound imaging of anal sphincter – Live

David Kunkel, University of California, San Diego, USA
17.00-
19.00

Reception & Exhibition