Digestive Disease Week (DDW) is the world’s largest gathering of physicians and researchers in the fields of gastroenterology, hepatology, endoscopy and gastrointestinal surgery, and is a showcase for the best and most innovate research in the field of gastroenterology.
This year, we are proud to have our physicians, mid-levels, and Fellows represented in the following activities:
DDW Oral Presentations – 2014
| Type | Presenter | Title | Date/Location | Authors |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Topic Forum | Asher Wolf | Modifiable Risk Factors Predict Recurrence of Barrett’s Esophagus After Successful Radiofrequency Ablation. In Press, Gastrointestinal Endoscopy, 2014. | Sat., May 3, 2014 2:45PM S505 (McCormick Place) |
Wolf WA, Cotton CC, Li N, Pasricha S, Hathorn KE, Spacek M, Moist SE, Madanick RD, Dellon ES, Shaheen NJ. |
| Topic Forum | Asher Wolf | Predictors of Complications from Radiofrequency Ablation (RFA) During Treatment of Barrett’s Esophagus: Results from the U.S. RFA Registry. In Press, Gastrointestinal Endoscopy, 2014. | Sun., May 4 4:00PM S505 (McCormick Place) |
Hathorn KE, Lightdale CJ, Wolf WA, Corbett FS, Pasricha S, Rothstein RI, Cotton CC, Camara DS, Muthusamy VR, Shaheen NJ. |
| Committee Sponsored Symposium | Balfour Sartor | How to Set Up a Gnotobiotic (“Germ-Free”) Mouse Facility | Sat., May 3 8:30AM |
Sartor, RB. |
| Distinguished Abstract Plenary | Cary Cotton | Random Biopsies in Endoscopically Normal Esophagus Improve Yield of Recurrent Intestinal Metaplasia after Successful Radiofrequency Ablation | Sat., May 3 3:15PM S104A (McCormick Place) |
Cotton CC, Wolf WA, Pasricha S, Li N, Hawthorn KE, Madanick RD, Dellon EW, Spacek M, Moist SE, Shaheen NJ. |
| Topic Forum | David Ransohoff | A Risk Stratification Strategy for Colorectal Cancer Screening: Sequential Application of Two Clinical Prediction Rules | Sat, May 3 3:15PM S102 ABDA (McCormick Place) |
Thomas F. Imperiale, Patrick O. Monahan, Timothy E. Stump, Elizabeth A. Glowinski, David F. Ransohoff |
| Clinical Symposium | Evan Dellon | PPI Responsive Esophageal Eosinophilia: It’s EoE | Mon, May 6 10:22AM S402 (McCormick Place) |
Dellon, Evan |
| Research Forum | Evan Dellon | Long-term efficacy of PPI therapy in patients with PPI-responsive esophageal eosinophilia: An international multicenter study | Sat, May 3 10:45AM S106A (McCormick Place) |
Molina-Infante J, Martinek J, Martinez-Alcala C, Krajciova J, Moawad FJ, Dellon ES. |
| Research Forum | Evan Dellon | Advances in the diagnosis and treatment of EoE | Sat, May 3 10:00AM S106A (McCormick Place) |
Dellon, Evan |
| Research Forum | Evan Dellon | Immunohistochemical evidence of inflammation is similar in patients with eosinophilic esophagitis and PPI-responsive esophageal eosinophilia: A prospective cohort study | Sat, May 3 11:00AM S106A (McCormick Place) |
Dellon ES, Covey S, Speck O, Woodward K, Rusin S, Gebhart JH, Woosley JT, Shaheen NJ. |
| Board Review | Kim Isaacs | Inflammatory Bowel Disease | Mon, May 5 9:00AM-9:15AM |
Kim Isaacs |
| Research Forum | Lawrence Gaines | An Internet-based cohort study of the association between depression and exacerbation of Crohn’s disease | Tues, May 6 2:45PM S100C (McCormick Place) |
Lawrence S. Gaines, Sara N. Horst, James C. Slaughter, Richard Shelton, Kirsten Haman, Li Wang, Christopher F. Martin, Michael Kappelman, Millie D. Long, Robert S. Sandler, Dawn B. Beaulieu, David A. Schwartz |
| Board Review | Lisa Gangarosa | Diseases of the Biliary Tract | Mon, May 5 10:30AM-10:45AM |
Lisa Gangarosa |
| Research Forum | Mike Kappelman | Use of the Patient Reported Outcomes Measurement Information System (PROMIS) in a pediatric cohort with Inflammatory Bowel Disease (IBD) | Sat, May 3 10:30AM S404 (McCormick Place) |
Marina Arvanitis, Darren A. DeWalt, Christopher F. Martin, Millie D. Long, Wenli Chen, Elizabeth L. Jaeger, Lucy Goble, Robert S. Sandler, Michael Kappelman |
| Postgraduate Course Clinical Challenge Sessions | Millie Long | Prevention of Post-Op Complications in IBD (Recurrent Crohn’s and Pouchitis) (C108) | Sat, May 3 4:00PM E353CD (McCormick Place) |
Long, MD |
| Postgraduate Course Clinical Challenge Sessions | Millie Long | Assessment of Extra-Intestinal Manifestations of IBD: When Is It the Disease? When Is It the Therapy? | Sat, May 3 9:25AM Arie Crown (McCormick Place) |
Long, MD |
| Clinical Symposium | Millie Long | Risk of Malignancy: Skin, Bowel, Hematopoietic | Sat, May 3 3:00PM S404 (McCormick Place) |
Long, MD |
| Research Forum | Miranda Van Tilburg | Functional Dyspepsia in children: Can we distinguish epigastric pain and postprandial distress? | Mon, May 5 4:00PM S502 (McCormick Place) |
Miranda A. Van Tilburg, Jeffrey S. Hyams, Alycia Leiby, Lynn S. Walker, Olafur S. Palsson, Jan F. Tack, Brennan M. Spiegel, Robin C. Spiller, Yunsheng Yang, William E. Whitehead |
| Research Forum | Miranda Van Tilburg | Prevalence of child-adolescent functional gastrointestinal disorders in a national U.S. community sample | Mon, May 5 4:30PM S104A (McCormick Place) |
Miranda A. Van Tilburg, Lynn S. Walker, Olafur S. Palsson, Sung M. Kim, Brennan M. Spiegel, Robin C. Spiller, Jan F. Tack, Yunsheng Yang. |
| Research Forum | Miranda Van Tilburg | Coping predicts disability, quality of life and depression in both IBD and FAP patients | Sat, May 3 8:00AM South Hall (McCormick Place) |
Miranda A. Van Tilburg, Robyn Claar, Joan Romano, Shelby L. Langer, William E. Whitehead, Bisher Abdullah, Dennis Christie, Rona Levy |
| Clinical Symposium | Nick Shaheen | Resection and Ablation: Achieving the Best Results | Mon, May 5 2:20PM S101C (McCormick Place) |
Shaheen, NJ |
| Combined Clinical Symposium | Nick Shaheen | Medical and Endoscopic Treatment of Barrett’s Esophagus | Tues, May 6 2:00PM S103 (McCormick Place) |
Shaheen, NJ |
| Distinguished Abstract Plenary | Nick Shaheen | Durability of Radiofrequency Ablation (RFA) in Barrett’s Esophagus with Dysplasia: The AIM Dysplasia Trial at Five Years | Mon, May 5 4:15PM S104B (McCormick Place) |
Wolf WA, Overholt BF, Lightdale CJ, Cotton CC, Wolfsen HC, Pasricha S, Wang Kenneth K, Shaheen NJ. |
| Hands-on Workshop | Nick Shaheen | Luminal Stenting and Ablation | Sun, May 4 11:30AM South Hall (McCormick Place) |
Shaheen, NJ |
| Research Forum | Olafur S. Palsson | Mindfulness Meditation Has Long-term Therapeutic Benefits in Women With Irritable Bowel Syndrome (IBS): Follow-up Results from a Randomized Controlled Trial | Mon, May 5 3:00PM S502 (McCormick Place) |
Keturah (Kim) R. Faurot, Susan Gaylord, Olafur S. Palsson, Eric L. Garland, John D. Mann, William E. Whitehead |
| Research Forum | Olafur S. Palsson | Irritable Bowel Syndrome (IBS) Prevalence in the U.S. General Population: Results from the Rome Normative Gastrointestinal Symptoms Survey (RNGSS) | Tues, May 6 3:05PM S105A (McCormick Place) |
Olafur S. Palsson, Miranda A. Van Tilburg, Brennan M. Spiegel, Jan F. Tack, Robin C. Spiller, Lynn S. Walker, Yunsheng Yang, William E. Whitehead |
| Research Forum | Olafur S. Palsson | Fecal Incontinence (FI) Prevalence and Associated Gastrointestinal Risk Factors in the U.S. General Population | Tues, May 6 8:45AM S501 (McCormick Place) |
Olafur S. Palsson, Miranda A. Van Tilburg, Brennan A. Spiegel, Jan F. Tack, Robin C. Spiller, Lynn S. Walker, Yungsheng Yang, William E. Whitehead |
| Research Forum | Rune Erichsen | Risk of colorectal cancer in patients with sessile serrated adenomas/polyps is of the same magnitude or even higher than in patients with conventional adenomas | Tues, May 6 2:00PM-3:30PM |
Rune Erichsen, John A. Baron, Stephen J. Hamilton-Dutoit, Dale C. Snover, Emina Emilia Torlakovic, Trine Frøselv, Lars Pedersen, Mogens Vyberg, Stanley R. Hamilton, Henrick Toft Sørensen. |
| Topic Forum | Ryan Madanick | Feasibility and acceptability of a mobile application for point-of-care data collection in assessing trainee skills during colonoscopy training: a pilot study | Sun, May 4 3:15PM E258 (McCormick Place) |
Madanick, Ryan D.; Brown, Daniel L.; Royal, Kenneth; Palmer, Jeff; Isaacs, Kim L. |
| Committee Sponsored Symposium | Ryan Madanick | Revolution: Maintaining Professionalism in the Era of Social Media | Mon, May 5 2:30PM S405A (McCormick Place) |
Madanick, Ryan |
| Distinguished Abstract Plenary | Sarina Pasricha | All-Cause Mortality in Patients with Barrett’s Esophagus Undergoing Radiofrequency Ablation: Results from the U.S. RFA Registry | Mon, May 5 5:12PM S106A (McCormick Place) |
Pasricha S, Triadafilopoulous G, Li N, Muthasamy VR, Wolf WA, Chmielewski GW, Cotton CC, Corbett FS, Camara DS, Shaheen NJ. |
| Meet the Investigator | Udi Ringel | Enteric Microflora and Functional Bowel Disorders (M01) | Sun, May 4 12:30PM N126 (McCormick Place) |
Ringel, Y |
| Research Forum | Udi Ringel | Altered Colonic Bacterial Fermentation is a Steadfast Pathophysiological Factor in Irritable Bowel Syndrome | Sat, May 3 8:52AM S104 (McCormick Place) |
Chang Hwan Choi, Tamar Ringel-Kulka, Daniel J. Temas, Ari Kim, Karen Scott, Yehuda Ringel |
| Clinical Symposium | William E. Whitehead | Unmet Needs and Future Directions | Mon, May 5 3:06PM S502 (McCormick Place) |
William E. Whitehead |
| Research Forum | William E. Whitehead | FKBP5 gene is associated with IBS diagnosis | Mon, May 5 8:39AM S502 (McCormick Place) |
Shad B. Smith, William Maixner, Olafur S. Palsson, Miranda A. Van Tilburg, Motoyori Kanazawa, William E. Whitehead. |
| Research Forum | William E. Whitehead | Fiber or Imodium Prescription (Rx) Management for Bowel Incontinence: The FIRM Randomized Clinical Trial | Tues, May 6 8:30AM S501 (McCormick Place) |
Alayne D. Markland, Kathryn L. Burgio, William E. Whitehead, Holly E. Richter, Unita S. Granstaff, C. Mel Wilcox, David T. Redden, Timothy M. Beasley, Patricia S. Goode |
| Rome-AGA Lectureship | Douglas Drossman | Centrally-targeted Pharmacotherapy for Chronic Abdominal Pain in symposium: Understanding and Treating the Brain’s Contribution to Pain | Sun, May 4 8:00AM S102ABC (McCormick Place) |
Douglas Drossman |
| ASGE-AGA Symposium | Douglas Drossman | The Interface (of SOD) with Functional GI Disorders in symposium: Reappraising Sphincter of Oddi Dysfunction. | Mon, May 5 10:00AM S503 (McCormick Place) |
Douglas Drossman |
| Curbside Consultant Section | Douglas Drossman | Difficult Abdominal Pain | Mon, May 5 12:30PM S101A (McCormick Place) |
Douglas Drossman |
DDW Poster Presentations – 2014
| Title | Date/Location | Authors |
|---|---|---|
| Clinical characteristics , treatment outcomes, and resource utilization in children and adults with eosinophilic gastroenteritis | Mon, May 5 8:00 AM |
Reed C, Woosley JT, Dellon ES |
| Health care utilization and costs related to eosinophilic esophagitis in the United States represent a significant burden of disease | Mon, May 5 8:00 AM |
Jensen ET, Martin CF, Kappelman MD, Dellon ES |
| Incidence of Esophageal Adenocarcinoma in Patients with Barrett’s Esophagus Undergoing Radiofrequency Ablation (RFA). In press, Gastroenterology, 2014. | Sat, May 3 8:00 AM |
Wolf WA, Lightdale CJ, Li N, Wolfsen HC, Cotton CC, Chang KJ, Pasricha S, Overholt BF, Shaheen NJ. |
| Racial differences impact the clinical presentation and endoscopic features of eosinophilic esophagitis: A multi-centered study. | Mon, May 5 8:00 AM |
Moawad FJ, Dellon ES, Ljuldjuraj T, Green DJ, Brizuela DR, Achem SR, Chehade M, Gupta SK. |
| The increasing incidence and prevalence of eosinophilic esophagitis outpaces changes in endoscopic and biopsy practice: National population-based estimates from Denmark | Mon, May 5 8:00 AM |
Dellon ES, Erichsen R, Baron JA, Shaheen NJ, Vyberg M, Sorensen HT, Pedersen L. |
| Is the Cytomegalovirus (CMV) viral load in colonic biopsies associated with a higher risk of colectomy in hospitalized patients with inflammatory bowel disease (IBD)? | Sun, May 4 8:00 AM |
Joseph C. Onyiah, Millie D. Long, Melissa Miller, Hans H. Herfarth |
| Abdominal Bloating in Patients with Irritable Bowel Syndrome: Characterization of Clinical Symptoms, Psychological Factors and Associated Comorbidities | Sun, May 4 8:00 AM |
Keren Hod, Tamar Ringel-Kulka, Miranda A. Van Tilburg, Yehuda Ringel |
| African Americans are More Likely to Make Healthy Dietary Changes After Colon Cancer Diagnosis: Results of the Study of Outcomes in Colon Cancer Survivors (SOCCS) | Tues, May 6 8:00 AM |
Wolf WA, Xun P, Sandler RS, He K. |
| Association of a Variant in the Gene Encoding the Polyunsaturated Fatty Acid Metabolizing Enzyme FADS2 with Colorectal Cancer in African Americans | Mon, May 5 8:00 AM |
Shilpa Ravella, Rosa M. Xicola, Fabio Pibiri, Timothy Carroll, Robert S. Sandler, Sonia Kupfer, Nathan A. Ellis, Xavier Llor |
| Caspase-11 Enhances Killing of Colitogenic Escherichia Coli by Macrophages, but Does Not Affect Development of Experimental Colitis | Sat, May 3 8:00 AM |
Fan TJ, Tchaptchet S, Goeser LE, Sartor RB, Hansen JJ |
| Colitogenic Activity of Enterococcus Faecalis Requires Lipoproteain-Mediated Activation of Innate Immune Effector Functions in IL10-/- Mice | Sat, May 3 8:00 AM |
Ocvirk S, Sava IG, Steck N, Roh JH, Tchaptchet S, Hansen JJ, Huebner J, Murray BE, Sartor RB, Haller D |
| Development of an endoscopy- and histology-based activity index for eosinophilic esophagitis | Mon, May 5 8:00 AM |
Schoepfer AM, Straumann A, Panczak R, Kuehni CE, Romero Y, Maurer E, Alexander JA, Hirano I, Gonsalves N, Furata GT, Dellon ES, Leung J, Moawad FJ, Collins MH, Bussman C, Netzer P, Gupta S, Chehade M, Aceves SS, Wo JM, Zwahlen M, Safroneeva E, for the International EEsAI Study Group |
| Development of Erosive Esophagitis during Radiofrequency Ablation for Barrett’s Esophagus is Associated with an Increased Number of Sessions for Successful Treatment | Sat, May 3 8:00 AM |
Cotton CC, Wolf WA, Li N, Pasricha S, Hathorn KE, Spacek M, Moist SE, Madanick RD, Dellon ES, Shaheen NJ. |
| Dilation of strictures prior to therapy predicts histologic non-response to topical steroids in eosinophilic esophagitis. | Mon, May 5 8:00 AM |
Wolf WA, Green DJ, Hughes JT, Cotton CC, Woosley JT, Shaheen NJ, Dellon ES. |
| Dysplasia in the gastric cardia is not uncommon among patients who are successfully treated by radiofrequency ablation for dysplastic Barrett’s esophagus – A prospective study. | Mon, May 5 8:00 AM |
Li N, Pasricha S, Cotton CC, Wolf WA, Spacek MB, Moist SB, Shaheen NJ. |
| Genetically Drive Chromatin Organization Identifies Regulatory SNPs Associated with Crohn’s Disease | Sun, May 4 8:00 AM |
Matthew Weiser, Chelsea Raulerson, Adam Robinson, Gregory Gipson, Tomohisa Sujino, Osamu Takeuchi, Taku Kobayashi, Hans H. Herfarth, Ryan B. Sartor, Dermot P. McGovern, Jason D. Lieb, Terrence S. Furey, Shehzad Z. Sheikh. |
| High Sensitive C-Reactive Protein as a Marker for Inflammation in Irritable Bowel Syndrome | Sun, May 4 8:00 AM |
Keren Hod, Tamar Ringel-Kulka, Christopher F. Martin, Nitsan Maharshak, Yehuda Ringel |
| High Throughput Sequencing of the Intestinal Mucosa versus Luminal Microbiota in Humans | Tues, May 6 8:00 AM |
Nitsan Maharshak, Ian M. Carroll, Tamar Ringel-Kulka, Elizabeth A. Wolber, Ryan B. Sartor, Yehuda Ringel |
| Intestinal Epithelial Cells Expressing Biomarkers of Crypt Base Columnar or Reserve Stem Cells Show Differential Resistance to Ischemia-Reperfusion Injury | Mon, May 5 8:00 AM |
Liara M. Gonzalez, Scott T. Magness, Pauline K. Lund, Anthony Blikslager. |
| Liquid Nitrogen Spray Cryotherapy Can Be Used Safely In Retroflexion For Treatment of Lesions At The Esophagogastric Junction and Gastric Cardia | Mon, May 5 8:00 AM |
Kiley K. Walp, Suzanne P. Hallquist, Alissa Bults, Norio Fukami, David G. Forcione, Nicholas J. Shaheen, Michael S. Smith. |
| Major basic protein, eotaxin-3, and mast cell tryptase staining for diagnosis of eosinophilic esophagitis: A prospective study | Mon, May 5 8:00 AM |
Dellon ES, Speck O, Woodward K, Covey S, Rusin S, Gebhart JH, Woosley JT, Shaheen NJ. |
| Most patients demonstrate correlation between symptoms, endoscopic findings, and histology in response to topical steroid treatment in eosinophilic esophagitis | Mon, May 5 8:00 AM |
Green DJ, Wolf WA, Hughes JT, Cotton CC, Woosley JT, Shaheen NJ |
| Patient Preference for Defining Success in Fecal Incontinence Treatment Trials | Mon, May 5 8:00 AM |
Steve Heyman, Olafur S. Palsson, Sung M. Kim, Stefanie Twist, William E. Whitehead |
| Patient Preference for What Should Be Included in the Definition of Fecal Incontinence. | Mon, May 5 8:00 AM |
Steve Heyman, Olafur S. Palsson, Sung M. Kim, Stefanie Twist, William E. Whitehead |
| Predicting Barrett’s Esophagus in Families of Patients with Barrett’s Esophagus: A BETRNet Model Fitting Clinical Data to a Genetic Paradigm | Sat, May 3 8:00 AM |
Xiangqing Sun, Amitabh Chak, Gary W. Faulk, William M. Grady, Margaret F. Kinnard, Sumeet K, Mittal, Marcia I. Canto, Nicholas J. Shaheen, Jean S. Wang, Prasad G. Iyer, Julian A. Abrams, Joseph Willis, Sanford Markowitz, Jill Barnholtz-Sloan, Wendy Brock, Robert Elsto |
| Predictors of Esophageal Adenocarcinoma in Patients with Prior Radiofrequency Ablation (RFA) for Treatment of Barrett’s Esophagus: Results from the U.S. RFA Registry | Sat, May 3 8:00 AM |
Wolf WA, Pruitt RE, Ertan A, Cotton CC, Komanduri S, Pasricha S, Infantolino A, Li N, Rothstein RI, Shaheen NJ. |
| Prevalence of infant/toddler functional gastrointestinal disorders in the U.S.: Results of a national community survey of mothers | Sun, May 4 8:00 AM |
Miranda A. Van Tilburg, Paul E. Hyman, Lynn S. Walker, Audra Rouster, Olafur S. Palsson, Sung M. Kim, Jan F. Tack, Robin C. Spiller, Brennan M. Spiegel, Yunsheng Yang, William E. Whitehead. |
| Researchers identify priorities for fecal incontinence: Survey of scientists | Mon, May 5 8:00 AM |
William E. Whitehead, Adil E. Bharucha, Satish S. Rao, Frank A. Hamilton, Sung M. Kim |
| The Incidence of Neoplastic Gastric Cardia Nodules following Radiofrequency Ablation of Neoplastic Barrett’s Esophagus. | Tues, May 6 8:00 AM |
Cotton CC, Wolf WA, Pasricha S, Li N, Hathorn KE, Madanick RD, Dellon ES, Spacek M, Moist SE, Shaheen NJ. |
| The influence of gender on features of eosinophilic esophagitis: A multi-center study. | Mon, May 5 8:00 AM |
Moawad FJ, Chehade M, Green DJ, Ljuldjuraj T, Achem SR, Brizuela DR, Gupta S, Dellon ES. |
| Uninvestigated Dyspepsia in the U.S. General Population: Results from the Rome Normative Gastrointestinal Symptoms Survey (RNGSS) | Sat, May 3 8:00 AM |
Olafur S. Palsson, Miranda A. Van Tilburg, Brennan M. Spiegel, Jan F. Tack, Robin C. Spiller, Lynn S. Walker, Yunsheng Yang, William E. Whitehead |
| Utility of a Biomarker Panel to Predict Progression to Esophageal Adenocarcinoma in Barrett’s Esophagus. In Press, Gastroenterology 2014. | Sat, May 3 8:00 AM |
Wolf WA, Lao-Sirieix P, Duits LC, Chak A, Shaheen NJ, Fitzgerald R, Bergman JJ. |
| What cut-point should be used to definine a histologic response to topical steroid use in eosinophilic esophagitis? A data-driven approach using symptoms and endoscopic findings. In press, Gastroenterology 2014. | Mon, May 5 8:00 AM |
Wolf WA, Green DJ, Hughes JT, Cotton CC, Woosley JT, Shaheen NJ, Dellon ES. |
| What is the burden of GI illness in the U.S.? It depends on who you ask. | Mon, May 5 8:00 AM |
Jensen ET, Cook SF, Allen JK, Brookhart AM, Kappelman MD, Dellon ES. |
| When eosinophilic esophagitis is refractory to topical steroids: Treatment options and clinical outcomes. In press, Gastroenterology 2014. | Mon, May 5 8:00 AM |
Cotton CC, Green DJ, Hughes JT, Wolf WA, Woosley JT, Shaheen NJ, Dellon ES. |
| Abdominal Bloating in Patients with Irritable Bowel Syndrome: Characterization of Clinical Symptoms, Psychological Factors and Associated Comorbidities | Sun, May 4 8:00 AM |
Keren Hod, Tamar Ringel-Kulka, Miranda A. Van Tilburg, Yehuda Ringel |