Clinical Practice
AGA symposium provides practical tips to avoid physician burnout
Carol A. Burke, MD, AGAF, FACG, FASGE, FACP, and Joseph C. Anderson, MD, MHCDS, FACG, shared practical ways physicians and institutions can decrease the chance for burnout in the AGA symposium "Balancing Work and Life While Avoiding Burnout in Gastroenterology" on Sunday afternoon. Read more
DDW News video: Probiotics controversy
Probiotics are among the most controversial dietary supplements, according to Gerard E. Mullin, MD, MS. In this DDW News video, Dr. Mullin discusses controversy about the efficacy and potential harm of probiotics. Read more
Attend Monday's AGA Presidential Plenary session to hear the best GI research and clinical science through a mix of state-of-the-art lectures and abstract presentations. The session also will feature a presidential address by David A. Lieberman, MD, AGAF. Read more
DDW News video: Dietary supplements and the practice of gastroenterology
Nearly half of gastroenterology patients take dietary supplements despite toxicity concerns and the lack of rigorous research behind many supplements, according to Gerard E. Mullin, MD, MS. In this DDW News video, Dr. Mullin discusses what every gastroenterologist should know about dietary supplements. Read more
Inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) continues to be one of the hottest topics at DDW®. This year, World IBD Day — Sunday, May 19 — falls during the meeting, giving AGA another reason to celebrate the best IBD research. See what programming is planned for the day and join AGA for a reception Sunday at 5:30 p.m. on the Center Te... Read more
AGA session offers ergonomics tips for endoscopy
An AGA Postgraduate Course breakout session on ergonomics Saturday afternoon included tips for optimal room design and strategies to minimize musculoskeletal injury during endoscopy. The session was led by Katherine S. Garman, MD, AGAF, and Amandeep K. Shergill, MD, of the University of California, San Francisco School of M... Read more
Clinical ‘heavyweights’ will debate controversial topics
Three difficult questions in clinical gastroenterology and hepatology are up for debate during Sunday's "Battle of the Heavyweights: Controversies in Clinical Practice," co-moderated by Joseph K. Lim, MD, AGAF. Read more
Rome Foundation lectureship will explore diagnosis and treatment of functional GI disorders
Functional gastrointestinal disorders have long been among the most common conditions diagnosed by gastroenterologists. A panel of three experts will discuss the current science and review best practices during Monday’s AGA Institute-Rome Foundation Lectureship, titled "Making Treatment Choices for Functional GI Disorders." Read more
Gut microbiome research moves toward prognostics, diagnostics, personalized medicine
The gut microbiome is as much an organ as the liver, pancreas, intestine or any other organ along the GI tract, says Eugene B. Chang, MD, AGAF, who will moderate Monday’s AGA symposium "Microbiome Diagnostics, Prognostics and Personalized Medicine." Read more
Meena B. Bansal, MD, FAASLD, outlines some of the "best-of-the-best" liver abstracts submitted to DDW® that will be presented during two plenaries on Sunday and Monday. Read more