Clinical Practice

Dear Member of the Clinical Practice Section and interested others:

Thank you making our sessions at the 41st annual DDW® in New Orleans, LA scientifically relevant and exciting! If you have specific feedback regarding speakers sponsored by the Clinical Practice (CP) Section at DDW, please share your thoughts with us. We will do our best to consider your comments and concerns as we plan our program for next year's DDW in Chicago.

We would like to welcome the newly elected Clinical Practice Vice-Chair, David A. Katzka, MD. And the newly elected Nominating Committee Members: Brooks D. Cash, MD, AGAF; G. Richard Locke, III, MD; Paul Angulo, MD, AGAF; and Nuzhat A. Ahmad, MD. We would also like to thank Nicholas J. Shaheen, MD, MPH, AGAF for his invaluable service as Chair for the Clinical Practice Section from 2008-2010. Thank you to all those who participated in the election and voted.

Brennan Spiegel and Doug Robertson were in charge of the Clinical Practice section Program Planning Committee for DDW 2010.

This year the CP section accepted the majority of the abstracts submitted. The accepted abstracts are designated as oral or poster presentations and of distinction based on their ranking by our dedicated abstract reviewers.

We would like to thank all who provided feed-back and suggestions for this years DDW. CPS had a Clinical Symposium, Research Forum or Topic Forum in every time slot for every day at DDW. Many of our Clinical Symposia ran concurrently in the same or adjacent rooms to allow a one stop shop of important clinical topics for the busy gastroenterologist.

CP Abstract Selection 2010
Total Abstracts submitted 365
Accepted Abstracts 274
Oral Presentations 43
Posters 231
Posters of Distinction 25

During DDW® 2010 CP sponsored Clinical Symposia, and abstract based Research and Topic Fora, as well as one Distinguished Abstracts Plenary.

CP Sessions
Clinical Symposia: Sunday, May 2, 2010 Attendance
Clinical Symposium: The Hepatocellular Carcinoma Epidemic 8:30am-10:00am 175
Topic Forum: Advances in Care of Patients with Inflammatory Bowel Disease 8:30am-10:00am 600
Emerging Therapies for GI and Liver Diseases 10:30am-12:00pm 630
Research Forum: Gastrointestinal Bleeding: Diagnosis and Management 10:30am-12:00pm 400
Clinical Symposium: Tailored HCV Treatment: The New Era of Protease Inhibitors and Genetic Testing 2:15pm-3:45pm 115
Topic Forum: Outcomes Research in Clinical Practice 2:15pm-3:45pm 35
Clinical Symposium: Culling the Wheat from the Chaff in IBS: An Update on Diagnostic Controversies 4:00pm-5:30pm 200
Monday, May 3, 2010
Clinical Symposium: Questions About Polyps Large and Small 2:15pm-3:45pm 925
Research Forum: Improving Colonoscopy 2:15pm-3:45pm 50
Clinical Symposium: Healthcare Reform: The Changing Face of the Practice of Gastroenterology 4:00pm-5:30pm 400
Tuesday, May 4, 2010
Clinical Symposium: Evidence-Based Treatment of IBS: Beyond Fiber and Anti-Spasmodic Agents 8:30am-10:00am 350
Clinical Symposium: Colonoscopic Cancer Screening: What Are We Missing and How Can We Improve Technique? 10:30am-12:00pm 500
Clinical Symposium: IBD: An Expert's Approach to Difficult Cases 2:15pm-3:45pm 1500
Research Forum: GI Pharmacotherapy 2:15pm-3:45pm 60
Clinical Symposium: Screening for Esophageal Adenocarcinoma: Has the Train Left the Station? 4:00pm-5:30pm 175
Wednesday, May 5, 2010
Clinical Symposium: Chronic Pancreatitis: New Discoveries in an Old Disease 8:30am-10:00am 200
Research Forum: Clinical Practice in Functional Bowel Disease 8:30am-10:00am 80
Clinical Symposium: Antiplatelets, ASA and Anticoagulants: Balancing Risks and Benefits 10:30am-12:00pm 500
Topic Forum: Screening for Gastrointestinal Malignancy 10:30am- 12:00pm 40

Each June CP section descriptors are reviewed to optimize scientific relevance and minimize overlapping topics with other AGA Institute Sections and to encourage clinical research abstract submissions. The current list of abstract descriptors is as follows. (CP descriptors may change as we go forward to DDW 2011.) We would like to thank our abstract review Committee Chairs and members for generously sharing their expertise and time in order to ensure that the most novel and relevant developments in Clinical Practice were shared at DDW.

Descriptor Name Abstract Review Chair Abstract Reviewers
Health Services Hashem El-Serag Y Govil Evan Dellon, Deborah Fisher
Practice Management/Quality Assurance John Vargo Joel Brill, Irving Pike, Tim Nostrant
Cost-Effectiveness Analysis John Inadomi Uri Ladabaum, Chin Hur, Ananya Das
Quality of Life Brennan Spiegel Joel Rubenstein, Greg Austin, Akbar Waljee
Randomized, Controlled Clinical Trials Brian Feagan Paul Moayyedi, Jan Tack, Ray Kim
Research in Education and Training Dave Rubin Andrew Muir, Deborah Proctor, Mary Ann Huang
Outcomes Research: Other Peter Higgins Tim Gardner, Alex Ford, Lauren Gerson
Clinical Trials in GI Pharmacotherapy Nick Talley Colin Howden, Phil Minor, Corey Siegel
Outcomes Research in Endoscopy Glenn Eisen Ron Koretz, Michael Wallace, Marcelo Vela, Vivek Kaul, Bruce Greenwald
Epidemiology (Cross-section descriptor) Douglas Robertson Sapna Syngal, Ron Koretz, Jason Dominitz, John Inadomi

Section leaders will review committee membership this summer for new abstract review committees to confirm the final composition for DDW 2011 committees.

CP section members interested in serving in this capacity are encouraged to contact us and volunteer to review abstracts. You can join the CP section at any time.

We encourage you to submit your invaluable ideas about the topics and invited speakers that you would like to hear at next year's DDW. The more specific you can be, the better (title, individual talks, speakers, learning objectives). Please forward your suggestions to John Whiton, AGA Institute by July 1, 2010.

Members interested in participating in the various activities of the Section should contact us at the addresses below. We are particularly interested in increasing participation by junior investigators/clinicians and international members at this time.

If you are interested in serving as a reviewer for any of our abstract descriptors, please let us know. Please cite the abstract descriptor for which you would be interested in reviewing. Please recommend any new descriptors for abstracts.

We invite your participation and suggestions, especially concerning topics for DDW 2011 that will be held in Chicago, IL.

Thank you for your continuing strong support of the Clinical Practice Section.

Sincerely,

Philip S. Schoenfeld, MD, MSEd, MSc (Epi)
Chair, CP Section, AGA Institute Council

David A. Katzka, MD
Vice-Chair, CP Section, AGA Institute Council