Intestinal Disorders

Thank you making our sessions at the 42nd annual DDW® in Chicago, IL scientifically relevant and exciting! If you have specific feedback regarding speakers sponsored by Intestinal Disorders (ID) 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 DDW 2012 in San Diego. We are now accepting volunteers for DDW 2012 abstract review and topic/speaker suggestions. Please visit the Volunteer and Feedback Form to get involved.

Two of our section's abstracts, Should screen-detected and asymptomatic celiac disease patients be treated? A prospective and randomized trial, and Regeneration of damaged colonic tissue by transplantation of colonic epithelial stem cells maintained and expanded in vitro were accepted for presentation at the very successful AGA Clinical Science Plenary and Best of DDW 2011 Plenary Sessions, and the AGA Basic Science Plenary and AGA Japanese Language Program At DDW Sessions, respectively.

This year the ID section accepted the majority of the abstracts submitted (74 percent). The accepted abstracts were designated as oral or poster presentations and of distinction based on their ranking by our dedicated abstract reviewers.  The table below shows the change from last year:

 

ID Abstract Selection

2010

2011

Total Abstracts submitted

382

433

Accepted Abstracts

341

321

Oral Presentations

72

67

Posters

269

254

Posters of Distinction

27

34

The ID section sponsored Research and Translational Symposia, one State-of-the-Art Lecture, two Sunrise Sessions, and, abstract based Research and Topic Fora. Our sessions were very well attended. The chart below outlines the sessions we sponsored at DDW 2011 and the number of people who attended the session. If you have feedback to share regarding any of these sessions please email Jennifer Gibson at AGA headquarters.

ID Sessions

 

Saturday, 5/7/2011

Duration

Attendance

Research Forum:  Gut Microbes and Disease

8:30 – 10 a.m.

75

Research Forum:  Refractory Celiac Disease: Pathogenesis, Diagnosis, Complications

10:30 – 12 p.m.

160

Topic Forum:  Composition of the Human Gut Microbiome in Health and Disease

2:15 – 3:45 p.m.

220

Topic Forum:  Gastrointestinal Stem Cells, Polyps, and Neoplasia

2:15 – 3:45 p.m.

131

Research Symposium:  Intestinal Transport Proteins: They're Not Just for Transport Anymore

2:15 – 3:45 p.m.

80

Research Forum:  Population-based Studies in Common Intestinal Diseases

4 – 5:30 p.m.

58

Research Forum:  Tight Junctions Regulation of Barrier Function and Wound Repair

4 – 5:30 p.m.

117

Sunday, 5/8/2011

Topic Forum:  Human Genetics and Intestinal Disorders

10:30 – 12 p.m.

32

Research Forum:  Novel Modalities or Approaches to the Diagnosis of Intestinal Disease

10:30 – 12 p.m.

80

Monday, 5/9/2011

Sunrise Session:  Advances in Epithelial Transport

7 – 8 a.m.

47

State-of-the-Art Lecture:  The Inflammasome in Colitis and Colon Cancer

8:30 – 9:30 a.m.

95

Topic Forum:  Mechanisms of Intestinal Epithelial Homeostasis

2:15 – 3:45 p.m.

110

Research Symposium:  New Advances in the Role of Bile Acids in Regulation of Intestinal Physiology

2:15 – 3:45 p.m.

100

Translational Symposium:  Why Does Celiac Disease Occur? Implications for How to Prevent and Treat the Disease

2:15 – 3:45 p.m.

320

Translational Symposium:  Advances in the Treatment of Chronic Diarrhea

4 – 5:30 p.m.

120

Research Forum:  Intestinal Epithelial Transport: Absorption and Secretion

4 – 5:30 p.m.

50

Research Forum:  Mechanisms that Regulate Colitis in Murine Models

4 – 5:30 p.m.

85

Intestinal Disorders Section Townhall Meeting

5:30 – 6:30 p.m.

unknown

Tuesday, 5/10/2011

Sunrise Session:  Advances in Celiac Disease

7 – 8 a.m.

50

Research Forum:  Intestinal Inflammation, Injury, and Repair

10:30 – 12 p.m.

65


Each June, ID section descriptors are reviewed to optimize scientific relevance and minimize overlapping topics with other AGA Institute sections and to encourage both clinical research and basic science abstract submissions. The current list of abstract descriptors is as follows. (ID descriptors may change as we go forward to DDW 2012.) 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 Intestinal Disorders were shared at DDW.

Descriptor Name

Abstracts Received

Abstract Review Chair

Abstract Reviewers

Clinical Intestinal Disorders

58

Donald Kotler

Faten Aberra, David Binion, Patrick Connor, Robert Craig

Celiac Disease: Basic Mechanisms and Immunity

19

Sheila Crowe

Bana Jabri, Daniel Leffler, Joseph Murray

Celiac Disease: Clinical

48

Sheila Crowe

Bana Jabri, Daniel Leffler, Joseph Murray

Diarrhea and Malabsorption

18

Donald Kotler

Faten Aberra, David Binion, Patrick Connor, Robert Craig

Novel Diagnostics and Therapeutics in Intestinal Disease

24

Michael Camilleri

James Lewis, Pankaj Pasricha, Carol Semrad, Chris Weber

Pharmacotherapy and the Intestine

21

Michael Camilleri

James Lewis, Pankaj Pasricha, Carol Semrad, Chris Weber

Basic and Clinical Aspects of Ischemia and Hypoxia

9

Thaddeus Stappenbeck

Elke Cario, Peter Higgins, Jan-Michael Klapproth, Anisa Shaker

Intestinal Inflammation, Injury, Repair and Fibrosis

52

Thaddeus Stappenbeck

Elke Cario, Peter Higgins, Jan-Michael Klapproth, Anisa Shaker

Murine Models of Intestinal Disorders

15

Shanthi Sitaraman

Shrikant Anant, Christian Jobin, Declan McCole, Kris Steinbrecker

Intestinal Microbiota: Microbial Pathogenesis and Commensals

24

Andrew Gewirtz

Mitchell Cohen, Beth McCormick, Nita Salzman

GI Infections

32

Andrew Gewirtz

Mitchell Cohen, Beth McCormick, Nita Salzman

Intestinal Cell and Molecular Biology

10

Shanthi Sitaraman

Shrikant Anant, Christian Jobin, Declan McCole, Kris Steinbrecker

Intestinal Epithelial Transport: Absorption and Secretion

36

Michael Dwinell

Lara Gawenis, Stephen Keely, Le Shen

Tight Junctions, Regulation of Barrier Function and Wound Repair

35

Michael Dwinell

Lara Gawenis, Stephen Keely, Le Shen

Intestinal Epithelial Cell Signal Transduction and Gene Regulation

10

Shanthi Sitaraman

Shrikant Anant, Christian Jobin, Declan McCole, Kris Steinbrecker

Genetics and Intestinal Disorders*

14

William Grady

Judy Cho, Ajay Goel. Marcia McDuffie

Note: Descriptors with an asterisk (*) are shared with at least one other Council section.


Section leaders will review committee membership this summer for new abstract review committees to confirm the final composition for DDW 2012 committees.

If you are interested in serving as a reviewer for any of our abstract descriptors for DDW 2012, please fill out this form to volunteer. Please indicate the abstract descriptor for which you are interested in reviewing. You can also recommend any new descriptors for abstracts. ID section members interested in serving in this capacity are encouraged to contact us and volunteer to review abstracts. We are accepting volunteers through the end of July. You can join the ID section at any time.

In addition, 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 fill out this form to submit your suggestions to the AGA Institute by July 1, 2011.

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.

Thank you for your continuing strong support of the ID section.

Sincerely,

Gary D. Wu, MD

Chair, ID Section, AGA Institute Council

Jerrold R. Turner, MD, PhD, AGAF

Vice-Chair, ID Section, AGA Institute Council