Neurogastroenterology & Motility

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 Neurogastroenterology and Motility (NGM) 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.

One of our section's abstracts, The Natural History of Functional Gastrointestinal Disorders over 20 years: a Population Based Study, was accepted for presentation at the very successful AGA Clinical Science Plenary Session.

This year the NGM section accepted the majority of the abstracts submitted (86 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:

 

NGM Abstract Selection

2010

2011

Total Abstracts submitted

617

643

Accepted Abstracts

543

553

Oral Presentations

105

103

Posters

438

450

Posters of Distinction

39

52

The NGM section sponsored six Translational Symposia, abstract based Research and Topic Fora, and one distinguished abstracts plenary. 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.

NGM Sessions

 

Saturday, 5/7/2011

Duration

Attendance

Research Forum:  Constipation: Diagnosis and Treatment

8:30 – 10 a.m.

171

Research Forum:  Enteric Nervous System and Enteroendocrine Signaling in the Gut

8:30 – 10 a.m.

120

Research Forum:  Animal Models of Motility and Functional Disorders

10:30 – 12 p.m.

74

Translational Symposium:  Development of Smooth Muscle and Smooth Muscle Differentiation and Regeneration

10:30 – 12 p.m.

52

Research Forum:  Gastroparesis and Functional Dyspepsia: Diagnosis and Treatment

10:30 – 12 p.m.

201

Translational Symposium:  Epigenetic Mechanisms in Regulating the Brain-gut Axis; Implications For GI Motility and Functional Disorders

.2:15 – 3:45 p.m.

115

Research Forum:  Neuroimaging and Brain Gut Interactions

4 – 5:30 p.m.

116

Sunday, 5/8/2011

Research Forum:  Gastroparesis: Translational Aspects

.8:30 – 10 a.m.

84

Translational Symposium:  Intestinal Permeability in Health and Disease

8:30 – 10 a.m.

230

Rome Foundation AGA Institute Lectureship:  The Role of Neurogenesis in Brain and Gut and its Implications for Functional GI and Motility Disorders

10:30 – 12 p.m.

215

Translational Symposium:  Biomarkers for Gastrointestinal Motility and Sensation

2:15 – 3:45 p.m.

100

Research Forum:  Functional GI Disorders: Psychosocial and Psychotherapeutic

2:15 – 3:45 p.m.

60

Topic Forum:  Integrative Physiology and Pharmacology of the Gut

2:15 – 3:45 p.m.

80

Research Forum:  Pathophysiology and Genetics of IBS

4 – 5:30 p.m.

50

Monday, 5/9/2011

Translational Symposium:  Enteric Glia: Moving Beyond the Glue

8:30 – 10 a.m.

100

Research Forum:  Smooth Muscle, ICC, Electrical Stimulation and Integrative Control of Gastrointestinal Motor Function

8:30 – 10 a.m.

80

Research Forum:  Neuroimmune Modulation of Gut Function

2:15 – 3:45 p.m.

85

Research Forum:  Viscerosensory Mechanisms and Visceral Nociception

2:15 – 3:45 p.m.

60

Neurogastroenterology and Motility Distinguished Abstracts Plenary

4 – 5:30 p.m.

140

Neurogastroenterology and Motility Section Townhall Meeting

5:30 – 6:30 p.m.

unknown

Tuesday, 5/10/2011

Research Forum:  Pathophysiology, Epidemiology and Genetics of Constipation and IBS

8:30 – 10 a.m.

90

Research Forum:  Anorectal Motility

10:30 – 12 p.m.

70

Research Forum:  Esophageal Motility and Functional GI Disorders

10:30 – 12 p.m.

90

Translational Symposium:  Translational Research Approaches Using Human Gastrointestinal Tissues

2:15 – 3:45 p.m.

40

Each June, NGM 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. (NGM 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 Neurogastroenterology and Motility were shared at DDW.

Descriptor Name

Abstracts Received

Abstract Review Chair

Abstract Reviewers

Animal Models of Motility and Functional Disorders

31

Yvette Tache

Sylvie Bradesi, Natalia Zarate

Physiology of the GI Tract: Motility, Secretion, Sensation

44

Joseph Szurszewski

Simon Gibbons, Gary Mawe, Maria Pozo

Esophageal and Oropharyngeal Motility and Functional Disorders including GERD, NERD and Achalasia

52

Reza Shaker

James Brasseur, John Pandolfino, Joel Richter

Gastroparesis, Functional Dyspepsia and Other Gastroduodenal and Intestinal Motility and Functional Disorders: Pathophysiology, Genetics and Molecular Epidemiology

33

Jan Tack

William Hasler, Purna Kashyap, Shanthi Srinivasan

Gastroparesis, Functional Dyspepsia and Other Gastroduodenal and Intestinal Motility and Functional Disorders: Diagnosis and Treatment

58

Kenneth Koch

Pandu Gangula, Linda Lee, William Snape

Constipation, IBS and Other Colonic Motility and Functional Disorders: Pathophysiology Genetics and Molecular Epidemiology

64

William Chey

Christopher Andrews, Phil Dinning, Henry Lin

Constipation, IBS and Other Colonic Motility and Functional Disorders: Diagnosis and Treatment

72

Beverley Greenwood-Van Meerveld

Michael Camilleri, Baharak Moshiree

Functional Gastrointestinal Disorders: Psychosocial and Psychotherapeutic

39

Peter Whorwell

Jeffrey Lackner, Bruce Naliboff, Magnus Simren

Viscerosensory Mechanisms and Visceral Nociception

39

Lin Chang

Michael Beyak, Klaus Bielefeldt, Ashley Blackshaw

Anorectal Motility and Functional GI Disorders including Fecal Incontinence, Pelvic Floor Disorders: Pathophysiology, Diagnosis and Treatment

46

Satish Rao

Adil Bharucha, William Whitehead

Smooth Muscle, Interstitial Cells of Cajal, Pacing/Electrical Stimulation, Electrogastrography

34

Tamas Ordog

Khalil Bitar, Gregory O'Grady, Xuan-Zheng Shi

Enteric Nervous System, Glia and Enterochromaffin Cells

20

Keith Sharkey

Fievos Christofi, James Galligan, John Wiley

Neuroimaging and Brain-gut Interactions

32

Braden Kuo

Niall Hyland, Million Mulugeta, Elyanne Ratcliffe

Neuroimmune Modulation of Gut Function, Including Inflammation, Infection and the Microbiome

31

Terez Shea-Donohue

David Linden, Kara Margolis, Mira Wouters

Food Intake, Nutrition, and Obesity

13

Charalabos Pothoulakis

Vincent Aguirre, H. Christian Weber

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 cite the abstract descriptor for which you would be interested in reviewing. You can also recommend any new descriptors for abstracts. NGM 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 NGM 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 NGM section.

Sincerely,

Henry P. Parkman, MD 

Chair, NGM Section, AGA Institute Council

P. Jay Pasricha, MD

Vice-Chair, NGM Section, AGA Institute Council