Pancreatic 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 Pancreatic Disorders (PAN) 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.

This year the PAN section accepted the majority of the abstracts submitted (78 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:

PAN Abstract Selection

2010

2011

Total Abstracts submitted

164

199

Accepted Abstracts

149

155

Oral Presentations

29

35

Posters

120

120

Posters of Distinction

19

18

The PAN section sponsored Clinical, Research, and Translational Symposia, one State-of-the-art Lecture, abstracts-based Research and Topic Fora, as well as 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. 

PAN Sessions

 

Saturday, 5/7/2011

Duration

Attendance

Research Forum:  Severe Acute Pancreatitis

8:30 – 10 a.m.

115

State-of-the-Art Lecture:  Translating Mouse Models of Pancreatic Cancer to Humans

10:30 – 11:30 a.m.

70

Pancreatic Disorders Distinguished Abstracts Plenary

4 – 5:30 p.m.

67

Pancreatic Disorders Section Townhall Meeting

5:30 – 6:30 p.m.

unknown

Sunday, 5/8/2011

Research Forum:  Chronic Pancreatitis

8:30 – 10 a.m.

132

Research Symposium:  Intracellular Events in the Development of Pancreatitis

10:30 – 12 p.m.

125

Monday, 5/9/2011

Research Symposium:  Pancreatic Stem Cells

8:30 – 10 a.m.

80

Research Forum:  Mechanisms of Pancreatitis

2:15 – 3:45 p.m.

60

Tuesday, 5/10/2011

Topic Forum:  Biology of the Pancreas

8:30 – 10 a.m.

45

Translational Symposium:  Cystic Fibrosis and the Pancreas

10:30 – 12 p.m.

45

Clinical Symposium:  Autoimmune Pancreatitis

2:15 – 3:45 p.m.

200

Research Forum:  Pancreatic Cancer and IPMN

4 – 5:30 p.m.

55

Each June, PAN 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. (PAN 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 Pancreatic Disorders were shared at DDW.

Descriptor Name

Abstracts Received

Abstract Review Chair

Abstract Reviewers

Experimental Acute Pancreatitis

27

Edwin Thrower

Ilya Gukovsky, Julia Mayerle, Steven Vigna

Experimental Fibrinogenesis and Chronic Pancreatitis

16

Edwin Thrower

Julia Mayerle, Steven Vigna

Pancreatic Physiology and Basic Pancreatic Biology

22

Craig Logsdon

Guy Groblewski, Anna Gukovskaya, David Whitcomb

Genetic Basis of Pancreatic Disease

14

Craig Logsdon

Guy Groblewski, Anna Gukovskaya, David Whitcomb

Clinical Acute Pancreatitis

41

James Grendell

Deepak Bhasin, John Lieb, Bechien Wu

Clinical Chronic Pancreatitis

37

James Grendell

Deepak Bhasin, John Lieb, Bechien Wu

Pancreatic Cancer: Risk Factors and Diagnosis

16

Randall Brand

Luca Frulloni, Sanjay Jagannath, Michel Kahaleh

Pancreatic Cystic Neoplasms and IPMN

26

Randall Brand

Luca Frulloni, Sanjay Jagannath, Michel Kahaleh

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. PAN 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 PAN 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 PAN section.

Sincerely,

Rodger A. Liddle, MD 

Chair, PAN section, AGA Institute Council

Chris E. Forsmark, MD, AGAF

Vice-Chair, PAN section, AGA Institute Council