Johns Hopkins School of Medicine
Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology
presents:
Seventh Annual
Hopkins International
Therapeutic Endoscopy Course
August 24 - 25, 2023
CONTINUING MEDICAL EDUCATION
2023
This activity has been approved for AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™.
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Comprehensive 2-day hybrid course (virtual with an option of in-person attendance) dedicated to providing practicing gastroenterologists, endoscopists and endoscopy staff state-of-the-art updates on luminal and pancreatico-biliary diseases and endoscopy.
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HITEC is the third-highest attended course in the U.S. after Digestive Disease Week (DDW) and American College of Gastroenterology (ACG) Annual Scientific Meeting
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The course is consistently attended by physicians from more than 100 countries.
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Full-day of Live Endoscopy from Johns Hopkins Hospital and other centers of excellence around the world with Live Spanish Translation.
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Free registration for both virtual and in-person attendance ($100 USD fee to participate in a hands-on workshop)
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Concurrent GI nurses and associates course.
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Course faculty includes the best educators and leaders from around the world.
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Demonstrations of the latest breakthroughs in endoscopic procedures, equipment and accessories.
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Combination of live endoscopy, short didactic presentations, interactive discussions, and interactive video case presentations.
COURSE HIGHLIGHTS
In short, HITEC 2023 will feature a detailed illustration of the optimal techniques to enhance endoscopic skills for the management of various luminal and pancreatico-biliary diseases, and concurrently introducing advanced and novel procedures/techniques to endoscopists, trainees and endoscopy nurses and technicians from around the world. We look forward to your participation.
Course Director
Mouen Khashab, MD, MASGE
Course Co-Director
Saowanee Ngamruengphong, MD
Course Co-Director
Mary Rose Hess, BSN, RN, CGRN
COURSE DIRECTORS
Welcome Note From Course Director
We welcome you to attend the seventh annual Hopkins International Therapeutic Endoscopy Course (HITEC) on August 24-25, 2023 at The Johns Hopkins Hospital in Baltimore, Maryland.
We envision this to be a hybrid (both virtual and in-person) and unique event with focus on basic and advanced therapeutic and bariatric endoscopy.
The course will include extensive live endoscopy demonstrations by renowned national and international faculty and emphasize principles of basic endoscopy, advanced endoscopic techniques and procedures, in addition to endoscopic innovation.
This activity is intended for endoscopists, gastroenterologists, surgeons, gastroenterology/ surgical fellows, endoscopy nurses and endoscopy technicians. "
Thank you,
Mouen
JOHN HOPKINS SPEAKERS
Venkata Akshintala, MD (USA)
Assistant Professor of Medicine
Program Director, Medical Pancreatology
Fellowship Associate Program Director,
Therapeutic Endoscopy Fellowship
Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology
Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine
Baltimore, Maryland
Mary-Rose Hess, BSN, RN, CGRN (USA)
Nurse Manager
The Johns Hopkins Hospital
Baltimore, Maryland
Anne Marie Lennon, MD, PhD (USA)
Professor of Medicine
Director, Division of Gastroenterology
and Hepatology
The Moses and Helen Golden Paulson
Endowed Chair,
Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine
Baltimore, Maryland
Vikesh Singh, MD, MSc (USA)
Professor of Medicine
Director of Endoscopy, Johns Hopkins Hospital Director of Pancreatology
Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology
Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine
Baltimore, Maryland
Olaya Brewer Gutierrez, MBBS (USA)
Assistant Professor of Medicine
Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology
Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine
Baltimore, Maryland
Margaret Geri Keane, MBBS, MSc (USA)
Assistant Professor of Medicine
Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology
Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine
Baltimore, Maryland
Zahra Maleki, MD, FCAP, MIAC (USA)
Associate Professor of Pathology
Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine
Baltimore, Maryland
Eun Ji Shin MD, PhD (USA)
Associate Professor of Medicine
Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology
Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine
Baltimore, Maryland
Marcia Canto, MD, MSH (USA)
Professor of Medicine and Oncology
Director, Clinical Research and Heartburn Center
Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology
Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine
Baltimore, Maryland
Mouen Khashab, MD, MASGE, FJGES (USA)
Professor of Medicine
Director, Therapeutic Endoscopy,
The Johns Hopkins Hospital
Lead, Therapeutic Endoscopy Group,
The Johns Hopkins Enterprise
Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology
Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine
Baltimore, Maryland
Saowanee Ngamruengphong, MD (USA)
Associate Professor of Medicine
Associate Director, Gastroenterology and Hepatology Fellowship
Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology
Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine
Baltimore, Maryland
INVITED GLOBAL SPEAKERS
Todd Baron, MD, MASGE (USA)
Professor of Medicine
Division of Gastroenterology & Hepatology
Director of Advanced Therapeutic Endoscopy
University of North Carolina
Chapel Hill, North Carolina
Peter Draganov, MD (USA)
UF Health Digestive Disease Specialists
UF Health Endoscopy Center
UF Health Shands Endoscopy Suite
University of Florida Health
Gainesville, Florida
Sundeep Lakhtakia, MD, MNAMS, DM, FSGEI, FASGE, FACG, FJGES (India)
Director, Endoscopy and EUS
Asian Institute of Gastroenterology, AIG Hospitals
President, Society of Gastrointestinal Endoscopy of India (SGEI)
Vice-Chair, International Committee,
The American Society for Gastrointestinal Endoscopy (ASGE)
Steering Committee Member, Asian EUS Group
Andhra Pradesh, India
Horst Neuhaus, MD (Germany)
Associate Professor
Medical Faculty of the Technical University Munich
Chief, Department of Internal Medicine
Evangelisches Krankenhaus Düsseldorf
University of Düsseldorf
Düsseldorf, Germany
Vanessa Shami, MD (USA)
Professor of Medicine
University of Virginia Digestive Health System
Section Chief of Interventional Endoscopy
Charlottesville, Virginia
Mihir Wagh, MD (USA)
Professor of Medicine and Gastroenterology
University of Colorado
Anschutz Medical Campus
Aurora, Colorado
Marc Barthet, MD, PhD, FESGE (FRANCE)
Head, Endoscopy and Gastroenterology Department
Hôpital Nord, Marseiile
Marseiile, France
Robert Hawes, MD (USA)
Professor of Medicine
University of Central Florida College of Medicine
Medical Director
Center for Advanced Endoscopy, Research and Education (CARE)
Orlando Health Digestive Health Institute
Orlando, Florida
Fauze Maaluf-Filho, MD, PhD, FASGE (Brazil)
Associaste Professor
Department of Gastroenterology of the University of São Paulo
Director of Endoscopy Unit
Cancer Institute of São Paulo - ICESP
International Editor for
Gastrointestinal Endoscopy
São Paulo, Brazil
D. Nageshwar Reddy, MD, DM, DSc, FAMS (India)
Chief, Gastroenterology and
Therapeutic Endoscopy
Chairman, Asian Institute of Gastroenterology
and AIG Hospitals
Asian Institute of Gastroenterology
Hyderabad, India
Uzma Siddiqui, MD, FASGE, FACG, FJGES (USA)
Professor of Medicine
Director, Endoscopic Ultrasound and Advanced Endoscopy Training Program
Associate Director, Center for Endoscopic Research and Therapeutics (CERT)
Chicago, Illinois
Naohisa Yahagi MD, PhD (Japan)
Professor of Medicine
Director, Division of Research and Development
Minimally Invasive Treatment, Cancer Center
Keio University School of Medicine
Tokyo, Japan
Diogo Turiani Hourneaux De Moura, MD, MSc, PhD, Post-PhD (Brazil)
Associate Professor - Gastroenterology Department
University of São Paulo
President of the Bariatric Endoscopy Division
Brazilian Society of Digestive Endoscopy (SOBED)
Co-Director - Bariatric Endoscopy Live Global
São Paulo, Brazil
Shayan Irani, MD (USA)
Gastroenterologist
Virginia Mason Franciscan Health
Seattle, Washington
Amit Maydeo, MD, MS, FASGE (India)
Chairman, Baldota Institute of Digestive Sciences (BIDS)
Global Hospital
Emeritus Professor, Department of Surgery
Seth GS Medical College
Mumbai, India
Douglas Rex, MD (USA)
Distinguished Professor Emeritus of Medicine
Indiana University School of Medicine
Indianapolis, Indiana
Christopher Thompson, MD, MSc, FASGE, FACG, AGAF, FJGES (USA)
Professor of Medicine
Harvard Medical School
Director of Endoscopy
Brigham and Women’s Hospital
Advanced Endoscopy Fellowship
Program Director
Clinical Faculty, Boston Children’s Hospital and the Dana-Farber Cancer Institute
Boston, Massachusetts
Linda Zhang, MBBS (Australia)
Staff Specialist
Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology
St. George Hospital
Sydney, Australia
9:00 – 9:45 am Registration and Continental Breakfast
9:45 – 10:00 am Welcome and Introduction
Moderators: Saowanee Ngamruengphong, MD, Horst Neuhaus, MD, Vikesh Singh, MD, MSc and Naohisa Yahagi, MD, PhD
10:00 - 10:30 am Industry Symposium # 1
This session is not eligible for AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™
10:30 - 11:00 am Industry Symposium # 2
This session is not eligible for AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™
11:00 - 11:30 am Industry Symposium # 3
This session is not eligible for AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™
11:30 - 12:00 pm Industry Symposium # 4
This session is not eligible for AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™
12:00 – 1:00 pm Lunch and Exhibits
1:00 – 5:00 pm Nursing Course and Hands On-Training
Station # 1: ESD 1
Faculty trainers: Saowanee Ngamruengphong, MD and Naohisa Yahagi, MD, PhD
Station # 2: ESD 2
Faculty trainers: Peter Draganov, MD and Saowanee Ngamruengphong, MD
Station # 3: POEM 1
Faculty trainers: Horst Neuhaus, MD and Linda Zhang, MD
Station # 4: POEM 2
Faculty trainers: Uzma Siddiqui, MD, MASGE, FACG, FJGES and Linda Zhang, MD
Station # 5: Defect Closure and Suturing 1
Faculty trainers: Mihir Wagh, MD and Olaya Brewer Gutierrez, MBBS
Station # 6: Defect Closure and Suturing 2
Faculty trainers: Robert Hawes, MD and Margaret Geri Keane, MBBS, MSc
Station # 7: EMR and Hemostasis
Faculty trainers: Venkata Akshintala, MD, Vanessa Shami, MD and Eun Ji Shin MD, PhD
Station # 8: Interventional EUS
Faculty trainers: Todd Baron, MD, MASGE and Shayan Irani, MD
PROGRAM
Thursday August 24, 2023
Friday August 25, 2023
6:30 - 7:20 am Registration and Continental Breakfast
7:20 - 7:30 am Welcome and Introduction
Moderators: Todd Baron, MD, MASGE, Robert Hawes, MD, Shayan Irani, MD, Horst Neuhaus, MD and Vanessa Shami, MD
7:30 - 7:50 am Industry Symposium # 5
This session is not eligible for AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™
7:50 - 8:10 am Industry Symposium # 6
This session is not eligible for AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™
8:10 - 8:30 am Endoscopic Vacuum therapy - Paradigm shift
This session is not eligible for AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™
8:30 - 8:40 am Questions and Answers
Forum 1
Moderators: Todd Baron, MD, MASGE, Robert Hawes, MD, Shayan Irani, MD, Horst Neuhaus MD, Vanessa Shami, MD
8:40 – 10:10 am Live Endoscopy Session 1
Case 1 and 2: India
D. Nageshwar Reddy, MD, DM, DSc, FAMS and Sundeep Lakhtakia, MD, MNAMS, DM, FSGEI, FASGE, FACG, FJGES
Case 3: India
Amit Maydeo, MBBS, FASGE
Case 4: France
Marc Barthet, MD
Case 5: The Johns Hopkins Hospital
Mouen Khashab, MD, MASGE
10:10 - 10:30 am Break and Exhibits
Forum 2
Moderators: Peter Draganov, MD, Vanessa Shami, MD, Uzma Siddiqui, MD, MASGE, FACG, FJGES, Vikesh Singh, MD, MSc and Mihir Wagh, MD
10:30 – 12:00 pm Live Endoscopy Session 2
Case 1: Johns Hopkins Hospital
Saowanee Ngamruengphong, MD and Naohisa Yahagi, MD, PhD
Case 2: Johns Hopkins Hospital
Marcia Canto, MD, MHS
Case 3: Johns Hopkins Hospital
Mouen Khashab, MD, MASGE
Case 4: Brazil
Fauze Maaluf-Filho, MD, PhD, FASGE
12:00 – 12:30 pm Break and Exhibits
12:30 – 1:10 pm Lunch/Symposium
Moderators: Peter Draganov, MD, Vanessa Shami, MD, Uzma Siddiqui, MD, MASGE, FACG, FJGES, Vikesh Singh, MD, MSc and Mihir Wagh, MD
12:30 - 12:50 pm Industry Symposium # 7
This session is not eligible for AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™
12:50 - 1:10 pm Industry Symposium # 8
This session is not eligible for AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™
1:10 - 1:40 pm Break and Exhibits
Forum 3
Moderators: Peter Draganov, MD, Robert Hawes, MD, Shayan Irani, MD, Margaret Geri Keane, MBBS, MSc, Uzma Siddiqui, MD, MASGE
1:40 - 3:15 pm Live Endoscopy Session 3
Case 1: The Johns Hopkins Hospital
Todd Baron, MD, MASGE and Vikesh Singh, MD, MSc
Case 2: The Johns Hopkins Hospital
Saowanee Ngamruengphong, MD and Naohisa Yahagi, MD, PhD
Case 3: Johns Hopkins Hospital
Mouen Khashab, MD, MASGE
Case 4: Brigham and Women’s Hospital
Christopher Thompson, MD
3:15 - 3:30 pm Break and Exhibits
Forum 4
Moderators: Robert Hawes, MD, Horst Neuhaus, MD, Mihir Wagh, MD, Shayan Irani, MD and Vanessa Shami, MD
3:30 – 5:00 pm Live Endoscopy Session 4
Case 1 and 2: Indiana University
Douglas Rex, MD, MASGE
Case 3: The Johns Hopkins Hospital
Todd Baron, MD, MASGE and Mouen Khashab, MD, MASCE
Case 4: The Johns Hopkins Hospital
Olaya Brewer Gutierrez, MBBS and Margaret Geri Keane, MBBS, MSc
Case 5: The Johns Hopkins Hospital
Eun Ji Shin MD, PhD and Vikesh Singh, MD, MSc
5:00 pm Closing Remarks/Adjourn
This schedule is subject to change.
INFORMATION
ONSITE REGISTRATION
Thursday, August 23, 2023 9:00 – 9:45 am
Friday, August 24, 2023 6:30 – 7:20 am
FEES
The virtual course on Zoom is free to all participants.
Hands On course for Physicians before August 18, 2023 ......... $100
After August 19, 2023 .........$150
The registration fee includes the hands on course on August 24, 2023, instructional materials, continental breakfasts, refreshment breaks and lunches.
LATE FEE AND REFUND POLICY
A $50 late fee applies to registrations received after 5:00 p.m. ET on August 18, 2023. A handling fee of $50 will be deducted for cancellation. Refund requests must be received by fax or mail by August 18, 2023. No refunds will be made thereafter. Transfer of registration to another Johns Hopkins activity in lieu of cancellation is not possible.
LOCATION
Chevy Chase Bank Conference Center
The Sheikh Zayed Tower
The Johns Hopkins Hospital
1800 Orleans Street, Main Level
Baltimore, Maryland 21287
The Sheikh Zayed Tower is located on Orleans Street between Broadway and Wolfe Streets. Directions and campus parking information are available on our website under the Contact Us tab at https://HopkinsCME.cloud-cme.com. The closest garage is the Orleans Street Garage, which is located on Orleans Street (Route 40) between Wolfe Street and Broadway. Handicapped parking is also available in the McElderry Street Garage. Johns Hopkins is smoke free.
WHO SHOULD ATTEND
This activity is intended for Anesthesiology, Gastroenterology, General Surgery, Hepatology, Infectious Diseases, Internal Medicine, Nurse Anesthetist, Nurse Practitioner and Nursing.
OBJECTIVES
After attending this activity, the learner will demonstrate the ability to:
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Discuss the latest advances in luminal and pancreaticobiliary endoscopy.
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Discuss the latest advances in bariatric endoscopy.
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Discuss different management options techniques for patients with complex colon polyps.
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Present an update on POEM and other treatment options for patients with achalasia.
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Illustrate techniques and indications for endoscopic suturing.
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Demonstrate latest breakthrough procedures in diagnostic and therapeutic endoscopy.
ACCREDITATION STATEMENT
The Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME) to provide continuing medical education for physicians.
CREDIT DESIGNATION STATEMENT
The Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine designates this live activity for a maximum of 10.5 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.
OTHER CREDITS
American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC) accepts AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™ from organizations accredited by the ACCME.
American Board of Internal Medicine's (ABIM) Maintenance of Certification (MOC) Program
Successful completion of this CME activity, which includes participation in the evaluation component, enables the participant to earn up to 10.5 MOC in the American Board of Internal Medicine's (ABIM) Maintenance of Certification (MOC) program. Participants will earn MOC points equivalent to the amount of CME credits claimed for the activity.
It is the CME activity provider's responsibility to submit participant completion information to ACCME for the purpose of granting ABIM MOC credit.
Policy on PRESENTER and PROVIDER Disclosure
It is the policy of the Johns Hopkins School of Medicine that the presenter and provider globally disclose conflicts of interest. The Johns Hopkins School of Medicine OCME has established policies that will identify and resolve conflicts of interest prior to this educational activity. Detailed disclosure will be made prior to presentation of the education.
HOW TO OBTAIN CREDIT
Post activity, an online evaluation will be available to attendees to evaluate the activity and individual presentations and to identify future educational needs. Upon completion of the evaluation, the learner must attest to the number of hours in attendance. Credits earned will be added to the learner’s transcript and immediately available for print. The last day to access the evaluation and attest to your credits is October 9, 2023.
The Johns Hopkins School of Medicine takes responsibility for the content, quality
and scientific integrity of this CME activity.
Register online at https://www.hitec-course.com
