Course Director

Mouen Khashab, MD

Associate Professor of Medicine

Director, Therapeutic Endoscopy

Johns Hopkins School of Medicine

Course Co-Director

Vivek Kumbhari, MD

Associate Professor of Medicine

Director of Bariatric Endoscopy

Johns Hopkins School of Medicine

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Course Co-Director

Mary Rose Hess, BSN, RN, CGRN

Lead Clinical Nurse
Founder and Chair of the Nurse Product/ Procedure Group
Director of HITEC Nursing Track
Co-Director of HITEC
The Johns Hopkins Hospital

Haitham Algrain, MD, FASA

Assistant Professor of Anesthesiology and

Critical Care Medicine

Aline Charabaty, MD

Associate Professor of Medicine 
Johns Hopkins School of Medicine 
Clinical Director of the GI Division 
Director of the IBD Center  
Sibley Memorial Hospital

Anne Marie Lennon, MD, PhD

Professor of Medicine, Surgery, Radiology and Radiological Science, and Oncology

Clinical Director of Gastroenterology

Director, Multidisciplinary Pancreatic Cyst Program

Ashley Salamone, NP
Nurse Practitioner
HITEC Hands-on Coordinator

Firas Al-Kawas, MD

Professor of Medicine

Director of Endoscopy

Sibley Memorial Hospital

Olaya Brewer Gutierrez, MD

Assistant Professor of Medicine

Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology

Zahra Maleki, MD, FCAP, MIAC

Associate Professor of Pathology

Eun Ji Shin, MD, PhD

Associate Professor of Medicine

Dihana Badurdeen, MBBS

Assistant Professor of Medicine

Anthony Kalloo, MD

The Moses and Helen Golden Paulsen

Professor of Medicine

Director, Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology

Margaret Malleis, RN
Clinical Nurse
HITEC Hands-on Coordinator

Vikesh Singh, MD, MSc

Associate Professor of Medicine

Director of Endoscopy

Director of Pancreatitis Center

Medical Director of Pancreatic Islet Cell

Autotransplantation Program

Marcia Canto, MD, MHS

Professor of Medicine and Oncology

Director of Clinical Research

Kristen Koller, MSN, CRNP

Clinical Nurse Practitioner

HITEC Hands-on Coordinator

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Saowanee Ngamruengphong, MD

Assistant Professor of Medicine

Hiroyuki Aihara, MD, PhD (USA)

Assistant Professor of Medicine

Director, Endoscopic Tissue Resection

Harvard Medical School

Boston, Massachusetts

Alex Gandsas, MD, MBA, FACS (USA)

Director, Weight Loss and Metabolic

Surgery Program

Director, General Surgery Residency

and Bariatric Fellowship Program

Anne Arundel Medical Center

Annapolis, Maryland

Manoel Galvao Neto, MD (Brazil)

Affiliate Professor of Surgery

ABC College of Medicine, Santo Andre

Sao Paulo, Brazil 

Peter D. Siersema, MD, PhD (The Netherlands)

Professor of Endoscopic Gastrointestinal Oncology

Editor-in-Chief, Endoscopy

Department of Gastroenterology and Hepatology

Radboud University Medical Center

Nijmegen, The Netherlands

Christopher Thompson, MD, MSc, FACG (USA)

Director of Therapeutic Endoscopy

Brigham and Women’s Hospital

Associate Professor of Medicine

Harvard Medical School

Boston, Massachusetts

Kenneth J. Chang, MD, FACG, FASGE (USA)

Executive Director, H.H. Chao Comprehensive

Digestive Disease Center Professor

and Chief Division of Gastroenterology

and Hepatology

UCI Health

Orange, California

Scott Kahan, MD, MPH (USA)

Director

National Center for Weight and Wellness

Washington, DC       

Alessandro Repici, MD (Italy)

Professor of Gastroenterology

Director of Endoscopy

Humanitas Research Hospital

and Humanitas University

Milan, Italy

Marcel Vasile Tantau, MD (Romania)

Head of Medical Discipline

Regional Institute of Gastroenterology

and Hepatology

Cluj-Napoca

Romania

Sachin Wani, MD, FACP, FASGE, AGAF (USA)

Associate Professor of Medicine

Medical Director Esophageal and Gastric Center

Therapeutic and Interventional Endoscopy

Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology

University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus

Aurora, Colorado

Austin Chiang, MD, MPH (USA)

Assistant Professor
Department of Medicine
Sidney Kimmel Medical College of Thomas 
Jefferson University
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Robert Moran, MD (USA)

Assistant Professor of Medicine

Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology

Medical University of South Carolina

Charleston, South Carolina

Yutaka Saito, MD, PhD, FASGE, FACG (Japan)

Chief of Endoscopy Division

Director of Endoscopy Center

National Cancer Center Hospital in Tokyo

Tokyo, Japan

Anthony Y.B., TEOH, MBChB, FRCSEd (Gen), FACS, FASGE (Hong Kong)

Deputy Director of Endoscopy, Associate Professor

Division of Upper Gastrointestinal

and Metabolic Surgery

Department of Surgery, The Prince of Wales Hospital

The Chinese University of Hong Kong

Hong Kong

Registration, Continental Breakfast and Exhibits

Opening Remarks and Conference Goals. Mouen Khashab, MD, Vivek Kumbhari, MD & Mary Rose Hess, BSN, RN, CGRN

Lumen Apposing Stents for Fluid Collections: What Have We Learned Alessandro Repici, MD

Endoscopic Therapy for Gastroesophageal Reflux Disease: Which Patients will Benefit?  Kenneth J. Chang, MD, FACG, FASGE

Live Endoscopy

Refreshment Break and Exhibits

Esophageal Strictures: Incision, Submucosal Tunnel, Dilation or Stent? Peter D. Siersema, MD, PhD, FACG

Live Endoscopy

Lunch Time Symposia, Location: Turner Concourse

Endoscopic Barrett’s Therapy Made Easy. Sachin Wani, MD, FACP, FASGE, AGAF

My Patient has PSC and a Dominant Stricture: What’s Next? Marcel Vasile Tantau, MD

Role of Endoscopy in the Management of Gallbladder Disease. Anthony Y.B. Teoh, MBChB, FRCSEd (Gen), FACS, FASGE

Live Endoscopy

Refreshment Break and Exhibits

At the Movies. Marcia Canto, MD, MHS

Welcome Reception and Dinner

Mini Symposium (sponsored by Olympus). Current Best Practice for Colonic ESD. Yutaka Saito, MD, PhD, FASGE, FACG

Continental Breakfast and Exhibits

Live Endoscopy

Refreshment Break and Exhibits

Endoscopic Suturing for Indications Other than Weight Loss. Christopher Thompson, MD, MSc, FACG

Live Endoscopy

Lunch Mini Symposium (sponsored by Boston Scientific)

Lunch on Turner Concourse

Endoscopic Management of Chronic Gastrointestinal Leaks and Fistulas. Manoel Galvao Neto, MD

Live Endoscopy

Refreshment Break and Exhibits

Expert Panel Discussion of the Live Cases. All Invited Global Speakers

At The Movies. Marcia Canto, MD, MHS

Adjourn

Morning Session

07:30 AM - 12:00 PM

7:00 – 7:30 Check in and Continental Breakfast

Station 1: Cholangiopancreatoscopy

Station 2: Zenker’s Diverticulotomy

Station 3: Lumen-apposing metal stents

Station 4: Endoscopic Submucosal Dissection

Station 5: Endoscopic Suturing

Station 6: Full-Thickness Resection Device

Station 7: Transoral Incisionless Fundoplication

Adjourn

Afternoon Session

01:00 PM - 05:30 PM

12:30 – 1:00 Check in and Light Refreshments

Station 1: Cholangiopancreatoscopy

Station 2: Closure and hemostasis

Station 3: Lumen-apposing metal stents

Station 4: Full-Thickness Resection Device

Station 5: Endoscopic Suturing

Station 6: Endoscopic Submucosal Dissection (standard)

Station 7: Endoscopic Submucosal Dissection (ORISE)

Adjourn

Check in and Continental Breakfast

Opening Remarks and Conference Goals.  Vivek Kumbhari, MD. Moderators:

Manoel Galvao Neto, MD, Christopher Thompson, MD, MSc, FACG, Vivek Kumbhari, MD

Medical Management of Primary Weight Loss and Weight Regain  After Endoscopic Bariatric Therapies or Bariatric Surgery. Scott Kahan, MD, MPH

Endoscopic Management of Weight Regain After Bariatric Surgery. Christopher Thompson, MD, MSc, FACG

Endoscopic Management of Complications of Bariatric Surgery. Manoel Galvao Neto, MD

Surgical Management of Complications After Bariatric Surgery. Alex Gandsas, MD, MBA, FACS

Refreshment Break and Exhibits. Moderators:

Alessandro Repici, MD, Kenneth J. Chang, MD, FACG, FASGE, Vivek Kumbhari, MD

Endoscopic Sleeve Gastroplasty in 2020. Kenneth J. Chang, MD, FACG, FASGE

Current and Emerging Endoscopic Primary Gastric Therapies. Christopher Thompson, MD, MSc, FACG

Current and Emerging Endoscopic Primary Enteral Therapies. Alessandro Repici, MD

A Personalized Approach to Endoscopic Bariatric Therapies. Manoel Galvao Neto, MD

Case Presentation and Panel Discussion

Lunch and Exhibits

Bariatric Endoscopy Hands-On Lab