Main Course Agenda – September 5, 2025
COURSE DIRECTORS:
Sri Komanduri, MD, MS, Northwestern Medicine
A. Aziz Aadam, MD, Northwestern Medicine
Uzma Siddiqui, MD, University of Chicago Medicine
Lectures and live case broadcasts from Northwestern Medicine and University of Chicago Medicine.
6:15 am
Breakfast
7:00 am
Welcome and Introduction
SESSION I: ADVANCES IN TISSUE RESECTION
7:10 am
Shifting the Paradigm from Diagnostic to Therapeutic Colonoscopy: Bringing the EMR to Daily Practice?
Muhammad Hasan, MD
7:30 am
Reaching New Resection Depths: ESD and Beyond
Mohamed Othman, MD
7:50 am
Complications with Endoscopic Resection of Colon Polyps
Jessica Widmer, MD
8:10 am
LIVE CASES and Q&A
(Northwestern Medicine and UChicago Medicine)
9:30 am
BREAK
SESSION II: NOVEL INNOVATION IN LUMINAL ENDOSCOPY
9:45 am
Endoscopic Management of GERD
Vinay Sehgal, MBChB, MRCP, PhD
10:05 am
Endobariatrics: A Multimodality Approach
Rabia de Latour, MD
10:25 am
Update in Screening, Surveillance, and Treatment of Barrett’s Esophagus
Roos Pouw, MD, PhD
10:40 am
LIVE CASES and Q&A
(Northwestern Medicine and UChicago Medicine)
12:00 pm
LUNCH
12:45 pm
LIVE CASES and Q&A
(Northwestern Medicine and UChicago Medicine)
SESSION III: UPDATES IN PANCREATOBILIARY ENDOSCOPY
1:50 pm
Endohepatology: One Stop for all your Liver Needs
Jason Samarasena, MD
2:10 pm
Best Practices for Pancreaticobiliary Endoscopy
Nalini Guda, MD
2:30 pm
BREAK
2:45 pm
LIVE CASES and Q&A
(Northwestern Medicine and UChicago Medicine)
SESSION IV: ERCP
2:45 pm
LIVE CASES and Q&A
(Northwestern Medicine and University of Chicago)
4:30 pm
Advances in Management of Pancreatitis and PFC’s
Jennifer Maranki, MD
4:45 pm
Challenges in ERCP: Dealing with Large Bile Duct Stones
Sofiya Reicher, MD
SESSION IV: THE PAST, PRESENT, AND FUTURE OF ENDOSCOPY
5:00 pm
IKUO HIRANO MEMORIAL LECTURE
The Evolution of Esophagology
Peter Kahrilas, MD
5:25 pm
Future of Endoscopy and AI
Carlos Robles-Medranda, MD
5:45 pm
CLOSING REMARKS
7:00 pm
RECEPTION
