The Spring Course : Best of DDW 2016

The Spring Course: Best of DDW 2016 is organized by New York Society for Gastrointestinal Endoscopy (NYSGE) and Would be held during Jun 10 - 11, 2016 at Japan Society, New York, United States Of America.The targeted audience for this medical event are Practicing gastroenterologists, gastrointestinal endoscopists and surgeons, GI fellows, and GI nurses and associates.

Learning Objectives
• Discuss the spectrum of commonly seen esophageal motility disorders, and outline both current treatment options and the effectiveness of these therapies.
• Identify novel therapies in the management of gastroesophageal reflux disease and Barrett’s Esophagus, including medical, endoscopic and surgical approaches.
• Identify the presence and treatment of common disorders of the small bowel including celiac disease and small intestinal bacterial overgrowth, and review the current role of imaging in small bowel disease.
• Evaluate the commonly seen types of colon polyps, recognize the progression of such polyps to malignancy, and review data on the efficacy and safety of techniques for removal of colorectal polyps.
• Identify appropriate methods to assess mucosal damage and disease status in patients with inflammatory bowel disease, and then discuss the application of these techniques in the evaluation of healing and successful treatment.
• Identify novel medical and endoscopic approaches in managing obesity, and evaluate the effectiveness of these techniques.
• Evaluate current advances in both diagnostic and therapeutic endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography (ERCP) including management and treatment of biliary stones, cholangitis, strictures, malignancies, and prevention of pancreatitis.