Digestive Diseases: An Academic Update
When: May 10, 2025 | 7:30 a.m. – 12:50 p.m.
Where: USF Center for Advanced Medical Learning and Simulation (CAMLS)
124 S Franklin St, Tampa, FL 33602
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Participate in a symposium featuring esteemed digestive diseases medical and surgical specialists from Tampa General Hospital and USF Health Morsani College of Medicine, as they provide updates on the intricacies of multidisciplinary strategies for managing various conditions of the digestive system as part of an academic medical center.
Who Should Attend:
Gastroenterologists, Internal Medicine/Family Medicine/PCP, Medical Oncologists, General Surgery, Pediatricians, Colorectal Surgeons, Surgical Oncologists, Advanced GI Surgeons, PAs, APRNs, and Nurses
Learning Objectives:
- Explain the purpose of multidisciplinary digestive diseases care as an integrated approach for consultation among a collaborative team of healthcare professionals.
- Discuss the benefits of multidisciplinary digestive diseases care.
- Understand the current clinical innovations of digestive diseases and how it will change the future demands and needs of digestive diseases.
Agenda at a Glance:
7:30 – 8:00 a.m. Registration – Continental Breakfast
8:00 – 8:15 a.m. Welcome & Introductions | Christopher DuCoin, MD
8:15 – 8:35 a.m. GERD – the Anti-reflux Barrier | Christopher DuCoin, MD
8:35 – 8:55 a.m. The USF Swallowing Center: EoE Updates | John Jacobs, MD
8:55 – 9:15 a.m. Unsedated Transnasal Endoscopy and the Esophageal String Test for Pediatric EOE | Rasha Khalaf, MD
9:15 – 9:35 a.m. Advanced Endoscopy and EUS | Pushpak Taunk, MD
9:35 – 9:55 a.m. Advanced Endoscopy and ERCP | Rene Gomez Esquivel, MD
9:55 – 10:15 a.m. IBD and New Treatment Options | Michelle Rosario, MD
10:15 – 10:30 a.m. Panel Q&A
10:30 – 10:50 a.m. Break - Networking & Light Bites
10:50 – 11:10 a.m. GI Motility and Women’s Health | Camille Thelin, MD
11:10 – 11:30 a.m. Bariatric Surgery & GLP-1 Medications: A Combined Force | Francesca Dimou, MD
11:30 – 11:50 a.m. Defining a Hernia Center | Salvatore Docimo, DO
11:50 a.m. – 12:10 p.m. Gastroparesis | Joseph Sujka, MD
12:10 – 12:30 p.m. Preperitoneal Approach to Complex Hernia Repair | Monica Polcz, MD
12:30 – 12:45 p.m. Panel Q&A
12:45 – 12:50 p.m. Closing Remarks
Accreditation
This activity has been approved for AMA PRA Category 1 CreditTM
Relevant Financial Relationships
Relevant Financial Relationship: Prior to the activity, USF Health will disclose and mitigate all relevant financial relationships that relate to the content of the activity.
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