General Information
Important Deadlines
Abstract Deadline for the Young Investigator Forum Due: April 4, 2012
Meeting Preregistration: fee discount if registered before June 1, 2012
Hotel Reservation: June 27, 2012
On behalf of the American Neurogastroenterology and Motility Society we wish to invite you to participate in the 7th Postgraduate Course on Gastrointestinal Motility & Neurogastroenterology in Clinical Practice to be held July 27-29, 2012 in Chicago, Illinois at the Hyatt Regency Chicago.
This postgraduate course will cover the evaluation and treatment of patients with GI motility and functional GI disorders. It will emphasize new technologies and therapies. The highlight will be the use of several live demonstrations and interactive workshops for enhanced learning and the course is directed towards gastroenterologists, GI surgeons, nurses, technicians, fellows and other healthcare providers interested in GI motility disorders. Details are shown in the accompanying program.
Young Investigator Forum
The Young Investigator Forum will be held simultaneously and organized comprising of two and a half a day program for 15 Fellows who will be chosen through a competitive abstract submission process and who will be invited to present and oral presentation from the abstract submitted. All participants are encouraged to bring academic-related questions on topics to be discussed and other pertinent issues.
- To provide a unique opportunity for one-on-one mentoring of young investigators (trainees) who will pursue an academic career in FGIDs and neurogastroenterology and gastrointestinal motility disorders;
- To interact with young investigators by engaging in small group discussions, and providing didactic lectures on core academic topics (publishing, grant submissions, giving lectures, and starting a motility lab);
- To provide and develop leadership skills and discuss opportunities for academic growth and development
Highlights of the Postgraduate Course will include:
Current & New Innovations in GI Motility by world experts including:
- Normal physiology & pathophysiology
- Symptoms
- Motility tests
- Current and new treatment options
- Illustrative case-based presentations highlighting the tests and management options
- Meet-the-Professor Luncheon
- Small group sessions will allow participants to meet faculty and motility lab directors for informal focused topical discussions
- Basic science lectures will update participants on what’s new in our understanding of neurogastroenterology and motility
- Workshops and case-based presentations will discuss hot topics that are clinically relevant
- Live demonstrations on Esophageal manometry, Impedance Testing, Wireless Motility Capsule, Anal Ultrasound, and High Definition Manometry will bring the motility lab to the conference room
- Video Demonstrations on Antroduodenal manometry, Breath testing, pH monitoring, Colonic manometry, and Biofeedback therapy will show how experts perform these procedures
Live demonstrations
- Focus on applications of gastrointestinal motility tests in clinical practice
- Workshops for different levels: physicians, nurses, technicians, and gastroenterology fellows
- Case-based learning for physicians, nurses, and gastroenterology fellows
We hope you will consider attending the meeting and look forward to seeing you in Chicago, Illinois and sharing in this exciting meeting.
Satish Rao, MD, PhD
President, ANMS
