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GI Team Gets Gutsy at Digestive Disease Week

Wednesday, June 11, 2025

“Be Gutsy” was the theme of this year’s Digestive Disease Week, the premier meeting of digestive health clinicians, researchers, and industry professionals from around the world. Eight members of our Gastroenterology & Hepatology Division were among 13,000 attendees, and delivered 12 presentations, 12 posters, and two original lectures, and moderated two sessions.

Sarah Enslin, PA-C, physician assistant of Gastroenterology & Hepatology, presented, “Incorporating APPS into Your Endoscopic Practice to Promote Improved Patient Satisfaction.” She also participated in an AGA-sponsored panel discussion, “Career Planning for GI NPs and Pas.”

Vivek Kaul, MD, professor of Gastroenterology & Hepatology, presented the Distinguished Abstracts Plenary Session of the AGA presentation ceremony and delivered five presentations and four posters: 

• Mentorship in Advanced Endoscopy (Presentation)
• Are You Smarter Than Your Mentor: Management of Pancreatic Cystic Neoplasms (Presentation)
• Novel Technologies for Screening, Surveillance and Treatment of Barrett's Esophagus (Presentation)
• Progression Rates of Barrett's Esophagus and Dysplasia Detected by WATS-3D are Similar to Those Diagnosed by Forceps Biopsies (Presentation)
• Late Breaking Clinical Abstracts Plenary (Presentation)
• Blood-based Testing Practices Amongst High-risk Individuals Undergoing Pancreatic Cancer Surveillance within the International Pancreatic Cancer Early Detection (PRECEDE) Consortium (Poster)
• Consensus Recommendations for Liquid Nitrogen Spray Cryotherapy for BE Using a Modified Delphi Process (Poster)
• Consensus Recommendations for Liquid Nitrogen Spray Cryotherapy for Esophageal Cancer Using a Modified Delphi Process (Poster)
• MUC2 Immunostaining Predicts Neoplastic Progression as Accurately as the Presence of Goblet Cells in ColumnarLined Esophagus: A Wats3D Study of 3553 Patients (Poster)
• Controversial Areas in Pancreatic Cancer Surveillance: A Survey Across the International Pancreatic Cancer Early Detection (PRECEDE) Consortium (Poster)

Shivangi Kothari, MD, assistant professor of Gastroenterology & Hepatology, presented “Optimal Strategies for Colonic Polyp Management: When to choose EMR or ESD,” and moderated the session “Training, Technology, and Tackling Challenges in Clinical Practice.” 

Truptesh Kothari, MD, MS, associate professor of Gastroenterology & Hepatology, presented two original lectures, “Role of EUS in Therapeutic Oncology” and “Kothari EUS-FNA Techniques,” and moderated “A New Frontier in Gastrointestinal Endoscopy: The Cutting-Edge Developments in Gastrointestinal Endoscopy.” He also delivered two presentations and four posters:

• Endoscopic Ultrasound (Presentation)
• DDW Clinical Science Late-Breaking Abstract Plenary (Presentation)
• Training, Technology, and Tackling Challenges in Clinical Practice (Poster) 
• Metabolic Dysfunction-Associated Steatotic Liver Disease (MASLD) and Metabolic Dysfunction-Associated Steatohepatitis (MASH) (Poster)
• Cholelithiasis and Biliary Tract Disorders (Poster)
• Endoscopic Retrograde Cholangiopancreatography (ERCP) (Poster)

Danielle Marino, MD, associate professor of Gastroenterology & Hepatology, delivered the presentation “Medical Education Face-Off: Debating Hot Button Issues of GI Training,” and the poster “BarberED, BeautiED, Then Screened (BBTS).”

Natalie Mitchell, MD, Gastroenterology fellow, presented the poster “Assessing Gastroenterology Fellow Engagement and Satisfaction with transition to academic half day education model.”

Patrick Twohig, MD, MPH, assistant professor of Gastroenterology & Hepatology, co-presented the posters, “Comparative Risks of GERD, Gastric Intestinal Metaplasia, and Upper GI Cancers in Obesity Patients: A Propensity-Matched Population-Based Study of Bariatric Surgery vs GLP-1 Receptor Agonists” and “HCC and Mortality Risk Across Cirrhosis Etiologies: A Nationwide Population-Based Study” alongside mentee Emily Shu-Yen Chan, MD, MS.