Digestive Disease Week Showcases Talent of Houston Methodist Researchers

April 11, 2024 - Eden McCleskey

Houston Methodist will celebrate its largest ever footprint at next month's Digestive Disease Week (DDW), the world's largest gathering of physicians, researchers and academics in the fields of gastroenterology, hepatology, endoscopy and gastrointestinal surgery.

DDW 2024, to be held May 18-21 in Washington D.C., will feature over 3,000 topics and more than 13,000 attendees.

The Houston Methodist footprint includes the acceptance of more than a dozen manuscripts, presentations by seven faculty members and one physician receiving a Women in Endoscopy award. Methodist physicians and scientists will be on hand to share their latest research and discuss recent clinical and scientific developments in the field of digestive diseases.

Check out the schedule below for the full lineup of Houston Methodist GI and hepatology research that's shaping the future of digestive disease care.

Oral Presentations (By Order of Appearance)

Hands-On Workshop: ASGE Management Strategies in Anorectal Diseases Workshop

Presenter: Neha Mathur

Details: Friday, May 17, 1-5:30 p.m.

Clinical Symposium: How Did We Get to The Present-Day Concept of SIBO?

Presenter: Dr. Eamonn M. Quigley

Details: Saturday, May 18, 4:15 p.m., 152AB, Walter E. Washington Convention Center

MYSELF – A Novel and Easy-to-Implement Pre-Procedure Ergonomic Time-Out that Reduces Endoscopists' Risk of Musculoskeletal Injury

Presenter: Karen L. Woods

Details: Sunday, May 19, 10:57 a.m., 143ABC, Walter E. Washington Convention Center

Board Review Course/Oral Presentation: GI Diseases in Pregnancy

Presenter: Bincy P. Abraham

Details: Sunday, May 19, 3:16 p.m., Ballroom A, Walter E. Washington Convention Center

Topic Forum: Effect of Obeticholic Acid on Normalization of Alanine Aminotransferase and Aspartate Aminotransferase: Sub-Analysis of the Phase 3 POISE Trial in Primary Biliary Cholangitis

Presenter: David W. Victor, III

Details: Monday, May 20, 12:30 p.m., Hall A, Walter E. Washington Convention Center

Plenary Session: Risankizumab vs. Ustekinumab for the Achievement of Clinical Remission and Reduction in Inflammatory Biomarkers in Patients with Moderate-to-Severe Crohn's Disease: Results from the Phase 3B SEQUENCE Trial

Presenter: Dr. Bincy Abraham

Details: Monday, May 20, 3:16 p.m., Ballroom B, Walter E. Washington Convention Center

State-of-the-Art Lecture: The Landscape of Non-Invasive Testing for Metabolic Dysfunction-Associated Steatotic Liver Disease (MASLD)

Presenter: Mazen Noureddin

Details: Monday, May 20, 4 p.m. 202B, Walter E. Washington Convention Center

Award Presentation at the Women in Endoscopy Banquet

Honoring: Karen Woods

Details: Monday, May 20, 6-8 p.m.

Clinical Symposium: Case-Based Synthesis: Holistic Care of the Patient with Chronic Liver Disease

Presenter: Mazen Noureddin

Details: Tuesday, May 21, 8:45 a.m., 201, Walter E. Washington Convention Center

Topic Forum: The Multiview Perspective (MVP) Study: A Blinded, Tandem Prospective Trial of Forward-View vs. Side-View Examination During ERCP

Presenter: Thomas McCarty

Details: Tuesday, May 21, 4:32 p.m., 150AB, Walter E. Washington Convention Center

Poster Presentations (By Order of Appearance)

Effect of Retrograde Enteroscopy Using Colonoscope with Through-the-Scope Balloon Enteroscopy (Naviaid) on Depth of Maximl Ileal Insertion Compared with Standard Colonoscope Alone: A Prospective, Randomized, Cross-Over Trial

Presenter: Ihsan Al Bayati

Details: Saturday, May 18, 12:30 p.m., Hall A, Poster Hall, Walter E. Washington Convention Center

Outcomes of Gastric Per-Oral Myotomy Based Orientation of Myotomy and Double Myotomy

Presenter: Sunil Dacha

Details: Sunday, May 19, 10:57 a.m., 143ABC, Walter E. Washington Convention Center