17th Annual Yale Digestive Disease Week Review

This course is a unique opportunity for a panel of experts in subspecialty areas within gastroenterology to present the most important new information presented at Digestive Disease Week and within the past year. A valuable experience for those who have attended Digestive Disease Week in addition to those who have not. We are pleased to bring the 17th Annual Yale Digestive Disease Week Review to the regional gastroenterology community.

1. Describe recent developments in gastroenterology and hepatology
2. Discuss controversial and novel findings as presented at DDW
3. Translate information learned from presentations to their patient’s bedside
4. Determine the most effective multidisciplinary approaches to the management of metabolic disease, achalasia and motility disorders
5. Discuss new therapies for Inflammatory Bowel Disease
6. Identify optimal diagnosis and therapy for acute and chronic pancreatitis
7. Discuss applications of artificial intelligence to gastroenterology practice

Registration fee* includes continental breakfast, refreshment breaks, lunch and a reception:

• Physicians – $150
• Nurses/PAs/Allied Health Professionals – $75
• UCONN Faculty – $75
• CT SGNA Members – $50
• Non-Yale Residents/Fellows/Students† –$50
• Norwalk & Bridgeport Fellows – Complimentary, registration required
• Yale Residents/Fellows/Students† – Complimentary, registration required
• Yale Digestive Disease Faculty & Staff – Complimentary, registration required
• Yale Nurses – Complimentary, registration required

*All cancellations must be received in writing (or via e-mail) at least one week prior to the start of the conference to receive a refund. Any requests for refunds received after this date, or by telephone, will not be honored.

†A letter of verification from department head must accompany registration. Letter should be sent separately to Yale CME at the address below. You may also e-mail a pdf copy of your verification letter to [email protected]. 

If paying via check, include conference name in the memo, make check payable to Yale University and send to:

Center for Medical Education
c/o Farrah Nettleton
367 Cedar Street – ESH Building A – 2nd floor
New Haven, CT 06510

*Online registration will close the afternoon before the program. Onsite registrants accepted.

Accreditation Statement
The Yale School of Medicine is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education to provide continuing medical education for physicians. 

Designation Statement
The Yale School of Medicine designates this educational activity for a maximum of 6.25 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.

Disclosure Policy
It is the policy of Yale School of Medicine, Continuing Medical Education (CME), to ensure balance, independence, objectivity, and scientific rigor in all its educational programs. All individuals involved in the development and presentation of Accredited Continuing Education activities are required to disclose all financial relationship(s) with ineligible companies (those whose primary business is producing, marketing, selling, re-selling, or distributing healthcare products used by or on patients) that has occurred within the past 24 months; and the opportunity to affect the content of CME about the products or services of the commercial interests. This information is disclosed to all activity participants prior to the commencement of the educational activity.

Mitigation of Financial Relationships Statement
Yale CME adheres to the ACCME’s Standards for Integrity and Independence in Accredited Continuing Education. Any individuals in a position to control the content of a CE activity, including faculty, planners, reviewers or others are required to disclose all relevant financial relationships with ineligible companies. All relevant conflicts of interest have been mitigated prior to the commencement of the activity.

Financial Statement
The Yale School of Medicine, Department of Internal Medicine, Section of Digestive Diseases is grateful to its supporters.  They are acknowledged in all conference materials.

Mitigation of Relevant Financial Relationships

Member Information

Role in activity

Nature of Relationship(s) / Name of Ineligible Company(s)

Harry R. Aslanian, MD
Professor of Medicine and Director of Advanced Endoscopy Fellowship
Yale School of Medicine
New Haven, CT

Co-Director, Faculty

Consulting Fee-Boston Scientific|Consulting Fee-olympus

Priya Jamidar, FACG, MASGE, MBChB
Professor of Medicine
Yale School of Medicine
New Haven, CT

Co-Director, Faculty

Consulting Fee-Boston Scientific

Meagan Alvarado, MD
Fellow
Yale University
New Haven, CT

Faculty

Nothing to disclose

Bubu A Banini, MD, PhD
Assistant Professor of Medicine (Section of Digestive Diseases)
Yale School of Medicine
New Haven, CT

Faculty

Membership on Advisory Committees or Review Panels, Board Membership, etc.-Novo Nordisk|Membership on Advisory Committees or Review Panels, Board Membership, etc.-Boehringer Ingelheim

James Farrell, MD
Professor
Yale School of Medicine
New Haven, CT

Faculty

Honoraria-Interpace (Relationship has ended)

Loren Laine, MD
Professor of Medicine (Digestive Diseases)
Yale School of Medicine
New Haven, CT

Faculty

Other: Adjudication committee for clinical trials sponsored by an ineligible company-Intercept Pharmaceuticals|Other: Adjudication committee for clinical trials sponsored by the ineligible company-Pfizer|Other: Data safety monitoring board for clinical trials sponsored by the ineligible company-Biohaven|Other: Data safety monitoring board for clinical trials sponsored by the ineligible company (which is Celgene, which was bought by BMS but payment still shown as coming from Celgene) -Celgene|Consulting Fee-Phathom Pharmaceuticals|Other: Data safety monitoring board for clinical trials sponsored by indeligible company-Merck|Other: Adjudication committee for clinical trials sponsored by GSK-GlaxoSmithKline (Relationship has ended)|Consulting Fee-Medtronic

Anil B Nagar, MD
Associate Professor of Medicine (Digestive Diseases)
Yale School of Medicine
New Haven, CT

Faculty

Nothing to disclose

Deborah D Proctor, MD
Professor of Medicine
Yale University
New Haven, CT

Faculty

Grant or research support-Abbvie|Grant or research support-Bristol Myers Squibb|Grant or research support-Celgene|Grant or research support-Janssen|Grant or research support-Pfizer

William Ravich, MD
Associate Professor of Medicine
Yale School of Medicine
New Haven, CT

Faculty

Stocks or stock options, excluding diversified mutual funds-Johnson & Johnson

Mandeep Sawhney, MD, MS, FASGE
Associate Professor of Medicine
Harvard School of Medicine

Faculty

Hillary Drumm, APRN
APRN
Yale School of Medicine
New Haven, CT

Other Planning Committee Member

Non-Clinical Exception

Friday, June 7, 2024