Yale Motility Update 2019: Esophageal & Gastric Motor Disorders

Saturday, March 30, 2019, 7:15 AM - 3:30 PM, 55 Park Street Auditorium

Gastrointestinal motility is an area of specialization within digestive diseases that deals with the movement through the GI tract. Motility disorders can present with a myriad of digestive symptoms (swallowing difficulty, chest pain, reflux, nausea, vomiting, bloating, constipation and diarrhea) which causes diagnostic challenges.

Over the last few years newer techniques have improved our understanding of these entities. The course will focus on the new advances in motility and the current applications. This course will meet the need of physicians and mid-level providers to receive the most updated information from the past years including that presented at international research meetings.

1. Describe optimal approaches to the treatment of different types of achalasia
2. Discuss recent developments in the diagnosis and treatment of esophageal disorders
3. Review evidence about the risks and benefits of PPI therapy
4. Examine optimal approach to gastroparesis (Drugs, Pacing, G Poem)
5. Discuss management of failed fundoplication and how to prevent it
6. Recognize recent developments in the treatment of GERD

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

• Physicians – $150
• Nurses/PAs/Allied Health Professionals – $50
• Non-Yale Residents/Fellows/Students† – $25
• Yale Residents/Fellows/Students† – complimentary

 *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 Continuing Medical Education
Yale School of Medicine
333 Cedar Street
PO Box 208052
New Haven, CT 06520-8052

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 live activity for a maximum of 5.5 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits(TM). 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, to ensure balance, independence, objectivity and scientific rigor in all its educational programs.  All faculty participating as speakers in these programs are required to disclose any relevant financial relationship(s) they (or spouse or partner) have with a commercial interest that benefits the individual in any financial amount that has occurred within the past 12 months; and the opportunity to affect the content of CME about the products or services of the commercial interests.  The Center for Continuing Medical Education will ensure that any conflicts of interest are resolved before the educational activity occurs.

Driving Directions

This conference will be held at Smilow Cancer Hospital, 55 Park Street Auditorium,
New Haven, CT. Phone: (203) 688–4242

I-95 Traveling North or South
Leave I-95 at Exit 47 and merge onto Route 34 West via Exit 1. Follow signs to enter the
Air Rights Garage, entrance on left lane.

I-91 Traveling South
Leave I-91 at Exit 1 to Route 34 West/Downtown New Haven. Follow signs to enter the
Air Rights Garage, entrance on left lane.

Walking Directions: Air Rights Garage to Park Street Auditorium
Park in the General Air Rights Garage section, as the Smilow section is reserved for
Smilow patients only. Once parked, take elevator/stairwell to the 4th floor of the parking
garage. Please walk to the Smilow Cancer Hospital Park St. Atrium Entrance, which is
accessed from inside the garage, on the fourth floor. Once you enter building, take the
stairs or elevator down to the 2nd floor. You will see the YaleCME registration table
outside the auditorium.

OR if parking elsewhere, you will enter the hospital on the ground level. Please proceed
to the elevators in Smilow Cancer Hospital lobby, and go to the fourth floor (Feel free to
ask front desk directions to Smilow elevators upon entering hospital). Once you arrive
on the fourth floor, follow overhead signs labeled “Bridge to Air Rights Garage”. You
will cross the indoor bridge and take the elevator down to the 2nd floor. You will see the
YaleCME registration table outside the auditorium.

Parking Information
Air Rights Garage. Open 24 hours a day and located between North and South Frontage
roads, straddling York St. The garage is monitored by Yale-New Haven Hospital
Protective Services. Rates: 0–3 hours: $3 per hour; 4–10 hours: $12 flat fee; 10–24 hours:
$18 flat fee.

If you choose to park in the Smilow Cancer Hospital section of Air Rights
Garage, which is reserved for patients, there is a daily flat rate of $25.00 regardless of time
spent.

Please Note: Parking tickets are not validated for the conference.

For more information about parking rates, contact The New Haven Parking Authority at (203) 946-8936.

AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™ (5.50 hours), Non-Physician Attendance (5.50 hours)

Saturday, March 30, 2019

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.