CONCURRENT SESSION I - NEUROGASTROENTEROLOGY AND MOTILITY: WHEN TO MOVE ON…

WHAT HAPPENS WHEN REFLUX AND VOMITING ARE NO LONGER THE BREAD AND BUTTER OF GI
Julie Khlevner MD, Columbia University Medical Center
Learning objectives:
1. Discuss when it is appropriate to refer patients with vomiting and reflux to a motility specialist
2. Discuss available diagnostic tools for esophageal and gastric motor disorders
3. Familiarize with new treatment options for children with upper gut motility disorders

A MOLECULAR BIOMARKER PREDICTS CLINICAL OUTCOME IN CHILDREN WITH ASD, CONSTIPATION AND INTESTINAL INFLAMMATION. 
Stephen Walker1, Carl Langefeld2, Kip Zimmerman2, Marshall Schwartz1, Arthur Krigsman3. 1Institute for Regenerative Medicine, Wake Forest University Health Sciences, Winston Salem, NC, USA; 2Public Health Sciences, Wake Forest University Health Sciences, Winston Salem, NC, USA; 3Krigsman Pediatric Gastroenterology Resources, Far Rockaway, NY, USA.

WHEN TO REFER WITH CONSTIPATION TO THE MOTILITY SPECIALIST
Leonel Rodriguez MD, Boston Children’s Hospital
Learning objectives:
1. Discuss when it’s appropriate to refer patients with constipation to a motility specialist
2. Discuss available diagnostic tools for constipation: when to perform and what to do with the information obtained
3. Familiarize with new treatment options for children with constipation

ENTERIC GLIAL CELL PLASTICITY: ASTROCYTES, SCHWANN CELL, NEURONS AND STEM CELLS ALL-IN-ONE SINGLE CELL TYPE. 
Jaime Belkind-Gerson1, Crystal Woods1, Bridget Sanford2, Kenneth Jones2. 1Pediatric GI/ Neurogastroenterology, Children's Hospital Colorado, Boston, MA, USA; 2Pediatrics, University of Colorado, Denver, Aurora, CO, USA.