Advancing Pediatric Endoscopy: Bridging Gaps in Therapeutic Skills for Everyday Practice
The Center for the Future of Surgery – UCSD in La Jolla, CA
Wednesday, October 21
7:00 AM - 5:00 PM

Please note this event will be limited to 130 attendees. 

Course Directors/Event Moderators: 
Nadia Ibrahimi, MD, Children's Mercy Hospital
Tom K Lin, MD, Rady Children's Hospital
Michael Manfredi, MD, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia
Michael Wilsey, MD, FAAP, Johns Hopkins All Children's Hospital

7:00 AM - 8:00 AM Registration/Breakfast/Vendor Hall

8:05 AM - 8:10 AM Introduction to the Course

8:10 AM - 8:50 AM Keynote 

                                 Endoscopy Training: Past Present and Future
                                 Petar Mamula, MD, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia
9:15 AM - 10:55 AM Hands on Sessions/Lecture Block I 

Group A - 4 Hands on sessions
Skills available include:
  • Hemostasis: Cautery/Thermal, Injection
  • Hemostasis: Hemostatic sprays, Purastat
  • Clip Tissue Closure: Endoclips, DAT, Mantis & OTSC
  • Suture Tissue Closure: OverStitch & X-Tack
  • Dilation: Esophageal balloon dilation, Bougie/Savory/OVESCO cap dilation, SB and colon dilation
  • Defect Closure/Access: Luminal stenting
  • Defect Closure: EndoVac technique
  • Deep Enteroscopy: DBE, SBE, Pathfinder
  • Transnasal Endoscopy
  • Polypectomy: Large Polyp Resection, Endoloop, Small Bowel Polyps, Underwater Techniques
  • Feeding Tubes: PEG-tube Placement, Conversion from G-tube to G-J tube, EGD with NJ-tube placement (TTS NJ-tube)
  • Foreign Body Removal: Use of Different Device
  • Endoflip/Esoflip
Group B - Lecture Block I Essential Therapeutic Endoscopy: Tools and Decision Making

9:15 AM The Hemostasis Dilemma: Timing, Anticoagulation and Aftercare

9:33 AM Bleeding Control Bootcamp: Clips, Thermal, Sprays & Injectable Arsenal
              Quin Liu, MD, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center
9:51 AM Retrieving the Unwanted: Pediatric Foreign Body Extraction Masterclass
              Robert Kramer, MD, Childrens Colorado
10:09 AM Conquering Complex Polyps: From Hot Snare to Underwater Resection
                 Brett Hoskins, DO, Indiana University School of Medicine
10:27 AM Beyond PEG: Revolutionizing Pediatric Feeding Access
                 Muhammad Khan, MD, MPH, FASGE, NASPGHAN-F, Nationwide Children's Hospital
10:45 AM Discussion/Q&A
11:10 AM - 12:50 PM Hands on Sessions/Lecture Block I 

Group B - 4 Hands on sessions
Skills available include:
  • Hemostasis: Cautery/Thermal, Injection
  • Hemostasis: Hemostatic sprays, Purastat
  • Clip Tissue Closure: Endoclips, DAT, Mantis & OTSC
  • Suture Tissue Closure: OverStitch & X-Tack
  • Dilation: Esophageal balloon dilation, Bougie/Savory/OVESCO cap dilation, SB and colon dilation
  • Defect Closure/Access: Luminal stenting
  • Defect Closure: EndoVac technique
  • Deep Enteroscopy: DBE, SBE, Pathfinder
  • Transnasal Endoscopy
  • Polypectomy: Large Polyp Resection, Endoloop, Small Bowel Polyps, Underwater Techniques
  • Feeding Tubes: PEG-tube Placement, Conversion from G-tube to G-J tube, EGD with NJ-tube placement (TTS NJ-tube)
  • Foreign Body Removal: Use of Different Device
  • Endoflip/Esoflip

Group A - Lecture Block I Essential Therapeutic Endoscopy: Tools and Decision Making
11:10 AM The Hemostasis Dilemma: Timing, Anticoagulation and Aftercare

11:28 AM Bleeding Control Bootcamp: Clips, Thermal, Sprays & Injectable Arsenal
                Quin Liu, MD, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center
11:46 AM Retrieving the Unwanted: Pediatric Foreign Body Extraction Masterclass
                 Robert Kramer, MD, Childrens Colorado
12:04 PM Conquering Complex Polyps: From Hot Snare to Underwater Resection
                Brett Hoskins, DO, Indiana University School of Medicine
12:22 PM Beyond PEG: Revolutionizing Pediatric Feeding Access
                Muhammad Khan, MD, MPH, FASGE, NASPGHAN-F, Nationwide Children's Hospital
12:40 PM Discussion/Q&A

1:00 PM - 2:00 PM Lunch/Vendor Hall Open

2:00 PM - 3:15 PM Hands on Sessions/Lecture Block II

Group A - 3 Hands on sessions

Skills available include:
  • Hemostasis: Cautery/Thermal, Injection
  • Hemostasis: Hemostatic sprays, Purastat
  • Clip Tissue Closure: Endoclips, DAT, Mantis & OTSC
  • Suture Tissue Closure: OverStitch & X-Tack
  • Dilation: Esophageal balloon dilation, Bougie/Savory/OVESCO cap dilation, SB and colon dilation
  • Defect Closure/Access: Luminal stenting
  • Defect Closure: EndoVac technique
  • Deep Enteroscopy: DBE, SBE, Pathfinder
  • Transnasal Endoscopy
  • Polypectomy: Large Polyp Resection, Endoloop, Small Bowel Polyps, Underwater Techniques
  • Feeding Tubes: PEG-tube Placement, Conversion from G-tube to G-J tube, EGD with NJ-tube placement (TTS NJ-tube)
  • Foreign Body Removal: Use of Different Device
  • Endoflip/Esoflip
Group B - Lecture Block II Advanced Luminal Interventions: Esophageal Therapeutics and Small Bowel Mastery
2:00 PM Esophageal Alchemy: Dilation, EIT and Restoring Swallows
              Jessica Yasuda, MD, Boston Children's Hospital
2:18 PM When the Esophagus Breaks: Stents. E-Vac and Damage Control

2:36 PM Deep Into the Unknown: DBE/SBE & Capsule Navigation
              Thomas Attard, MD, Children's Mercy Hospital, Kansas City
2:54 PM Closing Time: OTSC, X-Tack & Suturing Secrets
              Cynthia Akagbosu, MD, Columbia University Irving Medical Center
3:12 PM Discussion/Q&A

3:30 PM - 4:45 PM Hands on Sessions/Lecture Block II

Group B - 3 Hands on sessions
Skills available include:

  • Hemostasis: Cautery/Thermal, Injection
  • Hemostasis: Hemostatic sprays, Purastat
  • Clip Tissue Closure: Endoclips, DAT, Mantis & OTSC
  • Suture Tissue Closure: OverStitch & X-Tack
  • Dilation: Esophageal balloon dilation, Bougie/Savory/OVESCO cap dilation, SB and colon dilation
  • Defect Closure/Access: Luminal stenting
  • Defect Closure: EndoVac technique
  • Deep Enteroscopy: DBE, SBE, Pathfinder
  • Transnasal Endoscopy
  • Polypectomy: Large Polyp Resection, Endoloop, Small Bowel Polyps, Underwater Techniques
  • Feeding Tubes: PEG-tube Placement, Conversion from G-tube to G-J tube, EGD with NJ-tube placement (TTS NJ-tube)
  • Foreign Body Removal: Use of Different Device
  • Endoflip/Esoflip

Group A - Lecture Block II Advanced Luminal Interventions: Esophageal Therapeutics and Small Bowel Mastery
3:30 PM Esophageal Alchemy: Dilation, EIT and Restoring Swallows
              Jessica Yasuda, MD, Boston Children's Hospital
3:48 PM When the Esophagus Breaks: Stents. E-Vac and Damage Control

4:06 PM Deep Into the Unknown: DBE/SBE & Capsule Navigation
              Thomas Attard, MD, Children's Mercy Hospital, Kansas City
4:24 PM Closing Time: OTSC, X-Tack & Suturing Secrets
              Cynthia Akagbosu, MD, Columbia University Irving Medical Center
4:42 PM Discussion/Q&A

4:45 PM - 5:00 PM Wrap up

5:15 PM Bus Departs for Marriott

7:00 PM - 9:00 PM Reception - Marriott

This program is supported in part by an educational grants from Avanos, EvoEndo and FUJIFILM Healthcare Americas Corporation.

Hands on Stations -  Faculty List
Javier Monagas, MD, Baylor College of Medicine / The Children's Hospital of San Antonio
Roberto Gugig, MD, Stanford University
Inna Novak, MD, Joseph M. Sanzari Children's Hospital, Hackensack University Medical Center
David Troendle, MD, University of Texas Southwestern Medical School
Quin Liu, MD, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center
Travis Piester, MD, Seattle Children's
David Vitale, MD, Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center
Michael Manfredi, MD, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia
Jessica Yasuda, MD, Boston Children's Hospital
Amit Grover, MD, FAAP, Boston Children's Hospital
Robert Kramer, MD, Childrens Colorado
Thomas Attard, MD, Children's Mercy Hospital, Kansas City
Petar Mamula, MD, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia
Amornluck Krasaelap, MD, Seattle Children's Hospital
Nathalie Nguyen, MD, Children's Hospital Colorado
Omar Alharbi, MD, MPH, Children's Hospital Los Angeles
Muhammad Khan, MD, MPH, FASGE, NASPGHAN-F, Nationwide Children's Hospital
Brett Hoskins, DO, Indiana University School of Medicine
Kenneth Ng, DO, Johns Hopkins Children's Center
Alexander Coe, MD, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia
Andrew Dickerson, MD, UCSD / Rady Children's Hospital
Sofia Colon Guzman, MD, Children's Mercy Hospital
Sherif Ibrahim, MD, Medical University of South Carolina
Maria Susana Lopez Gonzalez, MD, Nicklaus Children’s Hospital
John Lyles, MD, Duke Pediatric Gastroenterology
Sagar Pathak, MD, Rady Children's Hospital
Ariel Porto, MD, MSc, Oregon Health & Science University - Portland, OR
Colby Sharlin, MD, Phoenix Children's Hospital
Katie Vaidy, MD, Children's Hospital of Wisconsin