CONCURRENT SESSION VI - UPPER GI/EOSINOPHILIC ESOPHAGITIS

BETWEEN A ROCK AND A HARD PLACE: FUNDOPLICATION VS JEJUNAL FEEDS
Scott Pentiuk MD, Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center
Learning objectives:
1. Discuss the indications to consider fundoplication or post-pyloric feeds
2. Discuss the risks and benefits of fundoplication
3. Discuss the risks and benefits of jejunal feedings
4. Discuss potential alternative treatments

DRUG DEVELOPMENT FOR EoE: THE PRESENT AND FUTURE
Sandeep Gupta MD, University of Illinois College of Medicine
Learning objectives:
1. Review data on corticosteroids in EoE
2. Know data on biologics in EoE
3. Understand practical considerations in EoE therapy

EOE ESOPHAGEAL EPITHELIAL CELLS INDUCE TH2 POLARIZING DENDRITIC CELLS.
Diana Montoya Melo1, Dongmei Lu1, Yaming Xue1, SangKon Oh5, Stuart Spechler3,4, Rhonda Souza3,4, David Farrar7, Michelle Gill1,6,7, Edaire Cheng1,2. 1Pediatrics, University of Texas Southwestern, Dallas, TX, USA; 2Pediatrics, Children's Health, Dallas, TX, USA; 3Medicine, Baylor University Medical Center at Dallas, Center for Esophageal Diseases, Dallas, TX, USA; 4Center for Esophageal Research, Baylor Scott & White Research Institute, Dallas, TX, USA; 5Immunology, Mayo Clinic, Scottsdale, AZ, USA; 6Internal Medicine, UT Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, TX, USA; 7Immunology, UT Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, TX, USA.

EGIDS BELOW THE ESOPHAGUS: RECOGNITION AND MANAGEMENT
Mirna Chehade MD, MPH, Mount Sinai School of Medicine
Learning objectives:
1. Recognize the clinical presentation and differential diagnosis of EGIDs
2. Review the diagnostic work-up for EGIDs
3. Discuss various therapies for EGIDs

AUTOPHAGY AND HUMAN MATURATION IN EOSINOPHLIC ESOPHAGITIS. Hiroshi Nakagawa MD, PhD,
University of Pennsylvania Perelman School of Medicine, Philadelphia, PA