Saturday, May 16, 2026

7:00 AM Breakfast and Registration* - Las Colinas Foyer

7:30 AM - 8:15 AM Las Colinas Ballroom Reach For Treatment Goals Together George Salem, MD and Brooke Hodnick, PA Industry-Sponsored Event* Sponsored by Eli Lilly and Co

8:15 AM - 8:45 AM Break and Visit Exhibits* - Las Colinas Foyer

8:45 AM - 8:50 AM Program Overview - Las Colinas Ballroom

Session III - Las Colinas Ballroom

8:50 AM - 9:20 AM What We Don’t Know About Celiac Disease Lawrence Schiller, MD

9:20 AM - 9:50 AM Endoscopic Challenges with GLP-1 Agonists Harish Gagneja, MD

9:50 AM - 10:20 AM Latest Updates in Irritable Bowel Syndrome (IBS) Brooks Cash, MD

10:20 AM - 10:45 AM Q&A / Panel Discussion

10:45 AM - 11:00 AM Break and Visit Exhibits* - Las Colinas Foyer

11:00 AM - 12:00 PM Parallel Session (Select One) GI Woes from Head to Toe - Carrolton Inflammatory Bowel Disease - Brown Obesity and Steatosis - Britain Chronic Liver Disease - Frisco

12:00 PM - 12:15 PM Lunch and Visit Exhibits* - Las Colinas Foyer

12:15 PM - 1:00 PM Las Colinas Ballroom Rezdiffra: Unlocking The Potential Of A Liver-Directed Treatment Reed Hogan II, MD Industry-Sponsored Event* Sponsored by Madrigal Pharmaceuticals

1:00 PM - 1:30 PM Break and Visit Exhibits* - Las Colinas Foyer

Session IV - Las Colinas Ballroom

1:30 PM - 2:00 PM NITs for Risk Stratification in Steatotic Liver Disease Lisa VanWagner, MD

2:00 PM - 2:30 PM New and Emerging Treatments for the Management of Metabolic Dysfunction-Associated Steatohepatitis (MASH) Mack Mitchell, MD

2:30 PM - 2:55 PM Complications of Portal Hypertension Kimberly Brown, MD

2:55 PM - 3:20 PM Screening and Management of Hepatocellular Carcinoma Sumeet Asrani, MD

3:20 PM - 3:35 PM Q&A / Panel Discussion

3:35 PM - 3:45 PM Break and Visit Exhibits* - Las Colinas Foyer

Session V - Las Colinas Ballroom

3:45 PM - 4:15 PM Positioning Therapies in Inflammatory Bowel Disease (IBD) David Rubin, MD

4:15 PM - 4:45 PM Managing the Pregnant Patient with IBD Siobhan Proksell, MD

4:45 PM - 5:15 PM Preventive Care in IBD Freddy Caldera, DO, PhD

5:15 PM - 5:30 PM Q&A / Panel Discussion

5:30 PM - 5:40 PM Meeting Wrap-up

Friday, May 15, 2026

11:00 AM Lunch and Registration - Las Colinas Foyer

11:30 AM - 12:15 PM Las Colinas Ballroom Tremfya for the Treatment of Adult Patients with Moderately to Severely Active Ulcerative Colitis Tauseef Ali, MD Industry-Sponsored Event* Sponsored by Johnson & Johnson

12:15 PM - 12:45 PM Break and Visit Exhibits* - Las Colinas Foyer

12:45 PM - 1:00 PM Program Overview - Las Colinas Ballroom

Session I - Las Colinas Ballroom

1:00 PM - 1:25 PM Achalasia Versus EGJ Outflow Obstruction Stuart Spechler, MD

1:25 PM - 1:50 PM Surveillance for Barrett's Esophagus Sachin Wani, MD

1:50 PM - 2:15 PM Management of Obesity in 2026 Tonia Vinton, MD

2:15 PM - 2:30 PM Q&A / Panel Discussion

2:30 PM - 2:45 PM Break and Visit Exhibits* - Las Colinas Foyer

Session II - Las Colinas Ballroom

2:45 PM - 3:10 PM Reducing Alcohol Use in Patients with Steatotic Liver Disease Jan Petrasek, MD

3:10 PM - 3:35 PM Updates in Primary Biliary Cholangitis John Vierling, MD

3:35 PM - 4:00 PM Diagnosis and Management of Hereditary Alpha-1 Antitrypsin (A1AT) Deficiency Paul Kwo, MD

4:00 PM - 4:15 PM Q&A / Panel Discussion

4:15 PM - 4:45 PM Dinner and Visit Exhibits* - Las Colinas Foyer

4:45 PM - 5:30 PM Las Colinas Ballroom IQIRVO & Bylvay: Discover Treatment Options For Your Patients Parvez Mantry, MD Industry-Sponsored Event* Sponsored by Ipsen Biopharmaceuticals

5:30 PM - 6:30 PM Conference Reception* - Las Colinas Foyer