ASGE Program Guide

2020 ASGE ANNUAL POSTGRADUATE COURSE
Endoscopy 2020 and beyond: integrating innovation, evidencebased
clinical practice and expert opinion
COURSE DIRECTORS
SAVE THE DATE
Sunday–Monday, May 3–4, 2020
McCormick Place
Chicago, Illinois
Held in conjunction with DDW 2020
Prabhleen Chahal, MD, FASGE
The Cleveland Clinic Foundation
Cleveland, Ohio
Mouen A. Khashab, MD
Johns Hopkins University
Baltimore, Maryland
COURSE DESCRIPTION
The ASGE Annual Postgraduate Course (APG), held in conjunction with DDW
2020, returns to Chicago, the Windy City. Annually, this course brings together
experts from across the globe to present precise, evidence-based and outcomesdriven
endoscopic management of gastrointestinal and related disorders. This
will include discussions on tools and techniques, tips and tricks to achieve
your own optimal outcomes every day, as well as advanced diagnostic and
therapeutic endoscopy. The APG will examine innovations in endoscopy that
have led to paradigm shifts in disease management and practical approaches
to incorporate them into your practice. The broad spectrum of gastrointestinal
endoscopy, including colonoscopy, endoscopic resection techniques,
enhanced imaging, ablative techniques, pancreaticobiliary endoscopy and
obesity management, will be covered. Integrated didactic lectures, case-based
discussion, video cases, and panel discussions with audience participation will
optimize your learning experience at the ASGE APG course.
WHAT YOU WILL LEARN
Upon completion of this educational activity, participants will be able to:
• Apply new endoscopic techniques to common disease states that enhance
patient outcomes.
• Determine the best approach to the management of complex endoscopic
challenges.
• Integrate current quality standards into everyday clinical practice.
• Combine emerging technology with established endoscopic tools to
optimize clinical results.
COURSE HIGHLIGHTS
• Option to register for each half-day separately, or register for the full course
at a discount
• Video case-based discussions
• State-of-the-art, evidence-based lectures
• Earn CME and ABIM MOC Points
• Renowned national and international expert faculty
• Basic, advanced and cutting-edge endoscopic procedures, techniques and
management of adverse events.
Christopher C. Thompson, MD,
MHES, MSc, FASGE
Brigham and Women’s Hospital
Boston, Massachusetts
WHO SHOULD ATTEND
This course is ideal for international and U.S.-based participants, including
practicing gastroenterologists, surgical endoscopists, gastroenterology
trainees, endoscopy nurses and technicians.