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Forward7th Annual Midwest Endoscopy Course
Conference Description
The audience will learn the most up-to-date data on common and challenging gastrointestinal and hepatology problems frequently encountered in their patients. This includes reviewing the latest literature and studies on diseases of the esophagus, liver, pancreas, and colon. Incorporated will be the application of expert opinion in case-based examples of how the latest information, pharmacology, and endoscopic technology is applied to care for patients.
Conference Location
Hyatt Regency Milwaukee
333 West Kilbourn Avenue
Milwaukee, Wisconsin
Conference Format
This conference is being held in-person.
Jointly Provided by
- Midwest Endoscopy Group Inc. Education Research Consortium
- University of Wisconsin-Madison Interprofessional Continuing Education Partnership (ICEP)
In collaboration with the Wisconsin Society of Gastroenterology Nurses and Associates
Intended Audience
This activity is designed to meet the needs of gastroenterologists, general surgeons, advanced practice providers, and GI nurses.
Elements of Competence
This continuing education activity has been designed to change learner competence and focuses on the following competencies:
American Board of Medical Specialties:
- Patient Care and Procedural Skills
- Practice Based Learning and Improvement
- Medical Knowledge
Interprofessional Practice:
- Teams and Teamwork
Global Learning Objectives
As a result of participation in this educational activity, members of the healthcare team will be able to:
- Apply evidence-based diagnostic and therapeutic strategies for common gastrointestinal disorders in clinical practice
- Demonstrate knowledge of advanced endoscopic techniques and emerging technologies including third space endoscopy, endoscopic mucosal resection, endoscopic submucosal dissection, and interventions in pancreatobiliary disease
- Evaluate complex clinical scenarios to determine optimal treatment algorithms for conditions such as pancreas necrosis, difficult biliary stones, post-transplant biliary complications, and refractory IBD incorporating current literature, and multi-D approaches
Conference Fees, Cancellation Policy
- $75 Physicians, Advanced Practice Providers
- $50 Nurses, Technicians, Students
Requests for cancellation must be submitted in writing to [email protected]. Cancellation requests received at least 96 hours prior to the conference will allow a full refund except for the nonrefundable processing fee of $25. No refunds will be made for cancellations received less than 96 hours prior to the activity start date.
Conference Agenda
Saturday, November 8, 2025 | |
AM | |
| 7:30 | Registration and Coffee |
| GERD, MOTILITY & GI BLEED, Moderator: Nalini Guda, MD | |
| 8:00 | ENDOFLIP and/or Manometry - Practical Guide for Evaluation of Esophageal Dysmotility, John Pandolfino, MD |
| 8:20 | PCABs, PPIs or Tricyclics, or Surgery - Tips for Management of Refractory GERD, Ronnie Fass, MD |
| 8:40 | LPR: More Than a Referral from ENT - Practical Guide for Evaluation and Management, Dan Patel, MD |
| 9:00 | Coffee; Exhibits |
| METABOLIC & THIRD SPACE ENDOSCOPY, Moderators: Chetan Mittal, MD; Venkata Muddana, MD | |
| 9:30 | Gastroparesis: Medications or Myotomy - How and When to Choose, Amber Shada, MD, FACS |
| 9:50 | Bariatric Endoscopy in the Era of GLP-1 Agonists, Chris Chapman, MD |
| 10:10 | EMR vs. ESD for Right-Sided Colonic Lesions, Mohammad Bilal, MD |
| ALL ABOUT PANCREAS, Moderators: Patrick Pfau, MD; Hassaan Zia, MD | |
| 10:30 | Pancreas Divisum - Is There a Role for Endotherapy; If So, Who and When, Martin Freeman, MD |
| 10:50 | Endoscopic Necrosectomy:
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| 11:30 | Difficult Stone: Balloon Dilation, Stent, Lithotripsy - Case-Based Practical Approach, Nalini Guda, MD |
| 11:50 | PEP: NSAID Alone or NSAID and Stent - Practical Tips for Difficult Pancreatic Stent Placement, Zachary Smith, DO, MSc |
PM | |
| 12:15 | Lunch, Exhibits |
| EVERYTHING COLONOSCOPY AND IBD, Moderators: Poonam Beniwal-Patel, MD; Nilay Kumar, MD | |
| 1:30 | Is Colonoscopy Still a Viable Dominant Technology for CRC Screening, Charles Kahi, MD |
| 1:50 | Combination Therapy with Biologics vs. Biologics and Mesalamine - Practical Approach to Refractory Disease, Nayanatara Coelho, MD |
| 2:10 | Are Newer Therapies for IBD Safe for the Heart, Daniel Stein, MD |
| 2:30 | Practical Tips for Management of IBD in Pregnancy, Sumona Saha, MD, MS |
| 2:50 | Coffee & Discussion |
| ALL ABOUT HEPATOLOGY, Moderator: Phaedra Tachtatzis, MD | |
| 3:00 | What is the Role of the Endoscopist in Post-Transplant Biliary Disease, Raj Keswani, MD |
| 3:20 | When is the Time to Consider Redo Transplant in Case of Refractory Ischemic Strictures, Raj Prasad, MD |
| 3:40 | Closing Remarks |
| 4:00 | Adjourn |
Conference Planning Committee
Susan Caskey, CCRC, GI Associates, Milwaukee, Wisconsin
Carolee Czarnecki, RN, Advocate Aurora Health
Nalini Guda, MD, GI Associates, Milwaukee, Wisconsin
Katie Muenchow, GI Associates, Milwaukee, Wisconsin
Melissa Palmer, PA, GI Associates, Milwaukee, Wisconsin
Patrick Pfau, MD, University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health, Madison, Wisconsin
Conference Faculty
Mohammad Al-Haddad, MD, Division Director, Professor of Medicine, Indiana University
Poonam Beniwal-Patel, MD, Associate Professor, Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee
Mohammad Bilal, MD, Associate Professor of Medicine, University of Colorado
Chris Chapman, MD, Assistant Professor of Medicine, Rush University Medical Center
Nayantara Coelho, MD, Professor of Medicine, Mayo Clinic, Rochester
Ronnie Fass MD, Director of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, MetroHealth, Cleveland
Martin Freeman, MD, Professor of Gastroenterology, University of Minnesota
Nalini Guda MD, GI Associates, Milwaukee
Charles Kahi, MD, Professor of Medicine, Indiana University School of Medicine
Raj Keswani, MD, Associate Professor, Northwestern Feinberg School of Medicine
Nilay Kumar, MD, Aurora St. Luke's Medical Center, Milwaukee
Chetan Mittal MD, GI Associates, Milwaukee
Venkata Muddana MD, Medical Director, Gastroenterology, TriHealth, Cincinnati
John Pandolfino MD, Chief of Gastroenterology, Northwestern Feinberg School of Medicine
Dan Patel MD, Associate Professor, Center for Esophageal Diseases, Vanderbilt University Medical Center
Patrick Pfau, MD, Professor of Medicine, University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health
Raj Prasad, MD, Surgical Director of Liver Transplant, Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee
Sumona Saha, MD, MS, Professor of Medicine, University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health
Amber Shada, MD, FACS, Associate Professor of Surgery, University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health
Uzma Siddiqui, MD, Director, Center for Endoscopic Research & Therapeutics, University of Chicago
Zachary Smith, DO, MSc, Associate Professor, Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee
Daniel Stein, MD, Professor of Medicine, Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee
Phaedra Tachtatzis, MD, Associate Professor, Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee
Guru Trikudanathan, MD, Associate Professor of Medicine, University of Minnesota
Hassaan Zia, MD, Assistant Professor, Medical College of Wisconsin
Policy on Faculty and Sponsor Disclosure
It is the policy of the University of Wisconsin–Madison Interprofessional Continuing Education Partnership (ICEP) to identify, mitigate and disclose all relevant financial relationships with ineligible companies* held by the speakers/presenters, authors, planners, and other persons who may influence the content of this accredited continuing education (CE). In addition, speakers, presenters and authors must disclose any planned discussion of unlabeled/unapproved uses of drugs or devices during their presentation.
*Ineligible companies are those whose primary business is producing, marketing, selling, re-selling, or distributing healthcare products used by, or on, patients. The ACCME does not consider providers of clinical services directly to patients to be ineligible companies.
NAME | ROLE(S) | FINANCIAL RELATIONSHIPS DISCLOSURE(S) | DISCUSSION OF UNLABELED/ UNAPPROVED USES OF DRUGS/ DEVICES IN PRESENTATION? |
| Mohammad Al-Haddad, MD | Speaker | Boston Scientific Corporation (Contractor); Amplified Sciences; Cook Incorporated (Both Grant) | No |
| Poonam Beniwal-Patel, MD | Moderator | AbbVie Inc. (Contractor) | No |
| Mohammad Bilal, MD | Speaker | Boston Scientific Corporation; Cook Medical; Steris Corporation (All Contractor) | No |
| Susan Caskey, CCRC | Committee Member | No relevant relationships with ineligible companies to disclose | No |
| Chris Chapman, MD | Speaker | Olympus; Pharmacyclics LLC, an AbbVie Company; Boston Scientific Corporation; Phathom Pharmaceuticals (All Contractor) | Yes |
| Nayantara Coelho, MD | Speaker | No relevant relationships with ineligible companies to disclose | No |
| Carolee Czarnecki, RN | Committee Member | No relevant relationships with ineligible companies to disclose | No |
| Ronnie Fass, MD | Speaker | Phathom Pharmaceuticals; Daewoong Pharmaceutical Company; Sebela Pharmaceuticals Inc.; Takeda Pharmaceuticals; Umbra (Carnot) Therapeutics; Medtronic; Abbott Pharmaceuticals (All Contractor) | Yes |
| Martin Freeman, MD | Speaker | No relevant relationships with ineligible companies to disclose | No |
| Nalini Guda, MD | Committee Member, Moderator, Speaker | Boston Scientific Corporation; Pentax of America, Inc.; Lupin Pharmaceuticals; Medtronic USA, Inc.; Olympus America Inc.; Hemostasis LLC; Braintree Laboratories, Inc. (All Contractor) | No |
| Charles Kahi, MD | Speaker | No relevant relationships with ineligible companies to disclose | No |
| Raj Keswani, MD | Speaker | Boston Scientific Corporation; Neptune Medical; Olympus America Inc.; Cook Medical LLC; Medtronic USA, Inc. (All Contractor) | No |
| Nilay Kumar, MD | Moderator | No relevant relationships with ineligible companies to disclose | No |
| Cathy Means, MS | Planner | No relevant relationships with ineligible companies to disclose | N/A |
| Venkata Muddana, MD | Moderator, Speaker | No relevant relationships with ineligible companies to disclose | No |
| Katie Muenchow | Committee Member | No relevant relationships with ineligible companies to disclose | No |
| Melissa Palmer, PA | Committee Member | No relevant relationships with ineligible companies to disclose | No |
| John Pandolfino, MD | Speaker | Laborie Medical Technologies Corp (Contractor); Medtronic, Inc. (Contractor and Intellectual Property-Patent) | No |
| Dan Patel, MD | Speaker | No relevant relationships with ineligible companies to disclose | No |
| Patrick Pfau, MD | Committee Member, Moderator, Content Reviewer | No relevant relationships with ineligible companies to disclose | No |
| Raj Prasad, MD | Speaker | No relevant relationships with ineligible companies to disclose | No |
| Sumona Saha, MD, MS | Speaker | No relevant relationships with ineligible companies to disclose | No |
| Amber Shada, MD, FACS | Speaker | No relevant relationships with ineligible companies to disclose | No |
| Uzma Siddiqui, MD | Speaker | Cook Incorporated; Boston Scientific Corporation; Olympus (All Contractor) | No |
| Zachary Smith, DO, MSc | Speaker | No relevant relationships with ineligible companies to disclose | Yes |
| Daniel Stein, MD | Speaker | Eli Lilly; Janssen Biotech; AbbVie; Takeda California, Inc. (All Contractor) | Yes |
| Phaedra Tachtatzis, MD | Moderator | No relevant relationships with ineligible companies to disclose | No |
| Guru Trikudanathan, MD | Speaker | Boston Scientific Corporation (Contractor) | No |
| Hassaan Zia, MD | Moderator | No relevant relationships with ineligible companies to disclose | No |
Accreditation Statement
 | In support of improving patient care, this activity has been planned and implemented by the University of Wisconsin–Madison Interprofessional Continuing Education Partnership (ICEP) and the Midwest Endoscopy Group Inc. Education Research Consortium. The University of Wisconsin–Madison ICEP is jointly accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME), the Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education (ACPE), and the American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC) to provide continuing education for the healthcare team. |
Credit Designation Statements
American Medical Association (AMA) The University of Wisconsin–Madison ICEP designates this live activity for a maximum of 6 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity. |
American Academy of Physician Assistants (AAPA) The University of Wisconsin–Madison ICEP has been authorized by the American Academy of PAs (AAPA) to award AAPA Category 1 CME credit for activities planned in accordance with AAPA CME Criteria. This activity is designated for 6 AAPA Category 1 CME credits. PAs should only claim credit commensurate with the extent of their participation. |
American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC) The University of Wisconsin–Madison ICEP designates this live activity for a maximum of 6 ANCC contact hours. |
Continuing Education Units The University of Wisconsin–Madison, as a member of the University Professional & Continuing Education Association (UPCEA) authorizes this program for .6 continuing education units (CEUs) or 6 hours. |
Available Credit
- 6.00 AAPA Category 1 CME
- 6.00 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™
- 6.00 ANCC Contact Hours
- 6.00 University of Wisconsin–Madison Continuing Education Hours
- 6.00 Approved for AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™
Registration for this activity can only be completed through the ICEP Learning Portal. Attendee registrations made through any other sites cannot be honored. UW-Madison ICEP is not able to refund fees paid through unaffiliated registration sites, such as eMedEvents.com, MedConfWorld.com, EventEgg.com, and 10times.com. Please report any unauthorized websites or solicitations for registrations to [email protected].
Cancellation and Refund Policy
Requests for cancellation must be submitted in writing to [email protected]. Cancellation requests received at least 96 hours prior to the conference will allow a full refund except for the nonrefundable processing fee of $25. No refunds will be made for cancellations received less than 96 hours prior to the activity start date.
Questions
For questions about registration, please email [email protected].
Program Changes
Emergency situations occasionally occur and may necessitate topic or speaker changes. The University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health and the University of Wisconsin–Madison ICEP reserve the right to alter or substitute a topic or speaker without prior notification.
Accessibility
We value inclusion and access for all participants and are pleased to provide reasonable accommodation for this event. Please contact [email protected] as soon as you can to make a reasonable accommodation request.