You’ve heard the stats about Digestive Disease Week® (DDW) – top 50 medical meeting, nearly 15,000 attendees, more than 4,000 abstracts. The experts behind AGA’s programming – coined the AGA Institute Council – recently came together to put the finishing touches on this year’s agenda.
If you’re not yet registered for this year’s meeting, taking place May 21 through 24 in San Diego, you can do so by visiting www.ddw.org/registration.
• AGA Basic Science Zone: AGA will be co-locating basic science sessions. On Saturday, we will highlight the gut microbiome, and on Sunday we will focus on inflammation and GI cancers. Both days will have a mix of invited and abstract-based sessions.
• More microbiome programming: AGA’s coverage of the microbiome will extend beyond basic science, focusing on clinical topics such as obesity, IBD, and pediatric GI.
• Collaborative topic sessions: our council is comprised of 12 special interest groups, or sections, all covering different topic areas in GI/hepatology.
• Plenary sessions: our plenary sessions at DDW highlight the most novel and innovative studies presented at the meeting. Don’t miss the AGA Presidential Plenary, the AGA Basic Science Plenary and the Distinguished Abstract Plenaries.
• For the second year in a row, the council will be awarding certificates of recognition in sessions that have a young investigator.
Visit www.ddw.org and review the preliminary program.
