ASGE Recognized Industry Associate (ARIA) Training Program OPEN | October 2026-ASGE Open ARIA Agenda

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The Open (Basic) ARIA Program is a one-day gastroenterology educational event held on Thursday, October 1, 2026, at the ASGE IT&T Center in Downers Grove, Illinois. The agenda begins with shuttle transfers from the Westin Hotel to the center, followed by breakfast with faculty and a welcome from the course directors, Kunjali Padhya and Julie Yang.<br /><br />The morning program covers the GI tract in health and disease, including sessions on the esophagus and stomach, small and large intestine, liver/gallbladder/pancreas, and an introduction to GI endoscopy. There is also an interactive “Day in the Life of a Gastroenterologist” discussion split into two parts.<br /><br />After a mid-morning break, the program continues with disease-focused lectures on GI conditions such as lower GI bleeding, colorectal cancer, diverticulosis, IBD, and IBS. A group photo and lunch follow.<br /><br />In the afternoon, participants move to the Bio Skills Simulation Lab for a hands-on training session. Stations include basic scope handling, foreign body removal, injections/clips, thermal therapies, banding/polypectomy, and argon plasma coagulation (APC), with faculty rotating among stations. The day concludes with case-based discussions, a final interactive faculty session, questions and discussion, and adjournment at 4:00 pm.<br /><br />Faculty include Kunjali Padhya, Julie Yang, Ayokunle Abegunde, Brian Boulay, and Sepideh Moghadam.

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Concept Gastrointestinal Tract Anatomy

Concept Gastrointestinal Physiology

Concept Endoscopy

Concept Lower Gastrointestinal Bleeding

Concept Colon Cancer

Keywords

ARIA Program

Gastroenterology

ASGE IT&T Center

Downers Grove Illinois

GI endoscopy

IBD

Colorectal cancer

Simulation Lab

Hands-on training

Faculty discussion

Gastrointestinal Tract Anatomy

Gastrointestinal Physiology

Endoscopy

Lower Gastrointestinal Bleeding

Colon Cancer