Dr. Gonsalves, unfortunately he can't be in person today. But welcome everyone, we're really excited to have you here. We have a great program lined up. We have faculty in a lot of the local institutions in addition to throughout the U.S. So we're really excited for you to be here today. This is a very interactive day, so if you guys have questions, please ask. You also have any Post-Its where you're writing keynotes for the day too. But let's get started. So I just wanted to introduce myself. My name is Dr. Laura Yoon, I'm at Northwestern. I've been there about 15 years, so it's been my first job after fellowship and I've been there since. And I'm colloquial, so it's nice to be, just drive about 10 minutes and I'm here, which is great. So today I wanna introduce our other faculty who are here today, who will be speaking today and tomorrow. But we have Dr. Abugundy, Dr. Mehta, Dr. Mishra, Dr. Snyder, Dr. Gonsalves. And then we also have Dr. Salaria who will be our pathologist who will be joining us virtually. Nimmy, I'm gonna give it to you to do an introduction as well. Okay, great. Thank you, Laura, and thank you everyone for being there. I feel very odd that I'm like the great Oz on a large screen in the room. I'm Dr. Nirmal Gonsalves, professor of medicine at Northwestern University in the division of gastroenterology and hepatology. I might have met some of you along the way. And like Laura, I've been at Northwestern for quite a long time, this spring was 25 years. And at Northwestern, I'm part of the esophageal faculty and I direct the eosinophilic GI disorders program there. I'm so sorry that I'm not there with you. I am the course director for the program. I'm just gonna walk you through a couple of housekeeping things, and then I will turn this back over to Laura. So our course faculty, you are in excellent hands with our amazing course faculty for today. We have Dr. Ayo Abagundi from Loyola, Dr. Neha Mathur from Houston Methodist Hospital, Dr. Neel Mehta from Rush University. We also have Dr. Kajali Mishra from Stroger Hospital, Dr. Safia Salaria from Cleveland Clinic, Dr. Diana Snyder from Mayo Clinic, and Dr. Laura Yoon, who you just met. So why ARIA? Just a couple of things about a background of the program. ARIA is the program where ASGE and industry work very closely together for multiple reasons. One, to research and bring new products to market, to help educate gastroenterologists and their teams, to talk about new and existing pharmaceuticals, devices, testing mechanisms, and technologies, and also discuss new and existing procedures. ARIA's mission is to use ASGE's strengths as an education society, to educate industry representatives about GI and the needs of our patients, to foster relationships between the ASGE and industry, and ultimately the goal is to partner to improve patient care, which is what we're all about. So today's objectives for the program are to understand basic GI anatomy, physiology, pathophysiology. We'll talk about healthy GI tract, commonly encountered GI diseases. Tomorrow, we'll focus more on EOE. We'll review endoscopic findings. We'll talk about improved communications within the GI team, having up-to-date knowledge of the GI clinical practice, and also strategies used to provide optimal patient care and how you can partner with us on that. You will also become recognized for your continued professional development by earning the ARIA Certificate of Completion Program, or the ARIA SEAL, and there are ongoing opportunities for education. Just an overview of today, you have an agenda in your packet. We'll start off focusing on GI tract in health. We'll then use a little break and take away some key takeaway points. That's where you can write on your Post-it anything that you want to share with us, things that you found very valuable. We'll then kick off the day in the life of a gastroenterologist. That'll be very interactive, where Dr. Yoon will lead a discussion with the other faculty. We'll then go to GI tract in disease. You'll have a lunch and then move to the Bioskills Lab, which is a hands-on session, and by far one of the favorite things that people always talk about, getting to play with the equipment and the scopes and see what we do on a daily basis. We'll then move on to a break and a knowledge challenge. We'll have a summary of today's activities, and then we'll kick off a reception with faculty. Tomorrow is my favorite topic, all things EOE. We'll talk about epidemiology and diagnosis of EOE. We'll get a perspective from the pathologist on what they're looking at in the microscope. We'll then move on into pathophysiology, current treatment for EOE. We'll have another day in the life of a gastroenterologist, but this time focusing more specifically on EOE. There will be a group photo after lunch, and then the afternoon will be focused on case discussions on different clinical presentations of patients, and then there will also be a case discussion on a patient experience with an actual patient of mine with EOE. The day will end with a knowledge challenge and course summary. Couple of housekeeping things. There is free Wi-Fi. Select the ASGE Guest Network, and there's no password needed. Microphones are located on the center of your tables. Press the button labeled Push. The light will turn green, indicating that you're live, and then turn Push again. The light will go off. The course is being recorded, so anytime you are asking a question, we do ask that you turn your microphone on. The Bioskills Lab is through the men's and women's locker room. You get there through the washroom, and please proceed to the locker room to store all your belongings. Food and drink are not allowed in the lab. There are lockers and a table available in the locker room for that. Enter the lab and put on a gown over your clothes, and your station number is indicated on the front of your badge. Presentations are available on GILeap. For assistance accessing your GILeap account, email Michelle Thomas at this address here. An online evaluation. Please help us improve the ARIA program by completing the online evaluation on the ASGE GILeap site. Post-assessment will be done, and that is due September 13. A passing score is a score of over 80%. All right, with that, I'm going to turn it over back to Dr. Yoon, who'll get you started with the day. Thank you, everyone.

Gastroenterology

Virtual Symposium

GI Anatomy

Eosinophilic Esophagitis

Interactive Sessions