Open (Basic) ARIA Program

October 8, 2024, 7:30 AM - 4:00 PM

Course Director
Olufemi Kassim, MD

Location:
ASGE IT&T

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The ASGE’s Recognized Industry Associate (ARIA) seal is a prestigious recognition of an industry sales and marketing professional's exposure and learning in the field of gastroenterology. The ASGE Open ARIA program creates a common language and a shared understanding for improved communication and more successful dialogue between clinicians and industry representatives. This program provides an overview of basic GI Anatomy and physiology, including commonly encountered GI diseases and their endoscopic findings. Attendees will learn through includes interactive panel discussions and hands-on experience introducing basic endoscopic techniques.
  1. Understand basic GI anatomy, physiology and pathophysiology
    1. Healthy GI Tract
    2. Commonly encountered GI diseases 
    3. Endoscopic findings
  2. Improved communications with the GI team
    1. Having up-to-date knowledge of GI clinical practice
    2. Strategies used to provide optimal patient care and how you can help us
  3. Become recognized for your continued professional development
    1. Earning the ARIA “certificate of completion” program (ARIA Seal)
    2. Ongoing opportunities for education

Olufemi Kassim, MD

Northwestern

Chicago, IL

October 8, 2024

Print Agenda

Central Standard Times

6:15 AM - 6:45 AM

Shuttle from Westin to ASGE IT&T

 
6:45 AM - 7:30 AM

Breakfast with Faculty

 
7:30 AM - 7:40 AM

Welcome and Course Overview

 
7:40 AM - 8:00 AM

Day in the Life of a Gastroenterologist: An Interactive Discussion with the Faculty (Part I of II)

GI Tract in Health

8:00 AM - 8:20 AM

Esophagus and Stomach

8:20 AM - 8:35 AM

Small and Large Intestine

8:35 AM - 8:50 AM

Liver, Gallbladder and Pancreas

8:50 AM - 9:20 AM

Tools of the Gastroenterologist: Introduction to GI Endoscopy

9:20 AM - 9:40 AM

Break

9:40 AM - 10:10 AM

Esophagus and Stomach

 
10:10 AM - 10:40 AM

Small Intestine

10:40 AM - 11:10 AM

Liver, Gallbladder and Pancreas

GI Tract in Disease

11:10 AM - 11:40 AM

Large Intestine: Lower GI Bleeding, Colorectal Cancer and Diverticulosis

11:40 AM - 12:00 PM

Large Intestine: IBD and IBS

12:00 PM - 12:10 PM

GROUP PHOTO

 
12:10 PM - 12:40 PM

LUNCH

 
12:40 PM - 12:50 PM

Move Time to Bio Skills Simulation Lab for Hands-On Session

12:50 PM - 2:30 PM

Bio Skills Simulation Lab for Hands On Session

Each Station will cover:  Basic Scope Handling, Foreign Body Removal,  Injections/Clips, Bicap/Thermal Therapies, Bands/Polyps and Argon Plasma Coagulations (APC)

Station 1: Faculty
Station 2: Faculty 
Station 3: Faculty
Station 4: Faculty
Station 5: Faculty  
2:30 PM - 2:45 PM

Break

2:45 PM - 3:15 PM

Case-Based Discussions

 
3:15 PM - 3:45 PM

Day in the Life of a Gastroenterologist: An Interactive Discussion with the Faculty (Part II of II)

3:45 PM - 4:00 PM

Questions, Comments and Discussion

4:00 PM -

Adjourn and Departures

Registration Fees

$1100

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Hotel Accommodations

In-person participants who require lodging are encouraged to book a room at:

The Westin Chicago Lombard
70 Yorktown Center
Lombard, IL 60148
Phone: 630-719-8000

Group Rate: $135 per night
Hotel Cut-Off Date: Monday, September 16, 2024

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