The 5th Annual Peter D. Stevens Course on Innovations in Digestive Care 2016 is a conference that covers topics such as:
- Update on minimally invasive techniques in surgery
- Understand endoscopic drainage of pancreatic fluid collections
- Understand the latest progress in biliary and pancreatic cancer
- Review of options in acute and chronic pancreatitis
- Learn and discuss the latest in prevention of complications in endoscopy
- Review the use of ablation therapy for GI cancer
- Review the most current advances in pancreatic disorders
- Understand and discuss the endoscopic approach/management of surgical complications
- Discuss the early diagnosis of esophageal and gastric cancer
- Understand single port laparoscopy
- Review and discuss the latest advances in colorectal cancer surgery
- Explore different palliation for pancreatic-biliary cancers
- Learn the latest advances in therapeutic endoscopy
- Increase knowledge of pediatric surgery
- Increase knowledge of optimal screening for pancreatic and biliary cancers
- Review the most current pediatric nutrition advances
- Understand the management of malignant and benign biliary strictures
- Understand the latest advances in pediatric gastroenterology
- Increase knowledge of the use of robotics in the digestive track
- Increase knowledge of the usage of interventional echoendoscopy
- Understand the place of NOTES and alternative pathways in endoscopy
The 5th Annual Peter D. Stevens Course on Innovations in Digestive Care 2016 brings together:
- Gastroenterologists
- Colon and Rectal Surgeons
- General Surgeons
- Gastrointestinal Surgeons
- Nurses
- Interventional Endoscopists
- Pediatric Surgeons
- Pediatric Gastroenterologists
- Thoracic Surgeons
- Physician Assistants
