Programme

Updated on 1 December 2023

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Time	Tuesday 5 December \| Turei 5 o Tihema
10.00am - 4.00pm	Hepatology Nurses Meeting Room: Sigma Room
1.30pm - 4.00pm	Nurse Endoscopists Meeting Room: WSP Room
2.30pm - 4.30pm	NZSG Executive Committee Meeting Room: One Foundation Room
3.00pm - 6.00pm	Exhibitor pack in Room: Unison Arena 1
5.30pm - 6.30pm	NEDS Meeting Room: One Foundation Room
6.30pm	NZ Women in Gastroenterology Function Room: Skellerup Room

Time	Wednesday 6 December \| Wenerei 6 o Tihema
8.00am - 9.00am	Janssen IBD breakfast symposium Professor Jane Andrews and Professor Richard Gearry Rooms: Downer & Sigma Rooms
8.30am - 9.30am	Delegate arrival and registration
9.30am - 10.10am	Pōhiri and welcome - Ngāti Whakaue Professor Catherine Stedman, President NZSG Merrilee Williams, Chairperson NZgNC
10.10am - 10.30am	Kai
10.30am - 12.00pm	Session 1 Plenary session 1 \| Hereditary Diffuse Gastric Cancer Room: BayTrust Forum
10.30am - 10.55am	Kotahitanga for familial gastric cancer Jeremy Rossaak, Tauranga Hospital Eryn Gardiner, Kimihauora Health & Research Clinic Bay of Plenty
11.00am - 11.25am	Tread Softly – Whānau experiences of the ‘scope’ Associate Professor Karyn Paringatai, University of Otago Kahurangi Tipene
11.30am - 11.55am	CDH1: Current perspectives and future considerations Professor Alex Boussioutas, The Alfred, Monash University. GESA President
12.00pm - 1.00pm	Lunch \| Tina
12.30pm - 1.00pm	Novel Thioguanine Candidates for IBD Treatment Room: Skellerup Room
1.00pm - 3.00pm	Session 2 Plenary session 2 Room: BayTrust Forum
1.00pm - 1.25pm	Nurse endoscopy updates from the UK Helen Livett & Sharon Powell
1.30pm - 1.55pm	IBD flares, the microbiota and response to dietary fibres Dr Heather Armstrong, University of Manitoba
2.00pm - 2.25pm	Portal Hypertension Professor Guadalupe Garcia-Tsao, Yale University School of Medicine
2.30pm - 2.55pm	Portal hypertensive bleeding Dr David Orr, NZTLU
3.00pm - 3.30pm	Afternoon tea \| Paramanawa
3.30pm - 5.00pm	Session 3A UGI tract Room: BayTrust Forum	Session 3B Hepatology Room: Skellerup Room	Session 3C IBD Pouch/General Room: WSP Room	Session 3D Nurses \| Hands-on session Limited to 30 people Room: Downer Room
	3.30pm – 3.50pm	3.30pm – 3.50pm	3.30pm – 4.10pm
	The premalignant stomach Dr Rehan Haidry	Use of albumin in cirrhotics Professor Guadalupe Garcia-Tsao	Pouch Dysfunction: Management Strategies for a challenging problem Dr Laura Raffals (recorded ACG lecture)	Boston Scientific: Resolution Clips, Interject, Mantis closure device.
	3.50pm – 4.10pm	3.50pm – 4.10pm	4.10pm – 4.30pm
	Barrett’s endotherapy including EMR v ESD Associate Professor Nick Burgess	Autoimmune hepatitis Professor Catherine Stedman	Diet in patients with a symptomatic ileoanal pouch Dr Chu K Yao	Obex: Hemospray, Everlift, Evolution SEMS – Colonic, Duodenal & Biliary, Niti-S Oesophageal SEMS.
	4.10pm – 4.30pm	4.10pm – 4.25pm	4.30pm – 4.50pm
	SCC Oesophagus Dr Cameron Schauer	Hepatitis Foundation interaction with primary and secondary care services Dr Chris Moyes & staff	Diet during flares: inpatient v outpatient considerations Dr Catherine Wall	Olympus: Polyloop, balloon enteroscopy, Endocuff, disposable distal attachment, loopcutters, and try your hand at colonoscopy!
	4.30pm – 4.50pm	4.25pm – 4.40pm	4.50pm – 5.00pm
	GI stenting Dr Ravinder Ogra	Hepatitis B Professor Ed Gane	Nutrition therapy compared to standard therapy in Crohn’s disease Dr Kamran Rostami
		4.40pm – 4.55pm
		Use of PIVKA 11/GAAD surveillance for HCC in HBV positive patients: report on pilot study Dr Chris Moyes & staff
5.00pm - 8.00pm	Welcome function and networking Amongst the exhibition, Energy Events Centre
5.30pm - 6.00pm	Janssen silent symposia

Time	Thursday 7 December \| Tāite 7 o Tihema
7.00am - 8.00am	C.R. Kennedy Fun Run & Walk Location: Outside the Millennium Hotel
7.30am - 8.15am	Morning pilates Location: Outside the Energy Events Centre
8.30am	Registration open
9.00am - 10.30am	Session 4A Plenary session 3 Room: BayTrust Forum	Session 4B Nurses free papers Room: Sigma Room
	9.00am – 10.00am	9.00am – 9.20am
	Between a clot and a hard place – management of acute portomesenteric thrombosis Dr Hannah Giles, Dr Teik Choon See (virtual) and Dr William Thomas (virtual)	The Birds and the IBD's: Sexual Identity and Infertility in Patients with IBD. Marcelane Ballentyne
	10.00am – 10.30am	9.20am – 9.40am
	Liver transplantation in alcoholic liver disease Professor Ed Gane	Inflammatory Bowel Disease Acute Clinic - Te Whatu Ora Waitaha Canterbury Experience. Kirsten Arnold
		9.40am – 10.00am
		The Inflammatory Bowel Disease Helpline at Waitaha Canterbury - An Analysis using Crohn's Colitis Care Kirsten Arnold
		10.00am – 10.20am
		Advances in Biofilm Testing Associate Professor Greg Whiteley
		10.20am – 10.30am
		Discussion

10.30am - 11.00am	Morning tea \| Paramanawa
11.00am - 12.00pm	Session 5A Free papers Room: BayTrust Forum	Session 5B Free papers Room: Skellerup Room	Session 5C Free papers Room: WSP Room	Session 5D Free papers Room: Downer Room	Session 5E Nurses \| IBD Room: Sigma Room
	11.00am – 11.15am	11.00am – 11.15am	11.00am – 11.15am	11.00am – 11.15am	11.00am – 11.30am
	Innovation in healthcare using low-code/no-code technology: colonoscopy triage, nursing pre-assessments and pre-colonoscopy safety checks at Waikato Hospital Dr Clarence Kerrison	Impact of Hepatitis C Cure on Outcomes for Patients Undergoing Curative Therapy for Hepatocellular Carcinoma Dr Alex Wynne	Faecal Immunochemical test (FIT) based prioritisation of new patient symptomatic cases referred for colorectal investigation Dr James Falvey	Short- and long-term reproducibility of Gastric Alimetry® body surface gastric mapping Dr Mikaela Law	Follow up recommendations for IBD patients Stephanie Buckton
	11.15am – 11.30am	11.15am – 11.30am	11.15am – 11.30am	11.15am – 11.30am
	Per-Oral Endoscopic Myotomy: A Multi-Centre Review of the New Zealand Experience Dr Chris Graddon	Non-invasive predictors of hepatic steatosis and determinants of quality-of-life in metabolic dysfunction-associated steatotic liver disease (MASLD) Dr Akhilesh Swaminathan	Acute severe colitis outcomes and validating the Admission Model for Intensification of Therapy in Acute Severe Colitis (ADMIT-ASC) in New Zealand. Dr Andrew Lane	Effect of the Menstrual Cycle on Human Gastric Electrophysiology Alexandria H. Lim
	11.30am – 11.45am	11.30am – 11.45am	11.30am – 11.45am	11.30am – 11.45am	11.30am – 11.45am
	Safety and Feasibility of same day discharge for Per-Oral Endoscopic Myotomy Dr Jun Young Kim	Transjugular intrahepatic portosystemic shunt (TIPS) in Australia: A national Survey Dr Eric Kalo	Phenotypes of Inflammatory Bowel Disease in the Māori Population of New Zealand Dr David Law	A Contraceptive Conundrum: The Influence of Contraception on Chronic Gastroduodenal Physiology Alexandria H. Lim	RN prescribing in IBD/lower GI conditions Carly Bramley
	11.45am – 12.00pm	11.45am – 12.00pm	11.45am – 12.00pm	11.45am – 12.00pm	11.45am – 12.00pm
	Outcomes of self-expanding metal stents placed for malignant gastric outlet obstruction Dr Michael Chieng	The Disease Severity Index and Faecal Biomarkers are Valid and Useful Tools in Predicting Complicated Inflammatory Bowel Disease Dr Akhilesh Swaminathan	Early-onset colorectal cancer in Aotearoa/New Zealand: 25 years of data. Dr Oliver Waddell	Adopting Baveno VII reduces endoscopy burden, saves the planet Dr Rhys John	IBD case study Dr Vijay Dyavadi
12.00pm - 12.45pm	Lunch \| Tina
12.25pm - 1.45pm	NZSG AGM Room: BayTrust Forum
12.45pm - 1.45pm	NZgNC AGM Room: Sigma Room
1.45pm - 3.15pm	Session 6A Endoscopy Room: BayTrust Forum	Session 6B NAFLD/Obesity Room: Skellerup Room	Session 6C Genetics/NBSP Room: WSP Room	Session 6D IBD Surgery Room: Downer Room	Session 6E Nurses session \| General Room: Sigma Room
	1.45pm – 2.05pm	1.45pm – 2.05pm	1.45pm – 2.05pm	1.45pm – 2.00pm	1.45pm – 2.05pm
	EMR tips and tricks Associate Professor Nick Burgess	The impact of the microbiota in NASH and liver disease Dr Heather Armstrong	Familial GI cancer syndromes Dr Nathan Atkinson	Type I Interferons as predictors of clinical non-response to anti-TNFs in IBD patients and its regulation of innate epithelial repair-responses. Dr Safina Gadeock	Gastrotomy tubes: Commons problems and recommended management Shelley Roud & Janice Duxfield
	2.05pm – 2.25pm	2.05pm – 2.25pm	2.05pm – 2.25pm	2.00pm – 2.25pm	2.05pm – 2.25pm
	Endoscopic Management of Upper GI Subepithelial Lesions Dr Anurag Sekra	Nutrition recommendations for the treatment of NALFD and weight loss considerations Dr Kiri Sharp	Gastric cancer genomics Professor Alex Boussioutas	To cut or not to cut Dr Viraj Kariyawasam	Swallow & dysphagia Sara Jodache
	2.25pm – 2.45pm	2.25pm – 2.45pm	2.25pm – 2.40pm	2.25pm – 2.45pm	2.25pm – 2.45pm
	Electrosurgical units in endoscopy Dr David McGouran	Metabolic and bariatric endoscopy Dr Rehan Haidry	NEQIP update Dr Malcolm Arnold	Preventing post-op recurrence in CD: It’s the anastomotic technique Professor Christianne Buskens	Leading through disaster Kerrin Bennett
	2.45pm – 3.05pm	2.45pm – 3.00pm	2.40pm – 2.55pm	2.45pm – 3.10pm	2.45pm – 3.05pm
	Pedunculated polyps Associate Professor Nick Burgess	Metabolic surgery Rowan French	National Bowel Screening Programme update Dr Susan Parry	Perianal fistulae & Crohn’s Benjamin Cribb	Surviving through disaster Karen Murdoch
		3.00pm – 3.15pm	2.55pm – 3.15pm		3.05pm – 3.15pm
		Post-gastric bypass outlet reduction Dr Shwan Karim	FIT for purpose in 2024 Dr James Falvey		Discussion

3.15pm - 3.45pm	Afternoon tea \| Paramanawa
3.45pm - 5.15pm	Session 7A IBD medicines Room: BayTrust Forum	Session 7B Hepatology updates Room: Skellerup Room	Session 7C Endoscopy from St Mark’s and the Cleveland Clinic Room: WSP Room	Session 7D Nurses session \| Advanced GI nursing Room: Downer Room
	3.45pm – 4.05pm	3.45pm – 4.05pm	3.45pm – 4.05pm	3.45pm – 4.05pm
	Sex and the rectum Dr Massimo Giola	Selective internal radiation therapy (SIRT) and RFA ablation for HCC Associate Professor Louise Barbier	Horses for courses Professor Brian Saunders (recorded video)	Nurse Endoscopists in UK Helen Livett & Sharon Powell
	4.05pm – 4.30pm	4.05pm – 4.25pm	4.05pm – 4.25pm	4.05pm – 4.25pm
	Positioning of biologics in NZ 2023/2024 Dr Viraj Kariyawasam	Systemic therapies for locally advanced HCC Professor Ed Gane	Rectal cancer Dr Noriko Suzuki (recorded video)	Bariatric surgery CNS Sharon Hilton
	4.30pm – 4.50pm	4.25pm – 4.45pm	4.25pm – 5.05pm	4.25pm – 4.45pm
	Thiopurines in the biologic era Professor Murray Barclay	Palliative care in end stage liver disease Dr Murray Hunt	Third-space endoscopy in the UGI tract Dr Rehan Haidry	HBV: Simplify, demystify and nursify Nicola Caine
	4.50pm – 5.10pm	4.45pm – 5.05pm		4.45pm – 5.05pm
	Bridging the gap for IBD management in rural and metropolitan areas Dr Viraj Kariyawasam	AKI in liver disease Professor Guadalupe Garcia-Tsao		Lower GI Cancer CNS: a valuable resource Helen Collins
				5.05pm – 5.10pm
				NE in NZ update Tania Waylen
7.00pm - late	Conference dinner BayTrust Forum, Energy Events Centre Theme: Heroes and Villains

Time	Friday 8 December \| Paraire 8 o Tihema
8.30am	Registration open
9.00am - 10.30am	Session 8A General Room: BayTrust Forum	Session 8B Sustainability Room: Skellerup Room	Session 8C Intestinal failure Room: WSP Room	Session 8D Advanced interventional endoscopy Room: Downer Room
	9.00am – 9.20am	9.00am – 9.30am	9.00am – 9.20am	9.00 - 9.15am
	Haematology issues in the gastroenterology patient Dr Vidya Mathavan	Scope of the problem Associate Professor Swapna Gayam	Introduction to intestinal failure Dr James Falvey	Video Dr Anurag Sekra
	9.20am – 9.40am	9.35am – 10.00am	9.20am – 9.40am	9.15am - 9.30am
	Non-responsive Coeliac disease Dr Kamran Rostami	Green endoscopy UK Leigh Donnelly (virtual)	NIFRS & Paediatric intestinal failure Dr Amin Roberts	Video Dr Cameron Schauer
	9.40am – 9.55am	10.05am – 10.15am	9.40am – 10.00am	9.30am - 9.45am
	Controversies in acute severe UC Dr Adele Melton	Sustainability in endoscopy: a local story Shelley Roud & Caroline McClutchie	NIFRS & Adult intestinal failure Professor Ian Bissett	Video Dr Ravinder Ogra
	9.55am – 10.10am		10.00am – 10.20am	9.45am - 10.15am
	Travel and IBD Stephanie Buckton		Intestinal transplantation Professor Robert Jones AM	Establishment of Endoscopic Submucosal Dissection With an Untutored, Prevalence-Based Approach in New Zealand Dr Anurag Sekra
10.30am - 11.15am	Brunch \| Parakuihi
10.45am - 11.15am	Poster session
11.15am - 12.45pm	Session 9 Plenary session 4 Room: Bay Trust Forum
11.15am – 11.45am	Gut directed hypnotherapy and disordered eating Dr Simone Peters
11.50am – 12.20pm	Chronic nausea, vomiting and Ehlers Danlos syndrome Dr Chris Cederwall
12.25pm – 12.55pm	Coeliac artery compression syndrome / Median arcuate ligament syndrome (MALS) Manar Khashram
12.55pm - 1.15pm	Eru Pōmare Award
1.15pm – 1.30pm	Conference close
1.30pm	Registrar event