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A summary of the meeting and photos are now available. We look forward to seeing you in Chicago in 2014!
Saturday May 18, 2013, 5:45pm-10:00pm
Meeting Room: Manatee/Dolphin
International Drive / Convention Center
9956 Hawaiian Ct., Orlando, FL 32819
For more information, call Jiande Chen at 832-640-8111
A brief schedule is below. A short program is available for online viewing and full program (pdf) is available for downloading.
5:45-6:30pm Pizza Dinner & Registration (US$20)
6:30-7:45pm Session 1: Electrical Rhythms
7:45-8:00pm Break
8:00-8:20pm Panel Discussion: Roles of Electrogastrography
8:20-9:25pm Session 2: Traditional and Emerging Electrical Therapies
9:25-10:00pm Session 3: Gastric Electrical Stimulation
We would like to thank the authors who submitted abstracts to this iGES meeting and the review committee members for their review of the abstracts: Thomas Abell, Jiande Chen, Leo Cheng, Xiaohua Hou, Richard McCallum, Jieyun Yin.
Congratulations to the following award winners:
Alvarez Award (Best Abstract): Small Bowel Transit in a Canine Hypermotility Model Was Fastened by the Electrical Stimulation of Small Intestine. Weifeng Wang, Jieyun Yin, Jiande D.Z.Chen.
Robert Stern Award (Best Young Investigator’s Abstract): Inhibitory effects of electroacupuncture on gastric hypersensitivity induced by acute restraint stress in FD rats. Jingzhu Zhou, Shiying Li, Yinping Wang, Yong Lei, Robert D. Foreman, Jiande D.Z.Chen.
Young Investigator’s Award: The Provocative Water Load Test Evokes Nausea and Gastric Dysrhythmias in Patients with Unexplained Chronic Nausea and Vomiting. M Gillis, KL Koch.
Young Investigator’s Award: Cajal Cell Counts are Important Predictors of Outcomes from Gastric Electrical Stimulation Therapy in Patients with Drug Refractory Gastroparesis. Archana Kedar, Harsha S. Nagarajarao, Yana Nikitina, Vetta Vedanarayanan; Christopher J. Lahr, Charu Subramony, Thomas L. Abell.
Young Investigator’s Award: Ameliorating Effects of Transcutaneous Electroacupuncture on Gastric Slow Waves in Patients With Functional Dyspepsia Using a multichannel EGG Device. Yuemei Xu, Xiaoping Li, Feng Xu, DeWen Lu, Liyi Ma, Jianfeng Chen.
Best regards,
Jiande Chen, PhD, University of Texas Medical Branch, Vice President, iGES
Richard McCallum, MD, Texas Tech University, President, iGES
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