Program

Note: a full program (pdf) is also available.

2013 International Gastrointestinal Electrophysiology Society (iGES) Annual Meeting

5:45-10pm Saturday, May 18, 2013

Clarion Inn & Suites

Meeting Room: Manatee/Dolphin

International Drive / Convention Center

9956 Hawaiian Ct., Orlando, FL 32819

For information, call Jiande Chen at 832-640-8111

5:45-6:30pm: Pizza Dinner & Registration (US$20)

Session 1: Electrical Rhythms

Moderators: Ken Koch, MD, University of Wake Forest

Henry Parkman, MD, Temple University

6:30-6:40pm: 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)

6:40-6:50pm: Mechanisms of “figure-of-eight” gastric slow wave dysrhythmias. Peng Du, Nirachan Paskaranandevadival, Greg O’Grady, Leo K. Cheng.

6:50-7:00pm: 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.

7:00-7:10pm: The Relationship Between Gastric Myoelectric Activity and SCN5A Mutation Suggesting Sodium Channelopathy in Patients With Brugada Syndrome and Functional Dyspepsia - A Pilot Study. Hae Won Kim, Hyojin Park, Kyo Tae Jung, Jie-Hyun Kim.

7:10-7:20pm: Evaluation of Gastric Electrical Activity in Patients with Gastric Cancer by Multichannel Electrogastrography. Haruaki Murakami, Hideo Matsumoto, Masaharu Higashida, Hiroshi Nakashima, Yasuo Oka, Hideo Okumura, Masafumi Nakamura, Toshihiro Hirai.

7:20-7:30pm: The characteristic of electrogastrogram in patients with functional dyspepsia and functional vomiting. ZF Wang, MY Ke, XH Sun.

7:30-7:40pm: Mucosal Nerve fiber Density in Diabetic Gastroparesis Patients Obtained by Full Thickness Gastric Biopsy is Associated with Symptom Severity and Mucosal Electrogastrogram Outcomes. Archana Kedar, Harsha S. Nagarajarao, Charu Subramony, Mona Selim, Gwen Wendelschafer-Crabb, William R. Kennedy, Thomas L. Abell.

7:40-7:45pm: (Short Presentation) Electrogastrography associated with symptomatic changes after prokinetic drug treatment for functional dyspepsia. Hae Won Kim, Hyojin Park, Hyun Chul Lim, Jiande DZ Chen.

7:45pm-8:00pm: Break

8:00-8:20 pm Panel Discussion: Roles of Electrogastrography

Moderator: Jiande Chen, PhD, University of Texas Medical Branch

Presenter: Mark Noar, MD

Panelists: Richard McCallum, MD, Ken Koch, MD and Tom Abell, MD

Session 2: Traditional and Emerging Electrical Therapies

Moderators: Richard McCallum, MD, Texas Tech University

Bridget R. Southwell, PhD, Murdoch Childrens Research Institute

8:20-8:30pm: 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 (Alvarez Award)

8:30-8:40pm: The Effect of Acute Gastric Electrical Stimulation with Wider Pulse and Individualized Parameters on Beagle Dogs’ Gastric Accommodation. Yanmei Li, Shukun Yao, Yanli Zhang, Wenjuan Guo, Weishuo ZHang,I Nijiao Li. Department of gastroenterology, Division of Gastroenterology, China-Japan Friendship Hospital, Beijing, China

8:40-8:50pm: 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 (Robert Stern Best Young Investigator’s Award)

8:50-9:00pm: Transcutaneous electrical stimulation combined with laxatives, diet and education increased defecation frequency and volume in slow-transit constipation children. Julie Jordan-Ely, Kyla Dobson, John Hutson, Bridget R. Southwell.

9:00-9:10pm: 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 (Young Investigator’s Award)

9:10-9:20pm: Effect of Electroacupuncture in gastric hypersensitivity in a rat model of functional dyspepsia. Shiying Li and Jiande Chen.

9:20-9:25pm: (Short Presentation) Treatment resistant slow-transit constipation (STC) in children can be improved with home-based transcutaneous electrical stimulation (TES). YI Yik, KA Ismail, JM Hutson, BR Southwell.

Session 3: Gastric Electrical Stimulation

Moderators: Thomas Abell, MD, University of Louisville

Xiaohua Hou, MD, University of Huazhong University of Science and Technology

9:25-9:35pm: Toward a More Scientifically Based Programming Approach for Gastric Electrical Stimulation in Gastroparesis Patients. Irene Sarosiek, Joe Colombo, Richard McCallum

9:35-9:45pm: The effect and mechanism of gastric electrical stimulation on visceral hypersensitivity. Fei Dai, Yong Lei and J D Z Chen

9:45-9:55pm: (Short Presentation) Gastric electrical stimulation for teenage children with chronic unexplained nausea and vomiting. S. Chong, S. Kadirkamanathan, C. Jenkins, D. Lother.

9:55-10:00pm: (Short Presentation) Can Gastric Stimulation in an Animal Model Effect Duodenal and Sphincter of Odi Electrical Activity? A Pilot Study Utilizing Ancillary High Resolution Recordings. Abell, Thomas L, Boatright, Benjamin T., Heindl, Brittain, Daram, Sumanth, Bull, Simon H, Pullan, Zeke, Kedar, Archana, de Delva, Pierre, Lahr, Christopher J, Starkebaum, Warren, Du, Peng, Cheng, Leo K.

9:50-10:00pm: Business Meeting