Program

2017 International Gastrointestinal Electrophysiology Society (iGES) Annual Meeting

5:30-10pm Saturday, May 6, 2017

Grand Ballroom, Holiday Inn & Suites Chicago Downtown

506 West Harrison Street, Chicago, IL 60607

Meeting Kindly Sponsored by FlexiMap.

A full program with abstracts is also available in pdf format.

5:30-6:10pm Registration & Dinner ($20, please bring cash or a check)

6:10pm Welcome & Opening Remarks

6:15-7:20 pm Electrophysiology of the Gut

Chairs: Leo Cheng, PhD & Kenneth Koch, MD

6:15pm. Interstitial Cells of Cajal Increase Neural-Mediated Relaxation and Electrical Phenomena within In Vitro Model of Pylorus Neuromuscular Apparatus.

(Alvarez Award)

Dylan T. Knutson, Elie Zakhem, Kenneth L. Koch, Khalil N. Bitar.

6:23pm. Sacral Nerve Stimulation Increases Gastric Accommodation in Rats: a Spinal-afferent and Vagal-efferent Reflective pathway

(Robert Stern Award)

Yi Liu, Feng Ye, Shiying Li, Sujuan Zhang, Robert Foreman, Jiande DZ Chen

6:31pm. Improving the Clinical Utility of Electrogastrography by Conducting Simultaneous High-Resolution Electrogastrogram and Antroduodenal Manometry in Children.

(Young Investigator Award)

Armen A Gharibans, A Beltran, DC Kunkel, TP Coleman, H Mousa

6:39pm. Ameliorating Effects and Mechanisms of Electroacupuncture via Chronically Implanted Electrodes at ST36 on Gastric Slow Wave Dysrhythmia, and Delayed Emptying in a Rodent Model of Functional Dyspepsia

Sujuan Zhang, Shiying Li, Dongxu Wang, Robert D.Foreman, Jiande DZ Chen

6:47pm. The Measurement of Gastric Myoelectrical Activity before and after Treatments and its Clinical Significances in Patients with Postprandial Distress Syndrome (Rome IV standard).

Liya Wang, Zhijun Duan, Jiande Chen

6:55pm. Ambulatory Telemetric Gastric Mucosal Slow Wave Recordings during Temporary High-Frequency Electrical Stimulation

Niranchan Paskaranandavadivel, Timothy R Angeli, Abigail Stocker, Lindsay McElmurray, Greg O’Grady, Thomas Abell, Leo K Cheng

7:03pm. Characteristics of patients with gastroparesis and normal 3 cycle per minute gastric myoelectrical activity (GMA) – the functional gastric outlet obstruction subtype of GP

BT Cengia, P Stuart, KL Koch

7:11pm. Heart Rate Variability (HRV) and Human Colon Motor Patterns assessed by High-Resolution Colonic Manometry (HRCM).

JD Huizinga, SP Parsons, C Yuan, J-H Chen

Short Break

7:25-8:30 pm Electrical Therapies for the Gut

Chairs: Thomas Abell, MD & Henry Parkman, MD

7:25pm. Optimization of sacral nerve stimulation for colonic inflammation in TNBS-induced colitis in rats

(Alvarez Award)

Nina Zhang, Xuhang Li, Han Zhang, Liuqin Jiang, Shengai Zhang, Jieyun Yin, Pankaj P Pasricha, Jiande DZ Chen

7:33pm. Autonomic Pathways of Sacral Nerve Stimulation for Intestinal Inflammation

(Young Investigator Award)

Lei Tu, Jieyun Yin, Han Zhang, Nina Zhang, Jiande Chen

7:41pm. Sacral nerve stimulation with optimized parameters improves visceral hypersensitivity in rats mediated via the autonomic mechanisms and opioid pathway

Liuqin Jiang, Han Zhang, Nina Zhang, Shengai Zhang, Pankaj J Pasricha, Jiande Chen

7:49pm. Needleless transcutaneous electrical acustimulation accelerates post-surgical recovery mediated via autonomic mechanisms in patients with gastrointestinal cancers.

Bo Zhang, Gang Ma, Feng Xu, Mingyuan Zhang, Kehui Tong, Pingping Hu, Ling Zhu, Jiande D.Z. Chen

7:57pm. Long Term Gastric Electrical Stimulation Has an Anti-Inflammatory Effect

TL Abell, A Kedar, A Stocker, K Beatty, L McElmurray, M Hughes, H Rashed, W Kennedy, G Wendelshafer-Crabb, X Yang, M Fraig, GW Dryden, E Miller, M Griswold, C Pinkston

8:05pm. Electroacupuncture at ST-36 protects interstitial cells of Cajal via sustaining heme oxygenase-1 positive M2 macrophages in the stomach of diabetic mice.

Lugao Tian, Beibei Zhu, Shi Liu

8:13pm. Effects of Electrical Stimulation on Achalasia-like Pig Esophageal Motility Using Endoscopically Implanted Temporary Stimulation

Lili Zhang, Wei Zhao, Hong Jin, Binbin Wang, Qiuyu Chen, Xin Zhang, Chunshan Zhao, Fangyuan Sun, Bangmao Wang

8:21pm. Acute effect of Transcutaneous electroacupuncture at Tiantu acupoint on globus pharyngeus: A randomized, single-blind, cross-over study

Lin Jia, Han-bing Zhao, Wen-cong Zhou, Meng Yang, Guo-yuan Dou

8:29pm. Can pre-operative EGG with water load test or gastric emptying study predict the outcome of teenagers with Gastroparesis undergoing gastric electric stimulation?

V Kolimarala, S Kadirkamanathan, V Cook, S Chong

8:40-9:00 pm Awards Ceremony (Richard McCallum, MD & Jiande Chen, PhD)

Short Break

9:00-9:45 pm Measurement and Therapies (Short Presentations)

Chairs: Richard McCallum, MD & Jan Huizinga PhD.

9:00pm. Transcutaneous electrical acustimulation synchronized with inspiration improves gastric accommodation impaired by cold stress in healthy subjects

Gang Ma, Bo Zhang, Pingping Hu, Feng Xu, Jieyun Yin, Lin Lin, Xiaozhong Yang and Jiande DZ Chen

9:04pm. Gastric Electrical Stimulation Is Associated with Both Early and Late Effects

TL Abell, A Kedar, A Stocker, K Beatty, L McElmurray, M Hughes, H Rashed, W Kennedy, G Wendelshafer-Crabb, X Yang, M Fraig, GW Dryden, E Miller, M Griswold, C Pinkston

9:08pm. Long Term Efficacy of Gastric Electrical Stimulation for Post-Surgical Gastroparesis

A Pontikos, I Jaafar, N Kadle, E Omer, A Stocker, L McElmurray, E Miller, MG Hughes, TL Abell

9:12pm. Comparison of orthostatic intolerance and gastric myoelectrical activity in patients with gastroparesis versus patients with chronic unexplained nausea and vomiting and normal gastric emptying.

Erinda Stefi, Hossam Shaltout, Anya Brown, Kenneth L. Koch

9:16pm. Effect of Chronic Neurostimulation on the Number of Interstitial Cells of Cajal in patients with severe Gastroparesis

I Sarosiek, M Bashashati, A Torabi, B. Davis, R McCallum

9:20pm. Relationships between autonomic neural activity measured using Heart Rate Variability and sensitivity to high amplitude colonic motor patterns

C Yuan, S Parsons, J Chen, JD Huizinga

9:24pm. Intestinal electrical stimulation decreasing postprandial hyperglycemia via intestinal and extra intestinal pathway.

Feng Ye, Yi Liu, Shiying Li, Jiande DZ Chen

9:28pm. Analysis of Non-obstructive Dysphagia by Esophageal High-resolution Manometry with Chicago Classification

Lili Zhang, Wei Zhao, Hong Jin, Bangmao Wang*, Qingxiang Yu, Lanlan Wu

9:32pm. Gastric Electrical Stimulation May Have a Mast Cell Associated Effect on ICC

P Jayakumar, H Barker, X Yang, M Fraig, MG Hughes, A Stocker, L McElmurray, C Pinkston, T Abell

9:36pm. Feasibility of Multielectrode Electrogastrography: Preliminary Report in Normal Subjects

Ricardo von Borries, Irene Sarosiek, Mohammad Bashashati, Richard W. McCallum

9:40pm. System and Methodology for Continuous Ambulatory Monitoring of Gastric Slow Waves

R Wang, Z Abukhalaf, A Javan-khoshkholgh, A Stocker, T Abell, Aydin Farajidavar

10:00 pm Adjourn