2023 iGES Annual Meeting

Dear Colleagues:

Please join us for the 2023 International Gastrointestinal Electrophysiology Society (iGES) annual meeting in conjunction with Digestive Diseases Week, from 3 - 8 pm Friday, May 5, 2023 at Northwestern University, Chicago, prior to DDW.

Time: 3-8pm, Friday, May 5 (one day before DDW)

Venue: 251 Huron Street, Northwestern University Campus (off Michigan Avenue), Chicago. Enter through the Feinberg Pavilion and go to the 3rd floor where the NM Conference Center is located. The meeting is located in Room A, the Mecklenburg Conference Room.

Speakers: Please present your presentations at the registration desk from 2:30-3pm. 

Registration is free, however, please register here whether attending in person or virtually. Registration is necessary for the dinner symposium, and to obtain instructions for virtual attendance.

iGES 2023 supported by:

• Enterra Medical

• Gastrointestinal Disorders 

Congratulations to our 3 award winners for 2023:

• Simmonds, Du, Taberner, Angeli-Gordon. Simultaneous high-resolution electrical mapping and contractile measurements elucidate the in vivo electrophysiological and mechanical coupling of the gastroduodenal junction. Alvarez Award Winner (Best Abstract).

• Wang, Foong, Calder, Schamberg, Varghese, Xu, Daker, Carson, Waite, Du, Abell, Parkman, Fernandes, Andrews, Gharibans, Ho, O'Grady. Specific patient phenotyping in gastroduodenal disorders using gastric Alimetry® with comparison to gastric emptying scintigraphy. Robert Stern Award Winner (Best Young Investigator Award).

• Zhao, Hong, Wiley, Chen. Electrical stimulation at ST36 attenuates water avoidance stress-induced visceral hypersensitivity involving regulations of intestinal barrier function and nociception in dorsal root ganglion neurons. Young Investigator Award.

Scientific Program:

• 2:30 – 3:00 pm Registration

• 3:00 – 3:40 pm Bioelectronic Medicine and Neuromodulation (Moderators: Jiande Chen, PhD and Gavin Song, MD)

  • Bruno Bonaz, MD. State-of-the-art lecture: Bioelectronic Medicine for GI disorders (20 min talk + 5 min Q/A)

  • Abstract 1 (10 min): Zhao et al. Electrical stimulation at ST36 attenuates water avoidance stress-induced visceral hypersensitivity involving regulations of intestinal barrier function and nociception in dorsal root ganglion neurons. Young Investigator Award.

  • Abstract 2 (5 min): Wu et al. Integrative effects of transcutaneous electrical acustimulation and autonomic-cytokine mechanisms on patients of post-operative recovery of ERCP

• 3:45 – 4:25 pm Gastric Electrical Stimulation (Moderators: Irene Sarosiek, MD and Henry Parkman, MD)

  • Richard McCallum, MD: State-of-the-art lecture: ICC in the era of gastric electrical stimulation (20 min talk + 5 min Q/A)

  • Abstract 3  (5 min): Naing et al. The use of an energy algorithm with gastric electrical stimulation correlates with baseline measures and symptom responses at one year 

  • Abstract 4 (5 min): Alam et al. Optimization of stimulation modality for treating abdominal pain in a rodent model of irritable bowel syndrome (IBS)

  • Abstract 5 (5 min): Taclob et al. Gastric electrical stimulation as a new treatment modality for refractory nausea and vomiting with normal gastric emptying

• 4:25 – 4:40 pm Break

• 4:40 – 6:00 pm Gastric Mapping and Electrogastrography (Moderators: Ken Koch, MD  and Jane Yin, MD)

  • Thomas Abell, MD: State-of-the-art lecture on High Resolution Electrogastrography (20min talk + 5 min Q/A)

  • Abstract 6 (10 min): Simmonds et al. Simultaneous high-resolution electrical mapping and contractile measurements elucidate the in vivo electrophysiological and mechanical coupling of the gastroduodenal junction. Alvarez Award Winner.

  • Abstract 7 (5 min): Dowrick et al. Translation of an off-the-shelf, implantable cardiac monitoring device for the measurement of gastric electrical slow wave activity, validated with high-resolution electrical mapping

  • Abstract 8 (5 min): Tremain et al. A novel endoscopic recording device for mapping human gastric slow wave activity in high-resolution

  • Abstract 9 (10 min): Wang et al. Specific patient phenotyping in gastroduodenal disorders using gastric Alimetry® with comparison to gastric emptying scintigraphy. Robert Stern Award Winner.

  • Abstract 10 (5 min): Schamberg et al. Comparison of gastric Alimetry® body surface gastric mapping versus electrogastrography spectral analysis

  • Abstract 11 (5 min): Varghese et al. Utility of gastric Alimetry® in the clinical management of intestinal failure patients with possible underlying gut dysmotility

  • Abstract 12 (5 min): Varghese et al. Reference intervals for body surface gastric mapping spectral analysis defined in a cohort of healthy controls

  • Abstract 13 (5 min): Humphrey et al. Translation of body surface gastric mapping to pediatric populations: feasibility and initial results

  • Abstract 14 (5 min): Law et al. Short- and long-term reproducibility of body surface gastric mapping

• 6:00 - 6:30 pm Break

• 6:30 - 8:30 pm Dinner Symposium & State of the art lecture (sponsored by Enterra Medical)

  • 6:30 Dinner

  • 7:00 Pete Sommerness, CEO Enterra Medical: Introduction of Enterra Medical 

  • 7:15 Dinner Presentation:
    Kenneth L. Koch, MD: Nausea and the Neurogastroenterologist: Where are we? Where are we going?

  • 8:00 Award presentations

Registration & Abstract Submission:

• Registration is free, however, please register here whether attending in person or virtually. Registration is necessary for the dinner symposium, and to obtain instructions for virtual attendance.

• Please submit your abstracts before March 1, 2023 February 22, 2023 (DDW abstracts will be announced on February 14).

Best regards,

Jane Yin, MD, Secretary, iGES

Jiande Chen, PhD, Vice President, iGES

Richard McCallum, MD, President, iGES