Baylor College of Medicine 24th Annual GI and Liver Course 2025

1. Overview
The Baylor College of Medicine 24th Annual GI and Liver Course, held in 2025, provides a comprehensive review and update on the latest clinical guidelines, diagnostic approaches, and therapeutic interventions in gastroenterology and hepatology.
Houston, TX USApril 12, 2025 to April 13, 2025
2. Learning Objectives

Outline new drugs and treatment strategies for inflammatory bowel disease (IBD), including biologics, biomarkers, management during pregnancy, and addressing treatment failures.
Review advances in managing irritable bowel syndrome (IBS), chronic constipation, primary biliary cirrhosis (PBC), MASLD/MASH, opioid use disorder, and other gastrointestinal conditions.
Highlight procedural innovations, such as intestinal ultrasound for IBD, computer-aided colonoscopy, PEG tube placement, endoscopic submucosal dissection, Barrett’s ablation, cold EMR, and luminal stricture dilations.
Summarize strategies for diagnosing and managing colorectal cancer, including endoscopic ultrasound and non-invasive diagnostics like the Cologuard/FIT DNA test.
Recognize and appropriately manage opioid misuse in patients with gastrointestinal diseases while navigating ethical challenges and barriers to care.

3. Target Audience
Best for gastroenterologists and hepatologists who want the latest updates in GI diseases, liver management, and advanced endoscopic techniques.
Gastroenterologists, hepatologists, internists, primary care physicians, nurses, nurse practitioners, physician assistants, fellows, medical trainees and students in the field of Gastroenterology.
4. Topics

The Future of Gastroenterology – What’s on the Horizon

Primary Biliary Cholangitis – A Whole New Terrain

The Encroachment of GLP-1 How it Affects the Practice of Gastroenterology

Defining MetALD and Its Treatment Approach

Novel Treatment for Antibiotic Resistant Clostridioides difficile

Addressing Pouchitis – From Inpatient to Outpatient

When One Biologic Fails

Help! My IBD patient Has a New Diagnosis – Pregnancy and Malignancy

Nuances of Perianal Disease

Colon cancer – Screening, diagnosis, and beyond

Gastroesophageal reflux disease

Incorporating the Endoscopic treatment of Obesity Guidelines into your practice

Computer-Aided-Detection Assisted Colonoscopy – Applying the AGA guidance

ACG Guidance on H pylori – Taking a Critical Approach

The Old PEG tube – New Approach and the ASGE Guidelines

ACG Clinical Guideline Focal Liver Lesions

Hot off the Press! Diagnosis and Management of Eosinophilic Esophagitis

Chasing a Polyp Down the Rabbit Hole – Endoscopic Appendectomy

Getting Through the Luminal Squeeze – Stricture Dilations and Beyond

Esophageal Diverticula and Cricopharyngeal Disease – Beyond the Zenker

Pneumatic Balloon Dilation – Does It Still Have a Role in My Practice

Cold EMR

Barrett’s ablation

Hemorrhoid Banding

Endoscopic vacuum therapy

BCM IMAGINE Program – Genetic Influence on Disease and Health

Managing Pain and Opioid Misuse Disorder for the Gastroenterologist