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




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