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Purpose of PancreasFest

PancreasFest 2011

Conference Venue:
University Club, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA 

Conference Hotel:
Wyndham University Center, Pittsburgh PA.

Special rates - $132/night

Online registration: Go to "Reservations” and then “Special Rates & Codes”. PF13 group code 03016841PAN

Important Dates:
  • July 2, 2013 Early Registration
    • Physician -$220 early/ $270 late or onsite
    • Trainees & Non-physician - $170 early / $220 late or onsite
  • Scholarship (CAPER)
    • Trainee/Jr. Faculty Scholarship Submission Deadline
    • Scholarship Awardee Announcements
    • Scholarship Confirmation Required by Awardee
  • Poster-Abstracts Instructions
    • JULY 2, 2013: Abstract Submission Deadline

    • Pittsburgh, PA July 25-26, 2013
    CME Program - July 24 evening

    "A joint meeting of physicians and scientiest committed to learning and collaborating on translational studies of pancreatic diseases."

    Annual Meetings of the North Amersican Pancreatic Study Group and the Collaboative Alliance for Pancreatic Education and Research: CAPER

    Online registration is OPEN

    Topics:

    Trainees: 10 CAPER Travel Scholarships
    Review PancreasFest 2012 "PF12 was the best PancreasFest ever!", "The meeting was fantastic", "This is exactly what the pancreas field needs to push forward"
    PF12 Expert Recommendations
    Participants of PF12 - Send comments to:
     CP Diabetes; CP Pain or CP TPIAT

    Previous PancreasFest Programs

    Official website: PancreasFest 2011 (get CME credit for viewing!!!)

    To the PancreasFest organizing commitee... "I just wanted to send you my profound thanks for what I think is the world's premier pancreatic research meeting. I got more out of these past few days in terms of advancing my research than I have at 10 consecutive DDWs. I feel rejuvenated and inspired." - a young physician-scientist faculty who attended PF11.

    PF13 - On line registration and mailing list

    Please send your name, institution and preferred email address to Joy Merusi to be added to the Mailing List.

    Registration (click to open / close)
    Registration Process:
    PancreasFest includes the integration of multiple groups, society meetings and educational programs. This means that more than one set of registration processes may be needed.

    PancreasFest Expert Recommendation Working Groups
    Registration Form.
    Your email address (above) will be your User Name. To participate in the working group you will need to choose a password and complete the demographic and contact information on the form. Registration as an Expert is required for organizers, speakers, attendees and guests.

    CAPER

    Link to the organizations main web site

    PF2013

    PancreasFest - Purpose
    What is PancreasFest (PF)?
    PancreasFest is an annual meeting of pancreas physicians and translational researchers who convene during the last week of July to find new ways of working together to improve patient care.

    PancreasFest is an umbrella meeting that supports multiple smaller meetings with very focused goals. These include education programs, discussion sessions for new ideas, learning from other disciplines, investigator meetings, and efforts to help young investigators get started exporing their own ideas. PancreasFest is a meeting with a pragmatic purpose - multicenter research.
    CP Clinical Recommendation - CP working groups (click here)
    Group leaders will provide recommendations based on literature review, recent advances and group discussions. Registered PF2012 attendees will vote on the recommendations using the Delphi method (see PMID 21078490).

    Recommendations of Consensus Groups in Chronic Pancreatitis
    -Discussion leader: David Whitcomb MD PhD

    Italian Consensus Guidelines for Chronic Pancreatitis and Overview of Delphi Method
    - discussion leader: Luca Frulloni MD

    CP Diabetes: Audience Response / Vote
    - discussion leaders: Michael Rickels MD with Melena Bellin MD, Shuresh Chari MD, Fred Toledo MD and R. Paul Robertson MD.

    CP: Pain Audience Response / Vote
    - discussion leaders: Michelle A. Anderson, MD, MSc with Kathryn Abers PhD, Ina Belfer MD PhD, Rodger A. Liddle, MD, Wahid Wassef, MD, MPH, C Mel Wilcox MD MSPH and Dhiraj Yadav MD MPH

    CP-TPIAT (Total Pancreatectomy, Islet Autotransplantation) Audience Response / Vote
    - discussion leaders: Martin Freeman MD with Michael C. Appel, PhD, Melena Bellin, MD, Aneres Gelrud MD, Abhi Humar MD, Mark Lowe MD, Jeffrey B. Matthews, MD, and Adam Slivka MD PhD)

    Pancreas Working Groups - Multicenter Studies (click here)
    Name Puropse Meeting Contact
    CAPER Help young clinical investigators - CAPER
    open
    		  
    INSPPIRE Pediatriac acute pancreatitis group
    open
    		  
    IRAP Idiopathic recurrent acute pancreatitis
    invitation
    		  
    NAPS2 Prospective cross-secional RAP/CP Cohort
    closed
    		 David C Whitcomb MD PhD
    CP-Diabetes Define optimal approach to diagnosis and treatment of diabetes mellitus in patients with pancreatitis
    open
    		  
    CP-Pain Define optimal classification, measurement and treatment of pain and poor quality of life in patients with pancreatitis
    open
    		  
    CP-TP/IAT Define the role of total pancreatectomy and islet autotransplantation in patients with pancreatitis.
    open
    		  
    SNAP Steering committtee of the Study of Nutrition in Acute Pancreatitis (NIDDK)
    closed
    		  
    Surgery-Robotic  
    open
    		  
    Surgery-Fistula  
    open
    		  
    TBA  
    tba
    		  

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