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PancreasFest 2011

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

Conference Hotel:
Holiday Inn University Center, Pittsburgh PA.

Special rate until July 6, 2012

Call 412-682-6200
or 800-UNIVCTR
and state "PancreasFest" to get the special $129/nigh price.

Online registration: Holiday Inn (Group Code: PAN).

Important Dates:

  • Early Registration
    • July 6, 2012: Early Physician/Faculty Registration - $175:
      After $225
    • July 6, 2012: Early non-physicians, trainee - $150: After $200
  • Scholarships
    • 6/4/2012: Trainee/Jr. Faculty Scholarship Submission Deadline
    • 6/18/2012: Scholarship Awardee Announcements
    • 6/25/2012: Scholarship Confirmation Required by Awardee
    • Link To Awards (CAPER)
  • Abstracts
    • 7/6/12: Abstract Submission Deadline
    •

    Pittsburgh, PA July 26-27, 2012

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

    Review PancreasFest 2012

    PancreasFest 2012 Program: Program Download

    PancreasFest 2012 Registration - Open! Univ Pittsburgh CME program - link to UPMC CME Site

    Travel Schoslarhips Available via C.A.P.E.R..


    Pancreatic Cancer - Working Group
    "What’s Needed – Future Directions for Pancreatic Cancer Research"
    Moderaters: David Tuveson, MD, PhD and Ralph H. Hruban, MD

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    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.

    PF12 - Pre-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.

    Univ Pittsburgh CME program - Open!

    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

    PF2012 Working Groups

    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

    Diabetes and Chronic Pancreatitis: Audience Response / Vote
    - discussion leaders: TBA

    Pain and Chronic PancreatitisAudience Response / Vote
    - discussion leaders: (tentative: Rodger A. Liddle, MD, Wahid Wassef, MD, MPH, Michelle A. Anderson, MD, MSc)

    Total Pancreatectomy, Islet Autotransplantation and Chronic Pancreatitis Audience Response / Vote
    - discussion leaders: (tenative: Jeffrey B. Matthews, MD, Abhi Humar MD, Melena Bellin, MD and Michael C. Appel, 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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