Last Updated (October 5, 2022):
Update: – PancreasFest Returns!! Planning for PF23 is underway. Stay tuned.
Dates: July 27-28, 2023 (in person)
BELOW IS THE INFORMATION FOR PF22
The Venue for PF23 will be the same as PF22 (Univ. Pittsburgh Campus) but hotel rates may change.
Program:
(Click here to Download Program PDF22 as of June 22, 2022. Subject to Change)
Faculty and Special Guests (click here)
Registration:
Registrants need to register on the CCEHS site prior to registering for the program (https://cce.upmc.com/pancreasfest-2022). Once registered through CCEHS you will be linked to the registration site. This is to ensure that appropriate accreditation can be accessed after the event. Faculty are already registered and should not register again here.
Venue:
We will return to the Wm Penn Student Union on the campus of the University of Pittsburgh
Book your Hotel!
See instructions this link to the Venue/Hotel page (Click here)
Information
Abstracts: Abstracts are being accepted to present at the Poster Sessions at PF22. Abstracts are REQUIRED for travel scholarship (above) – but encouraged for all participants. Abstracts can that are less than a year old from other meetings can be presented. Deadline for abstracts is July 1, 2022.
Posters: All accepted abstracts will be presented as Posters.
Instructions: Click here for abstract guidelines and instructions.
Breakout Sessions (Click Here) Thursday from 4:15 PM to 5:30 PM.
For more information, or to request time for presentation of a clinical research study (Thursday, July 21, 2022 PM) – (click here to contact Joy Merusi)
Pancreas 360 Committee
Organizing Committee
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- Maisam Abu-El-Haija MD MS
- Randall Brand MD
- Darwin Conwell MD MS
- Steve Hughes MD
- David C Whitcomb MD PhD
Administrative Director
NIDDK Workshop: 
Clinical Trials in Pancreatitis: Opportunities and Challenges in the Design and Conduct of Patient-Focused Clinical Trials in Recurrent Acute and Chronic Pancreatitis.
Link To Workshop Website – Registration Required (click here)
An exciting new NIDDK Workshop is being developed for July 20, 2022, Pittsburgh, PA. This is immediately BEFORE PancreasFest (same location, different venue). The agenda and registration information will be posted soon.
Save the Date: July 20, 2022
CAPER
Annual Meeting and Award Lecture
Session V: CAPER Presentations
Moderators: Maisam Abu-El-Haija, MD, MS and Samuel Han, MD, MS
1:30 CAPER Annual Meeting, Introductions, and Travel Awards
Maisam Abu-El-Haija, MD, MS
1:40 CAPER Senior Mentor Award: Darwin Conwell, MD, MS
Introduction: Samuel Han, MD, MS
“A Consultation for your Career, Clan and Conduct”
2:10 Young Investigator Lectures: The Future of Pancreatology
Moderators: Maisam Abu-El-Haija, MD, MS and Samuel Han, MD, MS
1:45 Analgesia Prescribing Patterns During Pediatric Hospitalization
for Acute Pancreatitis
Irina Gorbounova, MD
2:00 Leptin Expression and Chachexia in Pancreatic Ductal Adenocarcinoma
Andrea Riner, MD, MPH
2:15 A Prospective Cohort Sutdy evaluating PAN-PROMISE to Detect
and Risk-Stratify Post-ERCP Pancreatitis Symptoms
Nikhil Thiruvengadam, MD
2:30 Discussion with Mentor and Scholarship Awardees
More information: Caper Web Site.
INSPPIRE
July 22, 2022 – Annual Meeting and Cases Discussions
More information: INSPPIRE Web Site.
7:00 Session VI-A: Pediatric Pancreas Disease
7:00 Welcome to PancreasFest 2022 Day Two
Maisam Abu-El-Haija, MD, MS and Aliye Uc, MD
7:05 INSPPIRE Breakfast Meeting
Aliye Uc, MD
7:45 Pediatric Pancreatitis Case Studies
Moderators: Mark E. Lowe, MD, PhD and Veronique Morinville, MD
7:45 Pediatric Case Study #1:
Robert Gugig, MD
8:00 Pediatric Case Study #2:
Asim Maqbool, MD and J. Naylor Brownell, MD
8:15 Discussion
The following Multi-center Consortium and Working Groups typically meet during the regular meeting. To get involved contact:
- APPRENTICE (International Acute Pancreatitis consortium: contact Georgios Papachristou MD PhD)
- CPDPC (updates on CP, DM, PC Stephen Pandol MD, Christopher Forsmark MD)
- CAPER (New investigators – Maisam Abu-El-Haija MD)
- INSPPIRE (Pediatric pancreatitis consortium – contact Aliye Uc MD)
- POST (TPIAT consortium – contact Melena Bellin MD)
- PRIMO (IPMN study – contact Michael Wallace MD)
- WONTON SOUP – Walled Off Necrosis Therapies: Operations / NOTES for Symptomatic Organized Undigested Pancreas. cosponsored by CAPER. Contact Adam Slivka MD PhD
- DEMAND (Acute pancreatitis multi-center working group, David C. Whitcomb MD PhD)
BREAKOUT SESSIONS. Group meeting will take place on Thursday Afternoon. More details to follow.
Working Groups: One of the most important functions of PancreasFest is the opportunity for motivated physicians and scientists to have face-to-face meetings to develop and advance working groups. .
“PancreasFest: A joint meeting of physicians and scientists committed to learning and collaborating on translational studies of pancreatic diseases.”