8:00 AM         Registration and Buffet Breakfast

8:55 AM         Welcome and Introductions

9:00 AM        CHRONIC CONSTIPATION: DEFINING THE PROBLEM AND
.......................CLINICAL IMPACT
.......................Ernest Bouras, MD

10:00 AM      EFFECTIVE MANAGEMENT OF CROHN’S DISEASE AND
.......................ULCERATIVE COLITIS (IBD)
.......................Anis A. Ahmadi, MD

10:55 AM       Mid-morning Coffee Break

11:10 AM     . IRRITABLE BOWEL SYNDROME: THE ROLE OF BACTERIA,
........................ANTIBIOTICS AND PROBIOTICS
........................Christine L. Frissora, MD

12:00 noon    CHALLENGES IN REFLUX DISEASE MANAGEMENT
........................Alin Botoman, MD

1:00 PM         Adjourn - All lectures include time for Q and A

Anis A. Ahmadi, MD   
Assistant Professor of Clinical Medicine
Department of Medicine – Division of Gastroenterology
University of Miami Miller School of Medicine
Miami, FL

Christine L. Frissora, MD
Assistant Professor of Clinical Medicine
The Weill Medical College of Cornell University

New York, NY

Alin Botoman, MD
Clinical Associate Professor of Medicine
Department of Medicine – Division of Gastroenterology
University of Miami Miller School of Medicine