The Fifth Annual Rome Foundation — AGA Institute
Lectureship at Digestive Disease Week 2012
Agenda
Intestinal Permeability: Does
it Explain the Symptoms of Functional GI Disorders?
with Giovanni Barbara, MD
University of Bologna
it Explain the Symptoms of Functional GI Disorders?
with Giovanni Barbara, MD
University of Bologna
Regulation of Intestinal Permeability in Health
and Disease
with Alessio Fassano, MD
University of Maryland
and Disease
with Alessio Fassano, MD
University of Maryland
Esophageal Permeability:
Does it Explain the
Symptoms of NERD?
with Roy Orlando, MD
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Does it Explain the
Symptoms of NERD?
with Roy Orlando, MD
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Tuesday, May 22, 2012
San Diego Convention Center
San Diego, CA
10:30am - NoonSan Diego Convention Center
San Diego, CA
Room 30cde
The Rome Foundation and the American Gastroenterological Association (AGA) were pleased to announce their 5th annual lectureship at Digestive Diseases Week (DDW). The lectureship is designed to address broad aspects of health care that are relevant to digestive diseases and the functional GI disorders.
Learning Objectives:
- Review the current understanding of the regulation of intestinal permeability in health.
- Discuss pathophysiologic mechanisms involving intestinal barrier function in functional gastrointestinal disorders.
- Understand the ways in which altered intestinal barrier function translate into functional GI symptoms.
