Complications of Pancreatitis - Knowledge Gaps and Research Opportunities Workshop
July 23, 2025
8:00am - 4:30pm
William Pitt Union, Lower Lounge (hybrid option)
2959 Fifth Ave, Pittsburgh, PA 15260
Final Agenda

Registration (7:30-8:00)

 

Welcome  (8:00-8:15) Drs. Saloman and Freeman

 

Keynote Presentation (8:15-8:30)

Q&A interview  Anna Phillips, MD and patient

 

Session One – Endocrine Insufficiency (8:30-10:00)

Moderators: and Jennifer Ladd (Nationwide)

Pathophysiology (How T3cDM differs or is the same as T1DM and T2DM)

Melena Bellin (UMN)

Genetic risk factors, predictive biomarkers of CP-associated DM

Mark Goodarzi (CSHS)

Role of auto-immunity in pediatric and adult T3cDM

Clive Wasserfall (UFL) Virtual

Management of T3cDM and monitoring for complications (e.g., vascular disease and pdac)

Phil Hart (OSU) Virtual

 

BREAK (10:00-10:15)

 

Session Two – Exocrine Insufficiency (10:15-11:45)

Moderators: Vikesh Singh (JHMI) and Bomi Lee (Stanford)

Measurements and Clinical Evidence of EPI

Christopher Forsmark (UFL)

MRI as a tool for assessing exocrine function

Temel Tirkes (IU) VIRTUAL

Consequences of Fat-soluble Vitamin Deficiencies

Kristen Roberts (OSU)

Overcoming Challenges to the Treatment of EPI

Sarah Jane Schwarzenberg (UMN)

Discussion (11:45-12:00)

 

LUNCH (12:00-1:00)

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Session Three – Other Metabolic Abnormalities (1:00-2:30)

Moderators: Dhiraj Yadav (UPMC) and Aiste Gulla

Osteopathy Pathophysiology and Treatment

Darwin Conwell (UK)

Cross-sectional Imaging of Body Composition

Ronald Summers (NIH-CC) Virtual

Sarcopenia, Detection and Treatment

Guru Trikudanathan (UMN)

Visceral Neuropathies

Bradon Kuo (MGH) Virtual

 

BREAK (2:30-2:45)

 

Session Four – Nutrition, Pain and Genetics (2:45-3:45)

Moderators: (Ariel) (CCHMC)

The Role and Indication for Nutritional Supplementation and Enteral Feeding in RAP/CP

Steve Pandol (CSMC)

The Transcutaneous Device Treatment of Pancreatic Pain

Mahya Faghih (JHMI)

Can CFTR Modulators Alter the Course of Pediatric and Adult RAP and CP?

Aliye Uc (Iowa)

 

Controversy (3:45-4:30) Point-Counterpoint Discussion of Genetic Testing

Moderators: Jami Saloman and Jay Freeman

Should all patients with pancreatitis undergo genetic testing?

Yes - Maisam Abu-El-Haija (CCHMC)

No - Steve Hughes (UFL)