Harvard Management of Pancreatic Disorders for the Practicing Clinician 2025

• Target Audience: gastroenterologists and surgeons
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1. Overview

Strengthen your clinical approach to pancreatic disorders with this global course featuring expert led insights on acute and chronic pancreatitis, cysts, and rare subtypes designed to equip providers across all settings with practical evidence based strategies for improving patient outcomes.

Pancreatic diseases are common gastrointestinal disorders; however, there is significant variability in the way patients are diagnosed and managed. The goal of this course to provide real-world education to practicing clinicians nationally and internationally in order to improve patient outcomes. Our target audience includes not only experts from HMS, but also community and other academic providers that will benefit from in depth knowledge regarding pancreatic diseases. Both course directors are medical pancreatologists who run multidisciplinary pancreas programs are their respective institutions. Topics and speakers for each talk were selected based on personal clinical experience and through multidisciplinary discussions of knowledge gaps which exist when providing care to patients. The goal is to provide world-expert education to all clinicians who care for patients with pancreatic disorders. All course faculty were selected with the HMS Diversity Statement in mind. A concerted effort was made to achieve the appropriate representation of women, racial/ethnic minorities, and persons with disabilities, and other individuals underrepresented in medicine.

The following topics will be covered: acute pancreatitis, chronic pancreatitis, autoimmune pancreatitis, pancreatic tumors, pancreatic cysts, and pediatric pancreatology. In this second edition, we will cover new and updated topics in pancreatology, offering fresh insights beyond last year’s program.

2. Learning Objectives

Discuss management of acute pancreatitis based on randomized clinical trial results.

Apply the best evidence-based management of pancreatic adenocarcinoma and pancreatic neuroendocrine tumors.

Discuss the management of common pediatric pancreatic illnesses.

Update the management of chronic pancreatitis and its complications.

Identify the management of autoimmune pancreatitis based on evidence from observational studies and the experience of centres with a high volume of patients with this disease.

Discuss the diagnosis, surveillance and treatment of pancreatic cysts.

Understand how to diagnose exocrine pancreatic insufficiency and properly treat EPI.

3. Target Audience

Best for gastroenterologists and surgeons who want updates on acute and chronic pancreatitis, pancreatic cysts, and oncology management.

4. Topics

01 Day 1 Intro – Yasmin Hernandez-Barco, Enrique de-Madaria

02 Acute Pancreatitis – Initial Management Etiology of Pancreatitis It Is Never Idiopathic Yasmin Hernandez-Barco

03 Acute Pancreatitis – Initial Management Supportive Treatmentin Acute Pancreatitis James Buxbaum

04 Acute Pancreatitis – Initial Management Redefining Severity Updates from the New Atlanta Criteria Pramod Garg

05 Acute Pancreatitis – Initial Management Anticoagulation in Acute Pancreatitis When and How Lucía Guilabert

06 Acute Pancreatitis – Initial Management Antibiotics in Acute Pancreatitis Should we Ajith Siriwardena

07 Acute Pancreatitis – Initial Management Prevention of Recurrent Acute Pancreatitis Enrique de-Madaria

08 Acute Pancreatitis – Initial Management Prevention of Post-ERCPPancreatitis Tyler Berzin

09 Necrotizing Pancreatitis When to Intervene Casey Luckhurst

10 Endoscopic management of Necrosis A true How-to Guru Trikudanathan

11 The Necrosis Is Gone Long-Term Management of Necrotizing Pancreatitis and It’s Complications Alejandro Piscoya

12 Genetic Testing in Pancreatic Adenocarcinoma Risk Factors and Early Detection Kyoichi Takaori

13 Differential Diagnosis of a Pancreatic Mass Lessons from a Radiologist Avinash Kambadakone

14 Pancreatic Adenocarcinoma Resectable and Borderline Resectable Disease, A Paradigm Shift Marco del Chiaro

15 Precision Medicine in Pancreatic Cancer Alfredo Carrato

16 Complications Following Pancreatic CancerSurgery How to Manage Sohei Satoi

17 Pancreatic Neuroendocrine Tumors Diagnosis and Monitoring Francesco Panzuto

18 Overview of Pancreatic Disorders in Children – Whatthe Practicing Clinician Needs to do Juan Pablo Gurria

19 Role of Endoscopy in Pediatric Patients Amit Grover

20 EPI in Children Aliye Uc

21 Autoimmune Pancreatitis Approach to Diagnosis and Treatment Peter Farrell

22 CF and the Pancreas in Children Andrew Liman

23 Genetics in Pediatric Pancreatitis Can we Intervene Andrea Parniczky

24 Day 1 Outro – Yasmin Hernandez-Barco, Enrique de-Madaria

25 Day 2 Intro – Yasmin Hernandez-Barco, Enrique de-Madaria

26 Chronic Pancreatitis and Its Complications Approach to the Management of Chronic Pancreatitis David Whitcomb

27 Chronic Pancreatitis and Its Complications Pain Managementin Chronic Pancreatitis Role of Invasive Procedures Mel Wil…

28 Chronic Pancreatitis and Its Complications EPI Diagnosis, Treatment, Monitoring, and Management of Treatment Failur…

29 Chronic Pancreatitis and Its Complications Diabetes in Chronic Pancreatitis Melena Bellin

30 Chronic Pancreatitis and Its Complications Metabolic Bone Disease Pathogenesis, Diagnosis and Treatmentin CP Julia …

31 Chronic Pancreatitis and Its Complications Endoscopic Therapy in CP Rupjyoti Talukar

32 Chronic Pancreatitis and Its Complications Surgical Managementin Chronic Pancreatitis Peter Fagenholz

33 Chronic Pancreatitis and Its Complications Sphincter of Oddi Dysfunction Diagnosis and Therapy Mandeep Sawhney….

34 Chronic Pancreatitis and Its Complications Autoimmune Pancreatitis Diagnosis, Treatment and Long-term monitoring …

35 Chronic Pancreatitis and Its Complications Cystic Fibrosis and Cystic Fibrosis Related Disorder When to Suspect and A…

36 Chronic Pancreatitis and Its Complications Genetics in Pancreatitis Whom to test, what to test; Genetic Counseling Jona…

37 Chronic Pancreatitis and Its Complications Management of Long-term Complications of Pancreatic Surgery Endoscopi…

38 Pancreatic Cysts Surveillance Strategies Giovanni Marchegiani

39 Pancreatic Cysts Pancreatic Cyst Fluid Beyond CEA Linda Lee

40 Pancreatic Cysts Surgical Approaches in IPMN Tom Clancy

41 Pancreatic Cysts Long-term Natural History of IPMN and its Implications Carlos Fernandez-del Castillo

42 Pancreatic Cysts The Patient’s Perspective in Pancreatic Disease Care How to Provide Meaningful Patient-Centered Care …

43 Day 2 Outro – Yasmin Hernandez-Barco, Enrique de-Madaria

Pancreas course 2025