Session Schedule

Three video-conferencing sessions a month

First, second and third Tuesdays of the month

1:00 – 2:00 pm Eastern Time

Virtual TeleECHO clinics will be available to anyone who is interested in participating. These sessions are fully HIPAA-compliant and support by widely available basic teleconferencing technology. There are no prerequisites to join.

Please register to participate in LIFT-ECHO sessions.

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Tuesday

Jun 14

1PM - 2PM ET

Post-operative Feeding Guidelines for Infants with Short Bowel Syndrome

Didactic: 
Darla Shores, MD, Ph.D., Johns Hopkins Medicine
Learning objectives for this presentation:
  1. Summarize factors that promote intestinal adaptation
  2. Appraise the value of a systematic approach to feeding
  3. Recognize strategies to optimize enteral feeding tolerance
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Tuesday

Jul 12

1PM - 2PM ET

Anastomotic Ulcerations and Treatment

Didactic: 
Lindsey Gumer, MD, Children's Hospital Colorado
Learning objectives for this presentation:
  1. Describe anastomotic ulcerations for children with SBS
  2. Summarize anastomotic ulcerations treatment options
  3. Summarize factors that contribute to anastomotic ulcerations
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Tuesday

Aug 9

1PM - 2PM ET

Host Microbiota Interactions in Short Bowel Syndrome

Didactic: 
Nikhil Pai, MD, McMaster Children's Hospital
Learning objectives for this presentation:
  1. Describe host microbiota interactions in SBS
  2. Summarize the microbiota in SBS
  3. Identify current areas of research

Past Sessions

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Tuesday

May 10

1PM - 2PM ET

Five Years Nutrition and Clinical Outcomes of First Florida Intestinal Rehabilitation Support and Treatment Program for Children

Didactic: 
Deborah Duro, MD, and Zaid Sheikh, MD
Learning objectives for this presentation:
  1. Define intestinal failure and sicuss the goals of intestinal rehabilitation
  2. Decribe the nutritional outcomes of children undergoing intestinal rehabilitation in our program
  3. Discuss data on the patients who achieve enteral autonomy
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Tuesday

Apr 12

1PM - 2PM ET

Role of Surgery in Pediatric Intestinal Failure

Didactic: 
David Mercer, MD
Learning objectives for this presentation:
  1. Understand surgical approach to children with chronic intestinal failure (CIF)
  2. Understand indications for STEP Enteroplasty
  3. Understand outcomes for STEP Enteroplasty
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Tuesday

Mar 8

1PM - 2PM ET

Keeping it Relevant: From Babies to Neonatal Piglets with Intestinal Failure and Back Again

Didactic: 
Justine Turner, MD
Learning objectives for this presentation:
  1. Describe how our laboratory developed a unique model of short bowel syndrome with intestinal failure
  2. Consider the role of pre-clinical models
  3. Consider how our patient problems should inform such translational research
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Tuesday

Feb 8

1PM - 2PM ET

Challenges and Innovation in Chronic Intestinal Failure Management: the Iranian Experience

Didactic: 
Hamed Nikopour, MD Shiraz University, Tehran
Learning objectives for this presentation:
  1. Summarize the challenges of managing CIF in emerging geographies
  2. Challenge conventional paradigms in CIF care
  3. Describe outcomes for CIF care in the Iranian context
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Tuesday

Feb 1

1PM - 2PM ET

Management of Vaccine Induced Thrombosis and Thrombocytopenia (VITTs), Low Platelets and Clots

Didactic: 
William Thomas, MD, Cambridge University Hospitals
Learning objectives for this presentation:
  1. Discuss causes of thrombosis and thrombocytopenia
  2. Discuss pathophysiology and management of VITTs
  3. Summarize VITTs in patients with Short Bowel Syndrome
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Tuesday

Jan 18

1PM - 2PM ET

Intestinal Transplant: Where Did We Start, How Did We Get Here?

Didactic: 
Alan Langnas, MD, Nebraska Medical Center
Learning objectives for this presentation:
  1. Summarize the history of intestinal transplantation
  2. Describe different types of intestinal transplantation and techniques used
  3. Describe the current status of intestinal transplantation
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Tuesday

Jan 11

1PM - 2PM ET

Feeding Disorders in Children with Short Bowel Syndrome

Didactic: 
Abha Kaistha, MD, New York University
Learning objectives for this presentation:
  1. Describe the prevalence of feeding disorders in children with short bowel syndrome (SBS)
  2. Understand the approach to preventing feeding disorders in pediatric SBS
  3. Report the best outcomes for feeding disorder prevention in pediatric SBS
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Tuesday

Jan 4

1PM - 2PM ET

Surgery for Chronic Intestinal Failure (CIF)

Didactic: 
Deb Sudan, MD, Duke University Medical Center
Learning objectives for this presentation:
  1. Describe the role for surgery in IF patients
  2. Describe the choice of surgical procedures for treatment of CIF
  3. Describe surgical and nutritional outcomes for CIF
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Tuesday

Dec 21

1PM - 2PM ET

Bone Health in Intestinal Rehabilitation

Didactic: 
Philip Allan, MD, Oxford, UK
Learning objectives for this presentation:
  1. Summarize the occurrence of osteopenia/osteoporosis in CIF pre and post-intestinal transplant
  2. Describe evaluation of bone health in CIF
  3. Determine best approaches to managing bone health in CIF
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Tuesday

Dec 7

1PM - 2PM ET

Best Practices in Managing Short Bowel Syndrome (SBS)

Didactic: 
John Dibaise, MD, Mayo Clinic, Arizona
Learning objectives for this presentation:
  1. Summarize best practices in managing SBS
  2. Describe approaches to understanding prognosis and goals of care in SBS
  3. Discuss approaches to monitoring and preventing complications in SBS