CDI and MyGiHealth announce Post-DDW Functional GI Trends Webinar

Digestive Disease Week® (DDW®) will feature 2,000+ oral abstracts and ePoster presentations and 300 original lectured sessions across 17 different tracks as well as a virtual exhibit hall, product theaters, and Satellite Symposia. To break down the newest trends and hottest topics discussed during the 3-day virtual event, CDI and MyGiHealth are pleased to announce they will be hosting a Post-DDW Functional GI Trends Webinar on Thursday, May 27^th at 7:30pm ET. This program is endorsed by the Rome Foundation.

The expert GI panel will include:

• Brennan Spiegel, MD, MSHS, Gastroenterologist, Professor of Medicine and Public Health, and Director of Health Services Research for Cedars-Sinai, Director of the Cedars-Sinai Master’s Degree Program in Health Delivery Science, Editor-in-Chief of the American Journal of Gastroenterology, and author of the new book, VRx: How Virtual Therapeutics Will Revolutionize Medicine
• Shanti Eswaran, MD, Gastroenterologist and Clinical Associate Professor of Internal Medicine at Michigan Medicine (University of Michigan), and Fellow and Food & FGIDs Working Team member for Rome Foundation
• Rajiv Sharma, MD, Integrative Gastroenterologist and Researcher, Founder and President of Digestive Health Associates in Terre Haute, Indiana, and author of the book, Pursuit of Gut Happiness

Moderated by Johannah Ruddy, MEd, national healthcare communications expert, academic researcher in the field of IBS and author of Gut Feelings; Disorders of Gut-Brain Interaction and the Patient-Doctor Relationship, and Craig Strasnick, co-founder and CEO of Commonwealth Diagnostics International, Inc. and board member for MyGiHealth and GI Logic, Inc., the webinar will focus on key themes of DDW including the latest breakthroughs in functional GI diagnostics, emerging therapies and treatments, health care delivery, disparities, and quality, technology advancements and procedural innovations.

“DDW is one of the preeminent annual events for the GI community featuring prestigious experts and the latest industry-leading research findings,” said Strasnick. “With DDW 2021 being fully virtual due to COVID, we wanted to create an opportunity to share some of the science and innovations that will be presented during the meeting.”

All members of the GI community are invited to attend the webinar for free, even if you don’t plan to attend DDW virtually this year.