THURSDAY 29/1/2015

14:00-15:00 Gathering & Registration
(Light lunch will be served at the Exhibit Hall)

 

SESSION 1:
Chairman: Prof. Michael Wilschanski

15:00-15:10 – Welcome- Prof. Michael Wilschanski

15:10- 15:20 Alginate biomaterial protects from acetaminophen-induced liver injury in mice
Ami Ben Ya'acov, Smadar Cohen, Lida Zolotaryova, Avital Sinai, Yaron Ilan, Eyal Shteyer

15:20-15:30 – pANCA and ASCA in > 400 children with IBD-unclassified (IBD-U), Crohn’s Colitis and Ulcerative Colitis (UC) - a longitudinal report from the Porto pediatric IBD group of ESPGHAN
Liron Birimberg-Schwartz, David Wilson, Kaija-Leena Kolho, Katarzyna Kardowsha-Bochenek, Nadeem A. Afzal, Chris Spray, Claudio Romano, Paolo Lionetti, Almuthe C. Hauer, Christine Martinez-Vinson, Gabor Veres, Dan Turner on behalf of the pediatric IBD-U working group

15:30- 15:40- Increased Vitamin D Dose Reduces Pulmonary Exacerbations and Hospitalizations in Cystic Fibrosis Patients
Yasmeen Abu Fircha, Hila Elyashar-Earon, David Shoseyov, Malena Kohen-Cymberknoh, Shoshana Armoni, Eitan Kerem, Michael Wilschanski

15:40-15:50- Does propofol sedation administration by gastroenterologists for pediatric endoscopic procedures safe and efficient??
Aya Khalaili, Ron Shaoul MD

15:50-16:20- Role of micro RNA in Infant Nutrition
Prof. Shimon Reif

16:20-16:30- Balloon or Bougienage for Esophageal dilation in children with esophageal stenosis: a cohort data analysis
Adi Gurfinkel, MD, Amir Ben-Tov, MD, Isaac Kori, MD, Hagith Nagar, MD, ItzhakVinograd, MD, Shimon Reif, MD, Shlomi Cohen, MD

16:30-16:40- Deleterious mutation in the nNOS gene is associated with infantile achalasia
Eyal Shteyer, Tzili Zangen, Simon Edvardson, Sarah L. Wynia-Smith, Ciro Leonardo Pierri, Saar Hashavya, Michal Begin, Barak Yaacov, Yuval Cinamon, Benjamin Z Koplewitz, Amos Vromen, Orly Elpeleg, Brian C. Smith

16:40-16:50- Antibiotic resistance to Helicobacter pylori in children living in Israel
Michal Kori, Haim Shmuely, Rita Berdinstien, Jacob Yahav

16:50-17:20- From the genome to our plate: the evolution of dairy consumption
Amali Messika

17:20-17:50 - Coffee break

 

SESSION 2:
Chairman: Dr. Orly Ishach- Adiv

17:50- 18:30- Bone proteins in the gut: from bench to bedside and back
Prof. Francisco A. Sylvester
Professor of Pediatrics, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

18:30- 18:40- Intermittent Vancomycin and Gentamicin as Exclusive Therapy for Severe Very Early Onset Inflammatory Bowel Disease
Raffi Lev-Tzion, Oren Ledder, Eyal Shteyer and Dan Turner

18:40-18:50- Maintenance of Remission with Partial Enteral Nutrition Therapy in pediatric Crohn’s Disease: A retrospective study.
Jacqueline M Schulman BSc, MSc, Ron Shaoul MD

18:50-19:00- The effect of probiotics on sputum bacteria, sputum inflammation, pulmonary infections and intestinal inflammation in patients with cystic fibrosis: A double-blind placebo-controlled cross-over trial
Tzippora Shalem, Ori Efrati, Batia Weiss.

19:00- 19:10 – Vitamin D inhibits development of liver fibrosis in animal model but cannot ameliorate established cirrhosis.
Reif Shimon, Weisman Yosef, Brazowski Eli, Ben Tov Amir Abramovitch Shirley

19:10-19:20– INFLAMMATORY BOWEL DISEASES (IBD) IN ISRAEL: HIGH PREVALENCE IS SUGGESTED BY HEALTH MAINTENANCE ORGANIZATIONS (HMOs) ADMINISTRATIVE DATABASES
Yael Shachar, Malka Avitzour, Yehuda Chowers, Ran Balicer, Natan Lederman, Eran Matz, Joseph Rosenblum, Rami Eliakim, Shomron Ben-Horin, Shmuel Odes, Jorge Pfeffer Zohar Levy, Eran Israeli, Iris Dotan, Dan Turner

 

FRIDAY 30/1/2015

SESSION 3:
Chairman: Dr. Avi Pacht

08:30- 9:00 Therapeutic Drug Monitoring of Biologics for Pediatric Inflammatory Bowel Disease.
Prof. Ron Shaul

9:00- 9:10 – Protracted cytomegalovirus infection presenting as ileoanal pouchitis in a immune-competent patient: a case report
Montaser Abbasi, Michael Wilschanski.

9:10-9:20 - Transitional care in Inflammatory Bowel Disease – a single center experience
Anat Yerushalmy-Feler, MD, *Yulia Ron, MD, Ayala Nachum, MA, Iris Dotan, MD, Shlomi Cohen, MD

9:20-9:30- School attendance in children with functional abdominal pain and inflammatory bowel diseases
Amit Assa MD, Alona Ish-Tov, Raanan Shamir MD

9:30-9:40- Characteristics and colectomy occurrence in children with ulcerative colitis in Israel
Firas Rinawi MD, Amit Assa MD, Corina Hartman MD, Yael Mozer Glassberg MD, Vered Nachmias Friedler MD, Rivka Shapiro MD, Ari Silbermintz MD, Noam Zevit MD, Raanan Shamir MD

9:40- 9:50 – Advanced Liver Disease Correlates with Low Serum Lysosomal Acid Lipase activity
Rivka Villenchik, Rifaat Safadi, Mahmud Mahamid, Nidaa Nator and Eyal Shteyer

9:50-10:00- Rac1 Polymorphisms and Thiopurine Efficacy in Children with Inflammatory Bowel Disease
Raffi Lev-Tzion, Paul Renbaum, Oren Ledder, Raphael Mevorach, Nurit Algur, Reeval Segel, Amir Karban, Eduard Koifman, Edna Efrati, Aleixo Muise, Yehuda Chowers, Dan Turner

10:00- 10:30- The procedure that changed the world; How the Japanese turned adversity into advantage
Dr. Jacob Harold

10:30- 11:00- Coffee break

 

SESSION 4:
Chairman: Dr. Ilana Weintraub

11:00-11:40- Bone health in gastrointestinal diseases
Prof. Francisco A. Sylvester
Professor of Pediatrics, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

11:40- 11:50- INTRAVENOUS CORTICOSTEROID (IVCS) DOSING IN PEDIATRIC ACUTE SEVERE ULCERATIVE COLITIS (PASC): A MULTICENTER PROPENSITY SCORE STUDY
Sapir Choshen, Helen Finnamore, Marcus Auth, David Mack, Jeffrey Hyams, Neal Leleiko, Anne Griffiths, Dan Turner

11:50-12:00- Food Intake Adequacy in Children and Adolescents with Inflammatory Bowel Disease
Corina Hartman, Luba Marderfeld, Amit Assa, Neta Biran, Keren Davidson, Yael Mozer- Glassberg, Vered Nahmias-Friedlander, Irit Poraz, Dana Reznik, Firas Rinawi, Yoram Rosenbach, Ari Silbermintz, Rivka Shapiro, Noam Zevit, Eyal Zifman, Shelly Steiling, Raanan Shamir

12:00-12:10- YOGURT FOR GASTROINTESTINAL HEALTH OUTCOMES: SYSTEMATIC REVIEW AND META-ANALYSIS
Raanan Shamir,Hania Szajewska

12:10- 12:20 – PREVENTCD, the Israeli Cohort
Corina Hartman and Raanan Shamir

12:20- 12:50- The Evolving art of Endoscopic Therapeutics
Dr. Jacob Harold

12:50- 13:00 – Characteristics and Surgical interventions in children with crohn's disease in Israel
Firas Rinawi MD, Amit Assa MD, Corina Hartman MD, Yael Mozer Glassberg MD, Vered Nachmias Friedler MD, Rivka Shapiro MD, Ari Silbermintz MD, Noam Zevit MD, Raanan Shamir MD

13:00-13:10- Smoking and other environmental factors in the development of Pediatric Eosinophilic Esophagitis.
Mordechai Slae, Rabin Persad, Aldrich Jing-Tao Leung, Raniah Gabr, Dion Brocks, Hien Quoc Huynh

13:10- Business Meeting