NASPGHAN 2025

NASPGHAN 2025

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The Division of Gastroenterology, Hepatology & Nutrition at Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia (CHOP) is pleased to join the North American Society for Pediatric Gastroenterology, Hepatology & Nutrition (NASPGHAN) at its 2025 Annual Meeting Nov. 5-8, at the Sheraton Grand Chicago Riverwalk in Chicago, Illinois.

CHOP is the nation’s first hospital devoted exclusively to the care of children. Since our start in 1855, CHOP has been the birthplace for countless breakthroughs and dramatic firsts in pediatric medicine. CHOP – and its GI Division – have repeatedly earned a spot of the U.S. News & World Report’s Honor Roll of the nation’s best children’s hospitals.

Binita Kamath

Leading CHOP at this year’s conference will be Binita M. Kamath, MBBChir, MRCP, MTR, Division Chief of Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition. Dr. Kamath is an international leader and world-renowned expert in pediatric hepatology who has a special focus on liver disorders in children. View a Q&A with Dr. Kamath.

Dr. Kamath and the entire Divisional team are thrilled to represent CHOP at NASPGHAN. This year, division staff will be participating as session speakers, poster presenters and exhibitors.

This page will give you all the details you need to know about CHOP at NASPGHAN and well as how you can stay connected with CHOP and access CHOP’s numerous professional resources.

Join us for an evening reception at NASPGHAN

Please join CHOP for an evening reception on Friday, Nov. 7, as we bring a touch of hometown Philly to the famous Windy City! You’ll enjoy beer, wine and hors d’oeuvres in an informal setting overlooking the Chicago River during NASPGHAN’s annual meeting. Connect with Dr. Kamath and other former and current colleagues.

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CHOP live presentations at NASPGHAN

Wednesday, Nov. 5: NASPGHAN Single Topic Symposium

Clearing the Crumbs: Expert Insights into Celiac Disease 

  • 7-7:45 a.m. Engaging with Your Celiac Community, Presenter: Lisa Fahey, MD
  • 9:30 a.m. Confident Diagnosis: From Gluten Challenge to Biopsy Strategy, Presenter: Arunjot Singh, MD, MPH
  • 12:30-1:15 p.m. Interactive Learning Lunch Session #1: Reading the Labels Like a Celiac Detective: Cross Contamination and Hidden Gluten, Presenter: Lisa Fahey, MD

Thursday, Nov. 6: Postgraduate Course
  • 11 a.m.-noon AM  Module 3: Endoscopy, Caustic Ingestions: From Acute Endoscopic Management to Chronic Care, Presenter: Michael A. Manfredi, MD
  • Noon – 1 p.m.  Learning Lunch

Thursday, Nov. 6: NASPGHAN Annual Meeting
  • 4-5 p.m. Fourth Annual NASPGHAN Baby Shark Tank Competition
  • 5-7 p.m. Reception in the Exhibit Hall (Exhibit Hall opens), Poster Session I (A list of posters by CHOP staff is below)

Friday, Nov. 7: NASPGHAN Annual Meeting
  • Noon-2 p.m. Poster Session II (A list of posters by CHOP staff is below)
  • 2:30-4 p.m. Concurrent Session II
    • 2:55 p.m. NASPHAN Foundation/Abbott Nutrition Advanced Fellowship Training in Pediatric Nutrition, Use of an In-line Digestive Cartridge in Short Bowel Syndrome, Presenter: Elaine Lin, MD
    • 3:32 p.m. Abstracts, Advancing Pediatric GI Care: Research Abstracts Showcase, Moderator: Kathleen M. Loomes, MD

Saturday, Nov. 8: NASPGHAN Annual Meeting
  • 7-8 a.m. Meet the Professor Breakfasts, Nutritional Therapy in IBD: Selecting the Right Patient, Panelist: Lindsey G. Albenberg, DO
  • 8:30-10 a.m. Concurrent Session III
    • 8:30 a.m. Panel: Beyond the Bottom Line: Understanding Healthcare Finance and Its Impact, Panelist: David A. Piccoli, MD
    • 8:55 a.m. NASPGHAN Foundation Advanced Fellowship in Pediatric Endoscopy, Use of EUS in Pediatric Perianal Crohn’s Disease and Pediatric EUS Database, Presenter: Alexander Y. Coe, MD, MEd
  • 10:30 a.m.-2 p.m. Exhibit Hall Open
  • 10:30 a.m.-Noon Concurrent Session IV
    • 10:55 a.m. Championing Gender Equity: Adjusting Outpatient Productivity Targets for Lactating Physicians, Presenter: Lisa Fahey, MD
    • 10:55 a.m. Flash Abstracts, Prebiotic Insulin-type Fructans Modulated Clostridiodes Difficile Abundance in Children with Inflammatory Bowel Disease: Sub-analysis from a Double-blind Randomized Controlled Trial, Presenter: Jibraan A. Fawad, MBBS
    • 11:07 a.m. Early Microbiota and Mucosal Cross-Talk in the Development of Obesity, Presenter: Nikhil Pai, MD
    • 11:32 a.m. NASPGHAN Foundation/Reckitt Mead Johnson Nutrition Research Young Investigator Development Award, Defining mechanisms and discovering medicines: Diet-driven Dysbiosis Influences Survival in Hirschsprung Disease-associated Enterocolitis, Presenter: Naomi E. Butler Tjaden, MD, PhD

Noon-2 p.m. Poster Session III (A list of posters by CHOP staff is below)

2-3:30 p.m. Concurrent Session V 

  • 2:32 p.m. Mastering the Soft Skills of TNE: Ensuring Safety and Scoping with Parents in the Room, Presenter: Matthew J. Ryan, MD   
  • 2:57 p.m. NASPGHAN Endoscopy Prize, Anesthesia-free Transforal Endoscopy Using a Modified Pacifier in Early Infancy, Presenter: Jonathan A. Berken, MD, PhD 

3:45-5:15 p.m. Concurrent Session VI

Meet our experts

Participants at NASPGHAN 2025 can meet with select CHOP experts at the hospital’s booth behind registration. See Tower Exhibit spaces 7 and 8 during exhibit hours.  

Download a copy of the 2025 CHOP Participation Guide.

Friday, Nov. 7

Saturday, Nov. 8 

CHOP poster presentations at NASPGHAN 

Poster Session I: 5-7 p.m. Thursday, Nov. 6 

Location: Riverwalk A&B – Level 1 

26. Using point-of-care gastric ultrasound to inform pre-endoscopy fasting guidelines in post-pylorically tube fed children: A prospective observational study.* 

68. From primary care to specialty care: How patient background affects subspecialty referral completion. 

111. Odevixibat treatment in patients with F1C1 deficiency: Sustained efficacy, particularly in pruritus, in an integrated analysis of responders (PEDFIC1 and PEDFIC2). 

140. Low sensitivity of commercial assays for varicella zoster virus seropositivity in pediatric patients with inflammatory bowel disease.*  

149. Risankizumab for the treatment of very early onset inflammatory bowel disease. 

164. Perianal outcomes in children using Upadacitinib for management of Crohn’s disease. 

165. 5-Aminosalicylic aid for the treatment of mild uncomplicated pediatric Crohn’s disease. 

171. Real-world evidence of growth improvement in children receiving enteral formula administered through an immobilized lipase cartridge: A case series. 

176. Clinical outcomes of children with potential Celiac disease in North America: A multicenter retrospective study. 

185. Profound peripheral eosinophilia in the setting of protein losing enteropathy due to intestinal lymphangiectasia in a 17-month-old girl. 

189. Let’s be CLEAR (clarifying expectations to advance relationships): Supporting gastroenterology inpatient staff, patients, and families in managing distress and mitigating conflict. 

209. Acute severe gastric distension in a teenage boy: A case report. 

223. Intrapyloric botox injection improves symptoms for pediatric patients with gastroparesis. 

224. Explore the association between gastric emptying study & body surface gastric mapping in pediatrics. 

225. Medical experiences and needs in visceral myopathy syndromes: A patient-reported cohort study through the MMIHS Foundation. 

240. Pediatric functional abdominal pain disorders: Examining the relationship between understanding and hope. 

255. Using mixed meal tolerance test (MMT) to measure the outcomes and impacts of total pancreatectomy and islet cell auto-transplantation (TPIAT) on a pediatric patient at the Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia. 

274. A quality improvement project to improve access to behavioral health treatment for pediatric rumination syndrome: Assessing caregiver-reported barriers and education preferences. 

*Posters of Distinction  

Poster During Concurrent Session I: 10:30 a.m.-Noon, Friday, Nov. 7 

291. Novel point-of-care diagnostic risk model and clinical calculator for biliary atresia.  

Poster Session II: Noon-2 p.m., Friday, Nov. 7 

Location: Riverwalk A&B – Level 1 

350. Pediatric gastro endoscopic ultrasound (PEGASEUS) database. 

386. Post-transplant lymphoproliferative disorder (PTLD) vs. Epstein-Barr vicus (EBV) dnaemia in pediatric liver transplant patients: A single-center experience. 

419. Evaluating the impact of weight loss interventions of metabolic dysfunction-associated steatotic liver disease in pediatric patients: A preliminary analysis using transient elastography. 

464. Cytomegalovirus colitis in pediatric patients with inflammatory bowel disease. 

471. A case of very early onset inflammatory bowel disease due to a novel Ripki variant. 

520. Co-development, feasibility and preliminary validity of a digital gastric symptom and well-being diary for adolescents with gastroduodenal DGBIS. 

524. Radio-opaque market study: Re-dedefining the colonic transit time in pediatrics. 

543. Current practice and barriers in transitioning adolescents and young adults with neurogastroenterology and motility disorders: Results of a survey study. 

544. Lower gut symptoms are highly associated with upper gut symptoms for pediatric patients with gastric functional disorders. 

552. Validation of the Goldberg Criteria for neonatal malnutrition.* 

566. Tirzepatide as an adjunctive therapeutic option in the treatment of metabolic dysfunctions-associated steatotic liver disease. 

567. Disrupting developmental programming of metabolic dysfunction through GLP-1 receptor agonism during pregnancy.* 

570. Management of small intestinal bacterial overgrowth (SIBO) in pediatric short bowel syndrome (SBS) – Perspectives of an international Delphi panel. 

*Posters of Distinction 

Posters During Concurrent Session IV: 10:30 a.m.-Noon, Saturday, Nov. 8

606. Championing gender equity: Adjusting outpatient productivity targets for lactating physicians. 

607. Effects of bile flow on the development of the gut microbiome in infants with biliary atresia. 

608. Prebiotic insulin-type fructans modulated clostridioides difficile abundance in children with inflammatory bowel disease: Sub-analysis from a double-blind randomized controlled trial. 

Poster Session III: Noon-2 p.m., Saturday, Nov. 8 

Location: Riverwalk A&B – Level 1

615. Esophageal dissecans: A rare finding on an endoscopy. 

625. Routine nutritional biomarker screening in newly diagnosed pediatric inflammatory bowel patients: A comparative analysis based on malnutrition status. 

659. Practice patterns and clinical findings in infant esophagogastroduodenoscopy. 

733. Adjunctive hyperbaric oxygen therapy in pediatric perianal Crohn’s disease. 

745. Unraveling the gut: A case of TTC7A-related VEO-IBD in a premature infant. 

821. Preventing the incorrect administration of over-the-counter rectal constipation therapies in children: A quality improvement project in response to a critical patient safety event. 

Posters During Concurrent Session V: 2-3:30 p.m., Saturday, Nov. 8

873. Epithelial stem cell defects precede the development of Hirschsprung-associated enterocolitis in the Piebald lethal mode of Hirschsprung disease. 

875. Anesthesia-free transoral endoscopy using a modified pacifier in early infancy. 

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Referral Information

Referring a patient outside your care is an act of trust. You must be confident the team you refer to has the knowledge, training and experience to make a significant difference in the outcome for your patient. We are here to assist you in providing the best care for your patients. To discuss a potential referral, schedule or seek a second opinion, please call 215-590-3630, option #2 or email CHOPRefGI@chop.edu.

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Save the Date for Our 9th Annual IBD and VEO-IBD Symposium

Physicians and healthcare professionals are invited to join us for the 9th Annual Personalized IBD and VEO-IBD Symposium: Genomics, Microbiome, Biologics and Beyond. This one-day virtual course, led by faculty from CHOP will present the latest news about care and research for patients with IBD and VEO-IBD. More information and a link to join will come soon.

Educational resources for clinicians

  • CHOP OPEN: Access CHOP’s Online Pediatric Education Network, our library of educational lectures that cover a variety of clinical topics.
  • The Clinical Pathways Program incorporates evidence, best practices and expert consensus into shared models for use by clinical teams at the point of care. Topics include newly updated sessions on G, GJ or J-tube complications, malnutrition/failure to thrive in infants, constipation, appendicitis, upper GI bleeds, pre- and post-op care for patients with congenital diaphragmatic hernia, and ileocolic intussusception.
  • Continuing Education, including live courses and online CEs (search by specialty).
  • Pediatric Gastroenterology Fellowship programs, including specialized programs on IBD, GI motility, nutrition, hepatology and aerodigestive medicine.
  • See our upcoming GI, Hepatology and Nutrition events.

Online Remote Medical Consultation Program

CHOP specialists offer in-person second opinions at CHOP to any patient and in select clinical areas offer remote consultations for patient families who reside in certain states throughout the country.

Pediatric care for international families

When a family seeks the best medical care for their child, they may look beyond their home country. CHOP has welcomed thousands of international patients for care in nearly every pediatric specialty through our Global Patient Services team.