AGA Clinical Practice Updates: Battle of the Heavyweights

Society: AGA

This session includes audience response. Visit gastro.cnf.io during the scheduled session time to participate. This annual session will provide DDW attendees the opportunity to hear opposing viewpoints from leading GI experts on the most challenging issues in clinical gastroenterology and hepatology, in a debate format. This 90-minute symposium will feature 3 debates among "heavyweight" faculty who will provide greater clarity as to how we can apply best evidence to clinical decision-making for these challenging topics. Debates focus on recently published AGA Clinical Practice Updates, which are evidence-based reviews and commentaries that address evolving areas of clinical practice and/or technology. These documents address topics of very high clinical importance, and are published in AGA's flagship journals, Gastroenterology and Clinical Gastroenterology & Hepatology. The inaugural "Battle of the Heavyweights" session at DDW 2018 was standing room only. This session was not held during 2020 or 2021 due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The return of the session in 2022, 2023 and 2024 were positively received as a very popular clinical symposium that was well suited for in-person presentation given the engaging format. The CPUC looks forward to another successful session for DDW 2025.