Patient Care

Better Patient Care Starts Here

Come to learn from others. Leave ready to improve patient outcomes. DDW is where you’ll join your colleagues and renowned experts to share best practices, delve into exciting new developments in the field and discover cutting-edge solutions to improve your practice. Customize your DDW experience using DDW Tracks, including a Clinical Practice Track, to filter sessions, Posters and ePosters based on topical areas of interest. Show up here, so you can keep showing up for your patients.

This year, you choose how you want to be part of DDW. Attend in person in Chicago or join us online. 

Here for Knowledge

Engage in sessions that deliver insight into others' real-life experiences, and hear perspectives on the issues that affect your day-to-day.

Here for Collaboration

Discuss important scientific works with the authors behind them. Find out what your peers are doing to improve patient care and share your own successes.

Here for Connections

DDW is your place to catch up with former colleagues and classmates you haven't seen in a while, reconnect with old friends and make new ones.

DDW 2023 Session Highlights

DDW 2023 will feature sessions specifically targeted to clinicians. Below are a few session highlights.

  • ASGE AI in GI Workshop 
    • Friday, May 5, 1-5:30 p.m.
  • AGA Clinical Practitioner Zone: Throughout DDW, AGA will feature sessions specifically targeted to clinical practitioners. These “Best of” session topics include Barrett’s esophagus, acute pancreatitis, inflammatory bowel diseases and more.
  • ASGE Clinical Symposia: Several practical clinical sessions on pertinent topics facing the field will be presented throughout DDW. Sessions include:
    • Practical Application of Recent ASGE Clinical Practice Guidelines: A Case-Based Approach
    • Common Challenges in Colonoscopy
  • AGA Postgraduate Course  
    • Saturday, May 6, 8 a.m.-5:30 p.m.
  • AGA A Day in the GI Office
    • Sunday, May 7, 2-3:30 p.m.
  • ASGE Postgraduate Course
    • Sunday, May 7, 7 a.m.-5 p.m.
  • AGA IBD Care in a Post-COVID World
    • Sunday, May 7, 4-5:30 p.m.
  • AASLD Clinical Practice Workshop: Contemporary Hepatology for Gastroenterologists
    • Monday, May 8, 2-3:30 p.m.
  • AGA The Key to Optimal Patient Care: Good Clinician-Pathologist Communication
    • Monday, May 8, 4-5:30 p.m.

It’s a great check on my own practice. I always say the patients I see the first month after DDW get the best care.

Albert Ross, MD, Pinnacle GI Partners

The Right Meeting for You

What Are You Here For?

Watch this video to learn more about what you can expect out of this year’s meeting. Whatever you’re looking for, you’ll find it here.

Scope Out the Poster Hall

Gain access to over 3,300 abstracts through the DDW Poster Hall and ePosters site.

Source the Latest Innovations

Discover the latest GI innovations in the Exhibit Hall and online Industry Supporter Directory.