Patient Symposium 2008
August 23, 2008
The William and Ida Friday Center
Chapel Hill, NC
The UNC Center for Functional GI & Motility Disorders is hosting a Patient Symposium on Saturday, August 23, 2008. The theme is Understanding IBS and Other Functional GI Disorders. The symposium will be held at the William and Ida Friday Center for Continuing Education, in Chapel Hill, North Carolina.
The registration fee is $25.00 and includes all plenary sessions, breakout sessions, lunch, refreshment breaks, and printed materials. Registration begins at 8:00am. The program runs from 8:30am until 5:30pm.
There will be Q&A sessions following plenary sessions as well as breakout sessions at the end of the day, providing plenty of opportunity for questions and answers with the symposium faculty.
Plenary topics (tentative):
Registration Form
Directions
For more information, contact Kirsten Nyrop at knyrop@med.unc.edu.
August 23, 2008
The William and Ida Friday Center
Chapel Hill, NC
The UNC Center for Functional GI & Motility Disorders is hosting a Patient Symposium on Saturday, August 23, 2008. The theme is Understanding IBS and Other Functional GI Disorders. The symposium will be held at the William and Ida Friday Center for Continuing Education, in Chapel Hill, North Carolina.
The registration fee is $25.00 and includes all plenary sessions, breakout sessions, lunch, refreshment breaks, and printed materials. Registration begins at 8:00am. The program runs from 8:30am until 5:30pm.
There will be Q&A sessions following plenary sessions as well as breakout sessions at the end of the day, providing plenty of opportunity for questions and answers with the symposium faculty.
Plenary topics (tentative):
- What is a functional GI disorder
- Types of IBS and risk factors
- Diagnosis and tests for IBS
- IBS medications – effective treatments and new options
- Behavioral and alternative treatments – CBT & other relaxation therapies, hypnosis, biofeedback
- How to talk with your doctor
- New leads in the biology of IBS
- IBS diet and nutrition
- Pediatric functional GI disorders
- Incontinence, constipation, bloating
- Functional dyspepsia and other upper GI symptoms
Registration FormDirections
For more information, contact Kirsten Nyrop at knyrop@med.unc.edu.
