Asma Shaukat, MD, Professor of Medicine at NYU Grossman School of Medicine and outgoing Chair of the Clinical Practice Section for the AGA Council, discussed 13-year Nordic trial findings showing reduced colorectal cancer incidence with colonoscopy screening, along with emerging data on GLP-1 therapies in fatty liver disease and cirrhosis. Bruce Sands, MD, Chief of Gastroenterology and Professor of Medicine at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, presented findings from the DUET-CD study evaluating combination therapy in Crohn’s disease.

Dr. Nanette Rowley, General Program Chair for ACOG 2026 (Washington, DC), highlighted strong engagement across sessions on menopause, emergency obstetrics, and perinatal mental health, alongside robust well-being programming. The first-place research award (McClain et al., Henry Ford Health) revealed diagnostic imprecision in intra-amniotic infection, with poor concordance between clinical criteria and placental pathology underscoring the need for standardized protocols. A Penn State study by medical student Arisha Tariq found 45% of THC-exposed neonates required NICU admission, citing prematurity, respiratory distress, and neonatal abstinence syndrome as key concerns.