Look for us at NASPGHAN 2026!
Nationwide Children’s Hospital is proud to join colleagues at the 2026 North American Society for Pediatric Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition (NASPGHAN) meeting, October 21–24 at the Marriott Marquis San Diego Marina. Our clinicians and researchers will contribute to the Single Topic Symposia, Postgraduate Course and annual meeting, including programs from the Council for Pediatric Nutrition Professionals (CPNP) and the Association of Pediatric Gastroenterology and Nutrition Nurses (APGNN).
Visit us in the exhibit hall to meet our team and learn about our work in neurogastroenterology and motility, interventional endoscopy, pancreatic and liver care, nutrition and training.
Exhibit Hours
- Thursday, October 22 from 5 to 7 p.m.
- Friday, October 23 from 10 a.m. to 2:30 p.m.
- Saturday, October 24 from 10 a.m. to 2:30 p.m.
Awards and Honors
Muhammad Khan, MD, MPH, FASGE, NASPGHAN-F, will receive the 2026 NASPGHAN Endoscopy Prize for “Gastric Peroral Endoscopic Myotomy (G-POEM) Is Feasible and Can Lead to Durable Improvement in Children With Gastroparesis Symptoms.”
Andrea Newport, APRN, FNP-C, will receive the 2026 APGNN New Member Engagement Scholarship. She serves on APGNN’s Clinical Practice Committee.
Megan H. Yarnell, APRN, FNP-BC, will also receive the 2026 APGNN New Member Engagement Scholarship. The APGNN awards three of these scholarships each year and two of them went to Nationwide Children’s advanced practice providers.
Jennifer L. Smith, MS, RD, CSP, LD, LMT, will be honored with the 2026 CPNP Dietitian of Excellence Award in recognition of her many contributions to CPNP, NASPGHAN, and other societies.
Nationwide Children’s Clinicians and Researchers in the Program
The CPNP Nutrition Symposium takes place Saturday, October 24. The APGNN Annual Meeting has dedicated sessions Friday and Saturday. For complete schedules and registration details, visit the NASPGHAN 2026 Annual Meeting page.
Praveen Goday, MBBS, co-leads the “Institutional Capacity-Building Roundtable” during the Single Topic Symposium – Intestinal Failure.
Muhammad Khan, MD, MPH, FASGE, NASPGHAN-F, presents “Beyond PEG: Revolutionizing Pediatric Feeding Access” during the Single Topic Symposium – Endoscopy.
Ross Maltz, MD, presents “Biosimilar Updates: What’s the Difference?” during the Postgraduate Course.
Rosara Bass, MD, MS, participates in the “After Acute Pancreatitis: Who Needs Surveillance and GLP-1 Agonists” Meet the Professor Breakfast
Carlo Di Lorenzo, MD, presents “Empire Strikes Back: What Is New in Rome V” during Concurrent Session II “Rome and Beyond.” He is also a co-author of the NASPGHAN Endoscopy Prize and one other oral abstract.
Amy Donegan, APRN, joins the NASPGHAN panel “Stepping Beyond Your Practice: Pathways to Meaningful Professional Service”. She also co-presents “Building Career Capital: Creating Influence, Opportunity, and Impact” during the APGNN annual meeting.
Jaimie D. Nathan, MD, presents the “Should I Go?” side of the Cholecystectomy Debate in Acute Recurrent Pancreatitis during the Tools, Techniques and Tough Decisions: Managing Complex Pancreatic Disease session.
Karla Vaz, MD, co-moderates “Mind the Gut”.
Rajitha Venkatesh, MD, MPH, joins the “Back to School: Do Additional Degrees Add Value?” discussion at the Career Crossroads Meet the Professor breakfast.
Carlo Di Lorenzo, MD, will be a featured speaker and panelist for “Rome V in Real Life: Bringing the New Pediatric DGBI Criteria to the Bedside,” a symposium sponsored by the Rome Foundation and NASPGHAN. As co-chair for lower GI disorders in Rome V, he will discuss the new criteria before joining Rachel Rosen, MD, MPH, and Kari Baber, PhD, for an interactive case discussion moderated by Rome Foundation board member Samuel Nurko, MD, MPH. The symposium starts at 7 a.m.
In addition to the Endoscopy Prize abstract to be presented, Muhammad Khan, MD, MPH, FASGE, NASPGHAN-F, will present “Pediatric EUS-Guided Gallbladder Drainage for Definitive Management of Gallstone Pancreatitis” during the Endoscopy Video Abstract Forum.
Karla Vaz, MD, presents on retrograde enemas in the “Mastering Bowel Management” motility skills workshop session.
Alexander Weymann, MD, FAAP, co-moderates “Iterate, Elevate: The Science of Better Care / Pediatric Health Learning Systems”.
Des Yacob, MD, participates in the debate, “To Inject or Not to Inject: Botulinum Toxin in Chronic Upper GI Symptoms”.
Dennis Yang, MD, will present the oral abstract, “Assessing Constipation Severity in Children with Autism: Validation of an Autism-Specific Screening Tool”.
