title: Acute Pancreatitis-Progress and Challenges: A Report on an International Symposium.
abstract: An international symposium entitled "Acute pancreatitis: progress and challenges" was held on November 5, 2014 at the Hapuna Beach Hotel, Big Island, Hawaii, as part of the 45th Anniversary Meeting of the American Pancreatic Association and the Japanese Pancreas Society. The course was organized and directed by Drs. Stephen Pandol, Tooru Shimosegawa, Robert Sutton, Bechien Wu, and Santhi Swaroop Vege. The symposium objectives were to: (1) highlight current issues in management of acute pancreatitis, (2) discuss promising treatments, (3) consider development of quality indicators and improved measures of disease activity, and (4) present a framework for international collaboration for development of new therapies. This article represents a compilation and adaptation of brief summaries prepared by speakers at the symposium with the purpose of broadly disseminating information and initiatives.
authors.affiliation: From the *Division of Gastroenterology, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, Los Angeles, CA; †Division of Gastroenterology, Tohoku University Hospital, Sendai, Japan; ‡National Institute for Health Research Liverpool Pancreas Biomedical Research Unit, Royal Liverpool University Hospital, Liverpool, United Kingdom; §Division of Gastroenterology, Kaiser Permanente Los Angeles Medical Center, Los Angeles, CA; ||Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN; ¶Section of Digestive Diseases, Department of Internal Medicine, Yale University, New Haven, CT; #Department of Surgery, University of Auckland, New Zealand; **Division of Gastroenterology, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN; ††Department of Medicine, University Medicine Greifswald, Greifswald, Germany; ‡‡Division of Gastroenterology, Kyoto University Hospital, Kyoto, Japan; and §§Division of Gastroenterology, University of Massachusetts, Worcester, MA.
authors.forename: Elham
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Afghani
authors.forename: Stephen J
authors.initials: SJ
authors.lastname: Pandol
authors.forename: Tooru
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Shimosegawa
authors.forename: Robert
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Sutton
authors.forename: Bechien U
authors.initials: BU
authors.lastname: Wu
authors.forename: Santhi Swaroop
authors.initials: SS
authors.lastname: Vege
authors.forename: Fred
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Gorelick
authors.forename: Morihisa
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Hirota
authors.forename: John
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Windsor
authors.forename: Simon K
authors.initials: SK
authors.lastname: Lo
authors.forename: Martin L
authors.initials: ML
authors.lastname: Freeman
authors.forename: Markus M
authors.initials: MM
authors.lastname: Lerch
authors.forename: Yoshihisa
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Tsuji
authors.forename: Gil Y
authors.initials: GY
authors.lastname: Melmed
authors.forename: Wahid
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Wassef
authors.forename: Julia
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Mayerle
mesh_terms: D000208:Acute Disease; D000574:American Medical Association; D015415:Biomarkers / Q000032:analysis; D018450:Disease Progression; D006801:Humans; D007564:Japan; D010179:Pancreas; D010195:Pancreatitis / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000628:therapy*; D011379:Prognosis; D012720:Severity of Illness Index; D012955:Societies, Medical; D014481:United States
chemical_list: D015415:Biomarkers