Grants
2025 FITE Travel Award Recipients
» Gold Awards

Abdulrahman Qatomah, MD
Brigham and Women’s Hospital, MA
OPTIMIZING ENDOSCOPIC SUBMUCOSAL DISSECTION FOR COLORECTAL LESIONS: A COMPARISON OF TRACTION VERSUS POCKET CREATION METHODS

Himsikhar Khataniar MD
Allegheny General Hospital, PA
TIMING MATTERS: EVALUATING THE IMPACT OF EARLY VERSUS DELAYED CHOLECYSTECTOMY ON INFECTIOUS ADVERSE EVENTS IN BILIARY NECROTIZING PANCREATITIS

Frances Dang, MD
University of CA, Irvine, CA
SLING-FIBER PRESERVING POEM IMPROVES OBJECTIVE POST-POEM GERD OUTCOMES: A LARGE COMPARATIVE STUDY

Ahmed Abdelbaki, MD
The Ohio State University, OH
ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE ADVANCES DIGITAL PATHOMICS FOR CONFOCAL ENDOMICROSCOPY-GUIDED DIAGNOSIS OF PANCREATIC CYSTS
» Silver Awards
Muhammad Hashim Hayat, MD
Brigham and Women’s Hospital, MA
MULTI-CENTER EVALUATION OF A NOVEL POINT-OF-CARE BLOOD DETECTION CAPSULE: ADVANCING CLINICAL DECISION-MAKING AND OPTIMIZING RESOURCE UTILIZATION
Troy Pleasant, MD
Carilion Clinic, VA
MANAGEMENT OF GASTROINTESTINAL TRACT DEFECTS USING OVERTUBE ASSISTED PLACEMENT OF ENDOSCOPIC VACUUM THERAPY: A SINGLE UNITED STATES TERTIARY CARE CENTER EXPERIENCE.