You will find important information here about the upcoming APA annual meeting, with updates happening regularly. Please also note the important dates for our California meeting listed below. Add them to your calendar!

Hotel Booking Site Open: Now! 
Book your room today at the Loews Coronado in San Diego, California! Use this link to reserve your room. 
Registration Site Open: August 2025
Abstract Submission Notifications: August 2025

Hotel Rate Deadline: October 15, 2025

Loews Coronado Bay Hotel
A Secluded Waterfront Oasis with Genuine Southern California Style

Join APA members, colleagues and industry partners for 2025 Annual Meeting!

Loews Coronado Bay
4000 Coronado Bay Road, Coronado, 92118
Hotel’s Direct Number: 619-424-4000

* The cut-off date to receive the special group rate is October 14, 2025. Reservations made after this date, or after the room block fills, will be based on space and rate availability.

Reservations can be made online at: https://www.loewshotels.com/coronado-bay-resort/group-american-pancreatic-association-2025-meeting or by calling 1-877-872-8559.

Group Rates Available: November 7 through November 20, 2025

Guest Room Rates: starting from $284 plus tax

Group Block Closes: October 14, 2024

Group Details: Nightly Resort Charge has been waived for registered group guests only.

Hotel check-in is at 4:00pm local time, and check-out is at 11:00am local time. Every effort will be made to accommodate both early check-in and late check-out for guests; however, it cannot be guaranteed and is based on the availability of the hotel.

Cancellation:
Hotel cancellation policy requires guests to cancel by 4 pm local time 7 Days before arrival to avoid a penalty fee of 1 night’s room and tax.

** Please note that a credit card is required at the time of booking to guarantee the reservation.

Call for Abstracts
Submissions Closed – Late-Breaking Abstracts Opening Soon


PRESENTATION TYPES
There is no manuscript submission requirement for any accepted presentation, though submission to the Pancreas Journal is encouraged.

Oral– Podium presentation opportunity. If your abstract is not selected as an Oral presentation, it will automatically be considered for a Poster presentation.

Poster– Non-podium presentation opportunity. Case reports welcome.

FORMAT

  • No reference to the authors or the institution should appear within the body of the abstract.
  • Author String: for each author, you will need to provide the following information: Name, Credentials, Email address, Department/Division, Institution, City, State (if within the US) or Country (if outside the US)
  • Abstract body (300 words or less), segmented as Background,
  • Methods, Results and Conclusion.
  • Sponsoring Institution
  • Tables, figures or references are NOT accepted
  • Disclosure Information

Frank Brooks Lecture

Dr Brooks was a renowned GI physiologist and was viewed as one of the founding fathers of the field. To that end, Dr. Brooks started the journal Digestive Diseases and Sciences, serving as its first Editor-in-Chief. Recognized nationally and internationally, Dr. Brooks was President of the American Gastroenterology Association in 1980, and won several awards, including its highest one, the Julius Friedenwald Medal. He trained and mentored a generation of students, residents and GI fellows. As described by Dr. Paul Webster, 1978 APA President, Dr. Frank Brooks was a gentleman of the first order, and an individual who supported young investigators and young academicians, a motivator, an organizer, an inspiration and a clinical leader.

2024 The Future is Here! Forecasting the Major Disruptors in Pancreatic Diseases Symposium

2023 Dafna Bar-Sagi PhD | Disruption of Immune Homeostasis Circuits in Pancreatic Cancer

2022  Anna Gukovskaya PhD | Unraveling Pancreatitis Puzzles

2021  Miklos Sahin-Toth MD | Hereditary Pancreatitis: 25 Years of an Evolving Paradigm

2020  Julia Mayerle MD | Immune Mechanisms and Their Role in Influencing the Outcomes in Pancreatitis: Cytokine Storm, SIRS-CARS

2019  Half Century of Pancreatic Cell Biology and Beyond Symposium

2018  Timothy Wang, MD | The Role of Nerves and Inflammation in Pancreatic Cancer

2017  Ronald M. Evans, PhD | Controlling Stroma to Corral Pancreatic Cancer

2016  Craig Logsdon, PhD | The Stressed Acinar Cell: Adapt, Die or Disaster

2015  Matthias Hebrok, PhD | Defining Progenitor Cells for Pancreatic Adenocarcinoma

2014  Anil Rustgi, MD | A New Perspective on IPMN, PanIN and PDAC Pathogenesis

2013  Steven D. Leach, MD | Ending the Beginning: Targeting PanIN Initiation and Progression

2012  Minoti Apte, MBBS, MMedSci, PhD | A Journey To, and With, the Stars of the Pancreas : Pivotal Roles of Pancreatic Stellate Cells in Health and Disease

2011  Michael Karin, PhD | Obesity, Autophagy & Infl ammation: Common Features in the Pathogenesis and Etiology of Liver and Pancreatic Cancers

2010  Jean Morisset, PhD | The Implication of CCK Receptors in Pancreatic Cancer Development: a Myth or a Neglected Possibility?

2009  Anirban Maitra, MBBS | Pancreatic Cancer in the Post-Genomics Era: Are we ready to take the road less traveled?

2008  John A. Williams, MD, PhD | Mechanisms of Pancreatic Growth Regulation by CCK and Nutrients

2007  J. Silvio Gutkind, PhD | G Protein-regulated Signaling Networks and Cancer: What Have We Learned?

2006  Jonathan Cohn, MD | Mutations in CFTR and Pancreatic Disease

2005  Markus M. Lerch, MD | The Innocent First Minutes of Disaster-How Pancreatitis Begins

Paul Webster Lecture

2024 Analyzing the Past and Predicting the Future of Pancreatic Diseases Symposium

2023 Markus Büchler MD | Pancreatic Cancer: The Particular Role of Surgery in the Era of Neoadjuvant and Adjuvant Treatment

2022 Darwin L. Conwell MD, MSc | Biomarker Development in Chronic Pancreatitis: An Update from PROCEED

2021 Vijay P. Singh MBBS | What I Learned from Pancreatitis

2020 Eileen M. O’Reilly MD | Genomics Era in Pancreas Cancer: Truth or Fiction?

2019 Half Century of Progress in Pancreatic Surgery and Beyond

2018 Nageshwar Reddy, MD | Five Decades of the Pancreatobiliary Endoscopy – The Changing Scenario

2017 Markus M. Lerch MD | The Shifting Landscape of Pancreatitis

2016 David Patrick Ryan, MD | Pancreatic Cancer in 2017: Where Are We and Where Are We Heading?

2015 Pramod Garg, MD | Why Have We Failed in Developing a Therapy For Pancreatitis?

2014 Andrew L. Warshaw, MD | Appropriate Health Care: A Surgeon’s View of the Patient with Pancreatic Disease

View the 2025 APA Exhibitor Prospectus

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Consensus Conferences

A pre-meeting symposium has been a great way to gather experts in a particular field and publish guidelines for patient care.

History:

(2014) Acute Pancreatitis: Progress & Challenges
(2014) APA/Kenner Family Research Fund: Early Detection of Sporadic Pancreatic Cancer Summit Conference
(2013) State of the Science in Idiopathic Recurrent Acute Pancreatitis
(2012) Evidence-based Guidelines for the Management of Acute Pancreatitis
(2011) Practice Guidelines in Chronic Pancreatitis
(2010) Interventions in Pancreatic Necrosis