Marylise Boutros, MD, Department of Colorectal Surgery, Cleveland Clinic, Weston, FL, USARichard Garfinkle, MD, Division of Colon and Rectal Surgery, Jewish General Hospital, McGill University, Montreal, QC, CanadaSameh Emile, MBBCh, MSc, M.D, FACS, Department of Colorectal Surgery, Cleveland Clinic Florida, Weston, FL, USAPatricia Sylla, MD, Division of Colon and Rectal Surgery, Department of Surgery, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, NY, USA

• Relevant anatomy and pathophysiology.- Epidemiology of diverticulitis.- Symptoms and diagnosis.- Endoscopic evaluation of diverticulitis.- Imaging modalities for diverticular disease.- Classification systems and definitions.- Treatment of uncomplicated diverticulitis: separating myth from science.- Nonoperative treatment of diverticular abscess.- Management of smouldering (chronic) diverticulitis.- Emergency surgery for diverticulitis: from primary anastomosis to damage control surgery.- The sick patient: feculent peritonitis.- Laparoscopic lavage: when how and should we?- Technical tips and tricks in the emergency setting.- Management after an acute episode of diverticulitis.- Risk factors for recurrent diverticuliti.- Symptomatic uncomplicated diverticular disease or irritable bowel syndrome: how can you tell?- Elective surgery for recurrent diverticulitis: when and why.- Elective surgery for complicated diverticulitis.- Elective surgery for diverticulitis: technical considerations.- Hartmann reversal.- Functional outcomes after diverticulitis surgery.- Management of the immunosuppressed patient.- Shared Decision-Making in Recurrent Diverticulitis.

Marylise Boutros, MD, Department of Colorectal Surgery, Cleveland Clinic, Weston, FL, USARichard Garfinkle, MD, Division of Colon and Rectal Surgery, Jewish General Hospital, McGill University, Montreal, QC, CanadaSameh Emile, MBBCh, MSc, M.D, FACS, Department of Colorectal Surgery, Cleveland Clinic Florida, Weston, FL, USAPatricia Sylla, MD, Division of Colon and Rectal Surgery, Department of Surgery, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, NY, USA

• Relevant anatomy and pathophysiology.- Epidemiology of diverticulitis.- Symptoms and diagnosis.- Endoscopic evaluation of diverticulitis.- Imaging modalities for diverticular disease.- Classification systems and definitions.- Treatment of uncomplicated diverticulitis: separating myth from science.- Nonoperative treatment of diverticular abscess.- Management of smouldering (chronic) diverticulitis.- Emergency surgery for diverticulitis: from primary anastomosis to damage control surgery.- The sick patient: feculent peritonitis.- Laparoscopic lavage: when how and should we?- Technical tips and tricks in the emergency setting.- Management after an acute episode of diverticulitis.- Risk factors for recurrent diverticuliti.- Symptomatic uncomplicated diverticular disease or irritable bowel syndrome: how can you tell?- Elective surgery for recurrent diverticulitis: when and why.- Elective surgery for complicated diverticulitis.- Elective surgery for diverticulitis: technical considerations.- Hartmann reversal.- Functional outcomes after diverticulitis surgery.- Management of the immunosuppressed patient.- Shared Decision-Making in Recurrent Diverticulitis.

Marylise Boutros, MD, Department of Colorectal Surgery, Cleveland Clinic, Weston, FL, USARichard Garfinkle, MD, Division of Colon and Rectal Surgery, Jewish General Hospital, McGill University, Montreal, QC, CanadaSameh Emile, MBBCh, MSc, M.D, FACS, Department of Colorectal Surgery, Cleveland Clinic Florida, Weston, FL, USAPatricia Sylla, MD, Division of Colon and Rectal Surgery, Department of Surgery, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, NY, USA

• Relevant anatomy and pathophysiology.- Epidemiology of diverticulitis.- Symptoms and diagnosis.- Endoscopic evaluation of diverticulitis.- Imaging modalities for diverticular disease.- Classification systems and definitions.- Treatment of uncomplicated diverticulitis: separating myth from science.- Nonoperative treatment of diverticular abscess.- Management of smouldering (chronic) diverticulitis.- Emergency surgery for diverticulitis: from primary anastomosis to damage control surgery.- The sick patient: feculent peritonitis.- Laparoscopic lavage: when how and should we?- Technical tips and tricks in the emergency setting.- Management after an acute episode of diverticulitis.- Risk factors for recurrent diverticuliti.- Symptomatic uncomplicated diverticular disease or irritable bowel syndrome: how can you tell?- Elective surgery for recurrent diverticulitis: when and why.- Elective surgery for complicated diverticulitis.- Elective surgery for diverticulitis: technical considerations.- Hartmann reversal.- Functional outcomes after diverticulitis surgery.- Management of the immunosuppressed patient.- Shared Decision-Making in Recurrent Diverticulitis.