Genetic Testing for Pancreatitis
Nov. 12, 2025
Noon–1 p.m. CT
Cost
Free for all participants.
Overview
Several pancreatic conditions, including pancreatitis, can have genetic origins, and hereditary pancreatitis carries a significantly increased risk for pancreatic cancer. Pinpointing a genetic diagnosis can deepen understanding of the prognosis and help clarify risk for family members of affected individuals. Expanded next-generation sequencing panels can capture rarer, as well as more common causes of the condition, to better guide patient care. This webinar will review known genetic predisposing factors to acute or chronic pancreatitis, as well as define who may benefit from genetic testing.
Presenters
Motaz Ashkar, M.B.B.S., M.S.
Senior Associate Consultant, Gastroenterology
Assistant Professor of Medicine
Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota
Linda Hasadsri, M.D., Ph.D.
Director, Molecular Technologies Laboratory
Division of Laboratory Genetics and Genomics
Assistant Professor of Laboratory Medicine and Pathology
Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota
Learning objectives
Upon completion of this activity, participants should be able to:
- Define acute and chronic pancreatitis etiologies.
- Recognize different genetic mutation pathways leading to pancreatitis.
- Recall associations between hereditary pancreatitis and pancreatic cancer.
- Recognize when to consider genetic testing in pancreatitis evaluation.
Intended audience
This webinar is appropriate for gastroenterologists, hepatologists, internal medicine and primary care providers, pathologists, genetic counselors, laboratory directors, lab supervisors, and laboratory send-out coordinators/managers.
Credit
The following types of credit are offered for this event:
ASCLS P.A.C.E.®
Mayo Clinic Laboratories is approved as a provider of continuing education programs in the Clinical Laboratory Sciences by the ASCLS P.A.C.E.® program. This program has been approved for a maximum of 1.0 P.A.C.E.® contact hour.
State of Florida
Mayo Clinic Laboratories is approved as a Continuing Education Accrediting Agency for the Clinical Laboratory Sciences for the State of Florida. Florida Board of Clinical Laboratory Personnel has designated this program for General credit. This program has been approved for 1.0 contact hour.
To obtain credit
1. Register for and participate in the program.
2. Complete the evaluation that will be sent to you after the program.
3. Generate and print your certificate(s).
Level of instruction for this program is intermediate.
Faculty disclosure
Course director(s), planning committee, faculty, and all others who are in a position to control the content of this educational activity are required to disclose all relevant financial relationships with any commercial interest related to the subject matter of the educational activity. Safeguards against commercial bias have been put in place. Faculty members also will disclose any off-label and/or investigational use of pharmaceuticals or instruments discussed in their presentations. Disclosure of this information will be published in course materials so those participants in the activity may formulate their own judgments regarding the presentations.
Questions
Contact us: mcleducation@mayo.edu
