Sarah Enslin, PA-C

In the final episode, each panelist synthesizes their top recommendations for advancing EPI care.

This episode spotlights a recent publication by Ashkar and colleagues—co-authored by Jennifer Geremia—surveying prescribing practices for EPI across a broad cross-section of healthcare professionals.

Clinicians reveal where pancreatic care falls apart—diagnosis delays, post-discharge gaps, lost oncology follow-up—and how to fix handoffs fast.

Why EPI outcomes improve when GI, primary care, nutrition and pain teams coordinate—streamlining labs, vitamins and follow-ups for patients.

Learn how clinicians tailor pancreatic enzyme therapy: insurance, dosing, PPIs, and fixes for nonresponse—plus limits of OTC enzymes.

Learn what happens after suspected EPI: patient education, enzyme therapy tips, nutrition and vitamin checks, plus smoking and alcohol support.

Clinicians weigh PEI questionnaires, symptom scores, and AGA updates to track exocrine pancreatic insufficiency and tailor patient-centered care.

Learn a stepwise approach to evaluating EPI-like diarrhea—history, alarm features, fecal elastase and imaging—to rule out IBS, celiac, IBD.

Learn how primary care, APPs, and specialists collaborate to spot symptoms, refer fast, and follow guidelines for accurate GI diagnosis.

Clinicians across specialties spot red flags, refer early to GI, and follow guidelines to improve diagnosis and management.

Why EPI stays missed: barriers to enzyme therapy, targeted fecal elastase testing, and preventing malnutrition, bone loss, and QoL decline.

Sarah Enslin, PA-C, and Jennifer Geremia, PA-C, discuss the diagnosis and management of EPI, reflecting on ongoing challenges in the field.

Panelists discuss the wide range of pancreatic and non-pancreatic conditions that increase suspicion for exocrine pancreatic insufficiency to improve identification of high-risk patients.

Panelists discuss recognizing the varied and often atypical symptoms of exocrine pancreatic insufficiency to improve early diagnosis and clinical awareness.