Gastroenterology
GI GR - "Basics of Electrocautery Settings in Endoscopy"
John Day, of Erbe USA will present "Basics of Electrocautery Settings in Endoscopy"
GI GR - "Approach to Lower GI Motility Disorder"
Myung Ko, MD will present "Approach to Lower GI Motility Disorder". Dr. Ko is a gastroenterologist with an interest in gastrointestinal motility disorders, medical education, and geriatric gastroenterology. Her research endeavors include development of a motility curriculum for the gastroenterology fellowship, outcomes of Barrett's esophagus in elderly patients, and treatment of pelvic floor dysfunction.
GI GR - "Hep C"
Jennifer Cohen Price, MD, PhD will present "Hep C". Dr. Price is an Assistant Clinical Professor of Medicine and hepatologist, specializing in treating patients needing liver transplants. Her research interests include liver disease in HIV infection, the natural history and treatment of viral hepatitis, and nonalcoholic fatty liver disease.
GI GR - "Acute Liver Failure"
Bilal Hameed, MD will present "Acute Liver Failure". Dr. Hameed is an Assistant Professor of Medicine and hepatologist at UCSF who treats patients with liver disease and plays an integral role in the multidisciplinary Liver Transplantation Program.
GI GR - "Colon Cancer Screening: Falling Back or Springing Forward?"
Aasma Shaukat MD MPH will present “Colon Cancer Screening: Falling Back or Springing Forward?” Dr. Shaukat is the Robert M. and Mary H. Glickman Professor of Medicine and Population Health at NYU Grossman School of Medicine, and Director of GI outcomes Research. She is clinical researcher in colorectal cancer screening, prevention, and quality indicators for colonoscopy. She is a member of the US Multi-Society Task Force and chair of the GI field advisory Board for the Veterans Health Administration.
GI GR - “Capsule Endoscopy & Small Bowel Enteroscopy”
Sara Lewin, MD will present on “Capsule Endoscopy & Small Bowel Enteroscopy”. Dr. Sara Lewin is a gastroenterologist who specializes in caring for patients with inflammatory bowel diseases, disorders of the small intestine and nutritional deficiencies. In addition to evaluating patients in the clinic, she performs procedures to examine the digestive tract.
GI GR - "Pain Management in Cirrhosis"
Jessica B. Rubin, MD, MPH will present on "Pain Management in Cirrhosis". Dr. Rubin is an Associate Professor of Gastroenterology and a hepatologist/gastroenterologist who specializes in caring for patients with liver diseases, including those awaiting liver transplantation.
GI GR - "Liver Center Seminar"
Vijay Shah, MD will present a Liver Center Seminar. Dr. Shah is the Carol M Gatton Professor and Chair Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN. Vijay H. Shah, MD, FAASLD received his undergraduate, medical, and clinical medicine training at Northwestern University. He obtained advanced clinical and research postdoctoral fellowship training in hepatology and portal hypertension at Yale University.
GI GR - "Informing Race/Ethnicity Modeling for CRC Screening: DEI Townhall"
John M Carethers, MD, MACP will present “Informing Race/Ethnicity Modeling for CRC Screening” a Townhall on Diversity, Equity & Inclusion. Dr. Carethers is a gastroenterologist and Professor and Chair of Department of Internal Medicine at the University of Michigan. Dr. Carethers completed medical school at Wayne State University School of Medicine in 1989 completing an Internal Medicine residency at Massachusetts General Hospital in 1992, followed by a fellowship in Internal Medicine Gastroenterology at the University of Michigan Health System in 1995.
GI GR "How Do I Approach Difficult IBS Patients?"
Dr. Carla Kuon will present “How Do I Approach Difficult IBS Patients?“. Dr. Carla Kuon is an integrative medicine doctor who specializes in caring for patients with blood cancers. She has particular interests in integrative oncology, nutrition, functional immunology, genomics, mind-body medicine and traditional Chinese medicine.