ACG 2015 Western Regional Postgraduate Course
The American College of Gastroenterology is pleased to make available downloadable versions of speaker slides from the 2015 Western Regional Postgraduate Course in Las Vegas, Nevada. Final presentations provided by faculty at the course are posted below. To access presentation slides, please click on the session title or speaker below.
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Course Directors: Uma Mahadevan, MD, FACG Neil H. Stollman, MD, FACG |
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Friday, January 23, 2015 |
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SESSION I: THE ENDOSCOPIST’S LAMENT | ||
5:05 pm | The Endoscopic Incidentaloma: What to Tell Your Patient With Unexpected Endoscopic Findings: Gastric IM, Silent Ileitis, Carcinoid David A. Greenwald, MD, FACG |
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5:50 pm | What to Do With Pancreatic Cysts? Kenneth J. Chang, MD, FACG |
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Saturday, January 24, 2015 |
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SESSION II: FOREGUT | ||
7:20 am | Upper GI Bleeding – Endoscopic and Medical Therapy: What’s New V. Raman Muthusamy, MD, FACG |
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7:40 am | Occult and Overt GI Bleeding: Small Bowel Imaging Lauren B. Gerson, MD, MSc, FACG |
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8:00 am | The Refractory GERD Patient Marcelo F. Vela, MD, FACG |
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8:20 am | Recognizing Eating Disorders in the Patient With Gastrointestinal Symptoms Sarah Sheibani, MD |
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SESSION III: HINDGUT | ||
9:05 am | Spectrum of Diverticular Disease Lisa L. Strate, MD, FACG |
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9:25 am | IBD: Medical Therapy Updates Uma Mahadevan, MD, FACG |
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9:45 am | IBD: Adverse Events of Medical Therapy Miguel D. Regueiro, MD, FACG |
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10:05 am | IBD: Dysplasia Surveillance and Management Fernando S. Velayos, MD |
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SESSION IV: THE GI INPATIENT | ||
11:00 am | 50-year-old Referred for Colon Cancer Screening Theodore R. Levin, MD, FACG |
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11:20 am | Emergent ERCP: Acute Cholangitis Douglas G. Adler, MD, FACG |
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11:40 am | Acute Pancreatitis Timothy B. Gardner, MD, MS, FACG |
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12:00 noon | Alcoholic Hepatitis Paul Y. Kwo, MD, FACG |
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12:30 pm | LUNCHEON: Quality Measurement in GI 2015: PQRS/QCDR/VBPM/GIQuIC Making $ense of All the Letters Irving M. Pike, MD, FACG |
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1:45 pm-5:15 pm HOT DEBATES IN GI |
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1:45 pm | DEBATE: H. pylori The Only Good H. pylori Is a Dead H. pylori: Uniform Eradication? Should Post-treatment Testing Be Standard of Care? Neena S. Abraham, MD, MSCE, FACG Neil H. Stollman, MD, FACG Routine Post-Eradication Testing is NOT Recommended |
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3:05 pm | DEBATE: Barrett’s Esophagus Who to Screen? Who to Ablate? V. Raman Muthusamy, MD, FACG Marcelo F. Vela, MD, FACG |
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4:05 pm | DEBATE: IBD Moderate to Severe UC Biologics from Diagnosis? Should Mucosal Healing Be the Endpoint of Therapy? Fernando S. Velayos, MD Miguel D. Regueiro, MD, FACG |
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Sunday, January 25, 2015 |
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7:30 am | President’s Talk on ACG Guideline Review Stephen B. Hanauer, MD, FACG |
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SESSION V: MONDAY MORNING OFFICE HOURS | ||
8:00 am | Elderly Man With Chronic Constipation Linda Anh B. Nguyen, MD |
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8:20 am | Business Executive With Chronic Diarrhea Lawrence R. Schiller, MD, FACG |
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8:40 am | 35-year-old Woman With Complaints After Bariatric Surgery Michael C. Larsen, MD |
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9:15 am | Middle-aged Woman With a Focal Liver Lesion on Imaging Bilal Hameed, MD |
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9:35 am | Management of C. difficile: Acute and Recurrent Neil H. Stollman, MD, FACG |
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9:55 am | The 25-year-old Yoga Instructor With Diarrhea and Fear of Gluten Sheila E. Crowe, MD, FACG |
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11:00 am | Managing Anticoagulants During Procedures Neena S. Abraham, MD, MSCE, FACG |
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11:20 am | Complementary and Alternative Medicine for Common GI Complaints Brian E. Lacy, MD, PhD, FACG |
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11:40 am | Irritable Bowel Syndrome and SIBO Lin Chang, MD, FACG |