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Kansas City Regional Postgraduate Course
At-a-Glance
Dates: Friday-Saturday, August 28-29, 2009
Where: Hyatt Regency Crown Center
Course Directors:
- Ralph T. Guild, III, MD, FACG, ACG Governor for Oklahoma, University of Oklahoma, Oklahoma City, OK
- Richard S. Hart , MD, FACG, ACG Governor for Kansas, Plaza Gastroenterology Associates, Kansas City, MO
- Gary W. Varilek, MD, FACG, ACG Governor for Nebraska, Gastroenterology Specialties, PC, Lincoln Endoscopy Center, Lincoln, NE
- Allan P. Weston, MD, FACG, ACG Governor for Missouri, Digestive Health Professionals, LLC, Joplin, MO
CME hours: Maximum of 11 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™
Registration
Course Brochure
Join ACG in Kansas City, the Paris of the Plains
Join ACG for a comprehensive regional postgraduate course in Kansas City, Missouri. Internationally known experts will explore topics in areas the gastroenterologist often faces in clinical practice and will address diagnostic and therapeutic updates. Case-based discussions with the expert faculty will occur allowing the participants to gain practical application of key learning points.
Course topics include: functional disorders, including dyspepsia, heartburn and chest pain; newer imaging technologies for the small bowel; Barrett’s dysplasia; modification of antiplatelets and anticoagulants during endoscopy; capsule endoscopy; updates on IBD therapies and serology testing in IBD; quality indicators for colonoscopy; colorectal cancer screening; nonpolyposis cancer syndromes; managing ERCP complications; pancreatic cystic lesions; managing large bile duct stones; treatments of NAFLD; hepatitis B and hepatitis C.
The program will be held at the newly renovated Hyatt Regency Crown Center, ideally located minutes from downtown and nearby theaters and dining. There is also a shopping complex connected to the hotel. You can also visit the Kansas City Zoo which will mark its 100th anniversary this year. Join us in the city where jazz legends were made and Walt Disney was born. Register and make your reservations now!
Registration Pricing
$250 ACG Members and Fellows
$325 Non-member Physicians
$175 Allied Health Personnel (e.g. NP, RN, LPN, PA)
$125 Trainees/GI Fellows/Residents/ACG Allied Health Members
ACG thanks Takeda Pharmaceuticals North America, Inc. for their Platinum promotional sponsorship of ACG Regional Courses.
Industry-sponsored Symposia*
Current Perspectives in Irritable Bowel Syndrome
Jointly sponsored by AccreditEd and the University of Kentucky College of Medicine. Grant support provided by Salix Pharmaceuticals, Inc
Registration: 6:30 pm-7:00 pm
Program: 7:00 pm – 8:30 pm
Saturday, August 29, 6:00 am-7:00 am
New Technology for Patients, A Business Plan for Gastroenterologists End The Fear. Diagnose Hemorrhoids. Treat The Problem.
Sponsored by CRH Medical Products Corp.
*Industry-sponsored symposia are not part of the official ACG Regional Course program and are not endorsed by the ACG. ACG does not provide CME for these programs.
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