EMBARGOED FOR RELEASE
Monday October 17, 2016, at 8:00 am EDT
Press Release: New Clinical Advances in Gastroenterology Presented at the American College of Gastroenterology’s 81st Annual Meeting
More than 5,000 gastroenterologists and other health care professionals from around the world will convene at The Venetian in Las Vegas for the American College of Gastroenterology’s (ACG) 81st Annual Scientific Meeting to review the latest scientific advances in gastrointestinal research, treatment of digestive diseases and clinical practice management. Featured science includes C. difficile infection, colorectal cancer, alcoholic pancreatitis, celiac, IBD and eosinophilic esophagitis.
Please note that all research presented at the ACG Annual Scientific Meeting is strictly embargoed until Monday, October 17 at 8:00 am Eastern Daylight Time.
EMBARGOED FOR RELEASE
Monday October 17, 2016, at 8:00 am EDT
Press Release: Dr. Carol A. Burke Elected President of the American College of Gastroenterology
Dr. Burke is Vice Chair of the Department of Gastroenterology and Hepatology and holds joint appointments in the Department of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Colorectal Surgery and the Taussig Cancer Institute at The Cleveland Clinic Foundation in Cleveland, Ohio, where she serves as Director of the Center for Colon Polyp and Cancer Prevention and Head of the Section of Polyposis in the Sanford R. Weiss, MD, Center for Hereditary Colorectal Neoplasia.
Media Advisory: Tram T. Tran, MD, FACG, Available to Discuss Hepatitis C: The Past, the Present and the Future
Liver disease expert Dr. Tram T. Tran will present The American Journal of Gastroenterology Lecture, “Hepatitis C: The Past, the Present and the Future” at the ACG Annual Scientific Meeting in Las Vegas and is available for interviews on Monday October 17, 2016, at 4:00 pm PDT.
Media Backgrounder: Noteworthy Abstracts
Can coffee drinking protect against alcoholic hepatitis? Are there gender differences in the presentation of celiac disease? Can a “medical home” keep IBD patients out of the Emergency Room? Is cannabis implicated in the development of acute pancreatitis? Can a “sponge on a string” detect Barrett’s esophagus, a premalignant condition? These are some of the intriguing clinical questions covered in ACG’s Noteworthy Abstracts, selected by the ACG Public Relations Committee, whose authors provide additional perspective on their findings and explain what the clinical science means for patients. Reporters can explore these Noteworthy Abstracts and author insights and connect with these researchers for media stories.
