Providing Noteworthy Speakers for Training in Your Communities

The goal of the ACG Edgar Achkar Visiting Professorship Program, is to bolster GI training programs with visiting professors which providing lectures, small group discussions, panel discussions, and one-on-one visits with trainees and faculty. You choose the speaker; the Institute covers the travel costs and honorarium. *APPLICATION NOW CLOSED*

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Our interactive, case-based discussions allowed for a rich exchange of knowledge – particularly around the real-world application of evidence-based practices in IBD management. This initiative fosters academic exchange and supports the next generation of gastroenterologists through meaningful, in-person engagement.
Anita Afzali, MD, MPH, MHCM, FACG
Visiting Professor at University of New Mexico

How It Works:

The purpose of these visits is to reach a diverse number of programs while aiming to maximize the impact of each visit by targeting GI training programs, which could also leverage an additional community event with local ACG member physicians, sometimes in conjunction with a local gut club. The programs offer expertise for a specific area of need at each institution.

Since the program’s inception in 2014, the Institute has supported more than 133 visits in the U.S., Puerto Rico, and Canada.

Edgar Achkar Visiting Professorships with Components of Equity, Diversity & Ethical Care

The ACG Edgar Achkar Visiting Professorships provide onsite lectures and ground rounds as a resource for fellows-in-training. This may include an added component of creating awareness around issues and challenges of delivering equitable care, respecting diversity, and instilling ethical decision making in addition to a disease state topic driven visit.

Program Details

Evaluation Criteria

Application FAQs

Previous Visit Topics

Past Speakers

Locations of Previous EAVP Visits

2025 ACG Edgar Achkar
Visiting Professorships

*Seth Gross, MD, FACG
Mount Sinai West & Morningside
March 5

Nancy S. Reau, MD, FACG
West Virginia University
March 13-14

*Baharak Moshiree, MD, MSc, FACG
Wayne State University
March 14

*Christopher D. Vélez, MD
Northwell Lenox Hill Hospital
March 27

*Adjoa N. Anyane-Yeboa, MD, MPH
Advocate Lutheran General Hospital
April 9

Michelle K. Kim, MD, MSc, PhD
St. Louis School of Medicine
May 13-16

Jonathan A. Leighton, MD, FACG
UNC Blue Ridge
May 16

Rena H. Yadlapati, MD, MSHS, FACG
Cook County Health
May 16

Anita Afzali, MD, MPH, MHCM, FACG
University of New Mexico
May 21

Amy S. Oxentenko, MD, FACG
Michigan Medicine
May 21-23

Paul Y. Kwo, MD, FACG
The University of Texas at Austin Dell School of Medicine
June 18

*Victor Chedid, MD, MS
Mercy Medical Center
August 14

Amandeep K. Shergill, MD, MS, FACG
Houston Methodist
September 11-12

Nicholas J. Shaheen, MD, MPH, MACG
University of Virginia
October 1

*visits requested an ACG Visiting Scholar in Equity, Diversity, and Ethical Care