Let ACG help you add a dose of GI learning to your busy schedule each week! ACG is committed to your professional education, and our Virtual Grand Rounds webinars offer a quick and easy way to stay up to date on clinical GI issues. Join a nationally recognized expert for a live presentation with Q&A, each week, on Thursday at 12:00 Noon Eastern time, followed by a rebroadcast at 8:00 pm Eastern time. Scroll down to view the upcoming VGRs, and click here to view the past VGRs.
A More Convenient Schedule Increases Reach of ACG Virtual Grand Rounds
In response to tremendous interest in ACG virtual education at convenient times, and to better meet the needs of practicing clinicians both nationally and internationally, the College offers Virtual Grand Rounds TWICE each Thursday by adding an evening session. Here’s how it works: The faculty will present live at Noon Eastern time and will engage with the audience in Q&A. ACG will then re-broadcast a recording of that day’s lecture at 8:00pm Eastern time, and, when possible, faculty will again join at the end to answer questions from the evening audience. If you miss either session, a recording of the presentation will be available in the ACG Education Universe the following week, allowing you to watch at your convenience.
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2025
Week 16 – Thursday, April 17, 2025: Exploring Cannabis and Cannabinoid Therapy for Inflammatory Bowel Disease and Gastrointestinal Motility Disorders
Offered in conjunction with the Association of Cannabinoid Specialists
Faculty: Adam Abodeely, MD
Moderator: Linda Anh B. Nguyen, MD
Learning Objective: Describe the use of cannabis and cannabinoid therapy for IBD, IBS, and other motility disorders.
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Week 17 – Thursday, April 24, 2025: Functional Diarrhea: What’s in My Toolbox?
Faculty: Brian E. Lacy, MD, PhD, FACG
Moderator: Ngozi Y. Enwerem, MD
Learning Objective: Describe the therapeutic options available for functional diarrhea, including medications, dietary manipulations, and lifestyle interventions.
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Week 28 – Thursday, May 1, 2025: There will be no ACG Virtual Grand Rounds this week.
Week 19 – Thursday, May 8, 2025: EMR Efficiencies
Faculty: Sara N Horst, MD, MPH, FACG
Moderator: Nasim Parsa, MD
Learning Objective: Discuss the importance of improving electronic medical record efficiencies in the care of patients with GI diseaseand demonstrate practical strategies to implement improvement in EMR workflows.
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Week 20 – Thursday, May 15, 2025:Communicating Needs and Goals in IBD: The Evolution of Management
Faculty: David T. Rubin, MD, FACG
Moderator: Sudha Pandit, MD
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Week 21 – Thursday, May 22, 2025: Exploring Cannabis and Cannabinoid Therapy for Inflammatory Bowel Disease and Gastrointestinal Motility Disorders
Faculty: Evan S. Dellon, MD, MPH, FACG
Moderator: Amanda B. Muir, MD, MTR
Learning Objective: Discuss the updated eosinophilic esophagitis guidelines, highlighting disease spectrum, epidemiology, prevention, diagnosis, and treatments.
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Week 22 – Thursday, May 29, 2025: Pain Management in Pancreatitis
Faculty: Veeral M. Oza, MD
Moderator: Danny Issa, MD
Learning Objective: Explain when to consider endoscopic pain management options, when to refer to a pain specialists, and different options for pain management in chronic pancreatitis.
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ACG International VGR – Week 23 – Monday, June 2nd, 2025: Role of the Microbiota in Inflammatory Bowel Diseases
Offered in conjunction with the Brazilian Federation of Gastroenterology
Faculty: Jessica R. Allegretti, MD, MPH, FACG
Moderator: Wilson R. Catapani, MD, FACG
Click Here to Register – 7:00 pm – 8:00 pm, Eastern Time
Week 23 – Thursday, June 5th, 2025: Small Bowel Nutrient and Fluid Absorption: Key Concepts to Manage Short Bowel Syndrome
Faculty: Carol E. Semrad, MD, FACG
Moderator: Dawn W. Adams, MD
Learning Objective: Discuss the key physiology principles for nutrient and fluid uptake in the small intestine and understand the abnormal physiology with various small bowel resections or bypass and best management.
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Week 24 – Thursday, June 12th, 2025: ACG Guidelines: H. pylori
Faculty: William D. Chey, MD, FACG
Moderator: Shilpa Grover, MD, MPH
Learning Objective: Discuss the indications for testing and treating H. pylori infection, review treatment options in treatment naïve patients, and explain treatment options in treatment experienced patients with persistent H. pylori infection.
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Week 25 – Thursday, June 19th, 2025: GLP1s and GI Complications: What Every Clinician Needs to Know
Faculty: Michael Camilleri, MD, MACG
Moderator: Catherine T. Hudson, MD, MPH
Learning Objective: Explain the mechanisms and management of GLP1-induced effects in gastroenterology and endoscopic practice.
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Week 26 – Thursday, June 26th, 2025: GI Nutrition Care Series: Weight Inclusive Care & Bias
Faculty: Carolyn Newberry, MD
Moderator: Beth Rosen, MS, RD, CDN
Learning Objective: Describe intuitive eating and application to everyday practices for GERD and MASLD.
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Week 28– Thursday, July 10th, 2025: Evaluation and Management of Chronic Abdominal Pain and Suspected IBS
Faculty: Jill K. Deutsch, MD
Moderator: Amy L. Ogurick, MD
Learning Objective: Differentiate organic from functional chronic abdominal pain and explore the medical and complementary therapies available.
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Week 29– Thursday, July 17th, 2025: The IBD Pipeline Explosion: S1Ps, IL23, and Subsequent Medications
Faculty: Marla C. Dubinsky, MD
Moderator: Gary R Lichtenstein, MD, FACG
Learning Objective: Discuss the pipeline of new IBD medications and how to position them for your patients.
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Week 30– Thursday, July 24th, 2025: Short Bowel Syndrome Series: Inpatient Management of the Newly Diagnosed Short Bowel Patient: Consult to Discharge
Faculty: Dawn W. Adams, MD, MS, CNSC
Moderator: Shirley C. Paski, MD
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Week 31– Thursday, July 24th, 2025: Redefining Risk: How Healthcare Transformation is Reshaping Workplace Violence and Patient Behavior
Faculty: Sunanda V. Kane, D, MSPH, MACG
Moderator: Benjamin J. Houge, MS
Learning Objective: Discuss how patient behavior has changed with the advent of telehealth and what practitioners can do about disruptive behavior
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Week 32– Thursday, August 7th, 2025: Redefining Risk: Exploring Health Equity Through Research
Faculty: Christopher D. Vélez, MD, Jin Ge, MD, MBA, Maya Balakrishnan, MD, and Rachel Issaka, MD, MS
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ACG International VGR – Week 33 – Wednesday, August 13, 2025: Celiac Disease from a Global Perspective: What is New?
Offered in conjunction with the World Gastroenterology Organization
Faculty: Govind K. Makharia, MD and David S. Sanders, MD, FACG
Moderator: Carolina Olano, MD
Learning Objective: Describe the current state of the science for celiac disease and current and future management strategies.
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Week 33– Thursday, August 14th, 2025: Prevention of Alcohol-Associated Liver Disease
Faculty: Ashwani K. Singal, MD, MS, FACG
Moderator: Hanna Blaney, MD, MPH
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Week 34– Thursday, August 21st, 2025: GI Nutrition Care Series: Micronutrient Deficiencies and Malabsorption
Faculty: Kristen Roberts, PhD, RDN, CNSC, FASPEN, FAND
Moderator: Lindsey Russell, MD, MSC, CNSC
Learning Objective: Discuss the key principles of malabsorption and maldigestion, common deficiencies (zinc/copper/iron/magnesium), testing and supplementation.
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Week 35– Thursday, August 28th, 2025: Short Bowel Syndrome/Intestinal Failure: Recognition, Complications, and Basic Management
Faculty: John K. DiBaise, MD, FACG
Moderator: Dejan Micic, MD, FACG
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Week 36– Thursday, September 4th, 2025: Patients Needs and Satisfaction in the IBD Transition to Adult Care
Faculty: Sunanda V. Kane, MD, MSPH, MACG, Sneha Dave, and Rosa Kelekian
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Week 37– Thursday, September 11th, 2025: The Era of Disease Modification of IBD is Here
Faculty: David T. Rubin, MD, FACG
Moderator: Shannon Chang, MD, FACG
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Want to assign the Virtual Grand Rounds to Trainees as homework?
Training programs can request a free Training Pathways account on the Education Universe. With a training pathways account, program directors and coordinators are able to assign and track trainee homework. All of the videos on the Universe along with a question bank of 900 questions can be assigned to trainees. The programs will also have access to a free OSCE toolkit that was developed by NYU. For more information on Training Director Resources or to request an ACG Training Pathways account, please visit gi.org/trainees/program-director-resources.