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
ACG International VGR – Week 5 – Wednesday, January 29, 2025: ACG Guidelines: H. pylori
Faculty: Colin W. Howden, MD, FACG
Moderator: Hugo Cedron, MD
Learning Objective: Describe recent changes in recommendations for testing for, and treating, H. pylori infection based on the 2024 ACG guideline.
Click Here to Register – 8:00 pm – 9:00 pm, Eastern Time
Week 5 – Thursday, January 30, 2025: Joint ACG / CEGIR Webinar: Eosinophils Beyond the Esophagus: Updates on Clinical Presentation and Management of Non-EoE EGIDs
Offered in conjunction with CEGIR
Faculty: Nirmala Gonsalves, MD, FACG
Moderator: Sandeep K. Gupta, MD, FACG
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Week 6 – Thursday, February 6, 2025: Anal Cancer-HPV The Silent Vector
Offered in conjunction with the HPV Cancers Alliance
Faculty: Carl J. McDougall, MD, Actress Ms. Marcia Cross, President of HPV Cancers Alliance, and Ms. Lillian Kreppel, Executive Director of HPV Cancers Alliance
Learning Objective: Explore the implications of the HPV virus, its impact on our patients, and what every clinician needs to know.
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Week 7 – Thursday, February 13, 2025: Joint ACG / CEGIR Webinar: Controversies in Diagnosis and Management of EGIDS
Offered in conjunction with CEGIR
Faculty: Kathryn A. Peterson, MD, Msci
Moderator: Ms. Rachel Andrews
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ACG International VGR – Week 8 – Wednesday, February 19, 2025: Current Management of Acute Pancreatitis: Updates from the ACG Clinical Guidelines
Faculty: Georgios Papachristou, MD, PhD
Moderator: Na Li, MD, PhD
Click Here to Register – 7:00 am – 8:00 am, Eastern Time
Week 8 – Thursday, February 20, 2025: GI Nutrition Care Series: Practical Tools and Techniques for Applying Nutrition Assessments in Your Practice
Faculty: Neha Dilip Shah, MPH, RD, CNSC, CHES
Moderator: Lindsey Russell, MD, MSc, CNSC, FRCPC
Learning Objective: Discuss concepts of overnutrition, malnutrition, sarcopenia, along with screening tolls, assessment pathways and how to maximize your EMR for tracking and documentation.
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Week 9 – Thursday, February 27, 2025: ACG Clinical Guideline: Focal Liver Lesions
Faculty: Reena J. Salgia, MD
Moderator: Akshata Moghe, MD, PhD
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Week 10 – Thursday, March 6, 2025: Advancing Your Colonoscopy Skills: Integrating EMR, Water Colonoscopy, and CO2 Into Your Everyday Practice
Faculty: Mark B. Pochapin, MD, FACG
Moderator: Andrew Catanzaro , MD, FACG
Learning Objective: Describe practical tips and evidenced-based recommendations for improving adenoma detection and resection during colonoscopy
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Week 11 – Thursday, March 13, 2025: Integrating Artificial Intelligence into CRC Screening to Improve Visualization and Characterization
Faculty: Seth A. Gross, MD, FACG
Moderator: Nasim Parsa, MD
Learning Objective: Describe how AI can be a useful clinical tool to improve adenoma detection rates and reduce interval colon cancers.
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Week 12 – Thursday, March 20, 2025:Hereditary GI Cancers and Gastrointestinal Polyposis Syndromes: Who to Screen, How to Surveil, and What Resources Are Available
Faculty: Carol A. Burke, MD, MACG
Moderator: John Erikson L. Yap, MD, FACG
Learning Objective: Explore the screening and surveillance recommendations of patients with hereditary GI cancer and polyposis syndromes.
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Week 13 – Thursday, March 27, 2025: Optimizing Colonoscopy Performance: Tips and Tricks to Improve Quality
Faculty: Douglas K. Rex, MD, MACG
Moderator: Tanya Bruckel, MD
Learning Objective: Describe practical tips and evidenced-based recommendations for improving prep quality, adenoma detection, and complete polyp resection.
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Week 14 – Thursday, April 3, 2025: Best of ACG 2024! Outstanding Science, Expert Discussions
Faculty: Vladimir M. Kushnir, MD, FACG
Learning Objective: Discuss the best scientific papers presented at the ACG annual scientific meeting held in Philadelphia, PA in Oct 2024.
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Week 15 – Thursday, April 10, 2025: Ostomies: Everything the Practicing Clinician Needs to Know
Faculty: Stefan D. Holubar, MD
Moderator: Michele Rubin, MSN, APRN, CNS-BC, CGRN
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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
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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 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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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 Inclusion 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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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.