Guide to the Guidelines

Guide to the Guidelines Series

The 3rd volume in the Guide to the Guidelines book series will publish on October 25, 2025. The 3-volume book series offer insights to the ACG clinical practice guidelines, and are authored by Brennan Spiegel, MD, MSHS, FACG, and Hetal A. Karsan, MD, FACG. Both authors have served as editors and contributors to The American Journal of Gastroenterology, and started this 3 volume project after seeing a strong desire among clinicians to learn the ACG guidelines in an efficient, accessible, and fun way.

Each chapter of the Guide to the Guidelines series includes carefully selected vignettes designed to illustrate key concepts from the guidelines, followed by a conversation-style discussion written to keep you awake and alert. The authors highlight noteworthy points and provide multiple-choice questions to test your knowledge of the material. The authors use their combined experience of managing GI and liver patients in both academic and private practice settings to help you provide high quality care to your patients.

Volume 1, Bread and Butter GI showcases common luminal topics that comprise everyday practice. Topics covered include:

• Neurogastroenterology and motility guidelines (IBS and SIBO)
• Esophagus guidelines (GERD, Barrett’s, and achalasia, and EoE)
• GI Cancers and Colonoscopy (colorectal cancer screening, GI polyposis syndrome)
• Quality Matters (colonscopy quality, bowel prep guidelines)

Volume 2, GI Infections, Inflammation, and Bleeding, covers:

• Inflammation (Crohn’s disease, ulcerative colitis, and celiac disease)
• Infections (H. pylori, C. difficile, and acute infectious diarrheal illnesses)
• Bleeding (upper GI and lower bleeds, ulcer, small bowel bleeding, colon ischemia, and anticoagulants and antiplatelet drugs)

Volume 3, Pancreaticobiliary and Liver Diseases, covers:

• Pancreas diagnosis and treatments for acute pancreatitis, chronic pancreatitis, and pancreatic cysts.
• Biliary disorders (primary sclerosing cholangitis (PSC) and management of bile duct strictures),
• Liver diseases and liver test interpretation (DILI, acute liver failure, ACLF, focal liver lesions, hereditary hemochromatosis, hepatic and mesenteric circulation, liver disease and pregnancy, and alcohol-related liver disease).

Meet the Authors

Stop by the author table at the ACG Store at the ACG Annual Meeting in Phoenix, Arizona!

Podcast

Listen to the ModernGastro Podcast hosted by Craig Strasnick who interviews the G2G authors.