20th Annual Educational Meeting in Gastroenterology

Friday, February 21, 2020, 7:00 AM - Saturday, February 22, 2020, 5:00 PM PST, Cedars-Sinai Harvey Morse Conference Center


The 20th Annual Cedars-Sinai Educational Meeting in Gastroenterology is a unique continuing medical education program designed to provide attendees with relevant information regarding new developments in gastroenterology and new approaches to the management of gastrointestinal diseases. A group of national experts, including several renowned guest faculty, will present new findings and guidelines in a clinical context that will be useful in your gastroenterology practice. Throughout the 19 years that this program has been offered, the Center for Digestive Disease at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center has not only provided this important annual educational event, but has contributed significantly to the changes in how gastroenterology is practiced worldwide. This two-day conference is intended for gastroenterologists and all other healthcare professionals who treat patients with gastrointestinal disorders. In addition to lecture format presentations, the course will include the following interactive instructional formats: debate and panel discussions, Q & A sessions, case discussions, and interactive video presentations. We look forward to providing you with the latest advances and future direction in the multidisciplinary management of common, unique and complex gastrointestinal disorders.

1. Summarize determinants of IBD severity and prognostication and recognize the dermatologic manifestations
2. Explore the latest developments in IBD treatment, including options for patients that stop responding to treatment
3. Discuss interpretation of IBD serology, microbiome, and food allergy testing
4. Review and discuss the management of anticoagulation in endoscopy
5. Describe management of small intestinal and lower GI bleeding
6. Analyze perioperative management of Crohn's disease and the role of stem cells in perianal Crohn's disease
7. Discuss treatments for chronic pancreatitis
8. Review what’s new in endoscopy and endoscope-related infections
9. Review the literature of acute-on-chronic liver failure and treatments for alcoholic hepatitis and alcohol use disorder
10. Discuss novel therapies in hepatocellular carcinoma
11. Evaluate how to approach liver masses and review treatment options for hepatic encephalopathy
12. Discuss how to approach fatty liver and non-alcoholic steatohepatitis
13. Review diagnostic tools in constipation, nausea and vomiting
14. Discuss diet in small intestinal bacterial overgrowth
15. Review diagnosis and treatment of irritable bowel syndrome and the use of marijuana in GI motility disorders
16. Review the latest updates in esophageal manometry

Registration is now closed.
On-site registration will be taken.

Meeting Location: 
Cedars-Sinai Medical Center
Harvey Morse Conference Center
South Tower, Plaza Level
8700 Gracie Allen Drive
Los Angeles, CA 90048

Parking:
Self parking is available in the visitor parking lots P1, P2 or P4 for a daily rate of $15.00.

P1 on George Burns Road, North Tower, between Beverly Blvd and Alden Drive
P2 on George Burns Road, Spielberg Building, between Beverly Blvd and Alden Drive
P4 on Sherbourne Drive between 3rd St & Gracie Allen

Please refer to the campus map link: Click Here

Full Conference  Physicians        $275  Non-physicians         $95  Cedars-Sinai Nurses   $50  Resident/Fellows FREE

Single Day  Physicians        $185  Non-physicians         $75

Residents/Fellows are eligible to attend at no charge. To get your registration fee waived, please provide proof of residency online during registration.

*Rates will increase after Feb 7, 2020 

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To Pay by Check:

Mail payment (with checks made payable to Cedars-Sinai Medical Center) to:
Cedars-Sinai Medical Center
Office of Continuing Medical Education
Attn: Registrations
700 N. San Vicente Boulevard, #G550
West Hollywood, CA 90069

Refund Policy:

All cancellations must be submitted in writing and refunds will be subject to an administrative charge. To view the policy, click here. Please e-mail cancellation request to [email protected]. If you do not receive confirmation of your cancellation via e-mail, please call (310) 423-5548. 

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Cedars-Sinai Medical Center is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education to provide continuing medical education for physicians. 


Credit Designation Statement 
Cedars-Sinai Medical Center designates this Live Activity for a maximum of 16.50 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.

Non-Physician Attendance
Non-physicians: A certificate of participation will be provided to other health care professionals requesting credits. Participants should ensure in advance that their credentialing or licensing organization accepts AMA PRA Category 1 CreditsTM.

ABIM MOC Recognition Statement
Successful completion of this CME activity, which includes participation in the evaluation component, enables the participant to earn up to 16.50 Medical Knowledge MOC points in the American Board of Internal Medicine's (ABIM) Maintenance of Certification (MOC) program. Participants will earn MOC points equivalent to the amount of CME credits claimed for the activity. It is the CME activity provider's responsibility to submit participant completion information to ACCME for the purpose of granting ABIM MOC credit.

AMA PRA Category 1 Credit(s)™ (MD, DO) (16.50 hours), ABIM MOC Part 2 (16.50 hours), ABIM MOC Part IV (16.50 hours), Non-Physician AMA Attendance (16.50 hours)

Numerous hotels are available in the area surrounding Cedars-Sinai. Many of these are within a short walking or driving distance from the medical center. The following link contains some of the available nearby options:

https://www.cedars-sinai.org/patients-visitors/nearby/stay.html

Cedars-Sinai Medical Center is also conveniently located near four major airports and Amtrak. The following link contains more information regarding airport shuttle companies, automobile rental companies, bus lines, railways and taxi/ride services:

https://www.cedars-sinai.org/patients-visitors/nearby/getting-around.html

Course Co-Directors

Shelly Lu, MD Women's Guild Chair in Gastroenterology Vice Chair, Basic Science and Translational Research Director, Division of Gastroenterology Professor, Medicine Cedars-Sinai

Shirley Paski, MD Director, Small Bowel Diseases and Nutrition Digestive Disease Center, Division of Gastroenterology Department of Medicine Cedars-Sinai

Guest Faculty

Robin Berlin, RD
Private Practice

Charles Bernstein, MD
University of Manitoba

John DiBaise, MD
Mayo Clinic

Rajiv Jalan, MD
University College of London (UCL)

Sunanda Kane, MD
Mayo Clinic

Michael Lucey, MD
University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health

Neil Sengupta, MD
The University of Chicago Medicine

Cedars-Sinai Faculty

Christopher Almario, MD Walid Ayoub, MD Nirupama Bonthala, MD Bianca Chang, MD Shara Chess, APRN, MSN, FNP Adeeti Chiplunker, MD Victoria DeLeon, RN, BSN, CGRN Suzanne Devkota, MD Lillian Du, MD Edward Feldman, MD Phillip Fleshner, MD Srinivas Gaddam, MD Christina Ha, MD Alexander Kuo, MD Susie Lee, NP Christine Leyson, NP Quin Liu, MD Simon Lo, MD Dermot McGovern, MD, PhD

Mazen Noureddin, MD Stephen Pandol, MD Kenneth Park, MD Nipaporn Pichetshote, MD Mark Pimental, MD, FRCPC Susan Rabizadeh, MD Shervin Rabizadeh, MD Ali Rezaie, MD, MSc, FRCPC Brennan Spiegel, MD Vinay Sundaram, MD Gaurav Syal, MD Stephan Targan, MD Eric Vasiliauskas, MD Ashley Wachsman, MD Kimberly Wesley, MSN Ju Dong Yang, MD Karen Zaghiyan, MD David Ziring, MD

Exhibit Fee: $3,500

Should you decide to participate at this important educational activity, please complete the online exhibit registration.
An account will need to be created. Online registration is required even if paying by check. 

Click the “Register” tab, select your registrant category “Exhibitor/Vendor” and proceed. 

Please email [email protected] for more information.