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19th Annual Educational Meeting in Gastroenterology


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Add to Calendar 19th Annual Educational Meeting in Gastroenterology 2/22/2019 7:00:00 AM 2/23/2019 5:00:00 PM America/Los_Angeles For More Details: https://cedars.cloud-cme.com/gastroenterologycme19 Description: REGISTRATION IS NOW CLOSED. ONSITE REGISTRATION WILL BE AVAILABLE.Meeting Location: Cedars-Sinai Medical Center Harvey Morse Conference Center South Tower, Plaza Level 8700 Gracie Allen Drive Los Angeles, CA 90048Parking: Self parking is available in the visitor parking lots P1, P2 or P4 for a daily rate of $10.00. P1on George Burns Road, North Tower, between Beverly Blvd and Alden Drive P2on George Burns Road... Cedars-Sinai Medical Center false MM/DD/YYYY


Date & Location
Friday, February 22, 2019, 7:00 AM - Saturday, February 23, 2019, 5:00 PM PST, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center

Overview

REGISTRATION IS NOW CLOSED. ONSITE REGISTRATION WILL BE AVAILABLE. 

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 $10.00.

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

The 19th 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 18 years 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 also 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 lectureformat presentations, the course will also feature interactive formats including debate and panel discussions, Q & A sessions, case discussions and video presentations.



Registration

REGISTRATION IS NOW CLOSED. ONSITE REGISTRATION WILL BE AVAILABLE. 
*EARLY FEES EXTENDED

 Physicians        $275
 Non-physicians         $95 
Cedars-Sinai Nurses   $50 

Single Day Rates

 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.

 

To Pay by Check:

Mail registration form and payment (with checks made payable to Cedars-Sinai Medical Center) to:
Cedars-Sinai Medical Center
Office of Continuing Medical Education
Attn: Registrations
8797 Beverly Boulevard, #250
Los Angeles, CA 90048


Refund Policy:

All cancellations must be submitted in writing and refunds will be subject to an administrative charge. 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. 


Accreditation
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 16.0 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-Physician Attendance (RN, NP, PA and Other Learners) Credit is provided to non-physicians who participate in activities that were designated for "AMA PRA Category 1 Credit(s)™".  The Boards for AANP, NCCPA, and ANCC accepts course approved by the ACCME for Category 1 credit as meeting the continuing education requirements for license renewal.

ABIM MOC PART II Recognition
Successful completion of this CME activity, which includes participation in the evaluation component, enables the participant to earn up to 10 Medical Knowledge MOC points in the American Board of Internal Medicine’s (ABIM) Maintenance of Certification (MOC) program. It is the CME activity provider’s responsibility to submit participant completion information to ACCME for the purpose of granting ABIM MOC credit.


Credits
AMA PRA Category 1 Credit(s)™ (MD, DO) (16.00 hours), ABIM MOC Part 2 (10.00 hours), Non-Physician AMA Attendance (16.00 hours)


Keywords: LIVEABIM2AMA





Member Information
Role in activity
Nature of Relationship(s) / Name of Ineligible Company(s)
Christopher Adkins, MD
Cedars Sinai
Faculty
Nothing to disclose
Christopher V. Almario, MD, MSHPM
Cedars-Sinai
Faculty
Ownership Interest-Gilead|Ownership Interest-Madrigal Pharmaceuticals|Receipt of Intellectual Property Rights/Patent Holder-Cedars-Sinai Medical Center|Ownership Interest-My Total Health|Speakers Bureau-GI Health Foundation|Consulting Fee-Synergy|Speaking Fee-Takeda Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
Walid S. Ayoub, MD
Cedars-Sinai
Faculty
Nothing to disclose
Faculty Photos
Nirupama Bonthala, MD
Cedars-Sinai
Faculty
Nothing to disclose
Erica R. Cohen, MD
Faculty
Nothing to disclose
Jean-Frederic Colombel, MD
Faculty
Consulting Fee-Consultant or advisory board member for AbbVie, Amgen, Boehringer-Ingelheim, Arena Pharmaceuticals, Celgene Corporation, Celltrion, Enterome, Eli Lilly, Ferring Pharmaceuticals, Genentech, Janssen and Janssen, Medimmune, Merck & Co., Nextbiotix, Novartis Pharmaceuticals Corporation, Otsuka Pharmaceutical Development & Commercialization, Inc., Pfizer, Protagonist, Second Genome, Gilead, Seres Therapeutics, Shire, Takeda, Theradiag, Zealand Pharmav
Faculty Photos
Edward Feldman, MD
CSMG
Faculty
Nothing to disclose
Faculty Photos
Phillip Fleshner, MD
Cedars-Sinai
Faculty
Nothing to disclose
Srinivas Gaddam
Cedars-Sinai
Faculty
Nothing to disclose
David Goldenberg, MD
Cedars Sinai Medical Center
Faculty
Nothing to disclose
Pamela S. Hamilton, JD/Esq.
Ce
Faculty
Nothing to disclose
Faculty Photos
Kelly Issokson, RD
Cedars-Sinai
Faculty
Nothing to disclose
Laith H. Jamil, MD
Beaumont Health-Royal Oak
Faculty
Consulting Fee-Aries Pharmaceuticals|Speakers Bureau-Aries Pharmaceuticals
Sarah Kilpatrick, MD, PhD
Cedars-Sinai
Faculty
Nothing to disclose
Kris Kowdley, MD

Faculty
Contracted Research-Novartis AG|Contracted Research-LaJolla
Faculty Photos
Alexander Kuo, MD
Cedars-Sinai
Faculty
Nothing to disclose
Faculty Photos
Terrance Lark, MSN
Cedars Sinai
Faculty
Faculty Photos
Quin Y. Liu, MD
Cedars-Sinai
Faculty
Nothing to disclose
Faculty Photos
Simon K. Lo, MD
Cedars-Sinai
Faculty
Nothing to disclose
Faculty Photos
Shelly C. Lu, MD
Cedars-Sinai
Faculty
Nothing to disclose
Amy Mann

Faculty
Nothing to disclose
Dermot McGovern, MD, PhD
Cedars-Sinai
Faculty
Consulting Fee-Pfizer, Precision IBD, Gilead, Janssen|Contracted Research-Second Genome
Gil Y. Melmed, MD
Cedars-Sinai
Faculty
Consulting Fee-Janssen, Takeda, Pfizer, Boehringer-Ingelheim, Medtronic, Samsung Bioepis|Royalty-Slack Publishing|Contracted Research-Gilead, Takeda, Pfizer, Jannsen, Atlantic Biopharmaceuticals
Baharak Moshiree, MD

Faculty
Consulting Fee-Synergy, Medtronic, Shire|Speakers Bureau-Synergy, Medtronic, Focus Medical, Nestle Science Institute|Contracted Research-Synergy, Medtronic, Ironwood, Allergan, Cairn Diagnostics, Takeda, Urovant
Faculty Photos
Mazen Noureddin, MD
Cedars-Sinai
Faculty
Consulting Fee-EchoSens North America, Gilead, OWL, Intercept and Abbott|Speakers Bureau-Abbott, EchoSens|Contracted Research-Gilead, Galmed, Galectin, Conatus, Zydus, Allergan, Genfit, and Shire
Rebecca Nusbaum, BSN
Cedars Sinai
Faculty
Nothing to disclose
Faculty Photos
Stephen Pandol, MD
Cedars-Sinai
Faculty
Receipt of Intellectual Property Rights/Patent Holder-Avenzoar Pharmaceuticals; Lucid Sciences|Ownership Interest-Avenzoar Pharmaceuticals; Lucid Sciences; Phyteau
Faculty Photos
Kenneth H. Park, MD
Cedars-Sinai
Faculty
Nothing to disclose
Shirley C. Paski, MD
Cedars-Sinai Medical Center
Faculty
Nothing to disclose
Nipaporn Pichetshote, MD
Cedars-Sinai Medical Center
Faculty
Nothing to disclose
Mark Pimentel, MD
Cedars-Sinai
Faculty
Royalty-Bausch Health|Consulting Fee-Salix, Naia Pharmaceuticals, Synthetic Biologics, Shire, US Medical|Speakers Bureau-Salix|Contracted Research-Bausch Health|Ownership Interest-Gemelli Biotech, Naia Pharmaceuticals, Synthetic Biologics|Currently on the board of Gemelli Biotech
Faculty Photos
Shervin Rabizadeh, MD
Cedars-Sinai
Faculty
Fees for Non-CE Services Received Directly from a Commercial Interest or its Agent-Prometheus laboratories
Faculty Photos
Ali Rezaie, MD
Cedars-Sinai
Faculty
Speakers Bureau-Valeant, Synergy
Lori Robbins, MD
Faculty
Nothing to disclose
Douglas Robertson, MD

Faculty
Consulting Fee-Freenome|Consulting Fee-Metabolomics, Inc
Mark Salem, MD

Faculty
Nothing to disclose
Brennan M. Spiegel, MD, MSHS
Cedars-Sinai
Faculty
Ownership Interest-My Total Health|Royalty-Slack Publishing|Royalty-GI Logic, My Total Health|Receipt of Intellectual Property Rights/Patent Holder-GI Logic, My Total Health|Contracted Research-Ironwood Pharmaceuticals, Nestle Health Sciences, AstraZeneca, Novartis Pharmaceuticals, Takeda Pharmaceuticals, Shire Pharmaceuticals
Faculty Photos
Gaurav Syal, MD
Cedars-Sinai
Faculty
Nothing to disclose
Faculty Photos
Stephan R. Targan, MD
Cedars-Sinai
Faculty
Consulting Fee-Synbiotix
Faculty Photos
Eric Vasiliauskas, MD
Cedars-Sinai
Faculty
Nothing to disclose
Phyllis M Winston, RN
Cedars-Sinai Medical Center
Faculty
Nothing to disclose
Ju Dong Yang, MD
Cedars-Sinai
Faculty
Nothing to disclose
Carrie Yutzy

Faculty
Nothing to disclose
Faculty Photos
Karen N. Zaghiyan, MD
Cedars-Sinai
Faculty
Nothing to disclose
Faculty Photos
David Ziring, MD
Cedars-Sinai
Faculty
Speakers Bureau-Abbott Laboratories

Friday, February 22, 2019
Registration, Breakfast and Exhibits
7:00AM - 7:40AM
Welcome and Course Introduction
7:40AM - 7:45AM
Shelly C. Lu, MD
Introduction and Housekeeping
7:45AM - 7:50AM
Edward Feldman, MD
IBD Pre-test
7:50AM - 8:00AM
Edward Feldman, MD
Prediction and Prevention of IBD
8:00AM - 8:30AM
Jean-Frederic Colombel, MD
Case-Based Discussion
8:30AM - 9:40AM
Erica R. Cohen, MD
Mark Salem, MD

Case 1: Taking Care of the Difficult UC Patient 
Case 2: Perianal Crohn’s Disease Management

Moderator: Gil Melmed, MD
Panelists: Stephan Targan, MD; Jean-Frederic Colombel, MD; Phillip Fleshner, MD; Shervin Rabizadeh, MD; Dermot McGovern, MD; Karen Zaghiyan MD
Break/Exhibits
9:40AM - 10:00AM
Case-based Breakout Session #1
10:00AM - 10:35AM

1. Drug De-escalation - Jean-Frederic Colombel, MD; Gaurav Syal, MD (PEC 4&5)
2. Help! My Pregnant IBD Patient is Flaring - Nirupama Bonthala, MD; Sarah Kilpatrick, MD, PhD (PEC 6&7)


Case-based Breakout Session #2 (Choose 1)
10:40AM - 11:15AM

1. My Patient Failed Their First Biologic – What Comes Next? - Gil Melmed, MD; David Ziring, MD (PEC 4&5)
2. Complete IBD Care: Utilizing Your Dietary and Psychosocial Resources -Kelly Issokson, RD; Amy Mann, LCSW; Eric Vasiliauskas, MD (PEC 6&7)


Sound Bites: Everything You Wanted to Know about IBD and More
11:20AM - 11:50AM
Edward Feldman, MD (Moderator)
Phillip Fleshner, MD (Moderator)

All faculty
IBD Post-test
11:50AM - 12:00PM
Edward Feldman, MD
Pick Up Lunch
12:00PM - 12:15PM
Lunch Lecture: Preventing Liability Claims in the Age of Social Media
12:15PM - 1:00PM
Pamela S. Hamilton, JD/Esq.
Advanced Endoscopy Pre-test
1:00PM - 1:05PM
Laith H. Jamil, MD
Colorectal Cancer Screening 2019: Why, Who, When and How?
1:05PM - 1:35PM
Douglas Robertson, MD
Update on Celiac Disease
1:35PM - 1:55PM
Shirley C. Paski, MD
Relevant GI Issues in Pediatric Patients for the Adult Gastroenterologist: Kids are Not Just Small Adults!
1:55PM - 2:15PM
Quin Y. Liu, MD
Advances in Bariatric Endoscopy
2:15PM - 2:35PM
Kenneth H. Park, MD
Break/Exhibits
2:35PM - 2:55PM
Breakout Sessions (Choose 1)
2:55PM - 3:35PM

a) Small Bowel Cases - Shirley Paski, MD (PEC 4)
b) Optimizing Your Surveillance Colonoscopy Practice (Case-based Discussion) - Douglas Robertson, MD (PEC 6&7)
c) Acing the Boards - Stephen Pandol, MD; Brennan Spiegel, MD; Christopher Almario, MD (PEC 5)


Screening for Pancreatic Cancer: Is There a Recommendation?
3:35PM - 4:00PM
Srinivas Gaddam
What’s New in Advanced Endoscopy?
4:00PM - 4:30PM
Simon K. Lo, MD
Panel Q & A
4:30PM - 4:50PM
Laith H. Jamil, MD (Moderator)
Advanced Endoscopy - Post-Test
4:50PM - 5:00PM
Laith H. Jamil, MD
Adjourn
5:00PM - 5:05PM
Saturday, February 23, 2019
Registration, Breakfast and Exhibits
7:00AM - 8:00AM
Introduction and Pre-test
8:00AM - 8:10AM
Copper and Iron: The Heavy Metals of the Liver
8:10AM - 9:00AM
Kris Kowdley, MD
Autoimmune Hepatitis: Updates in Management
9:00AM - 9:20AM
Walid S. Ayoub, MD
Liver Cancer: Emerging Therapies
9:20AM - 9:50AM
Ju Dong Yang, MD
Panel Discussion
9:50AM - 10:10AM
Break/Exhibits
10:10AM - 10:30AM
Simultaneous Nursing Seminar
10:20AM - 12:00PM

Location: PEC 6&7


10:20

Complications of GI Bleeds and Nursing Interventions

Rebecca Rowe, RN, BSN

10:40

Q & A


10:50

Handling Stress as a Nurse in GI Using Resilience

Terrance Lark, MSN, RN

11:10

Q & A


11:20

Perplexing Consent Obstacles Pre & Post GI Procedures

Phyllis M. Winston, RN, Esq.

11:40

Q & A

 


Care of the Post-Liver Transplant Patient: Management
10:30AM - 11:00AM
Alexander Kuo, MD
Updates in NAFLD: Strategies for Weight Loss and Beyond
11:00AM - 11:30AM
Mazen Noureddin, MD
Panel Discussion, Cases and Questions
11:30AM - 11:50AM
Post-test
11:50AM - 12:00PM
Faculty Lunch-and-Learn
12:00PM - 1:00PM
Motility Pre-test
1:00PM - 1:10PM
Mark Pimentel, MD
Management of Gastroparesis
1:10PM - 1:40PM
Baharak Moshiree, MD
Management of Fecal Incontinence
1:40PM - 2:10PM
Ali Rezaie, MD
Ineffective Esophageal Motility: What Lies between Normal and Achalasia
2:10PM - 2:40PM
Nipaporn Pichetshote, MD
Question and Answer
2:40PM - 2:50PM
Break/Exhibits
2:50PM - 3:10PM
Breakout Sessions (Choose 1)
3:10PM - 3:40PM

a) Esophageal Manometry - Ali Rezaie
b) Cyclic Vomiting - Baharak Moshiree
c) Diagnostics in IBS - Mark Pimentel


The Role of Vinculin in Gut Function
3:40PM - 4:10PM
Mark Pimentel, MD
What’s New in GI Motility?
4:10PM - 4:40PM
Nipaporn Pichetshote, MD
Ali Rezaie, MD
Question and Answer
4:40PM - 4:50PM
Motility Post-test
4:50PM - 5:00PM
Mark Pimentel, MD

To participate as an Exhibitor at this symposium, we require online exhibit registration, and full compliance with the ACCME Standards for Commercial Support. Each exhibitor will receive space (including table/chairs), and acknowledgment at the conference and in the course syllabus.

Exhibit Fee: $2,950

Should you decide to participate at this important educational activity, please email [email protected]. 


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