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Gastroenterology and Hepatology Board Review

Gastroenterology and Hepatology Board Review

Gastroenterology and Hepatology Board Review
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Overview

In-depth CME Review of Gastrointestinal Diseases

Gastroenterology and Hepatology Board Review is an online video CME program covering normal function, signs, symptoms, and diseases of the gastrointestinal organs — from the esophagus and stomach to the small intestine, colon, liver, pancreas, and biliary tract.

 

This continuing medical education program includes 40+ one-hour lectures delivered by recognized experts with extensive clinical experience. You’ll benefit from the decision-making expertise of these skilled educators as they discuss diagnostic procedures, medical therapy, surgical therapy, and procedural therapy. Presentations combine scientific evidence and clinical judgment, culminating with recommendations for the most appropriate care and improved patient outcomes.

Topics / Speakers

Esophagus

Gastroesophageal Reflux Disease (GERD) and Barrett’s Esophagus - Stuart Jon Spechler, MD

Esophageal Motility and Structural Disorders - Dustin A. Carlson, MD

Update in Eosinophilic Esophagitis and Eosinophilic Gastrointestinal Diseases - Evan S. Dellon, MD, MPH

Esophageal Cancer - Anil K. Rustgi, MD

Stomach and Small Intestine

Pathophysiology of Peptic Ulcer Disease - Helen M. Shields, MD

Peptic Ulcer Hemorrhage – Diagnosis and Management - Dennis M. Jensen, MD

Motility Disorders – Gastroparesis, Functional Dyspepsia, Ileus - Braden Kuo, MD, MSc

Malabsorption and Nutrition - Henry J. Binder, MD

Viral/Bacterial Gastroenteritis - Jason B. Harris, MD, MPH

Constipation and Diarrhea - Lawrence R. Schiller, MD

Celiac Disease and Gluten Sensitivity - Peter H. R. Green, MD

Colon

Diagnosis and Management of Clostridioides difficile Infections - Jessica R. Allegretti, MD, MPH

Inflammatory Bowel Disease - Anita Afzali, MD, MPH, MHCM

Irritable Bowel Syndrome - Walter W. Chan, MD, MPH, FACG, AGAF

Ischemic Bowel Disorders – A Case Based Approach - Paul Feuerstadt, MD

Colorectal Cancer Screening Strategies - Shilpa Grover, MD, MPH

An Update on Colorectal and Anal Cancers - Robert J. Mayer, MD

Hereditary Gastrointestinal Polyposis/Cancer Syndromes - John M. Carethers, MD, MACP

Liver – Hepatitis

Viral Hepatitis Overview - Raymond T. Chung, MD

Hepatitis B - Norah Terrault, MD, MPH

Hepatitis C - Ira M. Jacobson, MD

HIV – Viral Hepatitis Co-Infection - Kenneth E. Sherman, MD, PhD

Liver – General

Drug-Induced Liver Injury – Idiosyncratic (iDILI) and Acetaminophen - William M. Lee, MD, FACP, FAASLD, AGAF

Nonalcoholic Fatty Liver Disease - Stephen A. Harrison, MD

Alcohol-Associated Hepatitis - Jay Luther, MD

Autoimmune Liver Disorders - John M. Vierling, MD, FACP, FAASLD, AGAF

Genetic Liver Disorders - Kris V. Kowdley, MD, FACP

Hepatic Decompensation - Andrea Ewing Reid, MD, MPH

Hepatocellular Carcinoma - Augusto Villanueva, MD

Liver Transplantation - Thomas D. Schiano, MD

Liver Fibrosis - Don C. Rockey, MD

Pancreas

Acute Pancreatitis - Yasmin Genevieve Hernandez-Barco, MD

Recurrent-Chronic Pancreatitis – Evaluation and New Therapies - Steven D. Freedman, MD, PhD

Update in Pancreatic Cancer - William R. Brugge, MD

Biliary Tract

Gallstones, Gallbladder, and Biliary Tract Disease - Muthoka L. Mutinga, MD

Cholangiocarcinoma - Sumera I. Ilyas, MD

Special Topics

Gut Microbiome - Aonghus Lavelle, MD, PhD

Approach to Gastrointestinal Hemorrhage - John R. Saltzman, MD

A New Era in Obesity Treatment - Lee M. Kaplan, MD, PhD

COVID-19 – Gastrointestinal Manifestations - Thomas R. McCarty, MD

Gastrointestinal and Hepatic Toxicities of Checkpoint Blockade - Michael Dougan, MD

Acute Gastrointestinal Toxicity of Novel Anti-Cancer Therapies - Shilpa Grover, MD, MPH

Faculty

Course Director

Jules L. Dienstag, MD

Carl W. Walter Professor of Medicine

Harvard Medical School

Physician, Gastrointestinal Unit

Department of Medicine

Massachusetts General Hospital

Boston, MA

Speakers

Anita Afzali, MD, MPH, MHCM

Professor of Medicine, Interim Division

Chief, Division of Digestive Diseases

Executive Vice Chair of Medicine

Department of Internal Medicine

University of Cincinnati College of Medicine

Associate Chief Medical Officer

UC Health Systems

Cincinnati, OH

Jessica R. Allegretti, MD, MPH, FACG, AGAF

Director

Crohn’s and Colitis Center

Director of Clinical Research, Director

Fecal Microbiota Transplant Program

Division of Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Endoscopy

Brigham and Women’s Hospital

Associate Professor of Medicine

Harvard Medical School

Boston, MA

Henry J. Binder, MD

Professor Emeritus of Medicine

Senior Research Scientist

Yale University School of Medicine

New Haven, CT

William R. Brugge, MD

Professor of Medicine

Harvard Medical School

Boston, MA

Mount Auburn Hospital

Cambridge, MA

John M. Carethers, MD, MACP

Distinguished Professor of Medicine

Vice Chancellor for Health Science

University of California, San Diego School of Medicine

San Diego, CA

Dustin A. Carlson, MD

Assistant Professor

Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology

Department of Medicine

Feinberg School of Medicine – Northwestern University

Chicago, IL

Walter W. Chan, MD, MPH, FACG, AGAF

Director, Center for Gastrointestinal Motility

Division of Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Endoscopy

Brigham and Women’s Hospital

Associate Professor of Medicine

Harvard Medical School

Boston, MA

Raymond T. Chung, MD

Director of Hepatology and Liver Center

Massachusetts General Hospital

Professor of Medicine

Harvard Medical School

Boston, MA

Evan S. Dellon, MD, MPH

Professor of Medicine

Adjunct Professor of Epidemiology

Director, Center for Esophageal Diseases and Swallowing

Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology

University of North Carolina School of Medicine

Chapel Hill, NC

Michael Dougan, MD

Assistant Professor of Medicine

Harvard Medical School

Massachusetts General Hospital

Boston, MA

Paul Feuerstadt, MD

Assistant Clinical Professor of Medicine

Yale University School of Medicine

New Haven, CT

Attending Gastroenterologist

PACT-Gastroenterology Center

Hamden, CT

Steven D. Freedman, MD, PhD

Professor of Medicine

Harvard Medical School

Director, The Pancreas Center

Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center

Boston, MA

Peter H.R. Green, MD

Phyllis and Ivan Seidenberg Professor of Medicine

Director, Celiac Disease Center

Columbia University Medical Center

New York, NY

Shilpa Grover, MD, MPH

Director, Onco-Gastroenterology Program

Division of Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Endoscopy

Brigham and Women’s Hospital

Boston, MA

Jason B. Harris, MD, MPH

Professor of Pediatrics

Harvard Medical School

Division Chief, Pediatric Global Health

Pediatric Infectious Diseases, Microbiology

MassGeneral Hospital for Children

Massachusetts General Hospital

Boston, MA

Stephen A. Harrison, MD

Radcliffe Department of Medicine

University of Oxford

Oxford, Oxfordshire, England

Yasmin Genevieve Hernandez-Barco, MD

Director, MGH Pancreas Center

Division of Gastroenterology

Massachusetts General Hospital

Instructor in Medicine

Harvard Medical School

Boston, MA

Sumera I. Ilyas, MD

Assistant Professor of Immunology and Medicine

Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology

May Clinic

Rochester, MN

Ira M. Jacobson, MD

Professor of Medicine

Director of Hepatology

NYU Langone Health

New York, NY

Dennis M. Jensen, MD

Professor of Medicine

David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA Health Sciences

Staff Physician, Ronald Reagan UCLA Medical Center

VA Greater Los Angeles Healthcare System

Los Angeles, CA

Lee M. Kaplan, MD, PhD

Director

The Obesity and Metabolism Institute

Boston, MA

Kris V. Kowdley, MD, FACP

Director, Liver Institute Northwest

Professor

Elson S. Floyd College of Medicine

Washington State University

Seattle, WA

 

Braden Kuo, MD, MSc

Director of the Center for Neurointestinal Health

Gastrointestinal Unit

Massachusetts General Hospital

Associate Professor of Medicine

Harvard Medical School

Boston, MA

Aonghus Lavelle, MB, PhD

ACP Microbiome Ireland

University College Cork

Cork, Ireland

William M. Lee, MD, FACP, FAASLD, AGAF

Professor of Internal Medicine

Holder of the Meredith Mosie Chair in Liver Disease

Division of Digestive and Liver Diseases

UT Southwestern Medical Center

Dallas, TX

Jay Luther, MD

Director, MGH Alcohol Liver Center

Division of Gastroenterology

Massachusetts General Hospital

Harvard Medical School

Boston, MA

Robert J. Mayer, MD

Vice Chair for Academic Affairs

Dana-Farber Cancer Institute

Stephen B. Kay Family Professor of Medicine

Harvard Medical School

Boston, MA

Thomas R. McCarty, MD

Interventional and Bariatric Endoscopist

The Lynda K. and David M. Underwood Center for Digestive Disorders

Houston Methodist Hospital

Houston, TX

Muthoka L. Mutinga, MD

Associate Physician

Division of Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Endoscopy

Brigham and Women’s Hospital

Boston, MA

Andrea Ewing Reid, MD, MPH

Director of Diversity and Faculty Development

Gastrointestinal Unit

Massachusetts General Hospital

Associate Dean for Student and Multicultural Affairs

Director of the Office of Recruitment and Multicultural Affairs (ORMA)

Harvard Medical School

Boston, MA

Don C. Rockey, MD

Distinguished University Professor

The Medical University of South Carolina

Digestive Disease Research Center

Charleston, SC

Anil K. Rustgi, MD

Herbert and Florence Irving Professor of Medicine

Columbia University Vagelos College of Physicians and Surgeons

Director, Herbert Irving Comprehensive Cancer Center

New York-Presbyterian Columbia University Irving Medical Center

New York, NY

John R. Saltzman, MD

Professor of Medicine (part-time)

Harvard Medical Center

Division of Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Endoscopy

Brigham and Women’s Hospital

Boston, MA

Thomas D. Schiano, MD

Professor of Medicine

Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai

Director of Clinical Hepatology

Medical Director, Adult Liver Transplantation

Medical Director, Intestinal Transplantation

Recanati/Miller Transplantation Institute

Mount Sinai Medical Center

New York, NY

Lawrence R. Schiller, MD

Chair

Institutional Review Board for Human Subject Protection

Baylor Scott & White Research Institute

Clinical Professor

Department of Medical Education

Texas A&M University School of Medicine

Dallas, TX

Kenneth E. Sherman, MD, PhD

Distinguished University Research Professor and Gould Professor of Medicine

University of Cincinnati College of Medicine

Cincinnati, OH

Helen M. Shields, MD

Professor of Medicine

Harvard Medical School

Associate Chief, Division of Medical Communications

Senior Physician

Division of Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Endoscopy

Department of Medicine

Brigham and Women’s Hospital

Boston, MA

Stuart Jon Spechler, MD

Chief, Division of Gastroenterology

Co-Director, Center for Esophageal Diseases

Baylor University Medical Center

Co-Director, Center for Esophageal Research

Baylor Scott & White Research Institute

Dallas, TX

Norah Terrault, MD, MPH

Neil Kaplowitz Professor of Medicine

Chief, Division of Gastrointestinal and Liver Diseases

Department of Medicine

Keck School of Medicine at USC

Los Angeles, CA

President, American Association for the Study of Liver Diseases (AASLD)

Co-Chair, Gastrointestinal Updates-Inflammatory Bowel-Liver Diseases (GUILD)

John M. Vierling, MD, FACP, FAASLD, AGAF

Professor of Medicine and Surgery

Chief of Hepatology

Director of Baylor Liver Health

Director of Advanced Liver Therapies

Baylor College of Medicine

Houston, TX

Augusto Villanueva, MD

Associate Professor of Medicine

Divisions of Liver Diseases, Hematology and Medical Oncology

Department of Medicine

Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai

New York, NY

Accreditation / Pass Guarantee

Accreditation

Oakstone Publishing is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME) to provide continuing medical education for physicians.

Designation

Oakstone Publishing designates this enduring material for a maximum of 39.75 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.

 

Successful completion of this CME activity, which includes participation in the evaluation component, enables the participant to earn up to 39.75 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.

 

Date of Original Release: August 31, 2023
Date Credits Expire: August 30, 2026
Estimated Time to Complete: 39.75 hours

 

CME credit is awarded upon successful completion of a course evaluation and post-test.

Learning Objectives

At the conclusion of this activity, the participant will be able to:

  • Describe the clinical, endoscopic, and histopathologic features of eosinophilic esophagitis
  • Summarize resuscitation, initial management, transfusion recommendations, and timing of endoscopy for peptic ulcer bleeding
  • Explain the differential diagnosis, evaluation, and management of diarrhea.
  • Discuss inflammatory bowel disease diagnostic tools and work-up for appropriate patients
  • Identify the risk factors that warrant screening for hepatitis C
  • Recognize clinical trends in drug-induced liver injury
  • List the possible pathogenic mechanisms of pancreatitis and how that informs drug targets and treatments
  • Differentiate between acute calculous cholecystitis and acute acalculous cholecystitis
  • List the core principles of obesity treatment
  • Name the gastrointestinal manifestations of COVID-19 infection

Intended Audience

This educational activity was designed for gastroenterologists, hepatologists, internists, fellows in gastroenterology, and internal medicine residents interested in gastroenterology and hepatology.

Board Pass Guarantee

We Guarantee You'll Pass! Diligent course study and successful completion of the CME quiz provides the strongest likelihood of passing board certification or maintenance of certification exams. Oakstone is so confident of your success that we guarantee it. If you do not pass your exam on the first attempt, mail us a copy of your board failure notification, plus our system certificate reflecting your successful completion of the CME quizzes for the board review product purchased. You will receive a credit for the purchase price paid (less any discounts or premium), which you may apply to future purchases with Oakstone. Your exam record will be destroyed. Your board failure notification can be mailed to: Oakstone, P.O. Box 190165, Birmingham, AL 35219. If you have any questions on this policy, please feel free to contact Customer Service at 1-800-633-4743.

Quick Facts

a CMEinfo video production

Provider: Oakstone CME

Course Director:
Jules L. Dienstag, MD
Carl W. Walter Professor of Medicine

Harvard Medical School

Physician, Gastrointestinal Unit

Department of Medicine

Massachusetts General Hospital

Boston, MA

Credits: Earn a maximum of 39.75 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™ and 39.75 MOC points

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