UPMC Pittsburgh Gut Club
October 22, 2020
WEBCASTS: Thursday, Oct. 1, Thursday, Oct. 22, and Thursday, Nov. 19, 2020
Course Director: Robert E. Schoen, MD, MPH
Professor of Medicine & Epidemiology
Chief, Division of Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition
University of Pittsburgh
The UPMC Pittsburgh Gut Club is a gastroenterology education and networking series designed to bring novel and relevant subspecialty advancements to the Greater Pittsburgh region. All gastroenterologists, physicians, and allied health professionals are encouraged to attend.
6 p.m. Welcome, Registration, Visit Sponsors
6:30 p.m. Lecture & Discussion
7:30 p.m. Adjourn and Visit Sponsors
8 p.m. Sponsorship Website Closes
Series of Lectures
Thursday, Oct. 1, 2020
Management of Cirrhosis: New Concepts
Guadalupe Garcia-Tsao, MD
Professor of Medicine
Chief, Digestive Diseases
Program Director, VA-CT Hepatitis C Resource Center, VA-CT Healthcare System
Director, Clinical and Translational Core, Yale Liver Center, Yale School of Medicine
New Haven, CT
Learn more and register.
Thursday, Oct. 22, 2020
Obesity and Endoscopic Management Strategies
Christopher C. Thompson, MD, MSc
Associate Professor of Medicine, Harvard Medical School
Director of Endoscopy, Brigham & Womens Hospital
Director, Bariatric Endoscopy Fellowship Program, Brigham & Womens Hospital
Boston, MA
Learn more and register.
Thursday, Nov. 19, 2020
From POEM to Duodenoscope Contamination: Lessons in Biodesign Thinking for Clinician-Innovators
Pankaj Jay Pasricha, MD
Vice Chair of Medicine and Neurosciences, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine
Professor of Innovation Management, Johns Hopkins Carey School of Business
Director, Johns Hopkins Center for Neurogastroenterology
Director, Amos Food Body and Mind Center
Baltimore, MD
Learn more and register.
Sponsored By
The Division of Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, UPMC, and UPMC Center for Continuing Education in the Health Sciences
Please email Joy Merusi at joj2@pitt.edu with any questions.
The University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education to provide continuing medical education for physicians.
The University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine designates this live activity for a maximum of 1 AMA PRA Category 1 CreditTM. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in this activity.
Other health care professionals are awarded 1 continuing education unit (CEU) which is equal to 1 contact hour.
The University of Pittsburgh is an affirmative action, equal opportunity institution.
