Description

Gastroenterology and Hepatology Board Review 2020

Oakstone Board Review
A detailed and comprehensive review of gastroenterology and hepatology designed to improve the care and management of patients with acute and chronic GI and liver disorders. Ideal for MOC.

YOU WILL GET THE COURSE VIA LIFETIME DOWNLOAD LINK (FAST SPEED) AFTER PAYMENT

Stay Current in Your Specialty

The 40+ hour-long lectures in Gastroenterology and Hepatology Board Review focus on the clinical management of disorders of the esophagus, stomach and small intestines, colon, liver, pancreas, and biliary tract. Keep pace with the latest developments in your field as you prepare for the ABIM subspecialty boards.

This online CME course will help you to discuss diagnostic and therapeutic interventions — diagnostic procedures, medical therapy, and procedural therapy — and treatment recommendations based on disorder characteristics and disease prognosis.

Date of Original Release: October 15, 2020
Date Credits Expire: October 15, 2023
Estimated Time to Complete: 40.25 hours

Learning Objectives

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

• Differentiate between viral and bacterial gastroenteritis
• Explain the screening strategies for colorectal cancer and for other gastrointestinal cancers
• Recognize the therapeutic interventions for treating hepatitis B and hepatitis C
• Distinguish between Barrett’s esophagus and gastroesophageal reflux disease
• Compare the signs and symptoms found in acute pancreatitis and chronic pancreatitis
• Discuss the medical and surgical interventions for obesity
• Describe the gastrointestinal manifestations of COVID-19
• Explain the significance of the gut microbiome
• List the complications of a cholecystectomy
• Explain the complications of H. Pylori infection and Zollinger-Ellison syndrome in peptic ulcer disease

Intended Audience

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

Topics And Speakers:

 

Esophagus

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

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

• Update in Eosinophilic Esophagitis and Eosinophilic Gastroenteritis - John J. Garber, MD

• 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

• Constipation/Diarrhea - Lawrence R. Schiller, MD

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

Colon

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

• Inflammatory Bowel Disease - Anita Afzali, MD, MPH

• Irritable Bowel Syndrome - Walter W.Y. Chan, MD, MPH

• The Spectrum of Gastrointestinal Ischemia: 2020 - Lawrence J. Brandt, MD, MACG, AGAF, FASGE

• 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

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 - William M. Lee, MD, PhD
  

• Nonalcoholic Fatty Liver Disease - Arun J. Sanyal, MD

• Alcoholic Hepatitis - Jay Luther, MD

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

• Genetic Liver Disorders - Kris V. Kowdley, MD

• Hepatic Decompensation - Andrea E. Reid, MD, MPH

• Hepatocellular Carcinoma - Augusto Villanueva, MD

• Liver Transplantation - Thomas D. Schiano, MD

• Liver Fibrosis - Don C. Rockey, MD

Pancreas

• Acute Pancreatitis - Peter J. Fagenholz, MD

• Recurrent/Chronic Pancreatitis: Evaluation and New Therapies - Steven D. Freedman, MD, PhD

• Update in Pancreatic Cancer - William R. Brugge, MD

Billiary Tract

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

• Cholangiocarcinoma - Sumera H. Rizvi, MBBS

Special Topics

• Gut Microbiome - Fergus Shanahan, MD

• Approach to Gastrointestinal Hemorrhage - John R. Saltzman, MD

• Obesity – Medical and Surgical Therapies - Lee M. Kaplan, MD, PhD
  

• COVID-19: Gastrointestinal Manifestations - Thomas R. McCarty, MD

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