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Annual GI and Liver Updates Meets “Acing the Boards”
Target Audience
Learning Objectives
At the conclusion of this activity, participants will be able to:
- Describe how to implement evidence-based medicine in the diagnosis and management of gastrointestinal and liver diseases;
- State the role of emerging technologies for medical and surgical management of gastrointestinal diseases;
- Discuss how to apply high-yield clinical pearls to diagnose complex gastrointestinal diseases;
- Evaluate different views in controversial areas of the management of gastrointestinal and liver diseases;
- Outline new guidelines for the therapeutic monitoring and management of gastrointestinal diseases.
*Agenda subject to change.
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SPECIAL ATTENDEE RATES AVAILABLE!
We are pleased to offer a special rate for conference attendees. Special rates start at $269 for single/double occupancy.
Cut-off date for reserving rooms in the room block is 5pm CST on August 21, 2019. Hotel accommodations can be made:
- Online: https://tinyurl.com/UCCME2019
- Via Phone: Please call 1-800-333-3333 and use the promotional code: UOCHIC.
PARKING
Valet parking is available at the hotel for $28.
Questions?
ACCESSIBILITY The University of Chicago is committed to providing equal access appropriate to need and circumstances and complies fully with legal requirements of the Americans with Disabilities Act. If you are in need of special accommodation, please contact Amy Majkowski via email at amajkowski@medicine.bsd.uchicago.edu.
The University of Chicago reserves the right to cancel or postpone this conference due to unforeseen circumstances. In the unlikely event this activity must be cancelled or postponed, the registration fee will be refunded; however, The University of Chicago is not responsible for any related costs, charges, or expenses to participants, including fees assessed by airline/travel/lodging agencies.
COURSE DIRECTORS
Sonia Kupfer, MDAssistant Professor of Medicine
Director, Gastrointestinal Cancer Risk and Prevention Clinic
Co-Director, Comprehensive Cancer Risk and Prevention Clinic
The University of Chicago
Chicago, IL
David T. Rubin, MDJoseph B. Kirsner Professor of Medicine
Section Chief, Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition
Co-Director, Digestive Diseases Center
Chicago, IL
Brennan Spiegel, MD Editor-in-Chief, American Journal of Gastroenterology
Director of Health Services Research, Cedars-Sinai Health System
Director, Center for Outcomes Research and Education (CORE)
Professor of Medicine, Cedars-Sinai
Los Angeles, CA
Hetal A. Karsan, MD Editor of the Red Section and Associate
Editor, American Journal of Gastroenterology
Atlanta Gastroenterology Associates
Adjunct Professor of Medicine
Emory University School of Medicine
Atlanta, GA
Disclosure Declarations
As a provider accredited by the ACCME, The University of Chicago Pritzker School of Medicine requires everyone who is in a position to control the content of an education activity to disclose all relevant financial relationships with any commercial interest. This includes any entity producing, marketing, re-selling, or distributing health care goods or services consumed by or used on patients. The ACCME defines “relevant financial relationships” as financial relationships in any amount occurring within the past 12 months, including financial relationships of a spouse or life partner that could create a conflict of interest. Mechanisms are in place to identify and resolve any potential conflict of interest prior to the start of the activity.
Additionally, The University of Chicago Pritzker School of Medicine requires Authors to identify investigational products or off-label uses of products regulated by the US Food and Drug Administration, at first mention and where appropriate in the content.
The University of Chicago Pritzker School of Medicine is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education to provide continuing medical education for physicians.
The University of Chicago Pritzker School of Medicine designates this live activity for a maximum of 12 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.
American Board of Internal Medicine MOC Part II Credit
Successful completion of this CME activity, which includes participation in the evaluation component, enables the participant to earn up to 12 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.
Please Note: Requests to claim MOC Part II credit must be made within one month to report to ABIM. Requests to claim AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™ after three months will be subject to additional fees.
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