NorthShore Gut Club - May 2017

Northbrook, IL US
May 18, 2017
This educational activity is designed to provide a platform for participants to discuss current GI advances and management of difficult and unusual GI problems while incorporating emerging diagnostic and therapeutic modalities.

Target Audience

This educational activity is designed to provide a platform to discuss current GI advances and management of difficult and unusual GI problems. This program is geared towards gastroenterologists and surgeons as well as other healthcare providers interested in gastroenterological diseases.

Learning Objectives

Upon completion of this activity, participants will be able to:

  • Understand the epidemiology of BE progression;
  • Review the various treatment options available;
  • Discuss and review the side effects and efficacy of endoscopic management;
  • Discuss and review current endoscopic and surgical management options of GERD;
  • Discuss updates in new endoscopic technologies to manage GERD.
Additional information
ACGME/ABMS Core Competencies: 
Patient Care and Procedural Skills
Medical Knowledge
For more information, please contact:
CME Coordinator Contact Name: 
Jennifer Wertheimer
CME Coordinator Contact Email: 
jwertheimer@northshore.org
CME Coordinator Contact Phone: 
(847) 570-1258
Summary
Available credit: 
  • 2.00 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™
  • 2.00 Participation
Event starts: 
05/18/2017 - 6:30pm
Event ends: 
05/18/2017 - 8:30pm
Activity opens: 
05/18/2017
Activity expires: 
11/18/2017
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Renaissance Hotel
933 Skokie Blvd
Northbrook, IL 60062
United States
COURSE FACULTY
  Faris Murad, MD, FASGE (Moderator)
  Chief, Advanced Therapeutic Endoscopy
  NorthShore University HealthSystem
  Clinical Associate Professor
  University of Chicago Pritzker School of Medicine
 
  Prateek Sharma, MD
  ACG Visiting Professor
  Professor of Medicine
  Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology
  University of Kansas School of Medicine
  VA Medical Center, Kansas City, MO
 
  Michael Ujiki, MD
  Department of Surgery
  NorthShore University HealthSystem
  Clinical Associate Professor of Surgery
  University of Chicago Pritzker School of Medicine
Accreditation Statement
This activity has been planned and implemented in accordance with the accreditation requirements and policies of the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME) through the joint providership of The University of Chicago Pritzker School of Medicine and NorthShore University HealthSystem. The University of Chicago Pritzker School of Medicine is accredited by the ACCME to provide continuing medical education for physicians.
 
Credit Designation Statement
The University of Chicago Pritzker School of Medicine designates this live activity for a maximum of 2 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.
 
Nurses and other healthcare professionals will receive a Certificate of Participation.  For information on the applicability and acceptance of Certificates of Participation for educational activities certified for AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™ from organizations accredited by the ACCME, please consult your professional licensing board.
Registration: RSVP is required as space is limited.
RSVP by telephone at (847) 570-1258 or click on the email link below.
 
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