Our annual education update for primary care providers in the community covers important advances in the management of GI and liver disease. This half-day event is designed to empower primary care providers with the latest clinical information and give them the opportunity to interact directly with regional GI and hepatology experts. Topics span updates in viral hepatitis, PBC, cirrhosis, and MASLD, as well as GERD, H. pylori, pancreaticobiliary pathology, IBD, IBS, C. difficile, and colon cancer screening.

Date
Feb 6, 2027
Location
Grandview Yard, Columbus, OH
Check-in
7:30 AM Breakfast
CME Credit
4 Hours
Leadership

Course Directors

Shail Govani, MD
Shail Govani, MD
Course Director
James Hanje, MD
James Hanje, MD
Course Director
Schedule

Agenda

Time Session
7:30 AM – 8:00 AM Registration and Breakfast
8:00 AM – 8:30 AM Cysts, Stones and Masses: Updates in Pancreatic and Biliary Diseases — Dr. Sean McCarthy
8:30 AM – 9:00 AM Heartburn and Dysphagia: Esophageal Updates — Dr. Patrick Chen
9:00 AM – 9:30 AM Bloating, Constipation and Diarrhea: Improving IBS Patients' QOL — Dr. Kasey Parker
9:30 AM – 9:45 AM Break
9:45 AM – 10:15 AM Colon Cancer Screening — Dr. David Lo
10:15 AM – 10:45 AM Mabs and Nibs: Updates in the Evolving Treatment of IBD — Dr. Shail Govani
10:45 AM – 11:15 AM Elevated LFTs and Cirrhosis Management: What Every PCP Should Know — Dr. Pranav Penninti
11:15 AM – 12:00 PM Multidisciplinary Management of MASLD — Dr. Anthony Michaels, Kathy Foreman, CNP, Michelle Maguire, PharmD
12:00 PM Adjourn
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