6th Annual UCLA-Mellinkoff GI and Hepatology Symposium March 9-10, 2018

• Functional Bowel Disease (IBS, Functional Dyspepsia, Gas, Bloating, Cramping, Diarrhea, Constipation, Probiotics, The Role of Diet in These Symptoms)
• Crohn's Disease (Refractory Crohn's Disease Patient Failing Anti-TNF, Therapeutic Drug Monitoring, Management of Perianal Crohn's Disease)
• Ulcerative Colitis (Biologic Therapy, Recurrent C. Diff and Steroid-dependent UC Refractory to Biologic Therapy)
• Colon Cancer Screening: Achieving 80% by 2018
• Hemorrhoids and Fissures: Diagnosis and Management of Complications
• Autoimmune Liver Disease
• Detect, Inspect and Characterize Colon Polyps
• The Use of Common GI Medications in Pregnancy
• Acute and Chronic Pancreatits: When to Refer to Surgery
• Chronic Hepatitis B
• Managing Eosinophilic Esophagitis
• Barrett's Esophagus: An Update
• Autoimmune Cholangiopathy and Pancreatitis
• Endoscopic Management of GI Bleeding
• Hepatitis C: The Final Chapter
• Esophageal Physiology Testing
• The Evolving Role of EUS in Pancreatic Disease
• Alternatives to Optical Colonoscopy
• Protecting the Endoscopist: Ergonomics in the Endoscopy Unit
• Bowel Control and the Perils of Pregnancy
• A Primer on Colonoscopy
• Maximizing ERCP Cannulation Efficiency and Minimizing Trauma

Functional Bowel Disease (IBS, Functional Dyspepsia, Gas, Bloating, Cramping, Diarrhea, Constipation, Probiotics, The Role of Diet in These Symptoms)

Lynn Shapiro Connolly, MD, MSCR, UCLA
Lin Chang, MD, UCLA
Nancee Jaffe, MS, RDN, UCLA
Kirsten Tillisch, MD, UCLA

Crohn's Disease (Refractory Crohn's Disease Patient Failing Anti-TNF, Therapeutic Drug Monitoring, Management of Perianal Crohn's Disease)

Jenny Sauk, MD, UCLA
Maria T. Abreu, MD, U of Miami
Daniel Hommes, MD, PhD, UCLA
David A. Schwartz, MD, Vanderbilt University

Ulcerative Colitis (Biologic Therapy, Recurrent C. Diff and Steroid-dependent UC Refractory to Biologic Therapy)

Jenny Sauk, MD, UCLA
Maria T. Abreu, MD, U of Miami
Daniel Hommes, MD, PhD, UCLA
David A. Schwartz, MD, Vanderbilt University

Colon Cancer Screening: Achieving 80% by 2018

Folasade P. May, MD, PhD, MPhil, UCLA

Hemorrhoids and Fissures: Diagnosis and Management of Complications

Anne Y. Lin, MD, UCLA

Autoimmune Liver Disease

Gina Choi, MD, UCLA

Detect, Inspect and Characterize Colon Polyps

Stephen Kim, MD, UCLA

The Use of Common GI Medications in Pregnancy

Rimma Shaposhnikov, MD, UCLA

Acute and Chronic Pancreatits: When to Refer to Surgery

Timothy R. Donahue, MD, UCLA

Chronic Hepatitis B

Stephen-Huy Han, MD, UCLA

Managing Eosinophilic Esophagitis

Kevin Ghassemi, MD, UCLA

Barrett's Esophagus: An Update

V. Raman Muthusamy, MD, MAS, UCLA

Autoimmune Cholangiopathy and Pancreatitis

Alireza Sedarat, MD, UCLA

Endoscopic Management of GI Bleeding

Dennis Jensen, MD, UCLA

Hepatitis C: The Final Chapter

Sammy Saab, MD, MPH, UCLA

Esophageal Physiology Testing

Jeffrey L. Conklin, MD, UCLA

The Evolving Role of EUS in Pancreatic Disease

Stephen Kim, MD, UCLA

Alternatives to Optical Colonoscopy

Amandeep Shergill, MD, MS, UC San Francisco

Protecting the Endoscopist: Ergonomics in the Endoscopy Unit

Amadeep Shergill, MD, MS, UC San Francisco

Bowel Control and the Perils of Pregnancy

Christopher M. Tarnay, MD, UCLA

A Primer on Colonoscopy

Jason B. Samarasena, MD, UC Irvine

Maximizing ERCP Cannulation Efficiency and Minimizing Trauma

Michael L. Kochman, MD, University of Pennsylvania