Hybrid & Industry Paths: Buying Down Time, Consulting, and Switching to Pharma

Course Title: Career Development Hybrid & Industry Paths: Buying Down Time, Consulting, and Switching to Pharma

Overview

Sep. 16, 2026
12:00 PM
Virtual

12–1 p.m. EDT

Join us for this upcoming event in our Career Development Workshops series — virtual webinars with leading experts. 

Expand your impact and elevate your career. Explore pathways to hybrid academic, consulting, and industry roles while maintaining clinical practice. Learn how to negotiate protected time, secure funded projects and advisory opportunities, and build a compelling professional portfolio that supports career growth, greater flexibility, and long-term fulfillment.  

AGA Career Development Workshops provide trainee and early career GIs with vital insights, skills, and advice for career advancement with education, not formally part of the trainee program curriculum.

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Learning objectives

By the end of this webinar, participants will be able to: 

  1. Identify opportunities to develop hybrid career models that combine clinical practice with research, quality improvement, administrative leadership, consulting, or industry engagement.
  2. Construct a professional value proposition by leveraging clinical expertise, specialized skills, scholarship, and program leadership to support protected time, funded projects, and diversified career pathways.
  3. Evaluate key considerations for consulting and industry collaborations, including contract terms, compensation structures, intellectual property, conflict-of-interest requirements, and institutional compliance policies.

Pricing

Member
Nonmember
Free
Free

Sponsored by

AGA Career Development Workshops are sponsored by the AGA Trainee and Early Career Committee.

Agenda

All times are Eastern.

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10:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m.

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10:00 - 11:00 a.m.

Session Sub-title 2

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11:00 - 12:00 midday

Session Sub-title 3

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12:00 - 1:00 p.m.

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10:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m.

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10:00 - 11:00 a.m.

Session Sub-title 2

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11:00 - 12:00 midday

Session Sub-title 3

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12:00 - 1:00 p.m.

Course faculty

Faculty

Mena Boules, MD

Mena Boules, MD

Vice President, Global Medical & Scientific Affairs
Ironwood Pharmaceuticals, Inc.

Austin L. Chiang, MD MPH

Austin L. Chiang, MD MPH

Chief Medical Officer for the Endoscopy
Medtronic

Bianca Islam, MD, PhD

Bianca Islam, MD, PhD

Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology
University Hospitals Cleveland Medical Center

Jamie Mathew, MD, MS

Jamie Mathew, MD, MS

U.S. Senior Medical Director of Gastroenterology
Sanofi

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