Explore the latest clinical and scientific breakthroughs that are defining the future of GI patient care with the 2021 AGA Postgraduate Course OnDemand. You’ll have access to over 20 hours of high-quality content presented at the live course and the opportunity to earn up to 22 CME and MOC in your own time.
Sessions are organized into six topic areas: inflammatory bowel disease, colon, esophagus, stomach/small bowel, liver and pancreas/biliary tract. Watch all sessions on demand or select sessions that are most relevant to your work – the choice is yours!
You can conveniently access this product from any computer or mobile device, and our online CME testing is integrated directly into each session. You must complete sessions by Dec. 31, 2022 in order to receive credit.
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Product features
20+ hours of educational content
22 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™ (CME) and Maintenance of Certification (MOC) points
Four presentation types: interview, pitfall, debate, case-based panel
Content categorized by topic
Complete audio track with synced presentations
Course directors:
Jonathan M. Buscaglia, MD, AGAF, FASGE
Professor & Division Chief
Department of Medicine, Division of Gastroenterology
Renaissance School of Medicine at Stony Brook University
Kimberly Brown, MD, AGAF, FAST, FAASLD
Professor of Medicine Wayne State University
Chief, Gastroenterology and Hepatology
Associate Medical Director, Henry Ford Hospital Transplant Institute
Henry Ford Hospital
Gary W. Falk, MD, MS, AGAF
Professor of Medicine
Director, Esophageal Program
Division of Gastroenterology
University of Pennsylvania Perelman School of Medicine
Sessions
| Course | |
|---|---|
| Track A: Esophagus | Track B: Colon |
Fundoplication vs. Magnetic |
Initiation of colon cancer screening: 45 or 50 years old Presentation style: Debate Debater: Charles Kahi, MD and Linda Rabeneck, MD, MPH |
Monitoring and treating a lifetime |
The changing landscape of fecal microbial |
| Screening and surveillance of Barrett’s esophagus: Are the guidelines still helpful? Presentation style: Pitfall Presenter: Sachin Wani, MD, AGAF |
Colon polyps: Ensuring complete resection and recurrence free follow-up Presentation style: Pitfall Presenter: Tonya Kaltenbach, MD, MAS |
| Extraesophageal manifestations of GERD: When are they real? Presentation style: Case-based session with panel Case presenter: Michael Vaezi, MD, PhD, MSc Panelists: Rena Yadlapati, MD and C. Prakash Gyawali, MD, MRCP, AGAF |
Genetic testing for colon cancer: Who, when and how Presentation style: Case-based session with panel Case presenter: Fay Kastrinos, MD Panelists: Sonia Kupfer, MD, AGAF, Carol Burke, MD, FASGE, AGAF and N. Jewel Samadder, MD |
| Q&A | Q&A |
| Track A: Stomach/ Small Bowel | Track B: Pancreatic/Biliary |
| Diagnosing and monitoring celiac disease: Biopsy, antibody or both? Presentation style: Pitfall Presenter: Benjamin Lebwohl, MD, AGAF |
Approach to pancreatic fluid collections Presentation style: Pitfall Presenter: Field Willingham, MD, MPH |
| Complications of gastric bypass: Diagnosis and treatment Presentation style: Case-based session with panel Case presenter: Barham Abu Dayyeh, MD, MPH Panelists: Chris Thompson, MD, MSc, FACG, FASGE and Reem Sharaiha, MD, MSc |
Indeterminate biliary strictures: Not so indeterminate anymore? Presentation style: Case- based session with panel Case presenter: B. Joseph Elmunzer, MD, MSc Panelists: Amrita Sethi, MD, FASGE, Michel Kahaleh, MD, FASGE, AGAF and Prabhleen Chahal, MD |
| Gastroparesis: Diet, medication,
bypass or myotomy? Presentation style: Interview Interviewee: Brian Lacy, MD, PhD Interviewer: Jan Tack, MD, PhD |
Pancreatic cystic lesions:
Changing our approach Presentation style: Interview Interviewee: Jennifer Maranki, MD Interviewer: Satish Nagula, MD |
| Q&A | Q&A |
| Breakout Session | |
| New concepts in cirrhosis management Jasmohan Bajaj, MD, AGAF |
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| Noninvasive testing for liver disease Puneet Puri, MD, MBBS, FAASLD |
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| Immune disease of the liver: AIH, PBC, PSC Cynthia Levy, MD, AGAF |
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| Updates in liver transplantation Steve Flamm, MD |
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| Chicago classification: Gospel or guide? C. Prakash Gyawali, MD, MRCP, AGAF |
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| New medications for gastrointestinal motility disorders Adil E. Bharucha, MD, MBBS, AGAF |
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| Determining the right age and intervals to screen
for colon cancer in high risk populations Aasma Shaukat, MD, MPH, AGAF |
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| Management of acute recurrent pancreatitis Raj Shah, MD, FASGE |
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| Bariatric surgery versus bariatric endoscopy for weight loss Reem Sharaiha, MD, MSc |
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| Staying ahead of the curve on duodenoscope reprocessing: How to best avoid infections Vinay Chandrasekhara, MD |
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| Use of blood testing for choosing, assessing and monitoring biologics in IBD Faten Aberra, MD, MSCE |
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| Endoscopic management of inflammatory bowel disease David Bruining, MD, AGAF |
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| Track A: Liver | Track B: IBD |
| Decision making in HCC management Presentation style: Case-based session with panel Case presenter: Laura Kulik, MD Panelists: Hashem El-Serag, MD, MPH, AGAF, Jorge Marrero, MD, MS, AGAF and Amit Singal, MD |
Postoperative Crohn’s disease: Where do we go now? Presentation style: Case-based session with panel Case presenter: Miguel Regueiro, MD, AGAF, FACG Panelists: Edward Loftus, MD, AGAF and Siddharth Singh, MD |
| Current and emerging treatment of NAFLD/NASH Presentation style: Interview Interviewee: Rohit Loomba, MD Interviewer: Zobair Younossi, MD, MPH, FACP, FACG, AGAF |
Assessing and managing pouchitis Presentation style: Interview Interviewee: Laura Raffals, MD Interviewer: Millie Long, MD, MPH, AGAF |
| Hepatitis B treatment 2021, guidance and pitfalls Presentation style: Pitfall Presenter: Raymond Chung, MD, FAASLD |
Choosing a biologic in IBD |
| Patients with advanced cirrhosis should receive blood products to correct coagulation abnormalities before invasive procedures Presentation style: Debate Debater: Andres Cardenas, MD, MMSC, PHD, AGAF, FAASLD and Guadalupe Garcia-Tsao, MD |
Surveillance for cancer in IBD: Chromoendoscopy versus high-definition white light endoscopy Presentation style: Debate Debater: James F. Marion, MD and Anita Afzali, MD, MPH, FACG |
| Q&A | Q&A |
Pricing
2021 AGA Postgraduate Course OnDemand is no longer available for purchase.
| Member | |
|---|---|
Physician |
$173 |
Trainee |
$25 |
| APP Member | $95 |
Nonmember $213
Agenda accordion
Presentation style: Debate
Debater: John Pandolfino, MD, PhD, AGAF and David Watson, MD, PhD, AGAF
Presentation style: Interview
Interviewee: Evan Dellon, MD, PhD, AGAF
Interviewer: Nirmala Gonsalves, MD, PhD, AGAF
Presentation style: Pitfall
Presenter: Sachin Wani, MD, PhD, AGAF
Presentation style: Case-based session with panel
Case Presenter: Michael Vaezi, MD, PhD, AGAF
Panelists: Rena Yadlapati, Prakash Gyawali, MD, PhD, AGAF
Presentation style: Debate
Debater: Charles Kahi and Linda Rabeneck
Presentation style: Interview
Interviewee: Olga Aroniadas
Interviewer: Ari Grinspan
Presentation style: Pitfall
Presenter: Tonya Kaltenbach
Presentation style: Case-based session with panel
Case Presenter: Fay Kastrinos
Panelists: Sonia Kupfer, Carol Burke, Jewel Samaddar
Presentation style: Pitfall
Presenter: Benjamin Lebwohl
Presentation style: Case-based session with panel
Case Presenter: Barham Abu Dayyeh
Panelists: Chris Thompson, Reem Sharaiha
Presentation style: Interview
Interviewee: Brian Lacy
Interviewer: Jan Tack
Presentation style: Pitfall
Presenter: Field Willingham
Presentation style: Case-based session with panel
Case Presenter: B. Joseph Elmunzer
Panelists: Amrita Sethi, Michel Kahaleh, Prabhleen Chahal
Decision Making in HCC Management
Presentation style: Case-based session with panel
Case Presenter: Laura Kulik
Panelists: Hashem El-Serag, Jorge Marrero, Amit Singal
Presentation style: Interview
Interviewee: Rohit Loomba
Interviewer: Zobair Younossi
Hepatitis B treatment 2021, guidance and pitfalls
Presentation style: Pitfall
Presenter: Raymond Chung
Meena Prasad, MD
Meena Prasad, MD
Colorectal Cancer Screening and Surveillance: Best Practice
Sonia Kupfer, MD
Gerald Grant, MD
CME / Maintenance of Certification (MOC) Information
Accreditation Statement
The AGA Institute is accredited by the ACCME to provide continuing medical education for physicians.
The AGA Institute designates this other: blended activity for a maximum of 22 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.
In accordance with the ACCME’s Standards for Commercial Support of Continuing Medical Education, all faculty and planning partners must disclose any financial relationship(s) or other relationship(s) held within the past 12 months. The AGA Institute implements a mechanism to identify and resolve all conflicts of interest prior to delivering the educational activity to learners.
MOC Statement
Successful completion of this CME activity, which includes participation in the evaluation component, enables the participant to earn 22 ABIM 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.
MOC/CME expiration date: Dec. 31, 2022
Faculty Relationship and Financial Disclosures (PDF)
Questions
Please email the AGA Education Department.
APPs, Patient care physicians, Researchers, Trainees
Time to complete: 22 hours
Released: May 1, 2021
Credit expires: Dec. 31, 2022