Harvard Gastroenterology 2021 The Comprehensive Update

Overview

Harvard Gastroenterology 2021 The Comprehensive Update is a detailed educational program designed to provide current insights into advanced gastroenterology strategies and clinical practices. The course features presentations on recent advances, updated clinical guidelines, and best practices delivered by nationally recognized experts and master clinicians in the field of gastroenterology.

On-demand gastroenterology education — accessible anytime, anywhere.

Agenda

This comprehensive update covers a wide range of gastroenterology topics across four days of expert-led sessions and workshops, reflecting the latest developments and clinical approaches.

• Welcome — Daniel Chung, MD
• Which Initial Therapy to Choose for Crohn’s and UC — Joshua Korzenik, MD
• Therapeutic Drug Monitoring in IBD — Adam Cheifetz, MD
• Management of Severe UC and Pouch-Related Complications — Ashwin Ananthakrishnan, MD, MP
• IBD in Special Populations: Pregnancy and the Elderly — Sonia Friedman, MD
• Workshop 1: Dermatologic Manifestations of IBD — Daniela Kroshinsky, MD, MPH
• How to Manage Microscopic Colitis — Hamed Khalili, MD, MPH
• GI Complications of Immunotherapy — Michael Dougan, MD, PhD
• What’s New in Hereditary GI Cancers — Daniel Chung, MD
• Workshop 2: CRC Screening and How to Improve Your ADR — Ramona Lim, MD
• Chemoprevention of CRC: What Should You Recommend — Andrew Chan, MD, MPH
• Barrett’s Esophagus: Whom and How to Treat — Douglas Pleskow, MD
• Esophageal Motility Disorders Made Easy — Barbara Nath, MD
• Workshop 3: Endoscopy Workflows in the COVID Era — Norman Nishioka, MD
• Comprehensive Approach to Eosinophilic Esophagitis — Walter Chan, MD, MPH
• Celiac Disease and Gluten Sensitivity 2021 Practitioner Updates — Ciaran Kelly, MD
• Optimizing the Management of Gastroparesis — Braden Kuo, MD
• Making the Diagnosis of IBS — Kyle Staller, MD
• Modern Management Strategies for IBS — Anthony Lembo, MD
• How to Evaluate Small Intestinal Bacterial Overgrowth — Judy Nee, MD
• Workshop 4: Effective and Evidence-Based Treatment for Pelvic Floor Disorders — Understanding Pelvic Floor PT — Meghan Markowski
• Hepatitis B: Evolving Epidemiology and Treatment Landscape — Jules Dienstag, MD
• Treating Hepatitis C to Eradication — Raymong Chung, MD
• Cholestatic Liver Diseases: What’s New in PBC and PSC — Daniel Pratt, MD
• Alcoholic Liver Disease — Gyongyi Szabo, MD, PhD
• The Epidemic of NAFLD — Kathleen Corey, MD
• Autoimmune Hepatitis Update — Alan Bonder, MD
• Workshop 5: The Workup of a Liver Nodule — Karin Andersson, MD
• Workshop 6: How to Approach Drug-Induced Liver Injury (DILI) — Michael Curry, MD
• End-Stage Liver Disease and Management of Portal Hypertension — Anna Rutherford, MD, MPH
• Best Management Strategies in Acute Pancreatitis — Peter Banks, MD
• Updates in Chronic Pancreatitis — Sunil Sheth, MD
• Controversies in the Management of Cystic Lesions of the Pancreas — Carlos Fernandez-del Castillo, MD
• What’s New in C difficile Colitis — Jessica Allegretti, MD, MPH
• COVID in the GI Tract — Walter Chan, MD, MPH
• New Insights into the Gut Microbiome and Disease — Ramnik Xavier, MD
• Workshop 7: Tips for Removing the Difficult Polyp — Tyler Berzin, MD
• Quality Measures in Endoscopy: What’s New and Why It Matters — Mandeep Sawhney, MD
• Endoscopy and the Anticoagulated Patient — Kunal Jajoo, MD
• Acute GI Bleeding and Other GI Emergencies — Linda Lee, MD
• Workshop 8: Challenging Cases in GI — Douglas Horst, MD
• GI Management of Obesity and Metabolic Disorders — Lee Kaplan, MD, PhD
• Improving Nutritional Management in GI Disease — Andrew Ukleja, MD
• Panel Q&A sessions featuring multiple expert speakers across all topics

Speakers

This comprehensive update features presentations from a distinguished faculty of gastroenterology experts recognized nationally for their clinical and research expertise.

• Daniel Chung, MD
• Joshua Korzenik, MD
• Adam Cheifetz, MD
• Ashwin Ananthakrishnan, MD, MP
• Sonia Friedman, MD
• Daniela Kroshinsky, MD, MPH
• Hamed Khalili, MD, MPH
• Michael Dougan, MD, PhD
• Ramona Lim, MD
• Andrew Chan, MD, MPH
• Douglas Pleskow, MD
• Barbara Nath, MD
• Norman Nishioka, MD
• Walter Chan, MD, MPH
• Ciaran Kelly, MD
• Braden Kuo, MD
• Kyle Staller, MD
• Anthony Lembo, MD
• Judy Nee, MD
• Meghan Markowski
• Jules Dienstag, MD
• Raymong Chung, MD
• Daniel Pratt, MD
• Gyongyi Szabo, MD, PhD
• Kathleen Corey, MD
• Alan Bonder, MD
• Karin Andersson, MD
• Michael Curry, MD
• Anna Rutherford, MD, MPH
• Peter Banks, MD
• Sunil Sheth, MD
• Carlos Fernandez-del Castillo, MD
• Jessica Allegretti, MD, MPH
• Ramnik Xavier, MD
• Tyler Berzin, MD
• Mandeep Sawhney, MD
• Kunal Jajoo, MD
• Linda Lee, MD
• Douglas Horst, MD
• Lee Kaplan, MD, PhD
• Andrew Ukleja, MD

Target Audience

This program is designed for gastroenterologists, hepatologists, gastroenterology fellows, advanced practice providers, and other healthcare professionals involved in the diagnosis and management of gastrointestinal diseases seeking to update their clinical knowledge and enhance their practice with the latest evidence-based strategies.

Why This Topic Matters

Harvard Gastroenterology 2021 The Comprehensive Update addresses critical advances in gastroenterology, reflecting newly established clinical guidelines and emerging therapies relevant to current practice. For specialists in gastroenterology and hepatology, this resource offers the opportunity to strengthen professional expertise through in-depth coverage of complex disease management.

Presented by MedHub Central, this update provides structured, clinically relevant content that reinforces knowledge essential for patient care in gastroenterology. The course supports practitioners in maintaining up-to-date proficiency within this rapidly evolving specialty.