Earn up to a maximum of 4.00 ANCC contact hours!
APP & Nurse Course
Faculty
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Tammy Harper, NP-C
Course Chair
Keck Medicine of USC
Los Angeles, CA
James Buxbaum, MD
Keck Medicine of USC
Los Angeles, CA
Amanda Krause, MD
UCLA Health
Los Angeles, CA
Tamira Robinson, DNP
ACNP-BC PMHNP-BC
Kaiser Permanente
Los Angeles, CA
Cynthia Jovanov, NP, DNP
Eisenhower Health
Rancho Mirage, CA
Jill Olmstead, ANP, MSN
St. Jude Heritage
Fullerton, CA
Sophia Scattaglia,
DCN, MS, RD, CEDS
UCLA Health
Los Angeles, CA
Agenda
SATURDAY, JUNE 6, 2026
8:00–8:30 AM Registration/Breakfast/Exhibit Hall
8:30–8:35 AM Program Overview
8:35–9:10 AM Innovative Advanced Endoscopy Procedures Beyond ERCP and EUS
James Buxbaum, MD
9:10–9:45 AM Management of Esophageal and Gastric Varices
Tamira Robinson, DNP
9:45–10:20 AM Updates on Esophageal Motility Disorders
Amanda Krause, MD
10:20–10:30 AM Break
10:30–11:05 AM It’s Not Just IBS: The Dysautonomia Triad You’re Missing
Sophia Scattaglia, DCN, MS, RD, CEDS
11:05–11:40 AM Approach To Bloating, Celiac Disease and Small Bowel Disorders
Jill Olmstead, DNP, ANP-BC, CDIP, CCS-P, FAANP
11:40 AM–12:40 PM Updated, Informed, and In Scope: Navigating your Professional Practice and
Understanding the 103/104 Landscape
Cynthia Jovanov DNP, MBA, RN, CNS, RNFA, ACNP-BC, FNP-BC, PMHNP-BC, NEA-BC
12:40 PM Adjournment
Program Overview:
The joint providership of Medical Education Resources (MER) and the Southern California Society of Gastroenterology presents 2026 SCSG GI Symposium. This educational activity will deliver a comprehensive educational update that will highlight the most clinically relevant advances in the management of GI disorders and chronic liver disease.
Target Audience:
This activity has been designed to meet the educational needs of nurse practitioners, physician assistants/associates, and nurses who are currently managing and treating patients with GI disorders and chronic liver disease.
Educational Objectives:
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Describe new data as it pertains to the implications and options for patients as it pertains to their continued care
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Apply updated guidelines for care for chronic liver and GI related diseases
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Discuss future directions of therapeutics, diagnostics, and technology in the management of GI and liver diseases
Accreditation Statement:
In support of improving patient care, this activity has been planned and implemented by Medical Education Resources (MER) and the Southern California Society of Gastroenterology. MER is jointly accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME), the Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education (ACPE), and the American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC), to provide continuing education for the healthcare team.
Nurse Credit:
Medical Education Resources designates this live activity for a maximum of 4.0 ANCC nursing contact hours. Nurses will be awarded contact hours upon successful completion of the activity. This activity is designated for ANCC pharmacotherapeutic contact hour(s).
Medical Education Resources is a provider of continuing nursing education by the California Board of Registered Nursing, Provider #CEP 12299, for 4.0 contact hours.
Disclosure of Relevant Financial Relationships:
Medical Education Resources (MER) ensures balance, independence, objectivity, and scientific rigor in all our educational activities. In accordance with this policy, MER identifies all financial relationships with its instructors, content managers, and other individuals who are in a position to control the content of an activity. Reported relevant financial relationships are mitigated by MER to ensure that all scientific research referred to, reported, or used in a CE activity conforms to the generally accepted standards of experimental design, data collection, and analysis. MER is committed to providing learners with high-quality CE activities that promote improvements or quality in health care and not the business interest of an ineligible company.
MER and the Southern California Society of Gastroenterology planners have no relevant financial relationships to disclose.
Disclaimer:
The content and views presented in this educational activity are those of the authors and do not necessarily reflect those of Medical Education Resources, and/or the Southern California Society of Gastroenterology. The authors have disclosed if there is any discussion of published and/or investigational uses of agents that are not indicated by the FDA in their presentations. Before prescribing any medicine, primary references and full prescribing information should be consulted. Any procedures, medications, or other courses of diagnosis or treatment discussed or suggested in this activity should not be used by clinicians without evaluation of their patient’s conditions and possible contraindications on dangers in use, review of any applicable manufacturer’s product information, and comparison with recommendations of other authorities. The information presented in this activity is not meant to serve as a guideline for patient management.
Fee information: https://www.socalgastro.org/event-details/2026-scsg-gi-symposium-1-2
Jointly provided by Medical Education Resources and the Southern California Society of Gastroenterology.
