

The Southern California Society of Gastroenterology (SCSG) is proud to offer the 2022 SCSG GI Symposium, being held online and in-person at the Ritz-Carlton, Laguna Niguel, in Dana Point, CA.
General Session is held from 8:00AM Saturday, June 17 through 12:00PM on Sunday, June 18. The GI Symposium general session places primary emphasis on GI conditions and will deliver updates in GI from DDW, comprehensive education on inflammatory bowel disease, functional GI, endoscopy related topics and upper GI disorders, as these fields are rapidly evolving and new data are continuously presented and published.

TARGET AUDIENCE
This activity has been designed to meet the educational needs of physicians, physician assistants, and nurse practitioners involved in the care of patients with gastrointestinal disorders.
PROGRAM OVERVIEW
The goal of this program is to provide important clinical and scientific data on the management of gastrointestinal disorders.
EDUCATIONAL OBJECTIVES
Upon completion of this symposium, participants should be better able to:
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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
GI Symposium Co-Chairs

Gareth Dulai, MD, MSHS
SCPMG Downey Medical Center
Los Angeles, CA


Eric Esrailian, MD, MPH
David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA
Los Angeles, CA
Ke-Qin Hu, MD
University of California, Irvine Medical Center
Orange, CA
General Session Faculty

Manal F. Abdelmalek, MD, MPH,
FACP, FACG, FAASLD
Mayo Clinic
Rochester, MN

Jasmohan Bajaj, MD, MS,
FACG, AGAF
Virginia Commonwealth University
McGuire VA Medical Center
Richmond, VA

Brooks D. Cash, MD,
AGAF, FACG, FASGE
UT Health Science Center at Houston
Memorial Hermann Hospital, Texas Medical Center
Houston, TX

Amar R. Deshpande, MD
University of Miami Miller School of Medicine
Miami, FL

Marianne Fahmy, MD
Kaiser Permanente
Los Angeles, CA

Norman Gitlin, MD
Southern California Liver Center
San Clemente, CA

Samir Gupta, MD, MSCS
University of California, San Diego
La Jolla, CA

Steven-Huy Han, MD
David Geffen School of
Medicine at UCLA
Los Angeles, CA

David Kunkel, MD
University of California, San Diego
La Jolla, CA

Folasade (Fola) May, MD, PhD, MPhil
David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA
Los Angeles, CA

Sammy Saab, MD, MPH
David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA
Los Angeles, CA

Thomas Savides, MD
University of California, San Diego
La Jolla, CA
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Andrea Shin, MD, MS
Indiana University School of Medicine
Indianapolis, IN
Vanessa M. Shami, MD
University of Virginia Medical Center
Charlottesville, VA
Siddharth Singh, MD
University of California, San Diego
La Jolla, CA

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