CME Sam Continuing Medical Education and Self Assessment Modules

Continuing Medical Education and Self Assessment Modules: Meetings, Webinars, and Self Study Courses

Advances in Gastroenterology & Hepatology: Live Cases, Obstructions, Leaks, and More!
Saturday, September 7, 2019 - Saturday, September 7, 2019

CME Provider:
Virginia Mason ›
CME Department
1100 9th Ave. #D3-CME
PO Box 900
Seattle, Washington (WA) 98111
United States

Phone: (206) 341-0142
Fax: (206) 341-1480

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Conference Center:
Virginia Mason - Volney Richmond Auditorium
1201 Terry Avenue (between Seneca & University Streets)
Seattle, Washington (WA) 98101
United States

Phone: (206) 341-0142

Description:
Update your knowledge of gastrointestinal and liver diseases and their management with experts in the field, hands-on stations, live case transmission, debates, lectures and more.

This multi-professional course will allow participants to:

Interact with internationally renowned endoscopists treating complex GI conditions, while learning about a wide variety of advanced endoscopic procedures and novel state-of-the-art technologies that may obviate the need for surgical intervention. Cases demonstrating advanced endoscopic techniques will be transmitted live from the Virginia Mason Medical Center Therapeutic Endoscopy Center, with real-time questions, feedback and case-by-case discussion between course participants and the team.

Engage in didactic learning with experts in the field taking on gripping clinical challenges including approaches to foreign bodies in the GI tract, anticoagulation in portal vein thrombosis, diagnosis and treatment of dysphagia, treatment options for IBD strictures, role for EUS guided biliary drainage in malignant strictures, endoscopic management of acute cholecystitis, applications of endoscopic myotomy, and endoscopic management of bariatric surgery complications.

Get your hands on the tools used in therapeutic endoscopy, using real endoscopes and devices, practicing on appropriate models and platforms. Stations will include ERCP, EUS guided stenting, direct duct visualization, endoscopic hemostat, and esophageal stenting. Participate in MD and RN-driven break-out sessions, with nursing experts presenting on management of patients with pancreatitis, gastrointestinal drains, and post-bariatric complications including leaks and strictures.

Teaching methods include observation of live therapeutic procedures, lectures, case discussion and hands-on practice.

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Instructors:
David M. Aboulafia, MD
Hematologist Oncologist
Virginia Mason Medical Center
Seattle, WA

Blaire E. Burman, MD
Hepatologist
Digestive Disease Institute at Virginia Mason
Seattle, WA

Trisha L Carmean, RN
Inpatient
Seattle, WA

David Carr-Locke, MD
Clinical Director, Center for Advanced Digestive Care - Professor, Weill Cornell Medical College
Weill Cornell Medical College
New York, NY

Jessica K. Chantelois, RN, BSN
Certified Radiology Nurse IR
Virginia Mason
Seattle, WA

Kara Coombs, RN, BSN
GI Endoscopy
Shoreline, WA
Faculty Photos

Mehran Fotoohi, MD
Section Head, Radiology Computer Applications; Interventional Radiologist
Virginia Mason
Seattle, WA

Michael Gluck, MD
Gastroenterologist
Virginia Mason Medical Center
Seattle, WA

Rachael Gumber, RN
Assistant Nurse Manager
Virginia Mason
Seattle, WA

Scott Helton, MD
Director, Liver, Biliary and Pancreas Surgery Center of Excellence
Digestive Disease Institute at Virginia Mason
Seattle, WA

Shayan S. Irani, MD
Associate Director, Pancreatic Center of Excellence
Virginia Mason Medical Center
Seattle, WA

Richard A. Kozarek, MD
Executive Director, Digestive Disease Institute
Virginia Mason Medical Center
Seattle, WA

Rajesh Krishnamoorthi, MD
Gastroenterologist
Bellevue, WA

Michael Larsen, MD
Gastroenterologist
Virginia Mason Medical Center
SEATTLE, WA

Joanna K. Law, MD
Gastroenterologist
Virginia Mason
Seattle, WA

Connie S Miller, RN
Bariatric Program Manager
Virginia Mason Medical Center
Federal Way, WA

Teresa Monahan, RN, BSN
GI Endoscopy
Virginia Mason
Seattle, WA

Brittany Rios, RN
Inpatient
Seattle, WA

Andy S. Ross, MD
Head, Section of Gastroenterology; Program Director, Therapeutic Endoscopy Center of Excellence
Virginia Mason Medical Center
Seattle, WA

Ella Sanman, ARNP
Gastroenterology
Virginia Mason
Seattle, WA

Caroline E. Schildbach, MSN, ARNP
Gastroenterology
Virginia Mason
Seattle , WA

Josiah Wedgwood, RN, MSN
Assistant Nurse Manager
Virginia Mason
Seattle, WA

Timothy L. Zisman, MD, MPH
Gastroenterologist
Virginia Mason Medical Center
Seattle, WA

CME Credit:
Physicians:  7.0 Hours
Nurses:  7.0 Hours

Self Assessment Module (SAM): No

Specialty Audience:
Emergency Medicine    Family Medicine    Internal Medicine    Surgery

CME Sam Course #22371

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