ACG Southern Regional Postgraduate Course

ACG SOUTHERN REGIONAL POSTGRADUATE COURSEDecember 7-8, 2013, Nashville, TennesseeCOURSE CO-DIRECTORSLUIS S. MARSANO, MD, FACGProfessor of Medicine; Director of Hepatology; JewishHospital Distinguished Chair in Hepatology, University ofLouisville School of Medicine, Louisville, KYRONALD E. PRUITT, MD, FACGACG Governor of Tennessee; Assistant Clinical Professor ofMedicine, Vanderbilt University School of Medicine; Chief ofGastroenterology and Chief Medical Officer, Maria NathansonCenter of Excellence, Saint Thomas Hospital; Partner,Nashville Gastrointestinal Specialists, Inc., Nashville, TNDAVID A. SCHWARTZ, MD, FACGAssociate Professor of Medicine; Director, InflammatoryBowel Disease Center, Vanderbilt University Medical Center,Nashville, TNFACULTYTHOMAS L. ABELL, MDProfessor of Medicine; Arthur M. Schoen, MD, Chair inGastroenterology, Division of Gastroenterology, Hepatologyand Nutrition, University of Louisville School of Medicine,Louisville, KYDOUGLAS G. ADLER, MD, FACGAssociate Professor of Medicine, Division of Gastroenterologyand Hepatology; Director of Therapeutic Endoscopy,Huntsman Cancer Institute, University of Utah School ofMedicine, Salt Lake City, UTRANDALL E. BRAND, MD, FACGVisiting Professor of Medicine; Academic Director, GIDivision, UPMC Shadyside; Director, GI Malignancy EarlyDetection, Diagnosis and Prevention Program, Division ofGastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition, University ofPittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PAFRANCIS A. FARRAYE, MD, MSc, FACGProfessor of Medicine, Boston University School of Medicine;Clinical Director, Section of Gastroenterology; Co-Director,Center for Digestive Disorders, Boston Medical Center,Boston, MAPETER H. R. GREEN, MD, FACGProfessor of Clinical Medicine, College of Physicians andSurgeons, Columbia University, New York, NYBRANDIE LEACH, MS, CGCGenetic Counselor, Genomic Medicine Institute, Cleveland Clinic,Cleveland, OHGLEN A. LEHMAN, MD, FACGProfessor of Medicine and Radiology; Associate Director ofClinical Affairs, Division of Gastroenterology/Hepatology, IndianaUniversity School of Medicine, Indianapolis, INCRAIG J. McCLAIN, MD, FACGProfessor of Medicine, Pharmacology and Toxicology; Chief ofResearch Affairs, Division of Gastroenterology, Hepatology andNutrition, University of Louisville School of Medicine,Louisville, KYSTEPHEN A. McCLAVE, MDProfessor of Medicine, Division of Gastroenterology, Hepatologyand Nutrition, University of Louisville School of Medicine;Director, Nutrition Support Team, University of Louisville Hospital,Louisville, KYIRVING M. PIKE, MD, FACGChief Medical Officer, John Muir Health, Walnut Creek, CAPAUL J. POCKROS, MD, FACGHead, Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology; Director,Center for Liver Diseases, Scripps Clinic, La Jolla, CADAVID T. RUBIN, MD, FACGProfessor of Medicine; Co-Director, Inflammatory Bowel DiseaseCenter; Associate Section Chief for Educational Programs,University of Chicago Medicine, Chicago, ILJOHN R. SALTZMAN, MD, FACGAssociate Professor of Medicine, Harvard Medical School;Director of Endoscopy, Brigham and Women’s Hospital,Boston, MAHARRY E. SARLES, Jr., MD, FACGFounding Partner, Digestive Health Associates of Texas,Rockwall, TXMITCHELL L. SHIFFMAN, MD, FACGDirector, Liver Institute of Virginia, Bon Secours Hampton RoadsHealth System, Richmond, VACHRISTINA M. SURAWICZ, MD, MACGProfessor of Medicine; GI Section Chief, Harborview MedicalCenter; Assistant Dean for Faculty Development, University ofWashington School of Medicine, Seattle, WAMICHAEL F. VAEZI, MD, PhD, FACGProfessor of Medicine; Clinical Director, Division ofGastroenterology; Director, Center for Swallowing and EsophagealDisorders, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, TNPATRICK S. YACHIMSKI, MDAssistant Professor of Medicine, Division of Gastroenterology,Hepatology and Nutrition, Vanderbilt University Medical Center,Nashville, TN