13th Annual Advances in Gastroenterology & Hepatology Conference

Registration is closed to prep for the meeting. Walk-in registrations are welcome.

If you have any questions, please email [email protected]. Thank you!

This interactive one-day live activity will present cutting-edge new information for improving assessment and management of patients with gastrointestinal conditions, and place recent advances in context of current assessment and management paradigms.

The format includes keynote presentations by internationally known guest speakers, short, evidence-based updates by UC San Diego faculty, and interactive presentations and panel discussions of challenging cases.

About Us
The UC San Diego Division of Gastroenterology strives to be nationally recognized through its faculty as well as innovations that will improve the care of patients with gastrointestinal and liver diseases nationwide. The mission of the UC San Diego Division of Gastroenterology is to provide the best clinical care to those afflicted with gastrointestinal and liver diseases, investigate at the clinical and basic levels the best way to improve those diseases, and educate trainees on how to best approach the care of patients with those diseases.

1. Assess the novel approaches to the diagnosis and management of Barrett’s esophagus.
2. Identify current treatment approaches for GERD.
3. Examine current best practices and evidence-based management strategies for celiac disease.
4. Discuss the role artificial intelligence technologies in colon cancer screening, management of inflammatory bowel disease and chronic liver disease.
5. Recall the updated landscape for novel therapeutics in inflammatory bowel disease.
6. Assess the role of new pharmaceutical agents in the management of metabolic associated steatohepatitis.
7. Identify the management considerations for alcoholic liver disease, including early liver transplantation.
8. Examine the role and utility of endoscopic submucosal dissection.
9. Discuss the techniques for diagnosing and managing pancreatic cysts.

Online registration closes April 9, 2025. Walk-ins are welcome to register on-site.

Cancellation Policy: The full course tuition is refundable, less $50 if your cancellation is received in writing on or after April 1, 2025. No refunds will be allowed. Please send your cancellation request to [email protected]. In the unlikely event that the course is canceled, UC San Diego is responsible for a full refund of the registration fee only.

The University of California San Diego School of Medicine is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME) to provide continuing medical education for physicians.

AMA: The University of California, San Diego School of Medicine designates this live activity for a maximum of 6.75 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.

AAPA: AAPA accepts certificates of participation for educational activities certified for AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™ from organizations accredited by ACCME or a recognized state medical society. Physician assistants may receive a maximum of 6.75 hours of Category 1 credit for completing this program.

BRN: For the purpose of recertification, the American Nurses Credentialing Center accepts AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™ issued by organizations accredited by the ACCME. For the purpose of relicensure, the California Board of Registered Nursing accepts AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™ (report up to 6.75 hours of credit and list "CME Category 1" as the provider number).

American Board of Internal Medicine (ABIM): Successful completion of this CME activity, which includes participation in the evaluation component, enables the participant to earn up to 6.75 MOC points in the American Board of Internal Medicine’s (ABIM) Maintenance of Certification (MOC) program. It is the CME activity provider’s responsibility to submit participant completion information to ACCME for the purpose of granting ABIM MOC credit

Accommodations: We are committed to ensuring that our programs are accessible to all individuals. For general information or to request reasonable accommodations, please contact [email protected] at your earliest convenience. All in-person events are wheelchair accessible.  Service animals specifically trained to assist a person with a disability are welcome. No other animals, including pets, therapy animals, or emotional support animals, are allowed.

Cultural & Linguistic Competency and Implicit Bias: Continuing medical education (CME) providers are required by state Assembly Bills 1195 and 241, and the standards created by the California Medical Association (CMA), to include components that address cultural and linguistic competency and implicit bias in CME activities. The planners and presenters of this activity has been asked to provide meaningful consideration of these standards in the selection and presentation of content.  Additional information and resources are available on the UC San Diego CPD website. 

Audio / Video Consent: By registering for this program, I acknowledge that this event may be audio and/or video recorded for future use or distribution. Any engagement I have during the presentation (audio, video, chat, Q&A submission, etc.) will be captured and included. Participant microphones and cameras are generally disabled by default, and can always be manually disabled by participant. Depending on the type of event, publication of the recordings might be on a publicly available website or on an access-restricted site. By registering for this event, I give UC San Diego the right to use my name, voice, image, written text, or video footage without compensation and waive the right to inspect or approve any document in which these appear.

Covid-19 Health & Safety: We follow state and local guidelines and protocols related to COVID-19 safety measures. At this time, no restrictions are in place for the State of California and San Diego County.  We encourage each attendee to decide what works for them and wear a face mask if that is their preferred choice.  We reserve the right to update COVID related expectations at any time, should local and state guidelines change and prevailing COVID rates increase.

Altman Clinical and Translational Research Institute (ACTRI)                                                                              
9452 Medical Center Drive
La Jolla, CA 92037

Parking
Please park in the Campus Point Parking Structure located next door to the ACTRI. Self-parking is available in parking structures or lots for the same rate as valet parking: $5 for 30 minutes to 3 hours, with each additional hour $2.20 and a daily maximum of $16. Self-parking for less than 30 minutes is free. Parking is free with a disabled placard in designated visitor spaces.

Parking includes in-and-out privileges.

Pay by entering your license plate at the pay stations. Please take a photo or make a note of your license plate number before leaving your car and starting the payment process. Or use the Park Mobile app at https://transportation.ucsd.edu/ and never worry about waiting in line or remembering your license plate number.

All persons in a position to control the content of accredited education must disclose all financial relationships held with ineligible companies, prior to assuming their role in the accredited activity. Those relationships deemed relevant to the education, are mitigated prior to the activity.

CME staff, meeting planners, peer reviewers, editorial staff, and CME committee reviewers, do not have any relevant financial relationships with ACCME-defined ineligible companies.

Mitigation of Relevant Financial Relationships

The UC San Diego School of Medicine adheres to the ACCME Standards for Integrity and Independence in Accredited Continuing Education. 

Member Information

Role in activity

Nature of Relationship(s) / Name of Ineligible Company(s)

Pranab M Barman, MD
Transplant Hepatologist
UC San Diego
San Diego, CA

Co-Director, Faculty

Nothing to disclose

Brigid Boland, MD
Associate Professor
UC San Diego ACTRI
La Jolla, CA

Co-Director, Faculty

Grant or research support-Merck (Any division)|Grant or research support|Grant or research support-Prometheus Laboratories, Inc.|Grant or research support-Gilead Sciences, Inc.

Rohit Loomba, MD
Professor of Medicine
UC San Diego
San Diego, CA

Co-Director, Faculty

Paid consultant-Aardvark Therapeutics |Paid consultant-Altimmune|Paid consultant-Arrowhead Pharmaceuticals|Paid consultant-AstraZeneca (Any division)|Paid consultant-Cascade Pharmaceuticals|Paid consultant-Eli Lilly|Paid consultant-Gilead Sciences, Inc.|Paid consultant-Glympse bio|Paid consultant-Inipharma|Paid consultant-Intercept |Paid consultant-Inventiva|Paid consultant-Ionis Pharmaceuticals|Paid consultant-Ionis|Paid consultant-Lipidio|Paid consultant-Madrigal Pharmaceuticals|Paid consultant-Neurobo|Paid consultant-Novo Nordisk|Paid consultant-Novartis|Paid consultant-Pfizer (Any division)|Paid consultant-Sagimet|Paid consultant-89 bio|Paid consultant-Sagimet|Paid consultant-Terns Pharmaceuticals|Paid consultant-Viking Therapeutics |Grant or research support-Arrowhead Pharmaceuticals|Grant or research support-AstraZeneca (Any division)|Grant or research support-Boehringer-Ingelheim|Grant or research support-Bristol-Myers Squibb|Grant or research support-Eli Lilly|Grant or research support-Galectin Therapeutics|Grant or research support-Gilead Sciences, Inc.|Grant or research support-Intercept|Grant or research support-Hanmi|Grant or research support-Inventiva|Grant or research support-Ionis|Grant or research support-Janssen (Any division)|Grant or research support-Madrigal Pharmaceuticals|Grant or research support-Merck (Any division)|Grant or research support-Novo Nordisk (Any division)|Grant or research support-Pfizer (Any division)|Grant or research support-Sonic Incytes |Grant or research support-Terns Pharmaceuticals

Julian Adin Abrams, MD
Professor of Medicine & Epidemiology; Director of Clinical Research, Division of Digestive & Liver Diseases
Columbia University Medical Center
Hastings on Hudson, NY

Faculty

Consulting Fee-Exact Sciences|Consulting Fee-Cyted Medical|Grant or research support-Pentax Medical|Grant or research support-Cyted Medical

Joseph C Ahn, MD
Mayo Foundation Scholar
Mayo Clinic
San Diego, CA

Faculty

Consulting Fee-AI TRICS

Hiroyuki Aihara, MD, PhD, Director of Endoscopic Tissue Resection
Associate Professor of Medicine
Hiro Medical Education
CHESTNUT HILL, MA

Faculty

Consulting Fee-Olympus Corporation|Consulting Fee-Boston Scientific Corporation|Consulting Fee-Fujifilm (Any division)|Consulting Fee-ConMed|Consulting Fee-Johnson & Johnson

Gobind Anand, MD
Assistant Clinical Professor
UC San Diego
San Diego, CA

Faculty

Nothing to disclose

Laurel Branch, MD
UC San Diego
San Diego, CA

Faculty

Nothing to disclose

Juliana Da Silva, MD
Fellow
UC San Diego
San Diego, CA

Faculty

Nothing to disclose

Michael Docherty, MD
Clinical Professor
UC San Diego
San Diego, CA

Faculty

Nothing to disclose

Claudia Dziegielewski, MD
Fellow
UC San Diego
San Diego, CA

Faculty

Nothing to disclose

Samir Gupta, MD, MSCS
Professor of Medicine
UC San Diego/VA San Diego
San Diego, CA

Faculty

Consulting Fee-GUARDANT HEALTH|Consulting Fee-INTERVENN|Advisor-Freenome LLC|Consulting Fee-GENEOSCOPY

Denise Kalmaz, MD
UC San Diego Medical Center
La Jolla, CA

Faculty

Nothing to disclose

Amanda J. Krause, MD
UC San Diego
San Diego, CA

Faculty

Nothing to disclose

Harrison Penrose, MD, PhD
Fellow
UC San Diego
La Jolla, CA

Faculty

Nothing to disclose

Nancy Reau, MD, Professor, Department of Internal Medicine
MD
Rush University
Chicago , IL

Faculty

Consulting Fee-Gilead Sciences, Inc.|Consulting Fee-Salix Pharmaceuticals, Inc.|Consulting Fee-VIR|Consulting Fee-Arbutus|Independent Contractor (included contracted research)-AbbVie (Any division)|Independent Contractor (included contracted research)-Gilead Sciences, Inc.

Siddarth Singh, MD, Associate Professor of Clinical Medicine
UC San Diego
San Diego, CA

Faculty

Grant or research support-Pfizer (Any division)

Erin Song, MD
Fellow
UC San Diego
La Jolla, CA

Faculty

Nothing to disclose

Kelly Torosian, MD, MPH
Fellow
UC San Diego
San Diego, CA

Faculty

Nothing to disclose

Irine Vodkin, MD, HS Associate Clinical Professor
Associate Professor
UC San Diego
San Diego, CA

Faculty

Nothing to disclose

Rena Yadlapati, MD
Associate Professor
UC San Diego
San Diego, CA

Faculty

Consulting Fee-Phathom Pharmaceuticals|Consulting Fee-Braintree

Saturday, April 12, 2025

Contact Us

Registration Questions
UC San Diego School of Medicine
Continuing Professional Development 
9500 Gilman Drive, MC0947
La Jolla, CA 92093-0947
P: (858) 534-3940 / Toll-Free: (888) 229-6263
F: (858) 534-1896
E-mail: [email protected]
Website: cpd.ucsd.edu

Conference Planner
Maureen Helinski Clarke, CMP
Email: [email protected]

EXHIBITOR REGISTRATION IS CLOSED TO PREP FOR THE MEETING. THANK YOU!

TERMS & CONDITIONS

Products must be relevant to the program content. UC San Diego Continuing Professional Development (CPD) reserves the right to deny any application that does not meet this requirement.
UC San Diego CPD agrees to provide exhibit space for the above-listed exhibitor for the course presented on the dates and location designated above. UC San Diego CPD will acknowledge exhibitor support in course materials.
The exhibitor acknowledges that conducting marketing or promotional activities in any conference area except for their assigned exhibit space is prohibited. Commercial interests may not engage in sales, promotional activities, or distribute product-specific advertisements while in the designated location of the CPD activity. CPD activity space includes, but is not limited to, lecture halls, break out rooms, and laboratory areas.
UC San Diego Continuing Professional Development Exhibitor Policy
Exhibitors and UC San Diego Continuing Professional Development agree to abide by the ACCME Standard for Integrity and Independence in Accredited CE and the UC Health Care Vendor Relations Policy. Any actions that are not in accordance with the above stated policies may result in the removal of the exhibit company and its representatives from the conference site, in which case no refund of exhibit fees will be allowed.

CANCELLATION POLICY: There are no refunds for cancellation of exhibit.

W-9 Form

We welcome the support of these activities in the form of educational grants. 

As a supporter, your company or organization will be acknowledged in the conference materials.   

Please read the ACCME Standards for Integrity and Independence in Accredited Continuing Education.

For information about commercial support opportunities, please contact: [email protected]