Upon completion of this activity, participants should be able to:

• Identify common liver diseases including viral hepatitis, autoimmune and inherited.
• Review the management of complications of cirrhosis.
• Identify common esophageal disorders and correctly interpret esophageal testing including manometry and impedance pH testing.
• Review gastric acid physiology and common diseases of the stomach and duodenum.
• Review micronutrient deficiencies and their manifestations.
• Review common malabsorptive disorders.
• Review diseases of the pancreas and biliary tree including acute and chronic pancreatitis, gallstones, and pancreatic cystic lesions.
• Review colonic disorders including constipation, inflammatory bowel disease and hereditary polyposis syndromes.
• Examine the management of gastrointestinal and hepatobiliary malignancies including cancers of the esophagus, stomach, colon, liver, bile duct and pancreas.
• Examine relevant areas of pathology, endoscopy, radiology, and nutrition.

Program :

Thursday, September 8, 2022
– Introduction to the Board Examination
Karthik Ravi, M.D.
– The Approach to Abnormal Liver Tests and Drug-Induced Liver Injury
Kymberly D. Watt, M.D.
– Portal Hypertension I: Bleeding
Doug A. Simonetto, M.D.
– Mass Lesions of the Liver
Sumera I. Ilyas, M.B.B.S.
– Question and Answer Session / Break
– Vascular Disease of the Liver
Doug A. Simonetto, M.D.
– Liver Disease and Pregnancy
Michael D. Leise, M.D.
– Alcoholic Liver Disease
Doug A. Simonetto, M.D.
– Nonalcoholic Fatty Liver Disease and Nonalcoholic Steatohepatitis
Kymberly D. Watt, M.D.
– Viral Hepatitis I: HBV and Others
Bashar A. Aqel, M.D.
– Acute Liver Failure and Liver Transplantation
William Sanchez, M.D.
– Question and Answer Session
– Viral Hepatitis II: HCV
Michael D. Leise, M.D.
– Board-Style Practice Questions: Liver I
Sumera I. Ilyas, M.B.B.S.
William Sanchez, M.D.
– Cholestatic Liver Disease and Autoimmune Hepatitis
John E. Eaton, M.D.
– Portal Hypertension II: Ascites and Hepatorenal Syndrome
Doug A. Simonetto, M.D.
– Portal Hypertension III: Hepatic Encephalopathy
Michael D. Leise, M.D.
– Metabolic Liver Disease
William Sanchez, M.D.
– Liver Pathology / Case Studies
Jason T. Lewis, M.D.
William Sanchez, M.D.
– Statistics for the Boards
John E. Eaton, M.D.

Friday, September 9, 2022
– Board-Style Practice Questions: Liver II
Doug A. Simonetto, M.D.
Michael D. Leise, M.D.
– Gallstones and Gallbladder Diseases
John E. Eaton, M.D.
– Acute Pancreatitis
Shounak Majumder, M.D.
– Chronic Pancreatitis
Shounak Majumder, M.D.
– Pancreatic Neoplasms: Adenocarcinoma, Cystic Lesions, and Neuroendocrine Cancers
Vinay Chandrasekhara, M.D.
– Board-Style Practice Questions: Pancreas and Biliary Tree
Shounak Majumder, M.D.
Vinay Chandrasekhara, M.D.
– Question and Answer Session
– GERD and Eosinophilic Esophagitis
Karthik Ravi, M.D.
– Barrett’s Esophagus and Esophageal Neoplasms
Jeffrey A. Alexander, M.D.
– Esophageal Motility Disorders
Karthik Ravi, M.D.
– Board-Style Practice Questions: Esophagus
Diana L. Snyder, M.D.
Karthik Ravi, M.D.
– Peptic Ulcer Disease and Gastritis
Victor G. Chedid, M.D., M.S.
– Vascular Disorders of the Gastrointestinal Tract
Seth R. Sweetser, M.D.
–  Question and Answer Session
– Gastrointestinal Pathology / Case Studies
Jason T. Lewis, M.D.
Amindra S. Arora, M.B., B.Chir.

Saturday, September 10, 2022
– Gastric Neoplasms I: Gastric dysplasia and adenocarcinoma
Seth R. Sweetser, M.D.
– Gastric Neoplasm II: GI stromal tumors, GI Lymphomas and Gastrointestinal Neuroendocrine Tumors
Seth R. Sweetser, M.D.
– Motility Disorders I: Functional Dyspepsia, Gastroparesis and other Upper GI Motility Disorders
Stephanie L. Hansel, M.D.
– Nutritional Disorders
Amindra S. Arora, M.B., B.Chir.
– Motility Disorders II: Irritable Bowel Syndrome, Constipation and Disorders of the Pelvic Floor
Robert E. Kraichely, M.D.
– Non-variceal Gastrointestinal Tract Bleeding
David H. Bruining, M.D.
– Board-Style Practice Questions: Gastric Disorders
Stephanie L. Hansel, M.D.
Xiao Jing (Iris) Wang, M.D.
– Question and Answer Session
– Small Bowel: Mucosal Diseases, Malabsorption and Bacterial Overgrowth
Amy S. Oxentenko, M.D.
– Board-Style Practice Questions: Small Bowel and Nutrition
Robert E. Kraichely, M.D.
Glenn L. Alexander, M.D.
– Gastrointestinal Infections
Sahil Khanna, M.B.B.S.
– Endoscopy for the GI Boards
Vinay Chandrasekhara, M.D.
– Board-Style Practice Questions: Miscellaneous Disorders
Xiao Jing (Iris) Wang, M.D.
Victor G. Chedid, M.D., M.S.
– Question and Answer Session

Sunday, September 11, 2022
– Inflammatory Bowel Disease I: Clinical Features
Amanda M. Johnson, M.D.
– Inflammatory Bowel Disease II: Extraintestinal Manifestations
Nayantara Coelho-Prabhu, M.B.B.S.
– Inflammatory Bowel Disease III: Therapy for Ulcerative Colitis
Francis A. Farraye, M.D., M.S.
– Inflammatory Bowel Disease IV: Therapy for Crohn’s Disease
David H. Bruining, M.D.
– Inflammatory Bowel Disease V: Miscellaneous
Francis A. Farraye, M.D., M.S.
– Colorectal Neoplasms and Hereditary Polyposis Syndromes
Seth R. Sweetser, M.D.
– Board-Style Practice Questions: Colon
Glenn L. Alexander, M.D.
Jeffrey A. Alexander, M.D.
– Question and Answer Session