80020841: 10th Annual Gastroenterology and Hepatology: Viva la Vida

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ACCREDITATION STATEMENT This activity has been planned and implemented in accordance with the Essential Areas and policies of the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education through the joint sponsorship of The Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, The University of Puerto Rico and the University of Mainz, Germany. The Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine is accredited by the ACCME to provide continuing medical education for physicians. CREDIT DESIGNATION STATEMENT The Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine designates this educational activity for a maximum of 17 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™. Physicians should only claim credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.

Description:
The 10th Annual Gastroenterology and Hepatology: Viva la Vida will provide, through formal lectures, question and answer sessions as well as audience interactive systems, presentations of various gastrointestinal and liver disorders that will be of interest to practitioners in the field. This year will feature a symposium on challenging clinical scenarios and an update on several aspects of liver disease. A special symposium dedicated to the multidisciplinary approach to obesity will be featured. Topics in gastrointestinal bleeding, including recent and exciting developments, will be discussed by a team of experts. Registrants will be able to learn of new imaging and therapies for patients with inflammatory bowel disease, including the role of surgical treatment. Presentations on esophageal disease will include an update on GERD, Barrett’s Esophagus and esophageal cancer. Registrants will also learn of new developments in eosinophilic esophagitis.
Objectives:
After attending this activity, the participant will demonstrate the ability to –
• Discuss the indications and outcomes on patients having liver transplantation
• Outline the current advances and management of colonic disease
• Evaluate the medical and surgical management of patients with Irritable Bowel Disease
• Describe the multidisciplinary management of obesity
• Recognize recent advances in management of esophageal disease
• Describe current treatment options for gastrointestinal bleeding

Talks

Policy On Speaker And Provider Disclosure

It is the policy of the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine that the speaker and provider disclose real or apparent conflicts of interest relating to the topics of this educational activity, and also disclose discussions of unlabeled/unapproved uses of drugs or devices during their presentation(s). Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine OCME has established policies in place that will identify and resolve all conflicts of interest prior to this educational activity. Detailed disclosure will be made in the activity handout materials.