ASG Webinar Series
Session 1: IBD Issues in Seniors
Monday, February 13, 2023 | 05:30 pm MST
Virtual (Zoom)
Learning Objectives:
Learn the role of intestinal ultrasound in monitoring IBD
Describe the treatment landscape for seniors with IBD
Evaluate the impact of cancer on those with IBD
Speaker:
- Dr. Cathy Lu and Dr. Farhad Peerani
Followed by an Industry Symposium: Managing anti-TNF Failures in IBS in 2023
Moderator: Dr. Gill Kaplan(Calgary)
Presenter: Dr. Brian Bressler, MD (University of BC)
Learning Objectives:
- Recall the short- and long-term treatment considerations of their patients.
- Recommend treatment options after patients are initiated and fail on anti-TNF treatments.
- Correlate the data presented to patients in their own clinical practice.
To view this video you need to be a member of the ASG:
https://mms.albertagastro.ca/video/individual.php?vid=1618829&orgcode=ASG
Session 2: Portal Hypertension
April 27 2023 | 05:30 pm MDT
Management of Varices: What the guidelines say and what we actually do
Moderator:
Dr. Stephen Congly, Clinical Associate Professor of Medicine, University of Calgary
Presenter:
Dr. Kelly Burak, Cumming School of Medicine Departments of Medicine and Oncology, Divisions of Gastroenterology & Hepatology and Transplant Medicine, University of Calgary
In this webinar, participants will have the opportunity to learn and ask questions about portal hypertension.
Learning Objectives:
- Define clinically significant portal hypertension (CSPH) and describe how it can be identified non-invasively.
- Describe why carvedilol is the preferred prevention strategy for patients with CSPH according to Baveno VII guidelines.
- Identify strategies that are more effective than traditional CME in changing physician behaviour and improving adherence to clinical practice guidelines.
Session 3: Nutrition
September 2023 | 05:30 pm MDT
More details to follow shortly.
Session 4: Endoscopy Novel GERD Therapies
November 2023 | 05:30 pm MST
More details to follow shortly.