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.

Register Now



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.


 This webinar series is proudly sponsored by:

Pfizer, Janssen, Fresinius Kabi, Astellas, Bristol Myers Squibb, Oragnon, Takeda, Celltrion,  Gilead, Lupin, Bristol Myers Squibb, SRX Health Solutions, Bausch, Amgen, Penopharm, Sandoz