FACULTY
Mihir Wagh
MD, FACG, FASGE
Course Director
Associate Professor of Medicine
Head, Endoscopic Surgery and Tissue Apposition
University of Colorado Interventional Endoscopy
Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology
Aurora, CO
Paul Menard-Katcher, MD
Associate Professor of Medicine
Assistant Professor of Medicine
Interim Luminal Section Chief
Associate GI Fellowship Program Director
Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology
Aurora, CO
GUEST FACULTY
Fatih Aslan, MD
Koc University
Istanbul, Turkey
Alberto Baptista, MD
Delfos Hospital
Endos Medicina
Barcelona, Spain
Kenneth Chang, MD
University of California - Irvine
Irvine, CA
UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO FACULTY
Learning Objectives:
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Operate various newer endoscopic devices and accessories for endoscopic surgery.
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Compare endoscopic therapies in appropriate patients as alternatives to more invasive surgical options.
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Understand & minimize adverse events related to advanced procedures in interventional endoscopy.
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Describe indications, contra-indications & techniques to optimize success in performing newer interventional endoscopic procedures such as: POEM, ESD, Endoscopic Anti-reflux Therapies, Endoscopic Suturing and Interventional EUS.
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Analyze best endoscopic treatment strategies for: Achalasia, GERD, obesity and Early Gastrointestinal Neoplasia.
Steven Edmundowicz, MD
Hazem Hammad, MD
Shelby Sullivan, MD
Mohamed Othman, MD
Baylor College of Medicine
Houston, TX
Stavros Stavropoulos, MD
NYU-Winthrop University Hospital
Mineola, NY
Christopher Thompson, MD
Brigham and Women’s Hospital and Harvard Medical School
Boston, MA
