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Registration is Open!
Virtual and In-Person

CME Credits
Available!

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UCLA Meyer and Renee Luskin Conference Center
425 Westwood Plaza, Los Angeles, CA 90095

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Friday, March 21 – Saturday, March 22, 2025

The 13th Annual UCLA-Mellinkoff Gastroenterology and Hepatology Symposium is designed to offer healthcare professionals evidence-based and integrative approaches to treat common GI disorders that can easily be implemented into practice and have significant impact on patient outcomes. An endoscopy forum with video and live cases will also show complex cases and new technology. Interactive, case-based presentations and panel discussions by experts in their field will engage attendees and enhance this learning experience. 

 

  • Case-Based Presentations

  • Literature Updates

  • Video and Live Cases

  • Hands-On Session

About
Faculty

Course Directors

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Co-Director

Lin Chang, MD

Vice Chief, Vatche and Tamar Manoukian
Division of Digestive Diseases
Program Director, UCLA GI
Fellowship Program
Co-Director, G. Oppenheimer Center for
Neurobiology of Stress and Resilience
Professor of Medicine
David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA

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Director

V. Raman Muthusamy,
MD, MAS, AGAF, FASGE, FACG

Medical Director of Endoscopy, UCLA Health
Leon J. Tiber, MD, and David S. Alpert, MD,
Chair in Medicine
Professor of Clinical Medicine
Vatche and Tamar Manoukian Division of Digestive Diseases
David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA

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Co-Director

Eric Esrailian, MD, MPH

Chief, Vatche and Tamar Manoukian Division of
Digestive Diseases
Director, Melvin and Bren Simon Digestive
Diseases Center
Lincy Foundation Chair
in Clinical Gastroenterology
Health Sciences Clinical Professor of Medicine
David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA

Invited Faculty

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Prasad G. Iyer, MD, MS, FACG, FASGE, AGAF

Mayo Clinic Arizona
 

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Nimisha K. Parekh, MD, MPH, FACG, AGAF

University of California, Irvine

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Kyle Staller, MD, MPH

Massachusetts General Hospital

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Shyam Thakkar, MD, FASGE

West Virginia University
 

UCLA Faculty

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Kasturi Banerjee, PhD

David Geffen School of Medicine
at UCLA

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Nirupama Bonthala, MD

David Geffen School of Medicine
at UCLA

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Shaun Chandna, DO

Olive View-UCLA Medical Center

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Tien S. Dong, MD, PhD

David Geffen School of Medicine
at UCLA

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Christina Fasulo, MS,
RDN, CNSC

David Geffen School of Medicine
at UCLA

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Kevin Ghassemi, MD

David Geffen School of Medicine
at UCLA

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Mark D. Girgis, MD

David Geffen School of Medicine
at UCLA

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Shida Haghighat, MD, MPH

David Geffen School of Medicine
at UCLA

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Hassan Hamandi, MD

David Geffen School of Medicine
at UCLA

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Wendy Ho, MD, MPH

David Geffen School of Medicine
at UCLA

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Danny Issa, MD

David Geffen School of Medicine
at UCLA

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Stephen Kim, MD

David Geffen School of Medicine
at UCLA

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Jennifer Kolb, MD, MS

David Geffen School of Medicine
at UCLA

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Mary Kwaan, MD, MPH

David Geffen School of Medicine
at UCLA

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Lisa D. Lin, MD, MS

David Geffen School of Medicine
at UCLA

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Folasade P. May, MD,
PhD, MPhil

David Geffen School of Medicine
at UCLA

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Anthony Myint, MD

David Geffen School of Medicine
at UCLA

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Sammy Saab, MD, MPH, AGAF, FACG, FAASLD

David Geffen School of Medicine
at UCLA

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Jenny Sauk, MD

David Geffen School of Medicine
at UCLA

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Alireza Sedarat, MD

David Geffen School of Medicine
at UCLA

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Akshay Shetty, MD

David Geffen School of Medicine
at UCLA

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Andrea S. Shin, MD, MSCR

David Geffen School of Medicine
at UCLA

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Janelle Smith, MS,
RDN, CEDS

David Geffen School of Medicine
at UCLA

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Otis Stephen, MD,
AGAF, FACG, FASGE

David Geffen School of Medicine
at UCLA

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Gaurav Syal, MD, MHDS

David Geffen School of Medicine
at UCLA

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Adarsh M. Thaker, MD

David Geffen School of Medicine
at UCLA

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Kirsten Tillisch, MD

David Geffen School of Medicine
at UCLA

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Carrie R. Wong, MD, PhD

David Geffen School of Medicine
at UCLA

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Beshoy T. Yanny, MD

David Geffen School of Medicine
at UCLA

Contact Us

Degree

Sponsorship Opportunities

For details on sponsorship opportunities, please contact:

Robert Taglienti
Director, Business Development
Tactical Advantage Group
Tel: 862-219-8650
Email: rtaglienti@taggrp.com

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