The 14th 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.
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Case-Based Presentations
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Literature Updates
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Video and Live Cases
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Hands-On Session
Course Directors
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Director
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
Co-Director
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
Co-Director
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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Director, University of Pittsburgh Medical Center (UPMC) Neurogastroenterology and Motility Center
Director, UPMC Program for Gut-Brain Health (UPMC PGH)
Associate Professor of Medicine, Division of Gastroenterology, Hepatology, and Nutrition
University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine
Rena Yadlapati, MD, MSHS, AGAF, FACG, FAFS
Professor, Division of Gastroenterology
Medical Director, UCSD Center for Esophageal Diseases
Director, GI Motility Lab
Program Director, Advanced Esophageal Fellowship
University of California San Diego
UCLA Faculty
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Director, Women’s Health in Inflammatory Bowel Disease
Center for Inflammatory Bowel Diseases
Health Sciences Associate Clinical Professor of Medicine
Vatche and Tamar Manoukian Division of Digestive Diseases
David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA
Professor and Chief of Thoracic Surgery
Department of Surgery, Division of Thoracic Surgery
David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA
Associate Director, Transplant Hepatology Fellowship Program
Health Sciences Associate Professor of Medicine and Surgery
Vatche and Tamar Manoukian Division of Digestive Diseases
Pfleger Liver Institute
Dumont-UCLA Liver Transplant Center
David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA
Christina Fasulo, MS, RDN, CNSC
Senior and Lead GI Dietitian
Vatche and Tamar Manoukian Division of Digestive Diseases
David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA
Director, Intestinal Ultrasound Program
Center for Inflammatory Bowel Diseases
Health Sciences Assistant Clinical Professor of Medicine
Vatche and Tamar Manoukian Division of Digestive Diseases
David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA
Clinical Chief, Westwood & Beverly Hills, Melvin and Bren Simon Digestive Diseases Center
Medical Director, Clinical Programs, Robert G. Kardashian Center for Esophageal Health
Health Sciences Associate Clinical Professor of Medicine
Vatche and Tamar Manoukian Division of Digestive Diseases
David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA
Director, Pediatric Inflammatory Bowel Disease Program
Health Sciences Associate Professor of Pediatrics and Medicine
Division of Pediatric Gastroenterology, Hepatology, and Nutrition & Vatche & Tamar Manoukian Division of Digestive Diseases
David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA
Health Sciences Clinical Instructor of Medicine
Vatche and Tamar Manoukian Division of Digestive Diseases
David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA
Health Sciences Assistant Clinical Professor of Medicine
Vatche and Tamar Manoukian Division of Digestive Diseases
David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA
GI Dietitian
UCLA Vatche and Tamar Manoukian Division of Digestive Diseases
David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA
GI Health Psychologist
Vatche and Tamar Manoukian Division of Digestive Diseases
David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA
Director, Faculty Career Development in Advanced Endoscopy
Health Sciences Associate Clinical Professor of Medicine
Vatche and Tamar Manoukian Division of Digestive Diseases
David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA
Jennifer Kolb, MD, MS
Health Sciences Assistant Professor of Medicine
Vatche & Tamar Manoukian Division of Digestive Diseases
David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA
Staff Physician — VA Greater Los Angeles Health Care
Division of Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Parenteral Nutrition
Health Sciences Clinical Professor
Section of Colon and Rectal Surgery
David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA
Director of Clinical Research, UCLA Center for Inflammatory Bowel Diseases
Health Sciences Clinical Professor of Medicine
Vatche and Tamar Manoukian Division of Digestive Diseases
David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA
Health Sciences Clinical Instructor of Medicine
Vatche and Tamar Manoukian Division of Digestive Diseases
David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA
Health Sciences Assistant Professor of Medicine and Surgery
Vatche and Tamar Manoukian Division of Digestive Diseases
Pfleger Liver Institute
Dumont-UCLA Liver Transplant Center
David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA
Sammy Saab, MD, MPH, AGAF, FACG, FAASLD
Medical Director, Pfleger Liver Institute
Medical Director, Adult Liver Transplant Program
Chief, Transplant Hepatology
Head, Outcomes Research in Hepatology
Professor of Medicine and Surgery
Adjunct Professor of Nursing
David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA
Director, Clinical Care, UCLA Center for Inflammatory Bowel Diseases
Health Sciences Associate Clinical Professor of Medicine
Vatche and Tamar Manoukian Division of Digestive Disease
David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA
Sophia Scattaglia, DCN, MS, RDN, CEDS
GI Dietitian
Vatche and Tamar Manoukian Division of Digestive Disease
David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA
Health Sciences Associate Clinical Professor of Medicine
Vatche and Tamar Manoukian Division of Digestive Diseases
David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA
Health Sciences Assistant Clinical Professor of Medicine and Surgery
Vatche and Tamar Manoukian Division of Digestive Diseases
Pfleger Liver Institute
Dumont-UCLA Liver Transplant Center
David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA
Director, Goodman-Luskin Microbiome Center Biorepository Core
Co-Director, Goodman-Luskin Microbiome Center Clinical Studies and Database Core
Director of Education, Walter and Shirley Wang Center for Integrative Digestive Health
Health Sciences Associate Clinical Professor of Medicine
Vatche and Tamar Manoukian Division of Digestive Diseases
David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA
Health Sciences Assistant Clinical Professor of Medicine and Surgery
Vatche and Tamar Manoukian Division of Digestive Diseases
Pfleger Liver Institute
Dumont-UCLA Liver Transplant Center
David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA
Senior GI Dietitian
Vatche and Tamar Manoukian Division of Digestive Disease
David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA
Suzanne R. Smith, MSN, NP, CMT-P
Integrative Health Practitioner
Walter and Shirley Wang Center Integrative Digestive Health
Melvin and Bren Simon Digestive Diseases Center at UCLA
Vatche and Tamar Manoukian Division of Digestive Disease
David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA
Health Sciences Associate Clinical Professor of Medicine
Center for Inflammatory Bowel Diseases
Vatche and Tamar Manoukian Division of Digestive Diseases
David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA
Health Sciences Assistant Clinical Professor of Medicine
Vatche and Tamar Manoukian Division of Digestive Diseases
David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA
Shelby Yaceczko, DCN, RDN-AP, CNSC, CCTD
Advanced Practice Registered Dietitian
Vatche and Tamar Manoukian Division of Digestive Diseases
David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA