Having a smart solution to a difficult problem is something that everyone seeks. In clinical practice, it can lead to improving ef-ficiency in your practice and enhancing patient care. The 2013 ACG Western Regional Postgraduate Course, January 25-27, at the Hyatt Regency Century Plaza in Los Angeles, California, delivers on that idea with a faculty of nationally known experts reviewing the latest clinical updates, discussing the controversies or challenges in diagnosis and treatment, and providing solutions to overcome the challenges to ultimately enhance patient care.

Course Directors Douglas G. Adler, MD, FACG, and Kenneth J. Chang, MD, FACG, have developed a comprehensive program with live cases and videos and hands-on sessions as a few of the highlights of this year’s course. The course opens with live cases and videos that will feature Barrett’s esophagus, pancreatic cysts, ERCP/EUS, and the colon. In addition to live cases, didactic lectures will discuss eosinophilic esophagitis, Barrett’s esopha-gus, occult and obscure GI bleeding, enteral stenting, and more.

Hands-on Workshop sessions will be offered on Saturday afternoon and are FREE to all course par-ticipants. Space is limited. Addi-tional topics to be covered during the 2-1/2 day course include IBD, Colon, Pancreaticobiliary, Liver and Endoscopy.

Attendees of this course will enjoy the Hyatt Regency Century Plaza, located on the West side of Los Angeles and adjacent to Bev-erly Hills. Moderate temperatures in January make this an ideal loca-tion to escape the winter’s cold. Enjoy the glamour and nightlife of

LA, attend a movie premiere, shop in Beverly Hills, and more. The hotel is an easy drive from LAX, which is only 10 miles away.

This course takes place during the bye week between the play-offs and the Super Bowl, so no one will miss their favorite sports action. Registration will open on Monday, October 22nd.

Hyatt Regency Century Plaza Los Angeles, CaliforniaJanuary 25 – 27, 2013

Course Directors: Douglas G. Adler, MD, FACG Kenneth J. Chang, MD, FACG

Friday, January 25, 2013 (12:00 noon – 5:30 pm)9:00 am – Registration opens12:00 noon – Live Cases and Videos, and Didactic Lectures Live Cases and Videos

Barrett’s Esophagus, Pancreatic Cysts, ERCP/EUS, ColonEsophagus

Achalasia: Dilate, Botox, Surgery, or POEM? Eosinophilic Esophagitis: Treat with Diet, Treat with Drugs? How to Manage Treatment Failures Barrett’s Esophagus and Early Esophageal Cancer

Stomach Gastric Intestinal Metaplasia and Carcinoids – What to Do? New Hemostatic Tools and Techniques Occult and Obscure GI Bleeding: Scan, Scope, or Surgery? Enteral Stenting: What’s New in 2013?

Saturday, January 26, 2013 (7:30 am – 4:30 pm)IBD

Update on BiologicsManagement of Pouchitis Recognition of Flat Dysplasia Microscopic Colitis: Beyond Bismuth!

ColonC. difficile Colitis: New Risk Factors and Treatments The Difficult Polyp: What to Do The Difficult IBS Patient Quality in Colonoscopy – Why Should I Care?

PancreaticobiliaryUnexplained Recurrent Acute Pancreatitis Pancreatic Cysts: New Ways to Think About an Old Problem The “Difficult Cannulation” Management of Complex Biliary Stones

Luncheon PresentationHands-on Workshop Sessions

Sunday, January 27, 2013 (7:30 am – 11:45 am)Liver

Metabolic Liver Disease – What’s New in Diagnosis and Therapy?

Hepatitis B: Update in Clinical Management Hepatitis C: Update in Clinical Management Complications of Portal HTN: What to Do? PSC: New Ideas for Looking at an Old Disease What’s New in Transplant?

EndoscopyPEG, PEJ, or PEG-J – Which Tube for Which Patient? ERCP in Post-surgical Anatomy EMR – Can Anyone Do This?

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ACG Western Regional Postgraduate Course

Earn up to 16.5 CME

credit hours!