Experienced GI Physician Educator

SGNA  “Understanding and Treating Elevated Liver Function Tests.”   “Inflammatory Bowel Disease: Clinical

Challenges,”  “Celiac Disease or Something Else?”  Portland, Oregon, April 2019

NPACE  “Assessing Elevated Liver Function Tests” Boston, MA, Nov 2018

NCNP  “”Irritable Bowel Syndrome:  Tools for Successful Treatment”   Anaheim, CA, Sept 2018

AAPA  “ How Has the Treatment of Inflammatory Bowel Disease Changed 2018”   New Orleans, LA  May 2018

SGNA  “Celiac Disease or Something Else?”   “Successful Treatment of Irritable Bowel Syndrome,”  “Changing

Paradigms in the Management of Inflammatory Bowel Disease, ” Orlando, FL, May 2018

SGNA Webinar  “Celiac Disease, or Something Else?,” April 25, 2018

MER “Update in GI,” April 2018

PESI  “Practical Review of GI for Nurses, APRNs and PAs,” New York, NY, March 2018

MER “Changing Paradigms in Gastroenterology:  What You Need to Know”  Poipu, HI, May 2017

AAPA  “Evaluation and Treatment of Chronic Diarrhea” Las Vegas, NV, May 2017

SGNA “The Evolving Therapy of Inflammatory Bowel Disease” New Orleans, LA, May  2017

MER   “What’s New in GI 2017,” Las Croabas PR, March 2017

CMEI “Update in Gastroenterology for Primary Care Providers,” Maui, HI, Feb 2017

University Learning Systems “ Evaluation and Treatment of GI Bleeding”  “The Spectrum of Alcohol Induced Liver Disease” Las Vegas, NV, Feb 2017

MER “The Evaluation of Lower GI Bleeding”  “Update in Gastroenterology 2016”    Honolulu, HI, Dec. 2016

CME Meeting  “Bootcamp for Elevated Liver Function Tests”   “Practical Guide to GI Bleeding for Primary Care Providers” Maui, HI, October 2016

AMSN  “Up and Down the GI Track”  Washington, DC, October 2016

Southern Medical Association  “Bootcamp for Elevated Liver Function Tests”  “Practical Guide to Probiotics”  “”Successful Treatment of Irritable Bowel Syndrome” Kiawah Island, S. C.  July 2016

CME Meeting: “How to be Successful When Treating Irritable Bowel Syndrome”,  “Primer on Elevated Liver Function Tests” Palm Coast FL  July 2016

Contemporary Forums  “The Consequences of Fatty Liver Disease”,   “Understanding and Treating Chronic Diarrhea”,  “Reflux, Barrett’s, Gastritis and Gastroparesis 2016,” Jackson Hole WY June 2016

AANP  “Irritable Bowel Syndrome: Tools for Successful Treatment,” San Antonio TX, June 2016

SGNA  “Update on Chronic Pancreatitis” and “What You Need to Know About Sprue”  Seattle, WA  May 2016

CME Meeting: “Understanding Elevated Liver Function Tests: A Primer for Primary Care Providers”, Palm Coast, FL, March 2016.

CMEI: “What Every Primary Care Provider Should Know About Hepatitis C”, Marco Island, Florida, March 2016.

MER: “Gastroenterology Update 2016”, Key West, Florida, February 2016.

CMEI: “Update in Gastroenterology and Primary Care”, Marco Island, FL, January 2016.                                                  

McDonald Army Health Center, Ft Eustis: “Best Practices in Treating Irritable Bowel Syndrome. Clinical Dilemmas in GI Bleeding, Elevated Liver Function Tests and the Primary Care Provider”, Newport News, VA, November 2015.

Interstate Postgraduate Medical Association: “Evaluation and Treatment of Chronic Diarrhea, Celiac Disease or Something Else?” & “Meet the Professor” (discussing audience questions on any aspect of Gastroenterology), Orlando, FL, November 2015.

AMSN:  “Update on Inflammatory Bowel Disease”, Las Vegas, NV, September 2015.

Contemporary Forums:  “What Works for Irritable Bowel Syndrome, Diagnostic Dilemmas in G.I Bleeding, How To Assess Abnormal Liver Function Tests, Probiotic Use 2015”, Jackson Hole, Wyoming, July 2015.

Pri Med: “Exocrine Pancreatic Insufficiency”, Washington, D.C, July 2015.

AANP National Meeting, “What You Need to Know About Irritable Bowel Syndrome”, New Orleans, LA, June 2015.

SGNA National Meeting: “Inflammatory Bowel Disease Update:  What You Need to Know”, Baltimore, MD, May 2015.

SGNA National Meeting: “Update on Chronic Pancreatitis”, Baltimore, MD, May 2015.

CMEI: “Gastroenterology Review for Primary Care Physicians”, Marco Island, FL, April 2015.                                                                

CMEI: “What’s New in Gastroenterology 2015”, Maui, Hawaii, March 2015.                                                                                          

Pri Med: “Sprue and Non Celiac Gluten Sensitivity”, Baltimore, MD, December 2014.

Pri Med: “Sprue and Non Celiac Gluten Sensitivity”, Indianapolis Convention Center, October 2014.

University Learning Systems: “What You Need to Know About Gastro Intestinal Diseases:  Clostridium difficile, GERD, Barrett’s, Gastroparesis, Inflammatory Bowel Disease, Irritable Bowel Syndrome”, Las Vegas, NV, September 2014.

Pri Med: “Inflammatory Bowel Disease and the Primary Care Doctor”, Boston, MA, September 2014.          

Pri Med: “Sprue and Non Celiac Gluten Sensitivity”, San Jose Convention Center, September 2014.

SGNA National Meeting: “What You Need to Know About Irritable Bowel Syndrome”, Nashville, TN, May 2014.

St. Louis Gut Club: “Update on Inflammatory Bowel Disease”, St. Louis, MO December 2013.

Pri Med: “Up and Down the GI Track”, Santa Clara Convention Center, Santa Clara, CA, September 2013.

Minnesota SGNA “What’s New in GI 2018” Minneapolis, MN, April 2018

New England Pharmacists Annual Convention “A Pharmacist’s Guide to Probiotics” Foxwoods September 2017

Southern Connecticut State University APRN School “What You Need to Know About Colon Cancer Prevention,” 

 “Inflammatory Bowel Disease and the Primary Care Provider,” “Practical Points in Irritable Bowel Syndrome Care”

 “Dyspepsia/GERD/Barrett’s/etc’” l Review of Peptic Ulcer Disease’” “Making Sense of the Biliary Track” August/September 2017

“ROME” Conference “Probiotics 2017: Fulfilling the Promise” Boston, MA, August 2017

U Conn “How Do You Want to Practice Medicine: Rekindling the Joy” May 2017

St Joseph’s University PA Program “ABC’s of Hepatitis”, “Bootcamp for Elevated Liver Function Tests” and “Comprehensive Review of the Manifestations and Treatment of UGI Illnesses” April 2017 and 2018

University of CT, St Francis Program Grand Rounds March 2017

Sacred Heart University PA Program GI curriculum March 2017 and 2018

UNECOM “Bootcamp for Elevated Liver Function Tests”, “Update of Gastroenterology 2016”, “Evaluation and Treatment of Constipation” and “Difficult Cases with GI Bleeding” July 2016

CT SGNA “Evaluating and Treating Exocrine Pancreatic Insufficiency” Plainville, CT June 2016

Downstate Medical Center Grand Rounds, Brooklyn, N.Y. “Transition from Fellowship to Practice” June 2016

U Conn Workshop: “How to Deliver a Compelling and Memorable Lecture”, U Conn, May 2016.

UNECOM: Poster Presentation Judge, April 2016.

UNECOM: GERD, “Barrett’s and Gastroparesis Review”, March 2016.

U Conn: “Work/Life Balance: Changing the Equation in Your Favor”, February 2016.

UNECOM Housestaff/students: “The Unanswered Questions of Inflammatory Bowel Disease”, January 2016.

U Conn: Transition from Fellowship to Practice, January 2016.

St. Francis Hospital: Dept of Family Med Residency: “Maximizing Colon Cancer Detection”, December 2015.

CT SGNA: “Celiac Disease or Something Else?” Rocky Hill, CT , October 2015.

New York State APRN Association: “What Works in Treating IBS?”, October 2015.

UNECOM house staff: “The Unanswered Questions in IBS,” September 2015.

Regional Osteopathic Medical Education: “Celiac Disease or Something Else?”, August 2015.

Regional Osteopathic Medical Education: “Probiotics: Fulfilling the Promise”, June 2015.

U Conn: “Updated Diverticular Disease Guidelines”, June 2015.

UNECOM: “Liver and Gallbladder Review”, May 2015.

UNECOM: “Leaky Gut the Science and the Fiction (so far)”, May 2015.

UNECOM: “Celiac Disease or Something Else”, May 2015.

UNECOM: “Pancreatic Insufficiency”, May 2015.

UNECOM, “What a Primary Care Doctor Should Know About Inflammatory Bowel Disease”, January 2015.

U Conn: “Transition from Fellowship to Practice”, January 2015.

UNECOM: “Update in Irritable Bowel Syndrome”, January 2015.

U Conn: “The Limitations of Endoscopy and Colonoscopy in the Very Elderly Patient”, January 2015.

U Conn: “How to Minimize Gastroenterology Malpractice Cases”, January 2015.

University of New England College of Osteopathic Medicine, Manchester Staff: “What a Primary Care Doctor Should Know About Inflammatory Bowel Disease”, November 2014.

UNECOM: “Introduction to Clinical Gastroenterology”, August 2014.

SGNA of Clifton Park, NY: “Update on Inflammatory Bowel Disease”, June 2014.

Eastern Connecticut Health Network: “What You Need to Know About Abdominal Pain”, June 2014.

University of Massachusetts School of Medicine: “Pancreatic Insufficiency”, May 2014.

Mid Hudson SGNA: “Update on Inflammatory Bowel Disease”, March 2014.

U Conn: “Update on Gastric Polyps,” February 2014.

UNECOM: “Update on Inflammatory Bowel Disease”, December 2013. 

UNECOM: “Update on Irritable Bowel Syndrome”, November 2013.