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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.
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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
About
Faculty
Course Directors

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

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

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

Prasad G. Iyer, MD, MS, FACG, FASGE, AGAF
Mayo Clinic Arizona

Nimisha K. Parekh, MD, MPH, FACG, AGAF
University of California, Irvine

Kyle Staller, MD, MPH
Massachusetts General Hospital

Shyam Thakkar, MD, FASGE
West Virginia University
UCLA Faculty

Kasturi Banerjee, PhD
David Geffen School of Medicine
at UCLA
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Nirupama Bonthala, MD
David Geffen School of Medicine
at UCLA

Shaun Chandna, DO
Olive View-UCLA Medical Center

Tien S. Dong, MD, PhD
David Geffen School of Medicine
at UCLA

Christina Fasulo, MS,
RDN, CNSC
David Geffen School of Medicine
at UCLA

Kevin Ghassemi, MD
David Geffen School of Medicine
at UCLA

Mark D. Girgis, MD
David Geffen School of Medicine
at UCLA

Shida Haghighat, MD, MPH
David Geffen School of Medicine
at UCLA

Hassan Hamandi, MD
David Geffen School of Medicine
at UCLA

Wendy Ho, MD, MPH
David Geffen School of Medicine
at UCLA

Danny Issa, MD
David Geffen School of Medicine
at UCLA

Stephen Kim, MD
David Geffen School of Medicine
at UCLA

Jennifer Kolb, MD, MS
David Geffen School of Medicine
at UCLA

Mary Kwaan, MD, MPH
David Geffen School of Medicine
at UCLA

Lisa D. Lin, MD, MS
David Geffen School of Medicine
at UCLA

Folasade P. May, MD,
PhD, MPhil
David Geffen School of Medicine
at UCLA

Anthony Myint, MD
David Geffen School of Medicine
at UCLA

Sammy Saab, MD, MPH, AGAF, FACG, FAASLD
David Geffen School of Medicine
at UCLA

Jenny Sauk, MD
David Geffen School of Medicine
at UCLA

Alireza Sedarat, MD
David Geffen School of Medicine
at UCLA

Akshay Shetty, MD
David Geffen School of Medicine
at UCLA

Andrea S. Shin, MD, MSCR
David Geffen School of Medicine
at UCLA

Janelle Smith, MS, RD, CEDRD
David Geffen School of Medicine
at UCLA

Otis Stephen, MD,
AGAF, FACG, FASGE
David Geffen School of Medicine
at UCLA

Gaurav Syal, MD, MHDS
David Geffen School of Medicine
at UCLA

Adarsh M. Thaker, MD
David Geffen School of Medicine
at UCLA

Kirsten Tillisch, MD
David Geffen School of Medicine
at UCLA

Carrie R. Wong, MD, PhD
David Geffen School of Medicine
at UCLA

Beshoy T. Yanny, MD
David Geffen School of Medicine
at UCLA
Contact Us
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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