Provided by:
Gastroenterology Clinical Case Conference
2016
GASTROENTEROLOGY CLINICAL CASE CONFERENCE
January 6, 2016
4:30 pm – 5:30 pm
Perelman Center for Advanced Medicine
7 South Pavilion
Conference Room A
AMANKE ORANU, MD
Fellow
Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania
Target Audience
This program has been designed for physicians, fellows, residents, physician assistants, QI professionals, professional
nurses, advanced practice nurses in the medical specialties of internal medicine, gastroenterology and hepatology,
pancreatology, nutrition and endoscopy
Series Educational Objectives
After completing this activity, participants should be able to:
 Integrate evidence from basic and translational science to advance patient care
 Incorporate CDC, AGA, USPTF and other relevant guidelines in clinical practice
 Improve effective communication skills to improve team based care
Accreditation
Physicians: The Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania is accredited by the Accreditation Council
for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME) to provide continuing medical education for physicians.
Nurses: The Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania, Department of Nursing Education, Innovation and Professional
Development is an approved provider of continuing nursing education by the PA State Nurses Association, an accredited
approver by the American Nurses Credentialing Center's Commission on Accreditation.
Designation of Credit
Physicians: The Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania designates this live activity for a
maximum of 1 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit ™. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of
their participation in the activity.
Nurses: Nurse participants will be awarded 1.0 contact hour.
Approved for (PSRM) patient safety/risk management designation
Acknowledgement of Commercial Support* NONE
For more information, please contact
Michele K. Fitzpatrick
215-898-0154
mfitzp@upenn.edu
Check your CME online at www.penncmeonline.com
Disclosure of Relevant Financial Relationships and Unapproved Uses of Products
It is policy at the Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania and the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania,
Department of Nursing Education, Innovation and Professional Development for individuals who are in a position to control the
content of an educational activity to disclose to the learners all relevant financial relationships that they have with any commercial
interest that provide products or services that may be relevant to the content of this continuing education activity. For this purpose
we consider relationships of the person involved to include financial relationships of a spouse or partner.
The intent of this policy is to ensure that Penn CME/CNE certified activities promote quality and safety, are effective in improving
medical practice, are based on valid content, and are independent of control from commercial interests and free of commercial bias.
Peer review of all content was conducted for all faculty presentations whose disclosure information was found to contain
relationships that created a conflict of interest relevant to the topic of their presentation. In addition, all faculty were instructed to
provide balanced, scientifically rigorous and evidence-based presentations.
The staff in the Office of CME at the Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania, Mila Kostic, CHCP, FACEHP,
Director of CME, Zalman Agus, MD, Senior peer reviewer and Patricia A. Smith, MSN, RN-BC, Nursing professional development
specialist of the HUP Department of Nursing Innovation and Development have disclosed that they have no relevant financial
relationships with any commercial interests related to the content of this educational activity.
The following individuals have disclosed that they have no relevant financial relationships with any commercial interests related to
the content of this educational activity:
PLANNING COMMITTEE & PRESENTER NAME
ANIL K. RUSTGI, MD
BRENDA APPOLO, BS, MHS, PA-C
AMANDA MASTRANGELO, RN
PRESENTER NAME
THERESE BITTERMAN, MD
J. NAYLOR BROWNELL
MAIRE CONRAD, MD
KOUSHIK DAS, MD
SHERIF ELHANUFI
LISA FAHEY, MD
STEVEN FUSILLO
BRIDGET GOODWIN, MD
NOAH HOFFMAN, MD
ALYSSA KRIEGERMEIER, MD TATYANA KUSHNER, MD
GREGORY GINSBERG, MD
GENE MA, MD
ELIZABETH MAXWELL, MD
LAUREN NEPHEW, MD
CAROLYN NEWBERRY
JOSEPHINE NI, MD
AMANKE ORANU, MD
AKINBOWALE OYALOWO
CLAUDIO RIVERA, MD
GIORGIO ROCCARO, MD
NINA SAINATH, MD
SHAZIA SIDDIQUE
RONEN STEIN, MD
RAVY VAJREVELU
JENN WEBSTER
ANDREW WEHRMAN
MATTHEW WHITSON, MD
The following individuals have reported the listed relevant financial relationships with commercial interests related to
the content of this educational activity.
PLANNING COMMITTEE & PRESENTER NAME NAME OF COMMERCIAL INTEREST
RELATIONSHIP
GARY LICHTENSTEIN, MD
DAVID METZ, MD
PRESENTER NAME
K. Rajender Reddy, MD
ABBOTT CORPORATION/ABBVIE, ELAN, HOSPIRA, MILLENIUM PHARMACEUTICALS,
ONO PHARMACEUTICALS, PFIZER PHARMACEUTICALS, SANTARUS,
SCHERING-PLOUGH CORPORATION, TAKEDA
CONSULTANT
ALAVEN, JANSSEN ORTHOBIOTECH, FERRING, PROMETHEUS LABORATORIES, INC.,
SALIX PHARMACEUTICALS, SHIRE PHARMACEUTICALS, UCB, WARNER CHILCOTTE CONSULTANT/RESEARCH
IRONWOOD
CME PROGRAM
AAA, LEXICON
PI
NAME OF COMMERCIAL INTEREST
RELATIONSHIP
Gilead, Merck, Genentech-Roche, Vertex
Janssen, Abbvie, BMS
Gilead, Abbvie, BMS, Merck, Janssen
Ad-Hoc Advisory Board
Ad-Hoc Advisory Board
Research Support
Relevant financial relationships are those relationships in which the individual benefits by receiving a salary, royalty, intellectual property rights, consulting fee,
honoraria, ownership interest (e.g., stocks, stock options or other ownership interest, excluding diversified mutual funds), or other financial benefit. Financial benefits
are usually associated with roles such as employment, management position, independent contractor (including contracted research), consulting, speaking and
teaching, membership on advisory committees or review panels, board membership, and other activities from which remuneration is received or expected
DISCLOSURE OF UNAPPROVED USES OF PRODUCTS
PRESENTER NAME
PRODUCT
INVESTIGATIONAL AND/OR OFF-LABEL USE