29th Annual Virginia Liver Symposium and Update in Gastroenterology

1. Explain the criteria for colorectal cancer screening and the modalities used for testing
2. Identify signs of cirrhosis and criteria for referral for evaluation of liver transplantation
3. Explain diagnosis and management of inflammatory bowel disease

Registration Fees

• Physician (includes MOC): $280.00

• Healthcare Providers (non-physician): $180.00

• VCU Health Employee: $20.00

• Central Virginia Veterans Healthcare System - Residents & GI Fellows, Faculty, Transplant Staff: $20.00

VCU Alumni will receive a code to register at a discounted rate of $20.00.

Registration Deadline: April 11, 2025. On-site registrations will incur an additional $50 processing fee.

Cancellation Policy
Registration fee, less a 15% non-refundable administrative fee, will be refunded only if written notice of cancellation is received via email to [email protected] on or before April 11, 2025. There will be no refunds after this date.

In support of improving patient care, VCU Health Continuing Education is jointly accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME), the Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education (ACPE), and the American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC), to provide continuing education for the healthcare team.

VCU Health Continuing Education designates this live activity for a maximum of 8 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits^TM. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.

VCU Health Continuing Education designates this activity for a maximum of 8 ANCC contact hours. Nurses should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.

Successful completion of this CME activity, which includes participation in the evaluation component, enables the participant to earn up to 8 MOC points in the American Board of Internal Medicine’s (ABIM) Maintenance of Certification (MOC) program. It is the CME activity provider’s responsibility to submit participant completion information to ACCME for the purpose of granting ABIM MOC credit.

Accommodation

All participants have the right to participate in this continuing education activity without discrimination due to age, race, ethnicity, religion, culture, language, physical or mental disability, socioeconomic status, sex (sexual orientation, gender identity or expression and pregnancy), protected veteran status, marital status, genetic information, or any other protected characteristics under applicable federal, state, or local law. If you need accommodations to participate in this activity, please contact us at [email protected] for more information. Requests for accommodations must be received 21 days prior to activity start date.

Complaint Policy and Resolution Process
All complaints must be made in writing to [email protected].

All complaints will be logged into the complaint log. The Director, Continuing Education will attempt to resolve the complaint within the first contact, when possible, and will respond to the client and customer's concerns within 5 business days of the initial complaint. At the time of the first contact, Director, Continuing Education will inform the complainant if more time will be needed to research the complaint.

If the complaint is still unresolved after communication with the Director, Continuing Education, or if the initial complaint is not addressed in a timely manner, the complainant may contact the President & CEO, UHS-PEP. The President & CEO will then contact the complainant and endeavor to resolve the complaint within 10 business days after being contacted.

The complaint log will be regularly reviewed to identify areas of operations and service that may require improvement. The Director, Continuing Education will research reoccurring complaint matters and recommend process and procedure changes, when appropriate. These changes will be noted on the Complaint Resolution Log, and any necessary policy and/or procedure updates will be made within 15 business days thereafter.

Disclaimers
Minimum and maximum numbers for attendance at this event have been established, and we reserve the right to substitute speakers/topics, adjust credit hours, or cancel if necessary.

By attending this event you grant VCU Health Continuing Education the right at the event to record, film, photograph, or capture your likeness in any media and to distribute, broadcast, use, or otherwise disseminate, in perpetuity, such media without any further approval from or any payment to you. 

Participants have an implied responsibility to use the newly acquired information to enhance patient outcomes and their own professional development. The information presented in this activity is not meant to serve as a guideline for patient management. Any procedures, medications, or other courses of diagnosis or treatment discussed or suggested in this activity should not be used by clinicians without evaluation of their patient’s conditions and possible contraindications and/or dangers in use, review of any applicable manufacturer’s product information, and comparison with recommendations of other authorities.

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Mitigation of Relevant Financial Relationships

Member Information

Role in activity

Nature of Relationship(s) / Name of Ineligible Company(s)

Richard K Sterling, MD, FACP, FACG, AGAF, FAASLD
Hepatology Professor of Medicine; Chief, Section of Hepatology
VCUHS

Activity Director, Faculty

Nothing to disclose

Milan Patel, MD
MD
VCU Health

Course Director, Faculty

Nothing to disclose

Juan Pablo Arab, MD
Transplant Hepatologist and Director of Alcohol Sciences
VCU

Faculty

Nothing to disclose

Sayed O Aseem, MD, PhD
Assistant Professor of Medicine
Virginia Commonwealth University

Faculty

Advisor-Parvus (Relationship has ended)|Honoraria-Ipsen bioscience (Relationship has ended)|Membership on Advisory Committees or Review Panels, Board Membership, etc.-Kezar Life Sciences|Grant or research support-Galmed Pharmaceutical

Amon Asgharpour, MD
VCUHS

Faculty

Membership on Advisory Committees or Review Panels, Board Membership, etc.-Galectin|Membership on Advisory Committees or Review Panels, Board Membership, etc.-Novo Nordisk (Relationship has ended)|Membership on Advisory Committees or Review Panels, Board Membership, etc.-Madrigal

Stephen Bickston, M.D., AGAF, FACG , FASGE
Professor of Internal Medicine; Director, Inflammatory Bowel Disease Center; Associate Chair of Gastroenterology
VCUHS

Faculty

Nothing to disclose

Doumit BouHaidar, MD, MD
Professor of Medicine; Director of Therapeutic Endoscopy
VCUHS

Faculty

Nothing to disclose

Nikita Chadha, DO
Physician
VCUHS

Faculty

Nothing to disclose

Reena Cherian, DNP, RN
Nurse Practitioner
VCUHS

Faculty

Nothing to disclose

Brian Davis, MD
VCU

Faculty

Nothing to disclose

Christen Dillon, MSN
VCU Health

Faculty

Nothing to disclose

Jennifer Gilmore Almeda, MSN, NP
APP
VCU Health

Faculty

Nothing to disclose

Vinay Kumaran, MD
Associate Professor
VCU Health

Faculty

Nothing to disclose

Hannah Lee, MD
Associate Professor of Medicine
VCUHS

Faculty

Nothing to disclose

Shawn W. Lewis, DNP, AGACNP-BC
Nurse Practitioner, Hepatology and Nutrition
VCU Health

Faculty

Nothing to disclose

Sasha Mangray, MD
Assistant Professor of Medicine
VCUHS

Faculty

Nothing to disclose

Lois Mcvey, MSN
Nurse Clinician
VCU Health

Faculty

Nothing to disclose

Arun Sanyal, MBBS, MD
Z. Reno Vlahcevic Professor of Medicine, Division of Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition, Executive Director, Education Core – C. Kenneth and Diane Wright Center for Clinical and Translational Research - VCU Medical Center
VCU Health

Faculty

Consulting Fee-Eli Lilly and Company|Paid consultant-Echosens|Paid consultant-Abbott|Paid consultant-Promed|Paid consultant-Genfit|Paid consultant-Satellite Bio|Paid consultant-Corcept|Paid consultant-Arrowhead|Paid consultant-Boston Scientific|Paid consultant-Variant|Paid consultant-Cascade|Paid consultant-89Bio|Paid consultant-Astra Zeneca|Paid consultant-Alnylam Pharmaceuticals|Paid consultant-Regerenon Pharmaceuticals|Paid consultant-Boehringer Ingelheim|Paid consultant-Bristol Myers Squibb|Paid consultant-Genentech|Paid consultant-Gilead|Paid consultant-Histoindex|Paid consultant-Janssen|Paid consultant-Lipocine|Paid consultant-Madrigal Pharmaceuticals|Paid consultant-Merck|Paid consultant-Glaxo-Smith Kline|Paid consultant-Novartis|Paid consultant-Akero Therapeutics|Paid consultant-Novo Nordisk|Paid consultant-PathAI Diagnostics|Paid consultant-Histoindex|Paid consultant-Pfizer|Paid consultant-Poxel|Paid consultant-Salix|Paid consultant-Myovant Sciences|Paid consultant-MEDIAN Technologies|Paid consultant-Sequana Medical|Paid consultant-Surrozen|Paid consultant-Takeda Pharmaceuticals|Paid consultant-Terns Pharmaceuticals|Paid consultant-Zydus Pharmaceuticals|Grant or research support-Astra Zeneca|Grant or research support-Bristol Myers Squibb|Grant or research support-Gilead|Grant or research support-Intercept|Grant or research support-Malinckrodt|Grant or research support-Merck|Grant or research support-Ocelot Bio|Grant or research support-Novartis|Grant or research support-Salix|Royalties or Patent Beneficiary-Elsevier|Royalties or Patent Beneficiary-UpToDate|Stocks or stock options, excluding diversified mutual funds-Durect|Stocks or stock options, excluding diversified mutual funds-Genfit|Stocks or stock options, excluding diversified mutual funds-Tiziana|Stocks or stock options, excluding diversified mutual funds-Inversago

Mitchell Schubert, MD
dr
VAMC

Faculty

Nothing to disclose

Raseen Tariq, MD, MS
Assistant Professor of Medicine
Virginia Commonwealth University

Faculty

Nothing to disclose

Ravi Vachhani, MBBS
Associate Professor of Medicine; Gastroenterology Fellowship Director
VCUHS

Faculty

Nothing to disclose

Catherine F Vozzo, DO
Veterans Affairs

Faculty

Nothing to disclose

Joel Wedd, MD, MPH
VCUHealth

Faculty

Grant or research support-Miromatrix United Therapeutics|Grant or research support-Genfit

Allison Lewis, MSN
VCU Health

Faculty, Nurse Planner

Nothing to disclose

Saturday, April 26, 2025