Bariatric Endoscopy and its Role in Treatment for Liver Disease

September 21, 2022

LIVESTREAM (Virtual)

HOUSTON METHODIST J.C. WALTER JR. EDUCATIONAL SERIES

Presented by the Sherrie and Alan Conover Center for Liver Disease & Transplantation

FEES

REGISTRATION TYPEFEE
Houston Methodist (HM) employeeFree 
Physician (HMCC ACO PCP)Free
Physician (HMPAQ)Free
Physician (Private physician located within the Greater Houston Area)$35  
Physician (Private physician located outside the Greater Houston Area)Free
Resident / Fellow (No CME)Free
Allied Health Professional / All OthersFree

Learning Objectives

  • Discuss the best endoscopic procedure protocol for monitoring and diagnosing patients with liver disease. 
  • Explain the challenges of using endoscopy to diagnose and treat patients with liver disease.
  • Recognize the importance of utilizing bariatric endoscopy for patients with liver disease and post liver transplant.
  • Describe social implications for patients undergoing surveillance and rejection monitoring post liver transplantation.
Course summary
Available credit: 
  • 1.00 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™

    Houston Methodist is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education to provide continuing medical education for physicians.

    Houston Methodist designates this Live activity for a maximum of 1.00 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.

  • 1.00 Attendance
  • 1.00 Nursing Contact Hours

    Houston Methodist is accredited as a provider of nursing continuing professional development by the American Nurses Credentialing Center’s Commission on Accreditation.

    Houston Methodist will award 1.00 Nursing Continuing Professional Development contact hours for this activity. Participants must attend the activity in its entirety and complete the continuing education evaluation.

  • 1.00 Social Work
    The program has been approved for 1.00 CE contact hours for Social Workers through the Texas State Board of Social Work Examiners.
  • 1.00 Transplant Coordinators
    The American Board for Transplant Certification (ABTC) has assigned the following Continuing Education Points for Transplant Certification (CEPTCs) to the following Houston Methodist Transplant Center educational program: Bariatric Endoscopy and its Role in Treatment for Liver Disease | Thu, 07/14/2022 - 10:00am | 1.00 Category 1 CEPTCs
Course opens: 
07/14/2022
Course expires: 
10/31/2022
Event starts: 
09/21/2022 - 5:00pm CDT
Event ends: 
09/21/2022 - 6:00pm CDT
Cost:
$35.00
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LIVESTREAM (Virtual)

 

 

Guest Faculty:

Thomas R. McCarty, MD, MPH
Gastroenterologist
Houston Methodist Gastroenterology Associates

Dr. Thomas R. McCarty is trained in Gastroenterology, Hepatology, and Endoscopy. He completed fellowship at Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School. During his time in Boston, MA, he also earned a Master of Public Health (MPH) from the Harvard T. H. Chan School of Public Health and completed two additional training fellowships in Bariatric Endoscopy and Advanced Endoscopy at Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Harvard Medical School. 

His clinical interests include the treatment of a variety of digestive disorders, such as pancreaticobiliary disease and obesity. As a clinical researcher, his interests include the development of innovative endoscopic techniques and procedures that aim to provide minimally invasive therapies for difficult-to-treat gastrointestinal conditions.  He is triple-board certified in Internal Medicine, Obesity Medicine, and Gastroenterology and has published more than 150 peer-reviewed articles, reviews, editorials, and book chapters as well as given multiple national and international presentations in the areas of interventional endoscopy and obesity.

 

Moderator:

David W. Victor, MD 1, 2, 3
Transplant Hepatologist
Assistant Professor of Clinical Medicine, Academic Institute, Houston Methodist, Weill Cornell Medical College

Dr. David Victor is board certified in internal medicine, gastroenterology and transplant hepatology. Dr. Victor is the interim Chief of Hepatology and the Director of Metabolic Liver Disease at the Sherrie and Alan Conover Center for Liver Disease & Transplantation. He is heavily involved in research and serves as the Director of Clinical Research for Academic Hepatology in the Department of Medicine.  Dr. Victor currently holds an appointment as Associate Professor of Clinical Medicine for Weill Cornell Medical College and is the Associate Director of the Gastroenterology Fellowship Program at Houston Methodist.

 

1 Sherrie and Alan Conover Center for Liver Disease and Transplantation

2 Houston Methodist Dr. Mary and Ron Neal Cancer Center

3 J.C. Walter Jr. Transplant Center

 

Available Credit

  • 1.00 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™

    Houston Methodist is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education to provide continuing medical education for physicians.

    Houston Methodist designates this Live activity for a maximum of 1.00 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.

  • 1.00 Attendance
  • 1.00 Nursing Contact Hours

    Houston Methodist is accredited as a provider of nursing continuing professional development by the American Nurses Credentialing Center’s Commission on Accreditation.

    Houston Methodist will award 1.00 Nursing Continuing Professional Development contact hours for this activity. Participants must attend the activity in its entirety and complete the continuing education evaluation.

  • 1.00 Social Work
    The program has been approved for 1.00 CE contact hours for Social Workers through the Texas State Board of Social Work Examiners.
  • 1.00 Transplant Coordinators
    The American Board for Transplant Certification (ABTC) has assigned the following Continuing Education Points for Transplant Certification (CEPTCs) to the following Houston Methodist Transplant Center educational program: Bariatric Endoscopy and its Role in Treatment for Liver Disease | Thu, 07/14/2022 - 10:00am | 1.00 Category 1 CEPTCs

Price

Cost:
$35.00
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Fees

REGISTRATION TYPEFEE
Houston Methodist (HM) employeeFree 
Physician (non-HM located within the Greater Houston Area)$35  
Physician (non-HM located outside the Greater Houston Area)Free
Resident / Fellow (non-HM located within the Greater Houston Area)Free
Resident / Fellow (non-HM located outside the Greater Houston Area)Free
Allied Health Professional / All OthersFree