Overview
The Arkansas Gut Club quarterly meeting promotes medical education to increase communication and camaraderie between practitioners within the state who treat patients with Digestive Diseases disease. The quarterly meetings offer lectures from national leaders in the field, provides case presentations on current medical issues in Digestive Diseases and creates an open forum with expert discussion to questions. It allows physicians, fellows, nurse practitioners and physician assistant’s access to Continuing Medical Education (CME), including updated patient care information and information on the evaluation and management of gastrointestinal disorders.
The Arkansas Gut Club currently has 130 members including practicing and retired gastroenterologists and surgical specialists, fellows, physician’s assistants, nurse practitioners and other sub-specialties related to Digestive Diseases from throughout the state. Regular attendance at each meeting ranges from 35-50 Digestive Diseases and surgical specialties providers.
Sessions can also be viewed remotely in real-time through the UAMS Institute for Digital Health and Innovation and will be available later online at www.LearnOnDemand.org . Now offered as a webinar!
At four symposia, a nationally-known speaker will present based on their specialized area of knowledge, new procedures and treatments currently being utilized or that are in research. Each session has allotted time after presentations for further discussion from attendees. Speakers and topics are based upon membership needs assessment.
Meetings
Thursdays from 6 – 8 p.m.
Jackson T. Stephens Spine and Neurosciences Institute
2024 Dates
- March 14
- May 9
- August 8
- October 17
Agenda
- 5 – 6 p.m. Exhibitor setup
- 6 – 7 p.m. Networking with members and vendors (Heavy hors d’oeuvres, beer, and wine)
- 7 – 8 p.m. Presentation – Q&A
Gut Club Recordings
2024
- October: “Update in Barrett’s Esophagus” Raman Muthuswamy, M.D.
- August: “Utility of Intestinal Ultrasound (IUS) in IBD,” Mohammad Alomari, M.D.
- May: “Contemporary Trends in Hernia Surgery: Who Is Driving?” Ajita Prabhu, M.D., FACS
- March: “Primary Biliary Cholangitis,” Dr. Alan Bonder
2023
- November: “Neurogastroenterology and Motility,” Satish Rao, M.D., Professor of Medicine; Chief of Gastroenterology – Augusta University; Medical College of Georgia
- September: “Robotic Hiatal Hernia Repiar: Building a Practice and a Program,” Michael M. Awad, M.D., Ph.D., MHPE, FACS, Professor of Surgery Minimally Invasive Foregut and General Surgery – Washington University at St. Louis
- July: “Endoscopic Bariatric Therapy: Where Does it Fit in 2023 and Beyond,” Vladimir Kushnir, M.D., Division of Gastroenterology, Washington University in St. Louis
- April: “Alcohol Associated Hepatitis,” Juan Pablo Arab, M.D., Associate Professor of Medicine/Division of Gastro, Schulich School of Medicine, Western University, London, Ontario, Canada
2022
- November: “Positioning Medications in Moderate to Severe Ulcerative Colitis and Crohn’s Disease,” Kara De Felice, M.D., Associate Professor, Internal Medicine, Cincinnati College of Medicine