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• New York “Live ERCP and Therapeutic Endoscopy”
• Seventh Annual Update in Gastroenterology 2006
• Mayo Clinic in Scottsdale Winter Gastroenterology Meeting: Gastroenterology Linked to Endoscopy and Hepatology 2006
• Update in Medicine 2006: Focus on Gastroenterology/Pulmonary Medicine
• Sixth Annual Gastroenterology and Hepatology: Viva la Vida

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New York “Live ERCP and Therapeutic Endoscopy” 

The 2006 spring course, “Live ERCP and Therapeutic Endoscopy,” sponsored by Beth Israel Medical Center, New York, will be held Wednesday, April 26. Our guest speaker and moderator for the live cases is Richard Kozarek, MD, from the Virginia Mason Medical Center, Seattle, Washington. Dr. Kozarek, the most recent Schindler Award recipient, is a world-renowned therapeutic endoscopist and innovator. He will present Grand Rounds and moderate the live procedures preformed by the course directors Jerome H. Siegel, MD, Seth A. Cohen, MD, and Franklin E. Kasmin, MD. There will be a variety of cases demonstrating ERCP, EUS-FNA, esophageal endotherapy, EMR, and other exciting procedures. For more information and to register, please contact the Beth Israel CME office at phone 212-420-4713, or e-mail lgrossman@chpnet.org; or Jerome Siegel, MD, at phone 212-734-8874; e-mail Jhs215@aol.com.

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Seventh Annual Update in Gastroenterology 2006 

This course will be held July 30-August 9, 2006. The course director is David B. Doman, MD. Continuing Education Inc. (University at Sea) is offering a 14 hour CME course during a 10-night eastern Mediterranean cruise of Italy, the Greek islands, and Turkey aboard the Holland America ms Noordam. The agends includes updates in GERD, IBD, HCV, HBV, celiac disease, probiotics, Barrett's esophagus, noncardiac chest pain, HIV enteropathy, NASH, emerging colon cancer screening strategies, and other topics. Clinical faculty are from the George Washington University School of Medicine and the University of Miami School of Medicine. This is AMA CME accredited 14 category 1 hours. For more information, please contact Continuing Education Inc. (University at Sea), 5700 4th Street N, St. Petersburg, FL 33703; phone (800) 422-0711; e-mail www.continuingeducation.net.

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Mayo Clinic in Scottsdale Winter Gastroenterology Meeting: Gastroenterology Linked to Endoscopy and Hepatology 2006 

This course will be held February 27-March 3, 2006 at the Scottsdale Marriott at McDowell Mountains, 16770 North Perimeter Drive, Scottsdale, AZ 85260; phone 480-502-3836. Course topics include refractory GERD, esophageal testing, endoscopic treatment of Barrett's, obscure GI bleeding, ischemic bowel disease, probiotics, balloon enteroscopy, CT colonography, physician burnout, future of gastroenterology, inflammatory bowel disease, propofol, gut peptides, obesity, short bowel, TPN, imaging, genetics and gastroenterology, antidepressants/IBS, pelvic floor dysfunction, colonic motility, hapatology A to Z. For more information, please contact Registrar, Mayo School of CME, Mayo Clinic, 13400 East Shea Boulevard, Scottsdale, AZ 85259; phone 480-301-4580; fax 480-301-8323.

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Update in Medicine 2006: Focus on Gastroenterology/Pulmonary Medicine 

This course will be held February 18-25, 2006. The course director is David B. Doman, MD. Continuing Education Inc. (University at Sea) is offering a 14 hour CME course during a 7-night eastern Caribbean cruise aboard the Royal Caribbean Voyager. The agenda includes updates in GERD, IBD, IBS, celiac disease, COPD, asthma, pulmonary emboli, community acquired pneumonia, and other topics. Clinical faculty are from the George Washington University School of Medicine. This is AMA CME accredited 14 category 1 hours. For more information, please contact Continuing Education Inc. (University at Sea), 5700 4th Street N, St. Petersburg, FL 33703; phone (800) 422-0711; e-mail www.continuingeducation.net.

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Sixth Annual Gastroenterology and Hepatology: Viva la Vida 

The Sixth Annual Gastroenterology and Hepatology: Viva la Vida, March 15-18, 2006 at the Westin Rio Mar Beach Resort, Golf Club and Spa–Rio Grande, Puerto Rico, will target gastroenterologists, surgeons, family practitioners, nurses, as well as other allied health professionals who are interested in gastroenterology and hepatology. Through formal lectures followed by questions and answers, various disorders will be addressed with an emphasis on recent developments. An optional free Hot New Devices Workshop will be given by leading device manufacturers. The course director is Anthony N. Kalloo, MD, Associate Professor of Medicine, Johns Hopkins University, and the speakers are Ram Chuttani, MD, Harvard Medical School; Ralf Kiesslich, MD, PhD, Johannes Gutenberg University of Mainz, Germany; and Jeffrey L. Ponsky, MD, Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine. To register, visit www.hopkinscme.net. For more information, please contact Office of Continuing Medical Education, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Turner 20, 720 Rutland Avenue, Baltimore, Maryland 21205-2195; phone 410-955-2959; fax 410-955-0807.