Join your colleagues in New Orleans
for AGS' 2018 Conference!

Accommodations

Hyatt Centric French Quarter
 800 Iberville Street
 New Orleans, LA 70112
AGS has a block of rooms reserved at the Hyatt Centric French Quarter. The room block is almost sold out! Reserve online or call 888-421-1442 and ask for the Alabama Gastroenterological Society room block. Rates begin at $229 per night and is valid for three days before and three days after the conference based on availability.
If you have trouble reserving a room, please contact AGS Executive Director Jennifer Hayes at 334-954-2513.
Conference Spotlight: HCV Transplant Cholestatic Liver Disease,
Phillip Henderson, DO

Phillip Henderson, DO, holds a joint faculty position as an assistant professor of surgery in the division of  transplant surgery at the University of Alabama at Birmingham. He recently began a joint liver transplant clinic with the University of Alabama division of transplant surgery.
He is a member of the American Association for the Study of Liver Diseases, American College of Gastroenterology and American College of Physicians.
Dr. Henderson will present HCV Transplant Cholestatic Liver Disease on Saturday, Feb. 17, at 8:15 a.m.
Conference Agenda
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Look Who's Coming

Mark Anderson, MD, Capital City Gastroenterology, Montgomery
Cody Barnett, MD, Alabama Medical Group, LLC, Mobile
James Callaway, MD, University of Alabama - Birmingham
Heather Echols, MD, Capital City Gastroenterology, Montgomery
David Fettig, MD, Birmingham Gastroenterology Associates PC 
Miles Gresham, MD, Southeast Gastro, Birmingham
Steve Hanauer, MD, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago, IL
Phillip Henderson, DO, University of South Alabama College of Medicine, Mobile
Reed Hogan, MD, GI Associates and Endoscopy Center, Flowood, MS
Mark Johnson, Southeast Gastro, Birmingham
Mouen Khashab, MD, Johns Hopkins Hospital, Baltimore, MD
Robert Loudon, MD, Southeast Gastro, Birmingham
Chris Martin, GI Associates of West Alabama, Tuscaloosa
Nina Nelson-Garrett, MD, Capital City Gastroenterology, Montgomery
Michael Passarella, MD, Shelby Gastroenterology, Alabaster
Bradley S. Rice, MD, Alabama Colon & Gastro, PC, Huntsville
Kenneth Sigman, MD, Birmingham Gastroenterology Associates PC
Kristin Vaughn, CPC, Ask Mueller Consulting LLC, Lenzburg, IL
W. Penn White, MD, Capital City Gastroenterology, Montgomery

Conference Vendors

AGS depends on support from vendors to make our conference affordable for attendees. Please share our prospectus with companies who visit your facility and invite them to be an exhibitor. Contact Jennifer Hayes for details.
Thank you to the following vendors for their support of our 2018 Conference
Abbvie Hepatology (HCV)
Abbvie Immunology
Allergan
Blue Cross & Blue Shield
Boston Scientific Endoscopy
BriovaRx - Sponsor
Care Plus Anesthesia Management
Ferring Pharmaceuticals
Gilead Sciences - HCV
Ironwood Pharmaceuticals
Janssen Biotech
Kroger Specialty Pharmacy
Merck
ProAssurance, Inc. - Sponsor
Shire
Synergy
Takeda Pharmaceuticals USA, Inc.
VitalRx
Learning Objectives
  • Describe the impact of HCV Transplant Cholestatic Liver Disease as well as current treatment and future therapies. 
  • Recognize strategies to optimize management of Refractory IBD.
  • Recognize ICD-10 examples specific to gastroenterology, documentation tips to prevent denials and improve documentation in ambulatory surgery centers.
  • Discuss new endoscopic techniques for the treatment of Achalasia.
  • Review the latest technology and developments in advances therapeutic endoscopy.
  • Develop strategies for management of Biliary-Pancreatic Endoscopy.
  • Review the most current information in treating patients diagnosed with Hepatitis B.
  • Identify ancillary opportunities for physicians practicing gastroenterology.

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