ACG Edgar Achkar Visiting Professorship Program
EAVP NUMBERS NUMBER OF VISITS
THE ACG INSTITUTE’S EDGAR ACHKAR VISITING PROFESSORSHIP PROGRAM represents the exemplary educational offerings of the ACG Institute and the ongoing mission to provide quality educational opportunities for members. As fewer resources are available for visiting speakers, the ACG Institute continues to create opportunities for speakers to serve as faculty for medical grand rounds presentations and to enhance the educational experience for GI fellowsin-training while providing objective, timely, and clinically relevant presentations to ACG member physicians in the community. The purpose of these visits is to reach a diverse number of programs while aiming to maximize the impact of each visit by targeting GI training programs, which could also leverage an additional community event with local ACG member physicians, sometimes in conjunction with a local gut club. The program offers expertise for a specific area of need at each institution. 2021 marks the eighth year of the ACG Edgar Achkar Visiting Professorship program’s offerings, with 12 visits for GI fellows-in-training and faculty.
NUMBER OF STATES
78
NUMBER OF INSTITUTIONS
26
76
YEARS RUNNING
8
TOTAL APPROVED APPLICATIONS
45%
TOPICS COVERED Anorectal Problems
Eosinophilic Esophagitis
NAFLD
Barrett’s Esophagus Bile Duct Disorders
Esophageal Disorders and Motility
Nutrition, Microbiome, Immunology
C. difficile
Functional Bowel Disorders
Obesity
Chronic Liver Disease
GERD
Pancreatic Disease
Colon Cancer
GI Motility Disorders
Colonoscopies
Health Information Technology and Utilization
Pancreatobiliary and Interventional Endoscopy
Colorectal Cancer Screening Diet and Irritable Bowel Syndrome Dietary Myths and Diverticular Disease Digital Health Dyspepsia Endoscopic Submucosal Dissection
Per-oral Endoscopic Myotomy
Health IT in Improving Healthcare Delivery
QI Programs
Hepatic Prophyria
Small Bowel Bleeding
Hepatitis Treatment Update Hepatolgy & Transplant
The Effects of Sleep on GI Health
IBD & Management of Pregnancy/ High Quality Care
Upper GI Motility and Endoscopic Ultrasound
Inflammatory Bowel Disease
Video Capsule Training
Robotic Endoscopy
Lower GI Bleeding
MOST REQUESTED TOPICS
THE PROGRAM BEARS THE NAME OF EDGAR ACHKAR, MD, MACG, ACG Institute Director Emeritus, honoring him for his dedication to the ACG Institute and its aim to provide high quality educational programs to the members of the College.
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Diet and Irritable Bowel Syndrome
Endoscopy
Esophageal Disorders and Motility
Hepatology
Inflammatory Bowel Disease
