
COURSE DIRECTORS


Raj J. Shah, MD, MASGE, AGAF, FACG
Professor of Medicine
Director, Pancreas and Biliary Endoscopy
Division of Gastroenterology & Hepatology
University of Colorado School of Medicine
Anschutz Medical Campus
Aurora, Colorado
Anna Duloy, MD
Assistant Professor of Medicine
Program Director for the non-ACGME Advanced Therapeutic Endoscopy Fellowship Training Program
Division of Gastroenterology & Hepatology
University of Colorado School of Medicine
Anschutz Medical Campus
Aurora, Colorado

Sachin Wani, MD, FASGE, AGAF
Katy O and Paul M Rady Endowed Chair in Esophageal Cancer Research
Professor of Medicine
Executive Director, Katy O and Paul M Rady Esophageal and Gastric Center of Excellence
Associate Division Director for Strategy and Innovation
Co-Director, GI Outcomes Research Group
Division of Gastroenterology & Hepatology
University of Colorado School of Medicine
Anschutz Medical Campus
Aurora, Colorado
FELLOWS COURSE DIRECTORS

Anna Duloy, MD
Assistant Professor of Medicine
Program Director for the non-ACGME Advanced Therapeutic Endoscopy Fellowship Training Program
Division of Gastroenterology & Hepatology
University of Colorado School of Medicine
Anschutz Medical Campus
Aurora, Colorado

Mohammad Bilal, MD, FACP, FACG
Associate Professor of Medicine
Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology
Director of Bariatric and Third Space Endoscopy
Associate Program Director for the Advanced Therapeutic Endoscopy Fellowship Program
University of Colorado School of Medicine
Anschutz Medical Campus
Aurora, Colorado
COURSE FACULTY

Steven A. Edmundowicz, MD, MASGE
Professor of Medicine
University of Colorado School of Medicine
Section Leader Interventional Endoscopy
Medical Director
Digestive Health Center Endoscopy
Division of Gastroenterology & Hepatology
University of Colorado School of Medicine
Anschutz Medical Campus
Aurora, Colorado

W. Kusuma Pokala, MD
Assistant Professor of Medicine
Division of Gastroenterology & Hepatology
University of Colorado School of Medicine
Anschutz Medical Campus
Aurora, Colorado

Sundeep Lakhtakia, MD, MNAMS, DM, FSGEI, FASGE, FACG, FJGESDirector, Endoscopy & EUS
Asian Institute of Gastroenterology, AIG Hospitals
Hyderabad, India

Carlos Robles Medranda, MDMedical Director and Head of the Gastroenterology & Endoscopy Division
Instituto Ecuatoriano de Enfermedades Digestivas (IECED)
Guayaquil, Ecuador

Augustin R Attwell, MD
Professor of Medicine
Division of Gastroenterology & Hepatology
University of Colorado School of Medicine
Anschutz Medical Campus
Aurora, Colorado

Jennifer Christie, MD, FASGE, AGAF
Waterman Family Endowed Chair
Professor of Medicine
Division Director, Gastroenterology and Hepatology
University of Colorado School of Medicine
Anschutz Medical Campus
Aurora, Colorado

Katie Dickerman, ANP-BC
Instructor of Medicine
Division of Gastroenterology & Hepatology
University of Colorado School of Medicine
Anschutz Medical Campus
Aurora, Colorado

Ryan J. Law, D.O.
Gastroenterologist, Medical Oncologist
Mayo Clinic- Rochester
Rochester, Minnesota

Alan Barkun, MD, CM, FRCP (C), FACP, FACG, AGAF, MSc (Clinical Epidemiology)
Chairholder, Douglas G. Kinnear Chair in Gastroenterology and Professor of Medicine, McGill University and the McGill University Health Center
Montreal, Quebec Canada

Katelyn Cookson, PA-C
Instructor of Medicine
Division of Gastroenterology & Hepatology
University of Colorado School of Medicine
Anschutz Medical Campus
Aurora, Colorado

Moamen Gabr, MD, MSc, FASGE
Associate Division Director of Clinical
Division of Digestive Diseases
Director of Interventional Endoscopy Fellowship
Associate Professor of Medicine
Associate Professor of Surgery
University of Cincinnati

Helmut Messmann, MD
Professor
Head of the Department of Internal Medicine III
Gastrointestinal Oncology
Interventional Endoscopy
Augsburg Medical Center
Augsburg, Germany

​Kenneth F. Binmoeller, MD, FACG, MASGE
Gastroenterologist
Founder and Director of Interventional Endoscopy Services (IES)
IES Medical Group
California Pacific Medical Center
San Francisco, California

Colette Crane, MS, PA-C
Instructor of Medicine
Division of Gastroenterology & Hepatology
University of Colorado School of Medicine
Anschutz Medical Campus
Aurora, Colorado

Hiroyuki Isayama, MD, Phd
Professor
Department of Gastroenterology,
Graduate School of Medicine
Juntendo University
Tokyo, Japan

Eric Montminy, MD
Assistant Professor of Medicine
University of Chicago Medicine
Chicago - Hyde Park, Illinois

Larissa Muething, MD
Assistant Professor of Medicine
Program Director, Gastroenterology & Hepatology Fellowship
Division of Gastroenterology & Hepatology
University of Colorado School of Medicine
Anschutz Medical Campus
Aurora, Colorado

Jennifer Phan, MD
Advanced Endoscopist
Medical Director for the Hoag Irvine Advanced Endoscopy Center
Director of Bariatric Endoscopy
Program Director of the Advanced Endoscopy Fellowship
Hoag Digestive Health Institute
Newport Beach, California


Benedetto Mungo, MD
Assistant Professor, Surgery-Surgical Oncology
The Univeristy of Colorado
Anschutz Medical Campus
Aurora, Colorado
Prof. Colin Noel
Head: Gastrointestinal Surgery & Endoscopy Division, Department of Surgery
Associate Professor University of the Free State, Med Sub-Specialist: Hepatopancreatobiliary Surgery
Founder DBA Africa, Olive Children’s Foundation
Republic of South Africa


Heiko Pohl, MD, MPH, FASGE
Professor of Medicine at Dartmouth Geisel School of Medicine
Director of Endoscopy the VAMC White River Junction
White River Junction, Vermont
Douglas K. Rex, MD, MASGE
Professor of Medicine and Director of Endoscopy
Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology
Indiana University School of Medicine
Indianapolis, Indiana

Sumit Singla, MD, FASGE
Chief- Gastroenterology and Hepatology
Senior Staff, Advanced Therapeutic Endoscopy
Henry Ford Health
Detroit, Michigan

Shyam Thakkar, MD, FASGE
Professor & Director, Advanced Therapeutic Endoscopy
West Virginia University
Morgantown, West Virginia
HANDS-ON and LIVE ENDOSCOPY COORDINATORS
Marcie Pelot, BSN, RN
Digestive Health Center
Nurse Navigator
University of Colorado Health
Lauren Miller, RN, BSN, CGRN
Therapeutic Endoscopy Charge Nurse
University of Colorado Health
Endoscopy Lab
NURSING COURSE COORDINATORS

Lula Bess, BSN, RN, CGRN
Nursing Course Director
Clinical RN Level III
Endoscopy Lab
UC Health
Aurora, Colorado
Kari Neal, BSN, RN
Digestive Health Center
UC Health
Aurora, Colorado