The 18th Rocky Mountain Interventional Endoscopy Course
​A Video Message
From Our Course Directors
COURSE DIRECTORS
Raj J. Shah, MD, MASGE, AGAF, FACG
Professor of Medicine
Director, Pancreas and Biliary Endoscopy
Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology
University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus
Aurora, CO
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 Medical Director Co-Director, GI Outcomes Research Group Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology
Medical Director, Esophageal and Gastric Center
University of Colorado, Anschutz Medical Campus
Aurora, CO
FELLOWS COURSE DIRECTOR
Anna Duloy, MD
Assistant Professor of Medicine
Associate Program Director, Advanced Endoscopy Fellowship Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology
University of Colorado, Anschutz Medical Campus
Aurora, CO
Steven Edmundowicz, MD, MASGE
Professor of Medicine
University of Colorado School of Medicine
Medical Director, Digestive Health Center
University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus
Aurora, Colorado
COURSE FACULTY
Doug Graham Adler, MD, FACG
Director, Center for Advanced Therapeutic Endoscopy Adventist Porter Hospital
Professor of Medicine
Editor in Chief, Gastrointestinal Endoscopy
Denver, CO
Augustin Attwell, MD, FASGE, AGAF
Associate Professor of Medicine
Director, Therapeutic Endoscopy
Denver Health Medical Center
Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology
University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus
Aurora, Colorado
Tyler Berzin, MD, MS, FASGE, FACG
Associate Professor of Medicine
Harvard Medical School
Center For Advanced Endoscopy
Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center
Boston, MA
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Amitabh Chak, MD, FACG
Brenda and Marshall B Brown
Master Clinician in Innovation and Discovery
University Hospitals Cleveland Medical Center
Cleveland, OH
Vinay Chandrasekhara, MD, AGAF, FASGE
Professor of Medicine Director
Pancreas Group & Program Director
Advanced Endoscopy Fellowship
Mayo Clinic
Rochester, MN
Akshay Chauhan, MD
Associate Professor, Surgery-GI, Trauma, and Endocrine Surgery
University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus
Aurora, Colorado
Jennifer Christie, MD
Division Director, Gastroenterology and Hepatology University of Colorado School of Medicine
Anschutz Medical Campus
President, American Society of Gastrointestinal Endoscopy
Aurora, CO
Katelyn Cookson, PA-C
Instructor
University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus
Aurora, Colorado
Marco Del Chiaro, MD
Professor of Surgery, Division Chief of Surgical Oncology Morton and Sandra Saffer Endowed Chair
Director, Hepato-Pancreato-Biliary Program
Director, University of Colorado HPB International Surgical Fellowship
Director, NPF designated National Center of Excellence for Pancreatic Cancer
Department of Surgery
University of Colorado, Anschutz Medical Campus
Aurora, CO
Sigh Pichamol Jirapinyo, MD, MPH, ABOM
Associate Director of Bariatric Endoscopy
Director, Bariatric Endoscopy Fellowship
Brigham and Women’s Hospital
Harvard Medical School
Boston, MA
Sundeep Lakhtakia, MD, FACG
Director, Endoscopy & EUS
Asian Institute of Gastroenterology, AIG Hospitals President, Society of Gastrointestinal Endoscopy of India (SGEI)
Vice-Chair, International Committee,
American Society of Gi Endoscopy (ASGE)
Steering Committee Member, Asian EUS Group
Hyderabad, India
Alberto Larghi, MD
Digestive Endoscopy Unit
Gastroenterologo-Endoscopista
Fondazione Policlinico Universitario A. Gemelli IRCCS Rome, Italy
Larissa Muething, MD
Assistant Professor of Medicine
Division of Gastroenterology
University of Colorado School of Medicine
Aurora, Colorado
Joshua Obuch, MD, MSc
Advanced Therapeutic Endoscopist
Director, Endoscopy
Geisinger Wyoming Valley Medical Center
Associate Professor of Medicine
Geisinger Commonwealth School of Medicine
Wilkes-Barre, PA
Swati Patel, MD MS
Associate Professor of Medicine
Director, Hereditary GI Cancer Center
University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus
Aurora, Colorado
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Carlos Robles Medranda, MD
Medical Director and
Head of the Gastroenterology & Endoscopy Division
Instituto Ecuatoriano de Enfermedades Digestivas (IECED)
Guayaquil, Ecuador
Roos Pouw, MD
Gastroenterologist
Division of Gastroenterology & Hepatology
Amsterdam University Medical Centers, location VUmc Deputy Head of the Department
of Gastroenterology and Hepatology,
Principal Investigator
Amsterdam, the Netherlands
Jason Samarasena, MD, MBA, FACG
Associate Chief, Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology Program Director, Interventional Endoscopy Training Program Associate Clinical Professor of Medicine
Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Interventional Endoscopy
H. H. Chao Digestive Health Institute
University of California Irvine
Orange, CA
Uzma Siddiqui, MD, FACG
Professor of Medicine
University of Chicago
Director, Center for Endoscopic Research and Therapeutics (CERT) and Advanced Endoscopy Training
Chicago, IL
NURSES PROGRAM
Chanelle Carley, BSN, RN
Registered Nurse, GI - Endoscopy Lab
Division of Gastroenterology & Hepatology
UC Health
Aurora, CO
Lula Bess, BSN, RN
Clinical RN Level III, GI - Endoscopy Lab
Division of Gastroenterology & Hepatology
UC Health
Aurora, CO
Amy Larabee, BSN, RN
Registered Nurse, GI - Endoscopy Lab
Division of Gastroenterology & Hepatology
UC Health
Aurora, CO