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COURSE DIRECTORS

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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

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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

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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

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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

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