Learning Portal - Upper GI

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April 14, 2026

Celiac Disease: How to find and fix

Jocelyn Silvester, MD PhD FRCPC

Co-Director, Celiac Disease Program, Gastroenterologist, Boston Children's Hospital
Assistant Professor of Pediatrics,Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA

Learning Objectives:

  1. Differentiate when and how to use serologic, genetic, and endoscopic tests to confirm or exclude celiac disease.

  2. Explain the therapeutic goals of a gluten-free diet and apply strategies to minimize disease-related morbidity

  3. Develop a strategy for monitoring and managing persistently elevated serologic markers in patients on a gluten-free diet

November 18, 2025

Management of GERD in 2025

John Pandolfino, MD

Northwestern University, Chicago, Illinois

Learning Objectives:

  1. Design a personalized approach to manage gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD) based on important clinical features and physiologic biomarkers

  2. Discuss when proton pump inhibitor (PPI) therapy is beneficial in GERD

  3. Describe the risks associated with PPI therapy

March 11, 2025

Eosinophilic Esophagitis: How to Manage in 2025

Evan Dellon, MD

University of North Carolina School of Medicine, Chapel Hill, North Carolina

Learning Objectives:

  1. Describe the diagnostic criteria for eosinophilic esophagitis (EoE)

  2. Select appropriate pharmacologic treatment options for EoE

  3. Apply endoscopic options and techniques for EoE

February 20, 2024

State of the Art: Managing Acute Upper GI Bleeding in 2024

Alan Barkun, MD

McGill University and the McGill University Health Centre, Montreal, QC

Learning Objectives:

  1. Review the pre-endoscopy management of patients presenting with acute upper GI bleeding.

  2. Interpret guidelines for the endoscopic management of patients with non variceal acute upper GI bleeding.

  3. Discuss the management of patients following endoscopic therapy for acute non variceal upper GI bleeding.

May 16, 2023

Eosinophilic Esophagitis: How to Manage in 2023

Evan Dellon, MD

University of North Carolina School of Medicine, Chapel Hill, North Carolina

Learning Objectives:

  1. Describe the diagnostic criteria for eosinophilic esophagitis (EoE)

  2. Choose pharmacologic treatment options for EoE

  3. Apply endoscopic options and techniques for EoE