Conferences and Events
Gastroenterology and hepatology fellows and faculty at Saint Louis University participate in a variety of weekly one-hour conferences including GI grand rounds, GI fellows case conferences, journal clubs, pathophysiology, pathology, nutrition, radiology and liver cancer conferences.
GI Grand Rounds
The SLU Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology hosts weekly GI grand rounds. These educational presentations enable faculty and trainees to hear domestic and international speakers discuss relevant clinical topics while offering updated information on advances and guiding principles in medicine.
Each one-hour, CME-eligible presentation occurs from 7:30 to 8:30 a.m. CST on Wednesdays and consists of 45 minutes of content and 15 minutes of Q&A. When speakers are in person, the presentations are hybrid, and breakfast is provided before the event. For more information, please contact Paula Zdanowicz at paula.zdanowicz@health.slu.edu.
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Updates in Gastroenterology and Hepatology 2025
This one-day conference will be held Saturday, Dec. 6, 2025 at the SLU Education Union Building. This program will provide updated information based on the new guidelines and recommendations from the most current research presented at the ACG Annual Scientific Meeting and the National American Association of the Study of Liver Diseases Meeting and will go a long way towards improving patient outcomes.
Third Annual Midwest Metabolic Clinical Symposium
We are excited for the third annual Midwest Metabolic Clinical Symposium in 2025. This event will be held Saturday through Sunday, April 5-6, at the SLU Education Union Building. The symposium is a two-day event where the health care community can gain specialty-specific insight into the multidisciplinary approach to metabolic disease. Experts from across the globe will present sessions focusing on current and emerging best practices for the management of obesity, diabetes, non-alcoholic fatty liver disease, cardiovascular disease, pediatric metabolic diseases, PCOS, and the impact of these metabolic disorders on renal.
All physicians see these conditions, which are often not captured or underdiagnosed. We aim to bring attention to these common disorders and the need to identify those at the highest risk early.
Frank R. Burton, M.D., Memorial Lecture Series
Frank R. Burton, M.D., was a well-regarded expert in pancreatic disease. As a faculty member of Saint Louis University’s Division of Gastroenterology, he spent 25 years researching the pancreas. He was a founding member of the National Institutes of Health-funded North American Pancreatitis group and of a yearly conference aptly named PancreasFest. This memorial lecture is designed to continue his legacy of demystifying and examining pancreatic conditions.
In 2025, Vikesh Singh, M.D., will continue this tradition with two special lectures commemorating Burton on Thursday, Feb. 20, and Friday, Feb. 21.