Speakers

Meet our course directors and speakers

Course directors

Kenneth J. Chang, MD, MASGE, FACG, AGAF, FJGES

Executive Director, UCI Digestive Health Institute
Medical Director, Chao Family Comprehensive Digestive Disease Center
Clinical Professor, Division of Gastroenterology & Hepatology
Vincent and Anna Kong Endowed Chair in GI Endoscopic Oncology
University of California, Irvine

Nimisha K. Parekh, MD, MPH, FACG, AGAF

Clinical Professor, Division of Gastroenterology & Hepatology
Associate Dean of Faculty Development
Director, Inflammatory Bowel Disease Program, Digestive Health Institute
University of California, Irvine

Skandan Shanmugan, MD

Associate Professor, Division of Colon & Rectal Surgery, Department of Surgery, UCI School of Medicine

Director, National Accreditation Program for Rectal Cancer for UCI Health

Brian R. Smith, MD, FACS, FASMBS

Clinical Professor & Chief, Division of Gastrointestinal Surgery
General Surgery Residency Program Director
Minimally Invasive Fellowship Program Co-Director
University of California, Irvine
VA Healthcare System Long Beach



Speakers

Shaun Daly, MD, FACS

Assistant Professor GI and Bariatric Surgery
Regional Director: High Desert (CDDC)
Medical Director: Clinical Documentation Integrity
University of California, Irvine

Robert Fearn, MD

Assistant Clinical Professor, Division of Gastroenterology & Hepatology
Department of Medicine
University of California, Irvine

Kishore Gadde, MD

Professor
Department of Surgery, Department of Medicine and Department of Psychiatry & Human Behavior
University of California, Irvine

Marcelo W. Hinojosa, MD, FACS, FASMBS

Associate Professor Division of Gastrointestinal Surgery
UC Irvine Health
Chief, General and Bariatric Surgery
Long Beach VA Healthcare System

Ke-Qin Hu, MD, FAASLD

Director, Hepatology Services
Clinical Professor, Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology
Department of Medicine
University of California, Irvine

David Imagawa, MD

Clinical Professor and Chief, Division of Hepatobiliary and Pancreas
Department of Surgery
University of California, Irvine

Zeljka Jutric, MD, MCR , FACS

Assistant Professor, Division of Hepatobiliary and Pancreas Surgery
Department of Surgery
University of California, Irvine

John G. Lee, MD

Director of Pancreaticobiliary Services, Chao Family CDDC
Associate Director, Chao Family CDDC
Clinical Professor, Division of Gastroenterology & Hepatolgy
Department of Medicine
University of California, Irvine

Robert Lee, MD

Clnincal Professor, Division of Gastroenterology & Hepatology
Department of Medicine
University of California, Irvine
VA Healthcare System Long Beach

Steven Mills, MD FACS, FASCRS

Clinical Professor, Division of Colon and Rectal Surgery
Program Director, Colon and Rectal Surgery Fellowship
Department of Surgery
University of California, Irvine
Department of Surgery

Harry Nguyen, DO

Assistant Professor, Division of Gastroenterology & Hepatology
Department of Medicine
University of California, Irvine

Sandra Park, MD

Assistant Clinical Professor, Division of Gastroenterology & Hepatology
Department of Medicine
University of California, Irvine

Mark Salem, MD

Assistant Clinical Professor, Division of Gastroenterology & Hepatology
Department of Medicine
University of California, Irvine

Jason B. Samarasena, MD, FACG, AGAF

Associate Chief and Clinical Professor of Medicine, Division of Gastroenterology & Hepatology
Program Director – Endoscopic Ultrasound/Interventional Endoscopy Training Program
Head – Advanced Endoscopic Imaging
Chao Family Comprehensive Digestive Disease Center
University of California Irvine

Valery Vilchez Parra, MD

Assistant Clinical Professor, Division of Colon & Rectal Surgery
Department of Surgery
University of California, Irvine

William To, PA

Department of Surgery, Division of Hepatobiliary and Pancreas
University of California, Irvine

Kiran Sachdev, MD

Professor, Division of Gastroenterology & Hepatology
Department of Medicine
University of California, Irvine

Matthew D. Whealon, MD

Assistant Clinical Professor of Surgery
Division of Colon and Rectal Surgery
Department of Surgery
University of California, Irvine