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