The Division of Gastroenterology, in cooperation with the Pacific Northwest Gastroenterology Society (PNWGS), invites you to join our CME accredited Meet the Professor Evening Program. This series is an extension of our Frontiers in Gastroenterology and Hepatology series, and accommodates practicing physicians whose schedules do not allow attendance at a day time conference.

The Meet the Professor Evening Program offers four 90-minute dinner lectures with rotating topics focused on the latest updates and advances in research and improvement of patient care. The program also includes a full-day, state-of-the-art gastrointestinal endoscopy course. The series is taught and led by Division faculty and invited local, national and international experts in different fields. View 2012 Program Agenda »

Conference activities include review and critique of published journal articles, review of difficult or unusual problems for the practicing gastroenterologist, discussion of complications of procedures and other adverse events, and presentations of current research hypotheses, methods and results.


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Professor of Medicine,
Director, GI Physiology Labortory
Co-Director, Michigan Bowel Control Program
Division of Gastroenterology
University of Michigan Medical School
Ann Arbor, MI

Dr. Chey received his BA degree from the University of Pennsylvania and medical degree & training in internal medicine at the Emory University School of Medicine. He went on to complete a fellowship in gastroenterology at the University of Michigan. Since completing his fellowship, Dr. Chey has remained at the University of Michigan, where he is a Professor of Medicine, Director of the GI Physiology Laboratory, and Co-Director of the Michigan Bowel Control Program.

Dr. Chey runs a very active clinical research group which has received funding from federal and private sources. His interests are functional bowel and motility disorders, including irritable bowel syndrome (IBS), constipation, functional heartburn, non-cardiac chest pain, dysphagia, dyspepsia, and fecal incontinence; as well as H. pylori infection and acid related disorders, including gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD) and peptic ulcer disease.

Dr. Chey has authored more than 200 manuscripts, reviews and book chapters. He is Co-editor-in-Chief of the American Journal of Gastroenterology (2010-2016) and serves on the editorial boards of several other journals. He serves as a member of the Board of Trustees and Practice Parameters Committee of the American College of Gastroenterology. He is a member of the Board of Directors of the Rome Foundation and Advisory Board of the IFFGD. He is past Chair of the Clinical Practice Section (2006-2008) of the AGA. He has participated in and directed numerous national and international continuing medical education programs in gastroenterology, and has been elected to the roster of "Best Doctors" since 2001 and "America's™ Top Doctors" since 2009. Dr. Chey was named as one of the "75 Best Gastroenterologists in America" by Becker's ASC in 2010. Read More »

Stephanie Chiappuzzo Keller
University of Washington
Division of Gastroenterology
1959 NE Pacific Street | Box 356424
Seattle, WA 98195-6424
For inquiries, you can contact her:
P: (206) 616-9965 | F: (206) 616-5752
pnwgs@medicine.washington.edu