2018 Annual Meeting Speakers

COURSE DIRECTOR

Ben Pineau, MD
Borland-Groover Clinic, St. Augustine, Florida

COURSE CO-DIRECTORS

Michael B. Wallace, MD, MPH, FACG
Professor of Medicine, Chief, Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Mayo Clinic, Jacksonville, Florida

Jose M. Nieto, DO, FACP, FACG, AGAF
Chairman, Advanced Therapeutic Endoscopy Center, Borland Groover Clinic, Jacksonville, FL

Herbert C. Wolfsen, MD, FACG
Professor of Medicine, Department of Gastroenterology, Mayo Medical School, Jacksonville, FL

FACULTY

Jodie Barkin, MD
Assistant Professor of Clinical Medicine, Division of Gastroenterology, Assistant Medical Director, University of Miami Pancreas Center, University of Miami Miller School of Medicine, Miami, Florida

Richard Bloomfeld, MD
Professor of Medicine, Director of IBD Services, Department of Gastroenterology, Wake Forest University School of Medicine, Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center, Winston-Salem, North Carolina

Virginia Clark, MD, MS
Associate Professor of Medicine, Program Director, Gastroenterology Fellowship Program, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida

Walter Coyle, MD, FASGE
Head, Gastroenterology Clinic, Scripps Clinic Torrey Pines, La Jolla, California

Kenneth DeVault, MD
Professor of Medicine, Chairman of Medicine, Div. of Gastroenterology & Hepatology, Mayo Clinic College of Medicine, Jacksonville, Florida

Peter V. Draganov, MD, FACG
Professor of Medicine, Division of Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition, University of Florida College of Medicine, Gainesville, Florida

Tolga Erim, DO
Director of Endoscopy, Department of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Cleveland Clinic Florida, Weston, Florida

Kyle Etzkorn, MD
Borland-Groover Clinic, Jacksonville, Florida

Roberto J. Firpi, MD
Associate Professor of Medicine, Program Director, Transplant Hepatology, Department of Medicine, Division of Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition, University of Florida College of Medicine, Gainesville, Florida

Robert Hawes, MD
Medical Director, Florida Hospital Institute for Minimally Invasive Therapy, Professor of Internal Medicine, University of Central Florida College of Medicine, Orlando, Florida

Brian Lacy, MD, PhD
Senior Associate Consultant, Mayo Clinic Jacksonville
Jacksonville, Florida

Ali Lankarani, MD
Borland-Groover Clinic, PA
Jacksonville, Florida

Chris O’Brien, MD
Professor of Clinical Medicine, Medical Director of Liver & GI Transplantation, Division of Hepatology, University of Miami Miller School of Medicine, Miami, Florida

Abhitabh Patil, MD
West Central Gastroenterology, St. Petersburg, Florida

Alison Schneider, MD, AGAF, FACG
Staff Physician, Cleveland Clinic Florida, Director, GI Motility Laboratory, Department of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Cleveland Clinic Florida, Weston, Florida

Dennis Yang, MD
Assistant Professor of Medicine, Division of Gastroenterology, University of Florida College of Medicine, Gainesville, Florida