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The Pacific Northwest Gastroenterology Society (PNWGS) is an educational society representing a membership of over 200 gastroenterologists located primarily in Western Washington. The membership includes adult and pediatric gastroenterologists practicing in both academic and private arenas. In addition, surgeons and pathologists with an interest in gastrointestinal surgery and gastrointestinal pathology may participate. To become a member of PNWGS, please contact the PNWGS Contact listed below.

The Meet the Professor Evening Program offers several 90-minute dinner lectures with rotating topics focused on the latest updates and advances in research and improvement of patient care. The serie's lectures are given by invited local, national and international experts in different fields with a focus on clinical practice. 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.

2013 Membership Dues ($200)

We are now collecting membership dues for 2013 in the amount of $200. Your dues are a very important part of our annual operating budget, and we greatly appreciate your support of PNWGS!

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The Current Status of Healthcare Delivery in Hepatology

Jayant A. Talwalkar, MD, MPH | Bio »
Professor of Medicine, Division of
Gastroenterology & Hepatology,
Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN

PNWGS will be pleased to welcome Dr. Jayant Talwalkar on March 7th. Dr. Talwalkar will be joining us from the Mayo Clinic where he is currently a Professor of Medicine and leads a research program that focuses on identifying novel strategies for diagnosing and treating patients with autoimmune hepatitis, primary biliary cirrhosis, and primary sclerosing cholangitis.

Dr. Talwalkar received his undergraduate and medical school degrees at the University of Illinois followed by postgraduate training at the Mayo Clinic in Rochester, MN. He completed a gastroenterology fellowship at the Brigham and Women's Hospital in Boston and a Transplant Hepatology fellowship at the Mayo Clinic. Thereafter, he joined the staff at the Mayo Clinic in 2000 where he is currently Professor of Medicine. He has also served on the Test and Policy Committee for Transplant Hepatology with the American Board of Internal Medicine, and is the current Chair of the Practice Guidelines Committee for the AASLD.

Dr. Talwalkar's clinical interests include the diagnosis and management of cholestatic liver diseases while his research activities are focused on health services research pertaining to clinical hepatology. Work in these areas has been sponsored by research grants from the Center for Translational Science Activities, and the National Institutes of Health.

PLEASE RSVP FOR THIS EVENT BY MARCH 4TH TO
PNWGS Executive Director: Shelly Reid
by Email at pnwgs@medicine.washington.edu

MEETING DETAILS
Location: Harbor Club Seattle Norton Bldg. 17th Floor 801 Second Ave. Seattle, WA 98104 Agenda: 6:00PM - Social Time 7:00PM - Dinner 7:15PM - Program	Parking & Directions: Parking is validated.The Norton Building parking garage is located under the building at 1st Avenue and Columbia. For directions and a map, please visit the Harbor Club website www.harborclubs.org	PNWGS President Andrew D. Feld, M.D., J.D., Group Health Cooperative, Clinical Professor of Medicine, University of Washington, Division of Gastroenterology