Annual ACG Meeting. Symposium chair on Management of Pancreatitis and lecture on endoscopic management of acute pancreatitis, and 1) Dysplasia, p53 protein, DNA ploidy, and GLUT1, in Barrett's metaplasia (BM): preliminary results of prospective study .2) Expression of Fas (CD95/APO1) in Barrett's metaplasia (BM), dysplasia and carcinoma. 3) The thinprep method is superior to cytospins in preparing cytologic preparations from patients with Barrett's metaplasia. Boston, Massachusetts, October 1998.

Annual Gastroenterology Review Course by Baylor College of Medicine. Endoscopic management of pancreatitis. Houston, TX, February 1999.

Gut Club and GI Endoscopy Society of Nevada dinner meeting - Recent advances in GER and Barrett's metaplasia. Las Vegas, NE, April 1999.

Annual Meeting at Digestive Disease Week by AGA. Poster presentations 1) Fas-Ligand (FASL) expression in esophageal carcinomas and their nodal metastases. 2) Long-term results after endoscopic pancreatic stenting without pancreatic papillotomy in acute recurrent pancreatitis due to pancreas divisum. Orlando, FL, May 1999.

Annual ACG Meeting. Breakfast session chair on "Endoscopic Management of Pancreatitis" and lecture on endoscopic management of acute pancreatitis; moderator in Pancreas-biliary plenary session and poster presentation on "Infliximab (Anti-TNF-A antibody) in treatment of rectovaginal fistulas with Crohn's Disease." Phoenix, AZ, October 1999.

7th United European Gastroenterology Week Roma 99, Moderator in Thematic Session: Benign or malignant? Brushes, forceps, mini-endoscopes and mini-probes in the biliary and pancreatic ducts and Moderator and presenter in Thematic Video Session: biliary pathology session. Rome, Italy, November 1999.

Texas Academy of Family Practitioners Annual Meeting. Chronic GERD and Barrett's metaplasia. Dallas, TX, January 2000.

Italian TMH Gastroenterology Day 2000 hosted 23 Chief Gastroenterology Sections from various Italian Medical Centers. Moderator and lecturer on "Endoscopic Management of Pancreatitis". Houston, TX, February 2000.

Annual BCM Postgraduate Course, Gastroenterology 2000: Challenges in the New Millennium. Lectures 1) Barrett's Esophagus. 2) Photodynamic therapy for GI cancers. Houston, Texas, 2000.

Visiting professorship to University of Virginia, School of Medicine: GI fellows round & research seminar on endoscopic management of acute pancreatitis due to pancreas divisun. Richmond, VA, April 2000.

Annual Meeting at Digestive Disease Week by AGA. Incidence and survival trends of esophageal cancer in the United States. San Diego, CA, May 2000.

Barrett's Esophagus Panel by UCLA: Lecture on Barrett's dysplasia and its management. Tarzana, CA, June 2000.

American College of Gastroenterology, Chair for 2000 Annual Scientific Meeting. Moderator and lecturer on "Endoscopic Management of Pancreatitis". Session on "Proton Pump Inhibitor (PPI) treatment may not alter malignant progression in cases of Barrett's metaplasia (BM) showing P53 protein accumulation". New York, NY, October 2000

Annual Meeting of Portuguese Gastroenterology Society. Guest lecturer on (1) Neuroendocrine tumors of GI Tract and (2) Barrett's metaplasia/dysplasia. Porta, Portugal, June 2000.

Annual Meeting of Central American Digestive Diseases Week. Guest lecturer on (1) Endoscopic management of pancreatitis and (2) Ablation therapy in Barrett's dysplasia. Mazatlan, Mexico, December 2000.

New Orleans Gut Club Meeting. Endoscopic management of pancreatitis. New Orleans, LA, February 2001.

Training courses on extracorporeal shockwave lithotripsy of gallstones as a National Scientific Monitor of the post-FDA approval study in New Orleans, LA; New York, NY, Chicago, IL and Rhode Island, RI. February, April, May and August 2001.

American College of Gastroenterology, Chair for 2001 Annual Scientific Meeting. Moderators and lecturer on symposium, "Exciting GI Modalities"; ESWL and session on "Endoscopic Management of Pancreatitis". Las Vegas, NV, October 2001.

Annual BCM Posgraduate Course, Gastroenterology 2002: Medical management of gallstones. Houston, TX, March 2002.

Medicine Grandrounds, SLEH. ESWL for gallstones. Houston, TX, June 2002.

Medicine Monthly CME Rounds, Park Plaza Hospital. Chronic GERD and updated management. Houston, TX, September 2002.

Surgery Grandrounds, BCM. Biliary ESWL. Houston, TX, October 2002.

Minimally Invasive Surgery Postgraduate Course of BCM, Lone Star Update. Lectures (1) Barrett's Metaplasia/ dysplasia and PDT, (2) Choledocholithiasis and biliary pancreatitis. San Antonio, TX, May 2003.

Houston Gastroenterology Society Lecture on Barrett's dysplasia and PDT. Houston, TX, June 2003.

Crohn's and Colitis Foundation of America, IBD Postgraduate Course. Co-Director of the Course. Symposium moderator and lecture on current and future directions of IBD management. Houston, TX, June 2003.

In addition to the above, over seventy-five presentations were given between 1967 - 1980.

 

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