Experienced GI Nursing Educator

MER “Successful Treatment of Irritable Bowel Syndrome,” “How to Evaluate Elevated Liver Function Tests,” “Celiac Disease or Something Else,” “Evaluation and Treatment of Chronic Diarrhea,” Newport Beach, CA, June 2018

CMEI “What’s New in GI 2018,” Marco Island, FL, May 2018

MER “Changing Paradigms in Gastroenterology: What You Need to Know,” Poipu, HI, May 2017

AAPA “Evaluation and Treatment of Chronic Diarrhea,” Las Vegas, NV, May 2017

SGNA “The Evolving Therapy of Inflammatory Bowel Disease,” New Orleans, LA, May 2017

MER “What’s New in GI 2017,” Las Croabas, PR, March 2017

CMEI “Update in Gastroenterology for Primary Care Providers,” Maui, HI, Feb 2017

University Learning Systems “Evaluation and Treatment of GI Bleeding,” and “The Spectrum of Alcohol Induced Liver Disease,” Las Vegas, NV, Feb 2017

MER “The Evaluation of Lower GI Bleeding,” and “Update in Gastroenterology 2016,” Honolulu, HI, Dec 2016

CME Meeting “Bootcamp for Elevated Liver Function Tests,” and “Practical Guide to GI Bleeding for Primary Care Providers,” Maui, HI, October 2016

AMSN “Up and Down the GI Track,” Washington, DC, October 2016

Southern Medical Association “Bootcamp for Elevated Liver Function Tests,” “Practical Guide to Probiotics,” “Successful Treatment of Irritable Bowel Syndrome,” Kiawah Island, SC, July 2016

CME Meeting “How to be Successful When Treating Irritable Bowel Syndrome,” and “Primer on Elevated Liver Function Tests,” Palm Coast, FL, July 2016

Contemporary Forums “The Consequences of Fatty Liver Disease,” “Understanding and Treating Chronic Diarrhea,” “Reflux, Barrett’s, Gastritis and Gastroparesis 2016,” Jackson Hole, WY, June 2016

AANP “Irritable Bowel Syndrome: Tools for Successful Treatment,” San Antonio, TX, June 2016

SGNA “Update on Chronic Pancreatitis,” and “What You Need to Know About Sprue,” Seattle, WA, May 2016

CME Meeting “Understanding Elevated Liver Function Tests: A Primer for Primary Care Providers,” Palm Coast, FL, March 2016

CMEI “What Every Primary Care Provider Should Know About Hepatitis C,” Marco Island, FL, March 2016

MER “Gastroenterology Update 2016,” Key West, FL, February 2016

CMEI “Update in Gastroenterology and Primary Care,” Marco Island, FL, January 2016

McDonald Army Health Center, Ft. Eustis “Best Practices in Treating Irritable Bowel Syndrome. Clinical Dilemmas in GI Bleeding, Elevated Liver Function Tests and the Primary Care Provider,” Newport News, VA, November 2015

Interstate Postgraduate Medical Association “Evaluation and Treatment of Chronic Diarrhea, Celiac Disease or Something Else?,” & “Meet the Professor,” (discussing audience questions on any aspect of Gastroenterology), Orlando, FL, November 2015

AMSN “Update on Inflammatory Bowel Disease,” Las Vegas, NV, September 2015

Contemporary Forums “What Works for Irritable Bowel Syndrome, Diagnostic Dilemmas in G.I Bleeding, How To Assess Abnormal Liver Function Tests, Probiotic Use 2015,” Jackson Hole, WY, July 2015

Pri Med “Exocrine Pancreatic Insufficiency,” Washington, DC, July 2015

Southern Medical Association “Work/Life Balance, Changing the Equation in Your Favor,” Virtual Conference, October 2021

U Conn Gastroenterology Fellows Journal Club, 2008–2020

University of Connecticut Family Practice Program “Esophagology for Primary Care Providers,” October 2020

Virtual Grand Rounds “New Options in the Treatment of Reflux Disease,” Natividad Medical Center, Salinas, CA, October 2020

Virtual Conference “What Every Pharmacist Should Know About Inflammatory Bowel Disease,” Connecticut Pharmacists Association, September 2020

Virtual Grand Rounds “What You Need to Know About Hiatal Hernias, GERD, Barrett’s and Dyspepsia 2020,” Northridge Hospital, Northridge, CA, September 2020

Virtual Grand Rounds “What’s New in GI,” St Francis Hospital, Hartford, CT, April 2020

“ROME” Conference Northeast “Geriatric GI: Tread Carefully” & “Constipation Conundrums,” Providence, RI, August 2019

“ROME” Conference Southeast “Probiotics 2019; Fulfilling the Promise,” Savannah, GA, June 2019

U Conn “Work/Life Balance: Changing the Equation in Your Favor,” Farmington, CT, May 2019

St Francis Hospital “Evaluations of Elevated Liver Function Tests,” Hartford, CT, Grand Rounds, April 2019

Regional Osteopathic Medical Education “You Are What You Eat,” Mystic, CT, August 2018

New England Pharmacists Annual Convention “A Pharmacist’s Guide to Probiotics,” Foxwoods, CT, September 2017

Southern Connecticut State University APRN School “What You Need to Know About Colon Cancer Prevention,” “Inflammatory Bowel Disease and the Primary Care Provider,” “Practical Points in Irritable Bowel Syndrome Care,” “Dyspepsia/GERD/Barrett’s/etc,” “Review of Peptic Ulcer Disease,” “Making Sense of the Biliary Tract,” August/September 2017

“ROME” Conference “Probiotics 2017: Fulfilling the Promise,” Boston, MA, August 2017

U Conn “How Do You Want to Practice Medicine: Rekindling the Joy,” May 2017

St Joseph’s University PA Program “ABC’s of Hepatitis,” “Bootcamp for Elevated Liver Function Tests” & “Comprehensive Review of the Manifestations and Treatment of UGI Illnesses,” April 2017

University of CT, St Francis Program Grand Rounds “IBS Best Practices,” March 2017

Sacred Heart University PA Program GI Curriculum, March 2017

CT SGNA “Evaluating and Treating Exocrine Pancreatic Insufficiency,” Plainville, CT, June 2016

Downstate Medical Center Grand Rounds “Transition from Fellowship to Practice,” Brooklyn, NY, June 2016

U Conn Workshop “How to Deliver a Compelling and Memorable Lecture,” May 2016

UNECOM Poster Presentation Judge, April 2016

UNECOM “GERD, Barrett’s and Gastroparesis Review,” March 2016

U Conn “Work/Life Balance: Changing the Equation in Your Favor,” February 2016

UNECOM Housestaff/Students “The Unanswered Questions of Inflammatory Bowel Disease,” January 2016

U Conn “Transition from Fellowship to Practice,” January 2016

St Francis Hospital Dept of Family Med Residency “Maximizing Colon Cancer Detection,” December 2015

CT SGNA “Celiac Disease or Something Else?,” Rocky Hill, CT, October 2015

New York State APRN Association “What Works in Treating IBS?,” October 2015

UNECOM Housestaff “The Unanswered Questions in IBS,” September 2015

Regional Osteopathic Medical Education “Celiac Disease or Something Else?,” August 2015

Regional Osteopathic Medical Education “Probiotics: Fulfilling the Promise,” June 2015

U Conn “Updated Diverticular Disease Guidelines,” June 2015

UNECOM “Liver and Gallbladder Review,” May 2015

UNECOM “Leaky Gut: The Science and the Fiction (So Far),” May 2015

Glastonbury High School Pre-Med Club “So You Want to Become a Doctor?,” Glastonbury, CT, May 2015

UNECOM “Celiac Disease or Something Else?,” May 2015

UNECOM “Pancreatic Insufficiency,” May 2015

UNECOM “What a Primary Care Doctor Should Know About Inflammatory Bowel Disease,” January 2015

U Conn “Transition from Fellowship to Practice,” January 2015

UNECOM “Update in Irritable Bowel Syndrome,” January 2015

U Conn “The Limitations of Endoscopy and Colonoscopy in the Very Elderly Patient,” January 2015

U Conn “How to Minimize Gastroenterology Malpractice Cases,” January 2015

University of New England College of Osteopathic Medicine “What a Primary Care Doctor Should Know About Inflammatory Bowel Disease,” Manchester Staff, November 2014

UNECOM “Introduction to Clinical Gastroenterology,” August 2014

SGNA of Clifton Park, NY “Update on Inflammatory Bowel Disease,” June 2014

Eastern Connecticut Health Network “What You Need to Know About Abdominal Pain,” June 2014

University of Massachusetts School of Medicine “Pancreatic Insufficiency,” May 2014

Mid Hudson SGNA “Update on Inflammatory Bowel Disease,” March 2014

U Conn “Update on Gastric Polyps,” February 2014

UNECOM “Update on Inflammatory Bowel Disease,” December 2013

UNECOM “Update on Irritable Bowel Syndrome,” November 2013

U Mass, U Conn and Yale “Transition Between Fellowship and Practice,” 2012–2013

UNECOM “Update of Inflammatory Bowel Diseases,” April 2012

U Conn (Undergraduate) “Health Psychology – Including Health Care Reform, Primary Care Medicine, and Pain Management,” Fall 2009