Experienced GI Physician Educator
Current Activities as Medical Educator
Academic Appointments
2003-present
Associate Clinical Professor of Medicine (Community Based), University of Connecticut School of Medicine2010-present
Clinical Professor of Medicine (Community Based), University of New England College of Osteopathic Medicine2016-present
Associate Professor Frank H Netter, MD School of Medicine/Quinnipiac University2025
Faculty, Burrell College Of Osteopathic Medicine in Melbourne, Florida
Professional Speaker on GI Issues for Local and National Audiences
2006-present
Lecturer of the Year 2022 Springfield College PA Program
Select Presentations
International Conferences
“What’s New in GI 2024,” Vienna, Austria, Dec 2024
“GI Update 2022,” Dublin, Ireland, June 2022
“Hepatology Review,” Sydney, Australia, Feb 2018
“Update of GI for the Primary Care Provider,” Southampton, Bermuda, Oct 2017
University at Sea “What’s New In Gastroenterology 2016; A Case Based Review,” Mexico, Nov 2016
MER Conference Lake Louise, Alberta, Canada “What a Primary Care Doctor Needs to Know About Fatty Liver Disease, Update on Irritable Bowel Syndrome, GI Bleeding and the Primary Care Doctor, Clinical Dilemmas in Diagnosing and Treating Gall Bladder and Liver Diseases,” June 2015
ReachMD
October 2020–present
GI Insights Host
NPACE
June 2025-present
“GI Update”
Audio Digest
February 2020–February 2024
GI topics
National Conferences
AANP “Common GI Complaints,” and “Metabolic Dysfunction Associated Steatotic Liver Disease,” San Diego, CA, June 2025
Practical Update in Internal Medicine “Non Alcoholic Fatty Liver Disease,” Virtual Conference, May 2023
National Association for Continuing Education (NACE) “Non Alcoholic Fatty Liver Disease,” Virtual Conference, November 2022, Feb 2024
American College of Osteopathic Family Physicians “GERD, Dyspepsia and How to Successfully Stop PPIs,” Rosemont, IL, Aug 2022
Southern Medical Association “Spectrum of Alcohol Induced Liver Illnesses,” Virtual, April 2022
Southern Medical Association “Women’s Health: GI Perspectives,” Virtual, January 2022
American College of Osteopathic Family Physicians “Evaluation of Elevated Liver Function Tests,” Virtual, July 2021
CME Meeting “Update in Gastroenterology,” Palm Coast, FL, July 2021
Southern Medical Association “Geriatric GI,” Virtual, June 2021
Southern Medical Association “Work Life Balance: Changing the Equation in Your Favor,” Virtual, February 2021
Southern Medical Association “Evaluation and Treatment of Elevated Liver Function Tests,” Virtual, December 2020
Southern Medical Association “Clinical Pearls of Irritable Bowel Syndrome Diagnosis,” Virtual, October 2020
CME “Evaluation and Treatment of Chronic Diarrhea,” & “Geriatric GI,” Naples, FL, February 2020
MER “Geriatric GI: Tread Carefully,” Honolulu, HI, February 2019
Southern Medical Association “Assessing Elevated Liver Function Tests,” and “A Case Based Approach to Evaluating and Treating GI Bleeding,” (Teleconference), January 2019
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
Local Conferences
St Francis Medical Center “Up and Down the GI Track; What’s New?,” Hartford, CT, August 2025
Orear Conference “What A Primary Care Doctor Needs to Know About Fecal Incontinence” & “Bootcamp for Elevated Liver Function Tests,” Kansas City, MO, June 2025
St Francis Medical Center Grand Rounds “Helicobacter Highlights,” Hartford, CT, June 2025
St Francis Medical Center “Deflating Bloating,” Hartford, CT, May 2025
Hackensack UMC Med Center “Work Life Balance,” Hackensack, NJ, April 2025
Emanate Health Intercommunity Hospital “Gastroenterology Update,” Covina, CA, March 2025
Providence Little Company of Mary Hospital “Women’s GI Health,” Torrance, CA, March 2025
Guthrie Clinic “Happiness Index in Medicine,” Sayre, PA, January 2025
La Palma Intercommunity Hospital “Work Life Balance; Changing the Equation in Your Favor,” La Palma, CA, October 2024
Rural Family Medicine Residency Hartford Healthcare/St Vincent’s Medical Center GI Curriculum, August 2024 and ongoing
Saint Joseph Medical System “Up and Down the GI System; What’s New?,” Burbank, CA, September 2024
Providence Hospital System “Work Life Balance: Changing the Equation in Your Favor,” San Pedro, CA, Virtual Conference, July 2024
West Hills Hospital “GERD, Dyspepsia and Barrett’s Esophagus,” Los Angeles, CA, Virtual Conference, April 2024
Scripps Healthcare “Achieving Personal Well Being,” La Jolla, CA, Virtual Conference, March 2024
St Francis Medical Center “What is MASLD and MASH and How do we Diagnose and Treat?,” Hartford, CT, December 2023
St Charles Health System “New Guidelines for Colon Cancer Screening and Management,” Bend, OR, Virtual Conference, June 2023
St Francis Medical Center “Hepatitis A, B, C, and D,” Hartford, CT, April 2023
Palisades Medical Center “Update on Peptic Ulcer Disease,” North Bergen, NJ, April 2023
Bayonne Medical Center “New Options in the Treatment of Reflux Disease,” Bayonne, NJ, Virtual Conference, December 2022
St Charles Healthcare “Helicobacter Highlights,” Bend, OR, Virtual Conference, Grand Rounds, November 2022
St Vincent’s Medical Center GI Curriculum, Bridgeport, CT, October 2022 and ongoing
UNECOM (Eastern Connecticut Health Network branch), Manchester, CT, September 2016 and ongoing GI Curriculum
St Francis Hospital “So You Think Your Patient Has IBS?,” Hartford, CT, Grand Rounds, August 2022
Orear Conference “Geriatric GI” & “Probiotics: What You Need to Know,” Kansas City, MO, June 2022
St Francis Hospital “Diverticular Dilemmas,” Hartford, CT, Family Practice Grand Rounds, December 2021
University of New England College of Osteopathic Medicine GI Curriculum, February 2021 and ongoing
St Francis Hospital “The Burning Esophageal Problems,” Hartford, CT, Family Practice Grand Rounds, November 2021
Bayonne Medical Center “What Every Clinician Needs to Know About GERD, Dyspepsia, Proton Pump Inhibitors and Esophageal Cancer,” Teleconference, November 2021
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
Prior Professional Experience
Private GI Practice, Manchester, Connecticut
Digestive Health Specialists of Eastern Connecticut, 2007-2015
Klipstein Medical Group, 1981-2007
Additional Professional Activities
Coordinator for Internal Medicine subspecialties UNECOM/ECHN
2010-2011
Hospital Committees
Schwartz Rounds Committee (Schwartz Rounds is a national movement dealing with the most stressful issues facing medicine today), 2010-2014
Eastern Connecticut Health Network Corporator, 2005-2016
Eastern Connecticut Health Network mentor for new physicians, 2005-2020
Collaborative Practice Committee, 2011-2012
National and Local Committees
American College of Gastroenterology Education Affairs Committee, 2021–present
American College of Gastroenterology National Affairs Committee, 2008–2011
American College of Gastroenterology FDA Committee, 2014–2020
American College of Gastroenterology Patient Care Committee, 2015–2021
American Gastroenterological Association Public Policy Committee, 2005–2008
American Gastroenterological Association Coding and Payment Subcommittee, 2014–2015
American Gastroenterological Association
Mentoring of colleagues, 2010-present
Connecticut Chapter of ACP
Poster Judge, 2015-present
Membership Affiliations
International Association of Medical Science Educators, 2020–present
AGA Academy of Educators, 2015–present
Fellowship, American Gastroenterological Association (AGAF), 2006–present
American College of Physicians (FACP), 2005–present
Hartford County Medical Association, 1982–present
American College of Gastroenterology (FACG), 1982–present
Connecticut State Medical Society, 1982–present
Editor
Advanced Research on Gastroenterology and Hepatology Journal, 2015-2020
American College of Gastroenterology Case Reports Journal, 2014-2021
Gastroenterology and Hepatology Open Access, 2014-2019
Journal of Digestive Diseases, 2015-2022
Journal of Clinical and Translational Hepatology, 2015-2022
Education
Long Island Jewish Hillside Medical Center
Fellowship, 1979-1981
Internship and Residency, 1976-1979
Downstate Medical Center
Doctor of Medicine, 1972-1976
Queens College (CUNY)
Bachelor of Arts in Biology, 1968-1972
Licensure
Connecticut
1981-present
New York
1976-present
Board Certifications
Gastroenterology
1981-present
Internal Medicine
1979-present
