IBD Conference: Based at UMCNO. Multidisciplinary including IBD specialist, radiology, and surgery among others. Not mandatory but any Tulane GI fellow may participate to learn or present a case for more advice. Conference occurs the third Tuesday of every month at noon. Agenda for the conference is e-mailed prior to, and one can e-mail Ann-Porter Uhlhorn, RN to add a case onto the agenda (auhih1@lsuhsc.edu).
Liver Transplant Selection Conference: Based at East Jefferson General Hospital. Multidisciplinary including all members of the transplant team including but not limited to surgery, hepatology, social work, nurse coordinators, nutrition, psychology/psychiatry, etc. Every Friday from 11:30 am to 12:30 pm. Mandatory attendance for the fellow rotating on hepatology. The hepatology fellow will present all admitted listed pre-, and post-transplant patients on whom hepatology is consulted. Other fellows may attend if interested, on a non-mandatory basis if other clinical duties allow.
Liver Tumor Board Conference: Based at East Jefferson General Hospital. Multidisciplinary including radiology, oncology, transplant/hepatobiliary surgery, interventional radiology. May include complicated hepatobiliary cases not tumor related as well. Every Friday after selection starting typically at 12:30 pm. Mandatory attendance for the fellow who is on hepatology. Other fellows may attend if interested, on a non-mandatory basis if other clinical duties allow. Fellows may submit Tulane patient cases to this from off-site as well, with the approval of a hepatology attending, but should be present via Microsoft Teams to present that patient (link: https://teams.microsoft.com/l/meetup-join/19%3ameeting_MjA2ZWY2MWMtM2RjZC00NjJkLTk0YzEtMGUxYjYwYzRkMjU4%40thread.v2/0?context=%7b%22Tid%22%3a%22ea50460e-3843-4926-833c-543d6d2af7f6%22%2c%22Oid%22%3a%22a604780f-da1b-4179-9d4f-d29bc15bae98%22%7d . Please add a case via EPIC shared list "Tulane Hepatobiliary Tumor Conference" shared with all fellows prior to Wednesday at noon on the week of tumor conference. If you do not have access to this shared list, please contact Ashley Carrillo (ashley.carrillo@lcmchealth.org ).
Liver Pathology Conference: Based at Tulane Medical School, Hutchinson Building at 6th Floor. Periodic conference (day/time varies) using a multi-head microscope. Review of inpatient and outpatient liver biopsy slides with hepatology attendings and Tulane GI pathologist, Dr Tong Wu. Other fellows may attend if interested, on a non-mandatory basis if other clinical duties allow. Fellows may submit Tulane patient cases to this from off-site as well, with the approval of a hepatology attending. E-mail Ms. Corlis Trepagnier to put on a case for review (ctrepag@tulane.edu ) and notify Dr. Brian Ting.
*Tuesday Conference: 12:15-1:15 pm at Tulane Murphy Building (131 S. Robertson St.) 8th fl, room 801, Gastro/Cardio Conference Room. Attendance is Mandatory and Tulane GI fellows should be released from clinical duties to attend barring emergent situations. A mix of fellow and attending led lecture series on broad range of GI and GI subspecialty related topics to further fellow’s knowledge and meet the ACGME educational requirements as well as prepare for GI ABIM board exam. Food often provided. This is a hybrid lecture format so that fellows/attendings unable to attend on-site can attend via Zoom.
Thurs Conference @ the VA: at VANO . Attendance is Mandatory and Tulane GI fellows should be released from clinical duties to attend barring emergent situations. A mix of fellow and attending led lecture series on broad range of GI and GI subspecialty related topics to further fellow’s knowledge and meet the ACGME educational requirements as well as prepare for GI ABIM board exam. This is a hybrid lecture format so that fellows/attendings unable to attend on-site can attend via Zoom.
Thurs conferences take place at noon and it is a Brown Bag lunch conference.
