2014 VGS Postgraduate Course

Built in 1771, the Courthouse was the county court. Sentences were often immediate and public—carried out at the stocks and pillory out front.
The Conference Center at the Williamsburg Lodge affords attendees ample space and proximity to Colonial Williamsburg.
A fife and drum corps traditionally opens the meeting on Saturday morning.
Dr. Ralph Wisniewski, VGS President, addresses attendees.
Drs. Andrew Wang and Jayant Talreja, course co-directors, welcome attendees to the 2014 meeting.
Fellows from the University of Virginia (Charlottesville) and VCU (Richmond) present at current topics and cases.
Dr. Vanessa Shami (UVa) discusses endoscopic ultrasound assessment of pancreatic cysts.
Panel discussions permit audience participation.
Dr. David Peura (UVa) and Dr. Daniel Pambianco (Charlottesville GI) during a break.
The exhibit hall provides attendees the opportunity to meet device and pharmaceutical representatives and discuss the latest techniques and tools available in gastroenterology.
Dr. Jayant Talreja introduces the next speaker.
Dr. John Fang, division chief at University of Utah, presents his talk on enteral nutrition.
Dr. Stephen Bixton (VCU) and Dr. Brian Behm (UVa) discuss inflammatory bowel disease.
The liver disease panel discussion provides a lighter moment.
Lunch is served in commemorative Williamsburg-themed boxes.
VCU professors Dr. Alvin Zfass and Dr. John Baillie during the break.
Dr. David Johnson, past-president of ACG and professor at Eastern Virginia School of Medicine, presents a lecture on colorectal cancer screening.
Course co-directors Dr. Andrew Wang (UVa) and Dr. Jayant Talreja (Richmond Gastroenterology Associates) close the meeting.
Prizes are awarded for the Exhibit Adventure.
The meeting offers free time to explore and enjoy the sights of Colonial Williamsburg.