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​​  Evening Meeting Agenda


 6:00 PM:  Industry Exhibits and Annual Holiday Mixer


​​7:30 PM: CME Program


Q & A Discussion to Follow


The PNWGS is honored to welcome Jennifer Christie, MD, MASGE, AGAF for our final session of the 2024 "Meet the Professor" Evening Program. Dr. Jennifer Christie is the Division Head at the University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus Division of Gastroenterology (GI) and Hepatology, and the Immediate Past President of the ASGE.  


Be sure to get there early to enjoy festive cocktails, door and raffle prizes

and networking with colleagues and our sponsors!

About the Professor
 
Research focus: Gastrointestinal Motility Disorders and GI health disorders in underserved populations


Dr. Christie earned her Bachelor of Science at the University of Michigan and attended Howard University College of Medicine in Washington, DC, where she earned her MD in 1995. She completed her internship and residency at Beth Israel Medical Center in New York in 1998 and GI fellowship at University Hospital in Newark, New Jersey, in 2001. Following fellowship training, she was recruited to Mount Sinai School of Medicine in New York where she rose through the ranks. As an NIH minority scholar, she was drawn early to leadership and administrative responsibilities and was named Director of the GI Ambulatory Clinic and Director of Women’s Gastrointestinal Health and Motility Programs during her tenure at Mount Sinai.


Dr. Christie is Division Head of Gastroenterology and Hepatology at the University of Colorado Department of Medicine. Previously, Dr. Christie was a professor of medicine and Executive Associate Division Director in the Division of Digestive Diseases at Emory University School of Medicine. In May of 2023, she began her presidential year at the helm of the American Society of Gastrointestinal Endoscopy (ASGE) in 2023 through 2024, one of the leading national professional organizations in GI.


Jennifer is a physician-scientist and has published more than 100 peer-reviewed papers, abstracts, and book chapters. Her research has broadly focused on gastrointestinal motility disorders and GI health and disorders of underserved populations. For more than a decade, she has been an investigator on trials focused on gastroparesis, irritable bowel syndrome, colorectal cancer screening inequities and clostridium difficile, among other areas. She has served on multiple NIH review panels, and has delivered over 120 invited regional, national, and international lectures.

In 2020, she was named GI Mentor of the Year and was also recognized as an Eminent Clinician, a distinction reserved for the best physicians in the School of Medicine at Emory University. In 2021, she was elected to the Dr. J. Edward Berk Society of the ASGE. That same year, she was also the recipient of the Outstanding Faculty Award from the Emory Department of Medicine, an award recognizing her selfless service, dedicated mentorship, and many contributions to advancing clinical care and research. She was named in Atlanta’s Top Doctors list in 2021 and 2022.


Jennifer Christie, MD, MASGE, AGAF

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Waterman Family Endowed Chair

Immediate Past-President, American Society for Gastrointestinal Endoscopy

Professor of Medicine
Division Director, Gastroenterology and Hepatology

University of Colorado School of Medicine​

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It's almost time for our Annual Holiday Mixer Event!​​



"Bowel Movements Are Everything:


Managing Refractory Constipation"

​EARN CME & MOC POINTS

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​​​​​Continuing Medical Education

This activity has been planned and implemented in accordance with the accreditation requirements and policies of the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME).  


The Pacific Northwest Gastroenterology Society (PNWGS) is accredited by the Washington State Medical Association to provide continuing medical education for physicians. The PNWGS designates this live activity for a maximum of 1.5 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.

This activity meets the criteria for up to 1.5 hours of Category I CME credit to satisfy the relicensure requirements of the Washington State Medical Quality Assurance Commission.


NOTE: PNWGS offers ABIM MOC points for this activity for learners choosing to participate in the MOC program. Learners are NOT required to participate in any MOC activities in order to claim AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™ for this activity.​

MOC Statement
Successful completion of this CME activity, which includes participation in the evaluation component, enables the participant to earn up to 1.5 MOC points in the American Board of Internal Medicine's (ABIM) Maintenance of Certification (MOC) program. Participants will earn MOC points equivalent to the amount of CME credits claimed for the activity. It is the CME activity provider's responsibility to submit participant completion information to ACCME for the purpose of granting ABIM MOC credit.

​​​​​What if I haven't updated my dues yet?  We encourage all members to renew their membership dues with our easy online system.  Members need to be current on Annual Memberships Dues for 2024 in order to attend most of our programs. We will be able to update your dues in person at the meeting!

Invite a new colleague as your guest. Did you know that PNWGS members can bring a guest to enjoy one PNWGS evening program for free as an introduction to our society? Take advantage of this perk. Their CME and MOC Points are always included.


​The Session Evaluation, CME Certificate, and MOC Form will be emailed to all participants after the event.


Parking is easy, and valet parking is now included with dinner at the Rainier Club Parking Garage.  You will enter the auto court of the Rainier Club on the right as you drive down Columbia Street to enter their garage.
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