The American College of Gastroenterology Free Virtual Event on March 28, 2024, at 8:00 pm ET, “Tune It Up: A Concert To Raise Colorectal Cancer Awareness”
New ACG Clinical Guidelines on the management of acute pancreatitis are featured in the March 2024 issue of AJG
A modeling study projecting the economic and social burden of alcohol-associated liver disease by 2040 is featured in the February 2024 issue of AJG, just one month after the new ACG Clinical Guideline on Alcohol-Associated Liver Disease
Carefully selected vignettes illustrate key concepts from ACG guidelines and provide multiple-choice questions to test readers’ knowledge
A new ACG Clinical Guideline on alcohol-associated liver disease (ALD) is featured in the January 2024 issue of The American Journal of Gastroenterology.
In the December issue of AJG: assisted reproductive technology among women with liver disease, strategies for incorporating sexual and gender minorities in GI research, anxiety/depression in GERD patients, and more.
The November issue of AJG highlights new clinical science and reviews including additional colonoscopy quality measures, higher infliximab concentrations in IBD patients with higher visceral adipose tissue (VAT), an automated tissue systems pathology test for Barrett’s esophagus, and opioid-related constipation.
Gastroenterologist Jonathan A. Leighton, MD, FACG, was elected by the membership as the 2023–2024 President of the American College of Gastroenterology (ACG).
This year’s lectures highlight changing populations in liver disease, epidemiology in clinical practice, innovations in pancreatic cancer identification and management, HPV-related cancers, and the role of the gut microbiome.
Featured science includes the reliability of AI-generated clinical information, diet and GI disease risk, innovative approaches to inflammatory bowel disease monitoring, women’s health, and more.
This new publication, introduced at the ACG 2023 Annual Scientific Meeting, provides clinical vignettes to demonstrate the practical application of ACG Clinical Guidelines.
The October special issue of The American Journal of Gastroenterology focuses on endoscopy, highlighting best practices, novel endoscopic techniques, practical guidance for endoscopic complications, and future opportunities.
Research updates in gastroenterology and hepatology from the September issue of The American Journal of Gastroenterology, the flagship journal of the American College of Gastroenterology.
AASLD, ACG, AGA, ASGE and NASPGHAN recognize that the new class of GLP-1 receptor agonist may be associated with delayed gastric emptying and encourage our anesthesiology, endocrinology, and industry partners to work collaboratively with our members to develop the necessary evidence to appropriately inform medication adjustments prior to elective endoscopy.
The August issue of The American Journal of Gastroenterology includes several articles on digital therapeutics and innovations in GI, encouraging adoption of emerging GI technologies to advance GI care.
The July issue of The American Journal of Gastroenterology includes new ACG Clinical Guidelines on Acute Liver Failure, addressing a time-sensitive condition gastroenterologists and hepatologists encounter.
The June issue of The American Journal of Gastroenterology includes a new joint society guideline on pharmacological management of chronic idiopathic constipation and consumption of kiwifruit to relieve constipation.
New guidelines for the management of chronic idiopathic constipation in adults are first to recommend magnesium oxide and senna as evidence-based treatments. This is a joint clinical practice guideline of the American College of Gastroenterology and the American Gastroenterological Association.
The May issue of AJG features new clinical science and reviews, including bowel prep recommendations for physicians, longer withdrawal times for screening colonoscopy, the use of social media for continuing medical education, and tofacitinib de-escalation and re-escalation for ulcerative colitis.
The April issue of The American Journal of Gastroenterology highlights new clinical science, including an examination of changes in lifestyle habits and risk of colorectal cancer
The editors of The American Journal of Gastroenterology are pleased to share a special issue, “Lifespan of GI” that features clinical science discussing GI conditions and preventive care across all stages of life, from birth to death.
The GI Quality Improvement Consortium, Inc. a national gastroenterology-focused clinical registry jointly sponsored by the American College of Gastroenterology and American Society of Gastrointestinal Endoscopy will be moving to a powerful new technology platform powered by Health Catalyst, Inc.
The February issue of The American Journal of Gastroenterology features a new ACG Clinical Guideline on Acute Lower GI Bleeding, a common reason for hospitalization in digestive diseases, which can be challenging to assess and triage.
The January issue of AJG features two ACG Clinical Guidelines: Diagnosis and Management of Celiac Disease (2013 update) and Diagnosis and Management of Gastrointestinal Subepithelial Lesions (new).
The December issue of The American Journal of Gastroenterology features multi-society collaborations on diversity, equity, and inclusion, as well as the role of the GI profession in climate change issues. Interestingly, this issue includes a thought-provoking line of inquiry from Brennan Spiegel, MD, MSHS, FACG, who hypothesizes that gravity may play a role in IBS.
The November issue of AJG features articles that include expert recommendations on recognizing and defining occasional constipation in clinical practice, as well as quality indicators for the use of capsule endoscopy and deep enteroscopy in the diagnosis and treatment of suspected small bowel disease.
Daniel J. Pambianco, MD, FACG, was elected by the membership as the 2022-2023 President of the American College of Gastroenterology (ACG), a national medical organization representing more than 17,000 clinical gastroenterologists and other specialists in digestive diseases.
Featured science includes innovative approaches for IBD, colorectal cancer screening, IBS, GERD and Barrett’s esophagus, and more
The featured lectures at the 2022 ACG Annual Scientific Meeting and Postgraduate Course showcase innovative and challenging issues in clinical gastroenterology.
The October issue of AJG highlights new clinical science and includes a supplement, ACG Monograph on GI Diseases and Endoscopy in Pregnancy & Postpartum Period, which includes recommendations for the care of pregnant patients with GI and liver diseases.
ACG and ASGE are the first to issue comprehensive quality indicators for capsule endoscopy and deep enteroscopy, endoscopic procedures that have an important positive impact on the diagnosis and management of suspected small-bowel diseases.
The September issue of AJG highlights new clinical science, including a potential therapy to improve IBS-C symptoms, reintroduction of infliximab for Crohn’s disease, and population-based data to examine incidence and mortality of certain GI and hepatology diseases.
The August issue of The American Journal of Gastroenterology highlights new clinical science, including a brand new ACG clinical guideline for the diagnosis and treatment of patients with gastroparesis.
The July issue of The American Journal of Gastroenterology highlights new clinical science including using a smartphone app to assess stool form, rural-urban disparities in cirrhosis mortality, and lung infection risk in severe alcohol-related hepatitis. This issue also includes articles on pediatric IBD, therapy options for Crohn’s disease, a novel endoscopic suturing device, proton pump inhibitors, and more.
In a special Food as Medicine issue of The American Journal of Gastroenterology, Co-Editors-in-Chief Jasmohan S. Bajaj, MD, MS, FACG, and Millie D. Long, MD, MPH, FACG, have selected clinical studies, analyses, and reviews that aim to acknowledge the role of diet in disease management and prevention.
The May issue of The American Journal of Gastroenterology features articles on abdominal bloating treatment, endoscopic brushing frequency to improve malignant biliary structure detection, and eosinophilic conditions not including eosinophilic esophagitis.
The April issue of The American Journal of Gastroenterology includes two new guidelines—an update to the 2016 guidelines on Barrett’s Esophagus and a joint society guideline on the management of antithrombotics during GI bleeding and the periendoscopic period.
The American College of Gastroenterology offers an open invitation to all to enjoy a free virtual event, “Tune It Up: A Concert To Raise Colorectal Cancer Awareness,” on Thursday, March 31, 2022 at 8 pm EDT featuring dynamic performances by a talented collective of musicians.
Evidence-based clinical guidelines on the management of patients on common anticoagulant and antiplatelet therapies during gastrointestinal (GI) bleeding or undergoing elective endoscopy have been published jointly by the American College of Gastroenterology (ACG) and the Canadian Association of Gastroenterology (CAG).
The March issue of AJG includes several articles on new technologies and AI assists to address cirrhosis and IBS. This issue also includes articles on the role of the hospitalist, gastric cancer, colonoscopy, gastroesophageal reflux, liver transplantation, esophageal cancer, climate change considerations in GI, and more.
The February issue of AJG includes new ACG Clinical Guidelines on acute-on-chronic liver failure, the College’s first set of guidelines on a condition that is emerging as a major cause of mortality among patients with cirrhosis and CLD.
The American College of Gastroenterology has just released new clinical guidelines on Acute-on-Chronic Liver Failure, an emerging major cause of mortality. The ACG Media Team can connect you with the authors or outside experts who can comment on the guidelines upon request.
The January issue of The American Journal of Gastroenterology includes updated ACG Clinical Guidelines on the diagnosis and management of GERD, as well as updated guidelines on the age to start and stop colorectal cancer screening from the U.S. MSTF on Colorectal Cancer.
The December issue of The American Journal of Gastroenterology is the final issue published under the leadership of Co-Editors-in-Chief Brian E. Lacy, MD, PhD, FACG, and Brennan M.R. Spiegel, MD, MSHS, FACG.
The November issue of The American Journal of Gastroenterology features several articles examining the association between common conditions or treatments and the risk for disease development, including a study on the association between higher body mass index and increased risk for early-onset colorectal cancer, and a population study on proton pump inhibitors and all-cause mortality.
Samir A. Shah, MD, FACG, was elected by the membership as the 2021-2022 President of the American College of Gastroenterology (ACG), a national medical organization representing more than 16,000 clinical gastroenterologists and other specialists in digestive diseases.
The featured lectures at the 2021 ACG Annual Scientific Meeting and Postgraduate Course showcase innovative and challenging issues in clinical gastroenterology. This year’s lectures include a special Keynote Address delivered by Dr. Thomas Frieden, CEO of Resolve to Save Lives and former director of the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
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