Annual Meeting Highlights

PSG Annual Meeting a Huge Success!

President Dr. Diehl and 2022 Program Chair Dr. Thakkar

Meeting attendees view Fellow Posters

Drs. Khara, Diehl, and Thakkar with the winners of Fellows GI Jeopardy tournament from St. Luke’s. For the first time since 2019, the PSG held an in-person Annual Scientific Meeting which took place at the Hershey Hotel on September 9th to 11th, 2022. A wonderful agenda was developed by the Program Chairman, Shyam Thakkar, MD with valuable input from the Education and Training Task Force. The topics and speakers were truly exceptional. Speakers ranged from seasoned veterans such as Dr. Gary Lichtenstein from the University of Pennsylvania, to young and upcoming junior faculty such as Dr. Rouenne Seeley from Geisinger Medical Center. Dr. Michael Weinstein was the Keynote Speaker and gave an outstanding and timely presentation on “Consolidation Trends in GI”.

We had solid representation among the faculty from West Virginia as well, further solidifying the PSG’s effort to reach out to Gastroenterologists in that state. Overall, the speakers came from 10 different academic programs from around the Commonwealth. There was a GI Jeopardy competition for the GI fellows from 4 different programs, with the St. Luke’s program winning in a tight and entertaining matchup emceed by Dr. Harshit Khara.

The meeting was well attended, with 58 physicians, 23 GI fellows, 24 nurses/techs/practice personnel being present. We would also like to thank all our exhibitors for supporting the PSG; we had a full house in the exhibit room with 35 exhibit tables! The in-person meeting gave an opportunity for us to catch up with each other in “real-time”, and to also to make new personal connections.

As usual, the Hershey Hotel was a wonderful venue for the meeting. The central location is hard to beat for convenience for drawing attendance from the whole state, and there are certainly a lot of things to do in the area! We had our traditional Family Fun Night, and this was again a success as well.

Thanks to everyone for turning out and making our meeting a complete success! Please make a note of the date and location of the meeting for 2023: It will be September 9-10, 2023 at the Wyndham Hotel in Pittsburgh.

Families enjoy face painting, games and much more at our Annual Family Fun Night Dinner!

GI Fellows Abstract competition 1st Place Poster Winner Umair Iqbal, MD GI Fellows Abstract competition 2nd Place Poster Winner Brian Kim, DO GI Fellows Abstract competition 3rd Place Poster Winner Brittney Shupp, DO