Medical Grand Rounds

Provided by University of Connecticut School of Medicine Office of Community and Continuing Medical Education and the Department of Medicine.
 
Date: Thursday, October 2, 2025
 
Location: Keller Auditorium
 
 
Session Attendance Code: FOVHED
 
Time: 8:00-8:30 am
Speaker: Teresa Da Cunha, MD., Gastroenterology Fellow, PGY-IV, UConn Health           
Title: Colorectal Cancer Screening Guidelines
Session Learning Objectives:  Participants will (be able to):
1.  Discuss the types of colon cancer screening modalities.
2.  Discuss the differences between each colon cancer screening modality.
3.  Discuss how to select the best colon cancer screening modality for each patient.
4.  Discuss which patients are at increased risk for colorectal cancer.
 
Time: 8:30-9:00 am
Speaker: Ismail Ghafary, MD., Gastroenterology Fellow, PGY-V, UConn Health    
Title: Barrett’s Esophagus: Screening, Surveillance, and Management
Session Learning Objectives:  Participants will (be able to):
1.  Discuss how to identify patients who should undergo screening for Barrett’s esophagus based on guideline-defined risk factors.
2.  Discuss surveillance intervals for nondysplastic and dysplastic Barrett’s according to ACG guidelines.
3.  Discuss the role of endoscopic eradication therapy in patients with dysplastic Barrett’s esophagus.
4.  Discuss how to differentiate when to continue surveillance versus refer for therapeutic intervention.

Speaker(s) Disclosure Statement: Drs. Teresa Da Cunha and Ismail Ghafary in their role as speakers for this educational event, has no relevant financial relationship(s) with any ineligible companies that could be perceived as a real or apparent conflict of interest in the context of the subject of this presentation that need to be disclosed. There are no relevant financial relationships listed for these individuasl to be mitigated.   

Speaker(s) Off-label Statement: Drs. Teresa Da Cunha and Ismail Ghafary will not be discussing the off-labeled, or investigational use of any product or device. 

Target Audience: Practicing physicians, medical residents and fellows, medical students, and other healthcare professionals such as nurses, physician assistants (PAs), and advanced practice registered nurses (APRNs).

Accreditation: The University of Connecticut School of Medicine is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME) to provide continuing medical education for physicians. The University of Connecticut School of Medicine designates this live activity for a maximum of _ 1 _ AMA PRA Category 1 Credit(s)™. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.

ABIM MOC Statement: Successful completion of this CME activity, which includes participation in the evaluation component, enables the participant to earn up to _ 1 _ MOC points in the American Board of Internal Medicine’s (ABIM) Maintenance of Certification (MOC) program. It is the CME activity provider’s responsibility to submit participant completion information to ACCME for the purpose of granting ABIM MOC credit.

Conflict of Interest Policy: All faculty members participating in CME activities provided by the University of Connecticut School of Medicine are required to disclose to the program audience any actual or apparent conflict of interest related to the content of their presentations. Program planners have an obligation to resolve any actual conflicts of interest and share with the audience any safeguards put in place to prevent commercial bias from influencing the content.

Activity Director & Planning Committee Disclosure Statement:  Neither the activity director, the activity administrator, nor the planning committee members in their role as planning committee members for this educational event, has no relevant financial relationship(s) with any ineligible companies that could be perceived as a real or apparent conflict of interest in the context of the subject of this presentation that need to be disclosed. There are no relevant financial relationships listed for this individual to be mitigated.

Commercial Support Statement: This CME activity has no commercial support associated with it.

Session date: 
10/02/2025 - 8:00am to 9:00am EDT
Location: 
UConn Health
263 Famington Ave
Keller Auditorium
Farmington, CT 06030
United States
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  • 1.00 ABIM Medical Knowledge
  • 1.00 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™
  • 1.00 Participation
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Faculty List: 
Speaker(s)

Teresa Da Cunha, MD

has no relevant financial relationships to disclose at this time.

Ismail Ghafary, Gastroenterology & Hepatology Fellow, PGY-5, University of Connecticut

has no relevant financial relationships to disclose at this time.