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PENNSYLVANIA SOCIETY OF GASTROENTEROLOGY / NEWSLETTER
President’s Message / David L. Diehl, MD, FASGE, AGAF President’s Message / David L. Diehl, MD, FACP, FASGE
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“So Long, and Thanks for All the Fish”
The Importance ofend Mentoring Well, the time has come. The of my 2-year term as President of the PSG is
here. I am grateful to the members of the PSG Board for their ongoing support
attending physicians at one’s The PSG is launching a of our efforts to continue the greatness of the PSG. I have enjoyedwork having the training program very mentorship program fordoing GI whatown privilege of leading the PSG and I can to make sure that the PSG hard to train GI fellows, but this is Fellows and early career remains a viable and important resource for Gastroenterology in Pennsylvania. generally different from a mentoring I would like to thank Jessica Winger for her hard work at organizing and attending GI physicians. We will relationship. to all the details that to putting on the annual meeting. And of course, my be reaching outgo tointhose sincere appreciation goes out to Audrey Dean, ourbeen Executive I have I have lucky Director. enough to havemet of you who would like to nearly weekly with Audrey for the past 2 years to keep all the balls in the air, some important mentors in my and participate in all this to make sure that our project. initiatives could be shepherded into reality.
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medical career. The first was assigned to me when I was a firstMany of us have benefitted fromthere is much As I look back at my 2-year term, I am student. proud of.His Certainly, yearthat medical name the mentors. Perhapslisted somebelow of uswould have not be accomplishments possible without the collaboration was Eugene “Skip” Felmar, MD and suffered for the of a mentor and guidance of lack my colleagues on the board, them, I Practice am very grateful. he and wasto a Family attending during our education oreveryone’s training. attention But I would like to bring to these projects and initiatives that in the San Fernando Valley area of Mentors have a lifelong occurredcan in the PSG over theimpact past 2 years: Southern California. I enjoyed going on their trainees, but the relationship out to his office and shadowing him does not go insuccess only oneof direction. 1. The great the 2022 Annual meeting while in heHershey: saw outpatients, Mentors can get as much benefit and putclosely Our course director, Shyam Thakkar, together an outstanding line-up of rounded on inpatients, and did office satisfaction mentees speakers.asIt their was great to becan. able to meetprocedures. in person again for the first time gaining valuable Gastroenterology, other areas ofin 2019. Our ability Beyond since before thelike COVID pandemic topractice have an of in person insight into the medicine, medical training akin to a “guild”, meeting reallyisunderscored what these gatherings are about: not just great I found out why his nickname was where the experienced academic content buttake also the providing the“Skip” opportunity totook network again with after he me out on his novice under theiraswing our old friends wellto astrain new acquaintances in the PSG.he Not to mention sailboat which kept docked at them in the arts of their chosen providing a family-friendly venue so that the physicians can bring theirSkip families Los Angeles harbor. Felmar field. All GI including us along forfellows, the meeting. became a role model for me, and way back when, had trainers and the mentor-mentee relationship was coaches that typically werewill staff 2. The Annual Meeting be back inmutually the western part of the state rewarding. gastroenterologists at in ouryears, program. for the first time and in Pittsburgh for the first time in more than Many medicalMany schools provide forto this year’s course director Dr. Gursimran a decade. thanks are due Another highly impactful mentor mentor relationships, butEducation this is lessCommittee. Kochhar as well as the many meetings that IWe hadhave washad someone that I chose common in past GI training. over the months Certainly, to hone the schedule, and we are looking forward to an myself. Dick Kozarek, MD was (and outstanding meeting.
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1 President’s Message
1 President’s Message 3 Practice Management 3 Off the High Dive 4 GI Supergroups 4 Looming Shortage
6 Venue Shopping 5 PSG Mentorship 8 EMR or ESD? 6 Legal Corner 11 Roulette 7 Reminiscing the Fellows’ Office
13 Jeopardy Winners 8 Benign Esophageal Strictures 14 Annual Meeting Highlights 10 Annual Meeting Agenda 16 Board and Staff 12 Board and Staff