The Bluegrass Gut Club is designed as an educational source for gastrointestinal (GI) professionals. Guest speakers, who are experts in their fields, are brought in from across the country to present on a variety of GI topics. All talks given are continuing medical education (CME)-accredited.

Both physicians and GI professionals from central Kentucky and surrounding areas are welcome to attend these free dinner presentations, which meet the third Thursday of the month from September through April (excluding December).

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2026-2027 Schedule

Date

Speaker

Institution

Topic

09/17/26

Erin Forster, MD

Medical University of South Carolina

To Cut or to Stretch? Endoscopic Stricturotomy vs. Balloon Dilation in Complex Crohn’s

10/15/26

Neehar Parikh, MD, MS, FAASLD

University of Michigan

Hepatocellular Carcinoma: Surveillance, Biomarkers & Emerging Treatments

11/19/26

Shailendra Singh, MD

West Virginia University

Endo Bariatrics 2026: Beyond the Balloon

01/21/27

Mohammed Shadab Siddiqui, MD

University of Virginia

Precision Hepatology: Biomarkers, Fibrosis Assessment, and AI

2/18/27

TBD

3/18/27

TBD

4/15/27

TBD