Fort Worth Medical Students to Present Scientific Writings at National Medical Conference
Medical Students at TCU and UNTHSC School of Medicine present abstracts at 2021 American College of Gastroenterology Conference.
FORT WORTH – Two medical students at TCU and UNTHSC School of Medicine will be presenting a pair of collaborative abstract scientific writings at the upcoming American College of Gastroenterology (ACG) 2021 Annual Scientific Meeting & Postgraduate Course.
Christopher Fernandes and Siri Tummala, second-year medical students at TCU and UNTHSC School of Medicine, had two separate abstracts called “Payor-Mandated Non-Medical Switching from Infliximab to Biosimilar Creates Dosing Delays” and “Infusible Biologics in Gastroenterology Physician Clinics Were Not Impacted by the COVID-19 Pandemic” accepted by the ACG.
The ACG 2021 conference will be held as a hybrid conference from October 22-27, 2021. The in-person portion of the ACG 2021 Annual Meeting educational sessions and exposition will be held in Las Vegas at Mandalay Bay. The virtual conference will be held online through the ACG 2021 Conference Platform on its website.
Fernandes and Tummala will be a part of the oral podium and video presentations that will take place from October 25-27. After the event, the abstracts will be available to view on the ACG’s featured science page.