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News Release

October 9, 2008

Contact: Chris DeFrancesco, 860-679-3914
e-mail: cdefrancesco@uchc.edu

Translating the Tummy’s Foreign Language

Oct. 28 Discovery Series to Focus on Common G.I. Disorders

FARMINGTON, CONN. – Nearly everyone experiences a gastrointestinal problem at one time or another. Experts at the University of Connecticut Health Center will explore common G.I. disorders at a free Discovery Series program Tuesday, Oct. 28, at the University of Connecticut Health Center. The program begins at 7 p.m. in the Keller Auditorium. To register, call 800-535-6232.

John W. Birk, M.D., chief of the Division of Gastroenterology-Hepatology, and Haleh Vaziri, M.D., assistant professor of medicine, Division of Gastroenterology-Hepatology, will present an overview of common G.I. disorders including inflammatory bowel disease, irritable bowel syndrome and gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD).

More information about the Division of Gastroenterology is available at http://health.uchc.edu.

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