Presentation Title: The Gut as a Living Machine: How Mechanical Forces Shape GI Function and Disease
Speaker: Arthur Beyder, MD, PhD – Mayo Clinic
Date: Thursday, February 5, 2026
Time: 12:00 PM – 1:00 PM
Location: MSB 2.103
Learning Format: In-Person and Online
Series Objectives:
- Apply the latest evidence with patients and practice evidence-based medicine.
- Discuss current research and its potential for application to patient care.
- Discuss the latest clinical practice guidelines relevant to clinical practice.
Learning Objectives:
At the conclusion of this activity, participants should be able to:
- Describe how mechanical forces in the gastrointestinal tract influence normal motility, sensation, and recognize clinical situations where these forces become abnormal.
- Illustrate how altered mechanotransduction contributes to common processes, like aging, and GI disorders such as functional dyspepsia, IBS, and obstructive states, emphasizing mechanisms with translational relevance.
- Assess opportunities to integrate mechanobiology into clinical decision-making, including diagnostic strategies for motility and sensation disorders and emerging therapeutic approaches that target mechanical signaling pathways.
Credit Designation:
- McGovern Medical School at the University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston designates this live activity for a maximum of 1 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.
- McGovern Medical School at the University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston designates this live activity for a maximum of 1 Hour(s) Attendance w/ No Credit. Participants should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.
Event Disclosures:
Speakers:
Arthur Beyder, MD, PhD has no financial relationship(s) with ineligible companies whose primary business is producing, marketing, selling, re-selling, or distributing healthcare products used by or on patients to disclose.
Planners and other Administrative Support:
Tanvi Gupta, MD, Aastha V Bharwad, MD, Philip Orlander, MD, Mark A Farnie, MD, Robby Wesley, DO, FACP, Andrew Sullivan, MD, Gabriel Aisenberg, MD, Jeffrey Chen, MD, Carley Allen, MD, Sanjana M Rao, MD, and Karla Abela, PhD, RN, CCRN, CPN have no financial relationship(s) with ineligible companies whose primary business is producing, marketing, selling, re-selling, or distributing healthcare products used by or on patients to disclose.
Commercial Support:
This activity is not commercially supported.
Accreditation Statement:
McGovern Medical School at the University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME) to provide continuing medical education for physicians.
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