American College of Gastroenterology
medical association of gastroenterologists
The American College of Gastroenterology (ACG) is a Bethesda, Maryland–based medical association of gastroenterologists and advanced practice providers working in gastroenterology (GI).
The association was founded in 1932 and holds annual meetings and regional postgraduate continuing education courses, establishes research grants, and publishes The American Journal of Gastroenterology, Clinical and Translational Gastroenterology and The ACG Case Reports Journal. More than 21,000 physicians from 86 countries are members of the ACG. The ACG provides its members with scientific information on digestive health and the etiology, symptomatology and treatment of GI disorders.
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Chronology, provenance and viewpoint should be read together before a broad social or political interpretation is accepted. The source revision retrieved here is dated Sep 15, 2026. The linked authority identifier is Q4064197. VIAF identifies the subject as 139339147. The Library of Congress control number is n81019174. Authority coordinates are 39.044, -77.113. 2 of 5 selected statements include explicit references; 1 carry qualifiers and 0 use preferred rank. The first chronological checks are 1932.
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