Officially board certified in Internal Medicine!!📚 Congratulations to all my colleagues and grateful to my parents and my mentors!!😌 Time to start gearing up for the next chapter - Gastroenterology boards!💩🤓
#ABIM
#InternalMedicine
In 2013, my dad found out he had HCV, we were scared to start IFN, yet more scared his liver dx may worsen. In 2016, he achieved SVR after DAA. My father's sickness is what motivated me to pursue a scholarly GI career! I'm grateful to my mentors & honored to join
@SLUgastro
fam🏠
I am thrilled and honored to receive Rutgers' prestigious C.S. Pitchumoni scholarly activity research award! 🏆 Never would have accomplished this without all my mentors' support and colleagues' hard work and contribution! 🛠️✨
What an incredible journey residency training has been, with all it's challenges, growth, and unforgettable experiences. 🎓✨I am immensely grateful to my mentors, colleagues, and loved ones who supported me every step of the way! 🙏🏼🩺
#InternalMedicine
#ResidencyGraduation
Honored & humbled for "Outstanding Poster Presenter" award🎖for Gastric Volvulus poster and to find "cirrhosis QI" poster meeting the judges👨🏼⚖️interest -
@DrJosephPisegna
✨to consider submitting to
@AmJGastro
I am grateful to my mentor & co-authors🙌
@AmCollegeGastro
@AASLDtweets
Super excited to be back to the in-person
#TLM2022
and to present our QI project on how we may improve the in-hospital decompensated cirrhosis care!
Grateful to my mentor & colleagues, and can't wait to share the final results with you all in
#DDW2023
!
@AASLDtweets
#GITwitter
🚨Thrilled to announce our latest publication!🌟
Our study reveals that while hepatology experts frequently guess the right liver disease diagnosis🎯, histopathological results can still surprise us🤯, emphasizing the crucial role of biopsies🔬
#GITwitter
🌟To all the incredible residents eagerly awaiting, this is a pivotal milestone in applicants' journey. Best of luck. May your hard work be rewarded, and know that tomorrow's results doesn't define who you are - its all your commitment, compassion, and spirit! 🎊
#MatchDay2023
Kickstarting the 2023 first-year GI fellows IBD 101 educational course with stellar🌟 IBD mentors to help
enhancing our understanding, management plan, and quality of care provided to our IBD patients✨
Throwback to an exceptional talk by Dr Thompson
@MetabolicEndo
- how EUS may advance Endo-Hepatology: TIPS/EIPS, EUS guided liver biopsy, portosystemic pressure gradient measurement, portal vein sampling, variceal bleed management - the future is here!
#DDW2022
#GiTwitter
Thank you
@AmCollegeGastro
for "Outstanding Poster Presenter" award. Your appreciation to the residents' scholarly activities motivate us to stay curious investigating the unmet needs of Gastroenterology! I'm grateful to my mentor & colleagues!
#GITwitter
#ACG2022
@ASGEendoscopy
Honored & humbled to represent our institution's GI division today presenting our center's 4-yr EUS +/-ERCP experience in delineating the clinical significance of incidentally noted dilated intrahepatic bile ducts on imaging!
Grateful to my mentor
#DrArkadyBroder
& my colleagues
⏰Publication alert🚨
Thrilled to share our most recent article reviewing the role of Artificial Intelligence in hepatology research and practice, published at Current Opinion in Gastroenterology.
I'm grateful to the authors team and to our mentor ✨
Cardiology and Gastroenterology fellows casually hanging out with their chair of Medicine during
@SLUHospital
Diwali celebration!
🕯️Grateful for the diverse bonds that light up our lives!🪔✨
@DrRojulpoteC
@RaviNayakMD
A spectacular talk by Dr
@JasonSamarasena
:EUS-PPG measurement✨
✳️HVPG is not accurate in pre-sinus. PH & NASH🛑
✳️EUS-PPG has high corr. w/ non-invasive tests (APRI, FIB4, MELD,but not TE) & histology💥
✳️PPG is more precise, and repeatable than HVPG☑️
#TLM2022
#EndoHepatology
Very excited to share that our original article on the "Natural history of patients with compensated cirrhosis and elevated HVPG - prognosis and outcomes" has been accepted for publication. Grateful to my mentors and my colleagues.
#GITwitter
#LiverTwitter
I am grateful for the endless support and guidance that my Program Director and Assistant Program Director has provided me. And I am honored to be involved in the ACP New Jersey Chapter, under their leadership, one year after another!
@ACPIMPhysicians
@ACPNJ1
#MedTwitter
#IMProud
🎄We had to say Merry Xmas to our on-call attending with a unique gift: a food impaction consult! 🍖🙃 She's so kind that she then treats us back with breakfast to fuel up before tackling the case! 🍽️🎅🏼
#GITwitter
#HolidayShifts
#Teamwork
✨One of my favorite
#TLM2022
talks was on how to balance "Work Life Harmony" by Dr
@LaurenNephewMD
.. here are some of the key points 🔐that busy clinician researchers may implement to their daily schedule to help stay productive!⏳
@AASLDtweets
#MedTwitter
#GITwitter
I wasn't aware of the
#EmergingLiverScholar
until I've become a third year resident. I think, for all those who are eligible (I believe 1st & 2nd yrs and PGY-3 going to be chiefs), its certainly an exceptional experience that you should try not to miss!⭐️
#GITwitter
@AASLDtweets
Now accepting applications! The AASLD Foundation Emerging Liver Scholars Program gives the best and brightest medical residents the opportunity to explore
#hepatology
. 👇
Apply by April 17 !
#LiverTwitter
#GITwitter
#MedEd
#FOAMed
🤔So you attending
#TLM2022
& need help defining ur goals?✨
✳️Cutting-edge hepatology: learn the latest & come up w/ new research💡
✳️Expert's talks: PGC, SIG,etc🤓
✳️Networking: new mentors, mentees & research partners🫱🏻🫲🏾
@AASLDFoundation
sessions map👇
@AASLDtweets
#GITwitter
Super excited abt the 1st in-person
#TLM
after 2y virtual & can't wait to meet everyone again!🤗
#TLM2022
goals🎯:
✳️Cutting-edge hepatology: learn the latest & come up w/ new research💡
✳️Expert's talks: PGC, SIG, etc🤓
✳️Networking: mentors & research partners🫱🏻🫲🏾
@AASLDtweets
It already feels so long since
#DDW2022
. So I am excited to see all the
#GITwitter
peeps soon in the
@AmCollegeGastro
meeting. Grateful to my mentors & supportive fellows (
@Doukas1Sotirios
& Jasmine Wu) for the 4 posters accepted,and can't wait to explore Charlotte with you all!
🔥🔥 Emoroid Digest 🔥🔥
Bloating? Cramping abdominal pain? Flatulence?
Consider SIBO in your differential and take a look 👀 at Dr. Veeramachaneni's
@hima_vee
excellent visual abstract summarizing the
@AmCollegeGastro
guidelines! A must read!
#EmoroidDigest
#GItwitter
#SIBO
@drkeithsiau
Love this!! I just also read an invaluable advice by Dr Tony Lembo (tweeted by Dr
@BrennanSpiegel
) on how to effectively connect with your patient ✨
It was my honor to present our 4-year hospital experience data on decompensated cirrhotic patients at the Grand Rounds today. Thankful to my colleagues & my mentor! And yes, it's still virtual but my socks game had to be on point!
#GITwitter
#LiverTwitter
•Next🛑⏭
@AASLD2022
I love the initiative!
#DrSadyeCurry
🙌🏼1st AA woman to complete postgraduate training
🙌🏽1st AA gastroenterologist woman
🙌🏾1st woman as chair of National Medical Association’s for IM & GI
🙌🏿Still supports Black physicians after her retirement
#BlackHistoryMonth
@blackingastro
As we begin
#BlackHistoryMonth
, would love for everyone to spotlight a historic figure.
Introducing you all to
#DrLeonidasBerry
, first Black gastroenterologist.
👉🏽Chair of GI
👉🏾Chair of Medicine
👉🏿Master of endoscope
Read more:
@blackingastro
Incredibly excited to see my brother's PhD published at
@NatureComms
!📚The University of Genoa innovative research delves into the vital role of periodic fasting in enhancing anti-tumor effect. So proud of his scientific dedication to advancing oncological knowledge!👏🏼
🔥Hot off the press🚨
Ever wondered whether ICD-10 codes are more accurate (sensitive, specific, etc..) compared to ICD-9 for identification of cirrhosis?!
We attempted to study the ICD-10 validity in our
@DDS_Journal
original article.
Grateful to
Pleased to run into Dr
@PopovVioleta
before
#DDW2023
concludes. It's always refreshing to hear her genuine tips and advice for all the trainees! ✨
@DDWMeeting
A case of insane calculous cholecystitis of a surgically high-risk patient s/p IR Percutaneous Cholecystostomy Drainage. I had wonderful in-house IR rotation with Dr
@keepnitrussn
showing me all the GI related cool IR procedures!
🌟We're so lucky to have Dr
@gnioannou
at
@SLUgastro
attending our fellows case presentations and sharing with us his insight on liver cancer screening today! ✨
First day at St Louis U as visiting professor:
- Impressive case presentations from SLU Residents & Fellows
- Great interaction on my liver cancer screening presentation
- Unparalleled mid-west hospitality ❤️🙏 🙏
@RaviNayakMD
& Dr Wing-Kin Syn
@drcheesman
@HBoudaher
🔊
#DDW2024
attendees, don't miss this amazing ABGH Summit meeting on the 17th. Can't wait to meet everyone at the PG course and the networking reception after! 🫱🏻🫲🏾
@DDWMeeting
@blackingastro
An informative keynote lecture on ACLF by
@JasmohanBajaj
#ACG2022
✅Abx timing is critical and avoid inappropriate coverage if critically sick
✅HE might be the only presenting sx in cirrhotics
✅Albumin: essential in SBP & HRS, yet may increase mortality if no clear indication
⁉️Did you miss this year's
@AmCollegeGastro
or
@AASLDtweets
?! 🥲 - no worries! We got you!! 🤩 Join us tomorrow (in person or virtual) in our
@SLUgastro
annual "Best of ACG & AASLD" presented by outstanding faculty and guest speakers!! 🔊
Thanks to Dr.
@AasmaShaukatMD
for a keynote
@AmCollegeGastro
#VGR
talk on "Quality metrics in colonoscopy"
⏯ADR, PDR, SSDR, and IRR are important quality indictors
📝Measure & track ADR
🧭ADR for 45-49yo is lower than that for 50-55 & 50-75 (AR 3-7%)
🛠Many tools are availabl⬇️
First-year
#GIFellows
: Join us for the FREE First-Year Fellows Program! Taking place in July or August, hear about upper and lower endoscopy, and case-based endoscopic intervention. Four different date options available! For more:
#GITwitter
#Endoscopy
1/ Collated thread for new GI fellows
⭐️GI Fellow Resources ⭐️
▪️Websites
▪️Guidelines
▪️Apps
▪️Podcasts
▪️Textbooks
▪️Board study
▪️Social media
📲 (hyperlinked 📄)
#GITwitter
#ACG2022
day 2️⃣, and an excellent opening talk by
@drfolamay
✨ summarizing CRC guidelines & addressing inequities in screening utilization. ⚠️ 👨🏾💼👨🏻💼
3️⃣ 3rd most common cancer
2️⃣ 2nd cause of cancer related death
1️⃣ 1 in 3 adults not screened for CRC
#GITwitter
@AmCollegeGastro
Had a 👀 - what a fabulous & varied programme 👏👏
@DrSamirAShah1
This 👇particular one really caught my eye (despite not
#IBD
😊)
Too ⏰ for this year - 🤞will be there in 2023
Yasss 🥳🥳🥳
Long over-due BUT better late than never !
✅ Patients w Medicare who need a colonoscopy after positive FIT will now NOT have to pay for the test !
👏👏 to our
#GI
organizations for their endless efforts &
#Advocacy
@AmCollegeGastro
@ASGEendoscopy
@AmerGastroAssn
Join GI program directors and current
#GIfellows
for a special Virtual Grand Rounds for the
#FutureofGI
!
GI & Hepatology Fellowship Match Application – Tips & Tricks For Prospective Fellowship Applicants
Wednesday, April 26 @ 8pm ET
Register ➡️
Honored to attend
@blackingastro
meeting last night & to know more about the association's incredible mission, and to become a member.
For all
#DEI
&
#HCD
advocates, I highly recommend becoming a part of this amazing family!
Thankful to
@drfolamay
&
@SophieBalzoraMD
#ACG2022
🤔Interested in learning more about Advanced Interventional & Therapeutic Endoscopy and promoting related healthcare outcomes?! 💭⏭️ Don't miss applying for
@FITE_endoscopy
membership or registering for this 🔥 DDW event!! 🔭
Current & Prospective Interventional Endoscopy Fellows
Register May 6th 6:30pm-9:30 pm
Connect with the Interventional Experts
DDW event exclusively for you!
Social hour 630-730, case based rapid 🔥 discussions
#GITwitter
#MedEd
#Endoscopy
#GIFellows
Pearls of wisdom on "conducting research as a busy clinician" by Dr. Kamath✨
🎯Find ur niche & become an expert
🙌🏽Career & job should overlap
🔍Observe, study dx, & ask questions
🤝Find collaborators & mentors
⏳Find time and make research priority
#ACG2022
#GITwitter
"Careful, prospective controlled studies are needed, but at present cannabis does not appear to cause acute liver injury or to exacerbate preexisting liver disease.
Likelihood score: E (Unlikely cause of clinically apparent liver injury)."