Excellent job Yousaf Hadi @WVUMedicine WVU Department of Medicine presenting our study intra-gastric balloons Digestive Disease Week American Gastroenterological Association (AGA) ASGE GI Endoscopy Shyam Thakkar, MD

Excellent presentation at Digestive Disease Week by all- star AHNIMres resident Rahul Karna, MD on thermal vs mechanical #NVUGIB! Manish Dhawan Thayer Nasereddin, MD Bandhul Hans Tas Kapetanos MD #DDW2022

Congratulations to the FITE - Foundation and Shyam Thakkar, MD for an amazing turnout. So critical for the future of IE! We encourage everyone to become a member of this important cause! Shailendra Singh Neil Sharma, M.D. FASGE, FACG, AGAF Thayer Nasereddin, MD Rashmi Advani, MD, ABOM Digestive Disease Week Thaer Abdelfattah MD,MPH Talal Seoud #DDW2022

Great time learning and meeting everyone at #DDW2022. Also excellent oral presentation by Rahul Karna, MD! Aslam Syed, MD Gursimran Kochhar MD Bandhul Hans

We are happy to announce that this year we will have 20 centers performing live cases!!!!! Register now for free @ bariatricendoscopylive.com

Really enjoyed giving Medicine #GrandRounds today on #BariatricEndoscopy at SUNY Downstate ! Amazing audience , with so many questions. Realized "last minute" that so much has changed in the endoscopic management of #obesity in the past few years- quick change of slides!!😃

Big news! FDA approval for Apollo ESG – the 1st endoscopic suturing device approved specifically for obesity treatment. The rigorous FDA nod based on compelling safety/efficacy data from numerous studies, including our own data. Proud to be in this field. biospace.com/article/releas…

#ScopingSundays Divya Chalikonda Danny Issa, MD Mohammad Bilal, MD Ahmad Bazarbashi MD أحمد بازارباشي @RobertoSimonsMD Ramzi Mulki, MD Sergio A. Sánchez-Luna, MD, DABOM (He/Him/His) Raj Shah Vaibhav Wadhwa Nneka N. Ufere, MD MSCE Lizzie Aby, MD Malorie Simons Reem Sharaiha, MD MS Barham Abu Dayyeh MD MPH FASGE FAGA FAFS Chris Thompson, MD Vivek Kumbhari Christopher Chapman Austin Chiang, MD MPH FASGE FACG A3) Who are the candidates for ESG as primary obesity therapy? #ScopingSundays ➡️BMI 30-40 (though higher BMI may qualify) ➡️Poor surgical candidate ➡️Bridge to surgery (ex: transplant) Mohammad Bilal, MD Raman Muthusamy Prabhleen Chahal MD,MASGE,FACG @AThakerMD Tyler Berzin MD, FASGE @APOLLO_ENDO

Missed out on the🔥🔥🔥#ScopingSundays discussion this past weekend on “Endoscopic Sleeve Gastroplasty”? Check out the #ScopingSummary from the interactive discussion led by Danny Issa, MD, Firas Bahdi & Divya Chalikonda! Special thanks to @EHolzwanger for the summary!

Check out the Inaugural report @WVUMedicine Advanced Center for Endoscopy 2021 We continue to grow and expand in 2022 with bariatric endoscopy, surgical and third space endoscopy procedures growing exponentially flipsnack.com/wvumedicine/20… Shyam Thakkar, MD Skip Krafft, MD WVU Department of Medicine

MERIT RCT of Endoscopic Sleeve Gastroplasty in The Lancet. Congratulations to study team. Hope this procedure will significantly contribute to the management of obesity and metabolic diseases. ⁦Mayo Clinic⁩ ⁦The Lancet⁩ ⁦American Gastroenterological Association (AGA)⁩ ⁦ASGE GI Endoscopy⁩

Pleasure to have Dr Manav Sharma observe and visit @WVUMedicine Advanced Center for Endoscopy to watch endoscopic suturing, ESG, TORe, EDGE, sleeve leak internal drainage, cardiac septal occluder fistula closure, endoscopic necrosectomy, other advanced cases Shyam Thakkar, MD Aslam Syed, MD

Hopping on this trend to share #5Things I would never do as a weight loss specialist. I see so many people wasting time and money on these fads and so-called quick fixes. The real key to #WeightLoss is creating healthy, consistent habits. #5ThingsChallenge

45 is the new 50. Please talk to your doctor about getting screened. LEAD FROM BEHIND ACG ASGE GI Endoscopy AHN Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition

ACG-CAG Clinical Practice Guideline: Management of Anticoagulants and Antiplatelets During Acute Gastrointestinal Bleeding and the Periendoscopic Period Abraham, et al. 📕Guideline: bit.ly/3j24tB2 🎙️Podcast: bit.ly/3LS6dtp

Obesity medicine needs more awareness and training across medicine and associated specialists, especially GI! npr.org/sections/healt…

Eid Mubarak to you and your families!

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