Study findings report suboptimal breast (45%), cervical (51%) & colorectal (40%) cancer screenings in federally qualified health centers (FQHCs) serving 28.6 million low-income US residents, calling for a national priority to improve screenings in FQHCs. ja.ma/44sjUcP

Congrats Mouhand Mohamed, MD, MSc! More grease to your elbows

Thrilled to have hosted patient advocate & colorectal cancer survivor Allison Rosen (Allison Rosen, MS) for our first GI Grand Rounds focused on the patient perspective! 💙
🗣️ Her story inspired fellows, faculty, nurses and staff
🙏 A heartfelt thank you to Allison
🌟 Mayo Clinic, where

One of the most inspiring talks. Discussing our patients’ journey with Crohn’s and Colon Cancer - a perspective we often don’t have the privilege to experience as physicians

🎉 Big thanks to American Cancer Society & Mayor Kim Norton City of Rochester MN!
🌟Her #CRCAwareness proclamation at the Hope Lodge was inspiring!
ColoRectal Cancer remains a leading cause of cancer BUT can be prevented by screening. 
Spread awareness ✅
Thank you Derek Ebner M.D. Mayo Clinic GI

Phenomenal team. Spectacular product!

#MedTwitter #GITwitter #AIcommunity

🔥!

#colorectalcancer in Africa workshop

Ahmad.Madkour will discuss endoscopic mucosal resection (EMR) and endoscopic submucosal dissection (ESD) training in Africa: how & where?

🗓️ Feb 25th - March 1st, 2024

🔊Registration:
globalgastrofoundation.org

📍 Kano, Nigeria

#GITwitter

#CGH4ALL original article in CGH

'Achalasia is Strongly Associated With EoE & Other Allergic Disorders' by Reddy et al.

Could Achalasia be allergy-driven?

💮47.6% had ≥1 allergic disorder, more likely in age<40
💮RR of 32.9 for EoE (6.5%)

🔗cghjournal.org/article/S1542-…

Impactful work from the Chandrasekhara lab here at Mayo!! Vinay Chandrasekhara, MD Jad AbiMansour, MD

Dr. Patrick Kamath at #ISGCON2023 sharing pearls of wisdom like only he can!
#clutchperformer

⁦Darrell Gray, II, MD, MPH, FACG⁩ Thanks for visiting ⁦Mayo Clinic Gastroenterology & Hepatology⁩ and for the inspiring talk. ⁦ABGH⁩ ⁦@JeanFoxMD⁩

A truly inspiring and impactful lecture by Darrell Gray, II, MD, MPH, FACG for Mayo Clinic Gastroenterology & Hepatology conference!! 💫

Education, reunions and networking galore at the ASGE GI Endoscopy First Year Fellows’ Course!

What an honor to be faculty with such great endoscopy teachers —can’t wait for tomorrow for more hands on teaching/learning!

Also, 🤩finally got to meet Samir C. Grover, MD IRL! #fangirl

Good luck to all the applicants this year!! Halim BouDaher Ameya Deshmukh DO Jay Shah, DO, MS 🤞🏼 #GITwitter

Welcome 1st year Mayo Clinic Gastroenterology & Hepatology fellows to the wonderful world of GI and Hepatology!!

Good luck on your 1st day tomorrow!! You got this!!! 🌟

Evidence-Based GI: An ACG Publication (EBGI) Douglas Corley Jeff Lee T. R. Levin Aasma Shaukat MD MPH Carol Burke Bryan Sauer MD MSc Douglas K. Rex, MD KPNorthernCal KPNorthernCalGI Evidence-Based GI Doc Fola May, MD PhD Peter Liang, MD MPH Timothy Zaki, MD Nastazja Pilonis rodrigo jover Doug Robertson Mark B. Pochapin, MD Colon Cancer Coalition Colorectal Cancer Alliance Jason Dominitz, MD, MHS Keith Siau Robert Hüneburg Enrik Aguila Samir C. Grover, MD Mark Lewis Francesc Balaguer Healio Gastroenterology Tyler Berzin MD, FASGE Rashid Lui 雷諾信 Baha Fawwaz Journal of Gastroenterology and Hepatology Steven Bollipo Harry Thomas Don Portocarrero Sushil Ahlawat, MD, FACP Shima Ghavimi RKeswaniMD Artin Galoosian, MD, MA (he/him/his) Camille Soroudi, MD Megan R.M. Aaronson (McLeod), MD MSc Results
📊Pre-Training Period
▶️133, 225 🔦(23.8% for CRC Screening)
▶️ADR = 29.2%

📊Post-Training Period
▶️144,786 🔦(19.4% for CRC Screening)
▶️ADR = 35.5%

🔑ADR rose 6.3%
🔑Each 1% increase in ADR = 4% decrease in PCCRC risk
🔑ADR increase highest in GIs with pre-ADR <29.2%

Check out our paper on ERCP outcomes in IBD patients over a 12 year period! Thanks to everyone involved to make this happen.

Antonio Cheesman, MD Eugene Nwankwo Jr, MD Parth M Desai SLU Gastroenterology & Hepatology SLU Internal Medicine Residency
#GITwitter #ERCP #IBD

link.springer.com/article/10.100…

Had a great time presenting our project on adverse events in patients undergoing per-oral endoscopic myotomy vs heller myotomy. Grateful to have such great mentors!

Antonio Cheesman, MD Parth M Desai Eugene Nwankwo Jr, MD SLU Gastroenterology & Hepatology SLU Internal Medicine Residency #DDW2023

'When I was in medical school, I was taught that colon cancer was the disease of old men, and something that men got in their 70s and 80s. When I'm training my medical students today, I have to teach them very differently,' says Fola May, MD PhD Professor of Medicine UCLA Health.