Now that AI anime is trending… here’s the Cedars GI motility MDs in one frame! Left➡️right: Drs. Huang, Lim, Kamboj, Chang, Wongjarupong, Rezaie, Chan, and Pimentel

Congratulations are in store for UTSW Gastroenterology Fellowship alum Phillip Gu 🏆 winning the ACG Junior Faculty Development Award! Future is bright 🤩

The #ScrubsNHeels25 Break the Glass Ceiling🏆 #DrNimishaParekh 🪜Started the SAIL program to empower 👩🏻‍⚕️ to pursue leadership roles 💎Lessons learned -Know if your organization supports your why -Don’t hide,Shine -Know who are the decision makers in your🏥 -Don’t react, reflect

IBD/IBS overlap is common and challenging. Here is a practical guide for the evaluation and diagnosis led by Jane Lim pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC10… #IBSawarenessmonth

Very lively Harino Symposium on Eosinophilic GI Disorders! ⭐️ Food allergy testing 🚫 identify food triggers in EOE ⭐️ Severe EOE is less likely to respond to topical steroids, track severity w/I-SEE ⭐️Less frequent EGD surveillance for EOE in remission #ddw2025 Digestive Disease Week

How to manage refractory SIBO? Mark Pimentel MD 💡Is it even SIBO? 🦠 💡Address the underlying cause-SIBO is a secondary process 💡Don’t be lazy, work it up! 🙌 💡Target the microtype: SIBO, IMO, ISO 💡Prokinetics to prevent relapse 💡Biofilm busters ie NAC #DDW2025 Digestive Disease Week

Very interesting talk by my awesome colleague Amrit Kamboj, MD on the small bowel microbiome changes in GERD and Barrett’s Esophagus! 🦠Digestive Disease Week MAST Research Program

Looking forward to abstract Mo1412 from Dr Kennedy at UT southwestern today at 12:30. Also studying the importance of three gas breath testing and hydrogen sulfide. But also the benefits after treatment.

Excellent talk by Kyle Staller, MD, MPH on Refractory Constipation 🚽 🌟Abdominal pain & bloating usually 🚫 improve w/TAC 🌟Calorie restriction ⬇️ colonic transit- an overlooked modifiable cause 🌟Assess for rectal evac d/o including structural issues from long-term constipation💩

Very proud of our amazing GI Motility Fellow Nicha Wongjarupong who presented her anorectal research with Ali Rezaie MD MSc at the Digestive Disease Week! She is a future ⭐️ in Motility and will soon bring all her expertise to Thailand 🇹🇭!

🚨 We're hiring! GI motility program Cedars-Sinai is looking for a Clinical Dietitian II to join our multi-disciplinary neurogastromotility team. Passionate about gut health, microbiome, nutrition, and trailblazing innovation? This role is for you. 🔗 careers.cshs.org/job/beverly-hi…

When your scoping game is strong but your twinning game is stronger! 👯 Shoutout to our current (left) and future chief GI fellow (right)! 🏥Raj Anand Cedars-Sinai Academic Medicine Kavya Reddy MD Aarshi Vipani MD

♥️ is full after fantastic 2nd annual Chief Fellows' Course. It has been a privilege to direct with Ariel Aday & Becky Matro MD. Unwavering support from Amy Oxentenko MD, Mohammad Bilal, MD, and entire ACG leadership! Conversations were 🔥🔥🔥! #FutureofGI 💪💩💪💩

Full circle moment to be talking at the ACG Chief Fellows course, 5 years after my chief fellow year at UTSW Gastroenterology Fellowship 🏥 The best part was seeing my amazing former APD (now PD) Ariel Aday and meeting the future Chief Ehi!! ♥️ #parklandstrong

Thank you ACG, ACG Trainee Committee Mohammad Bilal, MD, and course directors Ariel Aday, Becky Matro MD, and Adam C. Ehrlich, MD, MPH, FACG for hosting an incredible Chief Fellows Course! I got to meet an amazing a set of Chief Fellows! Looking forward to a great year UVA GI Hep!

Wrapped up an aweosme weekend at the Chief Fellows Course! Learned about leadership styles, conflict resolution, building a brand & reputation while connecting with other chief fellows from across 🇺🇸Thank you ACG for investing in the future of our field!

This slide from Dr. Chris Almario at today’s ACG Clinical Research Program highlights the unpredictability of NIH peer review. Shows example where a reviewer mistakenly claimed a grant lacked an “experienced GI with expertise in IBS” when there were 5 on the grant!

New study questions antispasmodics in IBD: they may not ease pain and could lead to worse outcomes, including more opioid use. Time to rethink reflex prescribing. Focus on treating the cause, not just the symptom. onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/ap…