#Houston made the cover in this issue, including work by Hashem el- Serag BCMHouston BCM Department of Medicine BCM Gastroenterology #hepatology #cancer

LDLT is growing in the US, but not all patients have equal access--financial toxicity presents a major barrier. Check out our article published in American Journal of Transplantation this week where we discuss financial barriers and propose potential solutions:

amjtransplant.org/article/S1600-…

Congratulations to our AASLD Foundation Abstract Awardees who presented their research at #DDW2024 .

'As medical schools serve a major gatekeeping role in diversifying the physician workforce and ultimately meeting the needs of vulnerable populations, there are a few ways in which medical schools can be actively engaged in improving TGNB visibility.' loom.ly/Mv-yPgE

That's my city and my team BCM Gastroenterology !

Thank you #DDW2024 for a wonderful conference👏

✅present abstracts with George Cholankeril Kira Newman, MD, PhD Marcel Yibirin, MD, MPH Rainbows in Gastro et al

✅MTE with Dr. Benda whitmanwalker & Elizabeth King Goacher, PA-C, AF-AASLD (she/her)

✅moderate 🤖AI session with atoosa hashemi

✅catch up with #LiverTiwtter #GITwitter

Naltrexone in AUD and liver disease:

🥇Should be 1st line

🔹Start: 50 mg daily, also available as monthly subcutaneous

🔹Use freely in Child’s A/B, ⚠️ in C but benefits will probably outweigh the theoretical risks as 🍸is ☠️for liver

#AGAGastroSquad AASLD Digestive Disease Week

If you were at DDW2024, you know what a phenomenal educator and lecturer Atoosa Rabiee is.

Plus- another reason to be in beautiful Washington DC 🏙️🌸

Register below 👇

Join us and spread the word! Joining with faith communities to educate marginalized communities about liver health. Global Liver Institute AASLD American Liver Foundation National Fatty Liver Foundation Color of Gastrointestinal Illnesses African Association Of Future Gastroenterologists Enon Tabernacle Mother Bethel AME Mt. Hermon A.M.E.C. Mount Zion Church Ebenezer Baptist Church Black Enterprise

This is an important paper please take a quick read you will learn a lot regarding screen failure rates in Nash trials and what to do about it AASLD Digestive Disease Week EASLnews

Thanks to our all 🌟speakers @gracesu15 Mamatha Bhat Jin Ge
and my co-pilot moderator Atoosa Rabiee for this wonderful 🤖 #AI session Digestive Disease Week

Also shout out to AASLD #CommAndTech committee 🪑 Neeral Shah for the support 🙌

#LiverTwitter #DDW2024 #GITwitter

Delighted to coauthor this Consensus paper: 'Cerebellum and Reward' with Prof Mario Manto and colleagues. We reviewed:
✅ Catecholamine signaling in the dentate for #reward and #cognition (ErikCarlsonLab)
✅ #Cerebellum and autism (@PeterTs86867880)
✅ Impulse control behaviors in

Good morning #ddw2024 ! ☀️☕️

Join us at room 202A at 8 AM today (5/21 Tuesday) to learn all the exciting future of 🤖 #AI in Hepatology

⭐️Moderators: Howard T. Lee MD Atoosa Rabiee

⭐️Speaker: Mamatha Bhat Jin Ge Grace Su

#LiverTwitter #GITwitter

We are doing a disservice to our patients with ALD when < 20% admitted patients receive pharmacotherapy for AUD on discharge. Rx for AUD therapy should be in the wheelhouse of gastroenterologists and hepatologists alike

Fantastic presentation by Allison Kwong on alcohol use disorder pharmacotherapy in patients with liver disease at #DDW2024

#livertwitter

Yes, two 👍 👍 up‼️
We know pretty well what is wrong. Let us go fix it.

Great presentation by Russell Rosenblatt of Weill Cornell GI at #DDW2024

Action plan to eliminate disparities in liver disease!

#Livertwitter #GITwitter

What an incredible and fun event! Amazing to have the opportunity to network with LGBTQIA+ GIs and trainees from around the world!

Thank you colleagues and allies for coming to the diversity symposium at Digestive Disease Week #DDW2024 ! MGH Division of Gastroenterology MGH Equity and Community Health Harvard Medical School

“You can’t be what you don’t see.”

I thought I was a 🦄 - S Asian gay hepatologist and no one like me existed. Happy to know I’m just a 🐴surrounded by this wonderful community. So proud! 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️