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If the Risankizumab trial in pts with CD included pts 16-80 why is it not FDA approved 16 and up????

If you want to teach your kids about Star Wars do you start with episode 1 and go straight through or should I start with episode 4?

Everyone should be worried about this. Thank you to Sallie Permar MD PhD and my friend Dr. Bob Vinci via STAT for bringing attention to the issue of plummeting interest in pediatrics statnews.com/2024/04/02/too…

I love dictating my clinic notes. “Upadacitinib” came out as “poop to cinnamon”. Glad I was paying attention.

Study finds no loss of efficacy or safety in #children switching from #infliximab originator to #biosimilar for #IBD treatment. Significant cost savings observed. Ross Maltz, MD bit.ly/49F4WRT #CME

Someone reached out suggesting I compile a summary of #IBD H2H trials His suggestion motivated me to complete the one I had 🌟So, here it is over 35 trials. Hope it proves helpful! ibd-eii.com/ibdcheatsheet You'll have to access the website to view it in full. Happy to add

Ever want to get out of a convo with a pharmaceutical rep? Just tell them you are a Pediatric Gastroenterologist and they run away from you quickly.

Conferences should embrace the airlines model and allow me to upgrade my chair to a more comfortable chair. 🛋️

Solution to get Adult GI doctors to do proactive TDM for anti-TNFs= take away their ability to use other biologics (like in peds bc not fda approved) than they will be forced to improve their ability to optimize anti-TNFs

A Very Successful NCH outing at DDW!!! Great weather. Nationwide Children's Clinical & Research Updates

I completed a P2P today for a patient with VEOIBD that is not responding to adalimumab and switching to Stelara. The P2P wanted to know why I was only asking for 1 infusion and wanted to know my long term plan after the infusion. This system is so broken.

So sad to see my mentee, GI fellow, researcher, and friend Sam Paglinco, DO graduate and move on to great things. I know we will keep in touch especially since we have a research meeting on July 2nd. Picture from a card she gave me. A picture of us holding her research award.

Firearm violence is now the leading cause of death among children and adolescents. This is a heartbreaking milestone we should never accept as normal. Surgeongeneral.gov/firearm-violen…

Another insurance/specialty pharmacy issue that makes no sense. Script for injections every 4 weeks. PA approved. Specialty pharmacy will only fill the script exactly on the 28th day and not a few days early. Thus it gets to the patient a few days late every month.

Multi-society letter to Dr. Robert M. Califf on draft guidance for developing Rx for IBD requests new study paradigm for creating more pediatric IBD treatment options. Read the letter. d1pij0k2lbf86p.cloudfront.net/wp-content/upl…

🌱 Histoplasmosis in pediatric #IBD is rare but often severe. ✅ Despite prolonged therapy, outcomes were good. ⚠️ Managing IBD meds during treatment remains challenging. #Pediatrics #openaccess Ross Maltz, MD Hilary Michel MD onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/jp… onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/jp…

The NFL needs a contingency for plan where to play the Rams vs Vikings game because of the firers. #NFL How about playing it in #StLouis

Hemospray in infant scope? YES! Winkie et al from Nationwide Children's Hospital: #Hemospray delivered through a 2.2mm channel scope for #GIBleed, expanding Tx options for small kids and those with atypical anatomy. ##GITwitter #Endoscopy #MedTwitter How?->bit.ly/4jv0laN

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