Dr. Anjeli Manam MD at @pennmedicine wins poster of distinction at Digestive Disease Week #DDW2025 💪🏽💩American Gastroenterological Association (AGA) @PennGIHep

Dr. Jessica Vadaketh wins poster of distinction on Gastric Intestinal Metaplasia at Digestive Disease Week #DDW2025 @PennGIHep 🔥🔥🔥

Congrats to Aasma Shaukat MD MPH on her Distinguished Endoscopic Research Mentoring Award presented at the 2025 #ASGECrystalAwards. Such a well-deserved honor for this remarkable leader! #BOOM! 💥 ASGE GI Endoscopy #ASGE2025 #DDW2025

And #DDW2025 is officially in the books! Research, advocacy, & policy sessions filled my ☕️ Inspired and energized by American Gastroenterological Association (AGA) #AGAGastroSquad as always 🔥

What a @ddwmeeting! 🤩 Thank you to our #AGAGastroSquad near and far for attending #DDW2025 and visiting us at AGA Central! We had a fantastic time connecting with familiar faces and meeting new ones! Stay in touch for more opportunities to make a difference and to advance GI.

A new study examined associations between race/ethnicity & health care use for long-term management of inflammatory bowel disease (IBD). Findings reveal lower health care use for marginalized racial/ethnic groups compared to white Americans.

Read more: pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/40167040/ CC: James Lewis Shazia Siddique MD MS Crohn's & Colitis Foundation AJG - The American Journal of Gastroenterology

Welcome and congrats Bubu Banini, MD PhD as a 25-26 NASEM Health scholar for diagnostic excellence! ⭐️ can't wait to see what you accomplish! Yale Digestive Diseases

Stellar work from Shazia Siddique MD MS sharing her National Academy of Medicine project to improve evaluation of iron deficiency anemia 🤩

Dr. Matt Nielsen, MD presents his impressive work in moving the needle on prostate cancer screening & disparities for his NASEM Health National Academy of Medicine scholars program 🔥 UNC Hospitals Helen Burstin, MD (@helenburstinmd.medsky.social)

🎉 Congratulations to the class of 2025 GI fellows for finishing their training! Watch for a special message from AGA leaders Larry Kim, Fola May, MD PhD, Bianca Islam, MD, PhD, and Shazia Siddique MD MS as they welcome the newest GIs to the next step in their careers.

AGA is proud to have been selected for a CMSS grant to reassess race-based recommendations in our clinical practice guidelines, starting with Barrett’s esophagus. Thank you Shazia Siddique MD MS for leading this important work!

The Supreme Court ruled today that preventive services recommended by the USPSTF must be provided at no cost, ensuring coverage for services like CRC screening. However, the long-term impacts of this decision remain uncertain. We will continue to evaluate. ow.ly/zeq550WhLc8

Our VERY 1️⃣class of genGI fellows graduated.Happy tears where everywhere 🥹 Mariam Naveed, MD’s unwavering resilience& tireless commitment built this program from ground up,& sky’s the limit. 💕She’s so deserving of this award & more Congrats to these two super⭐️⭐️.Go represent 💪

Basically, the 6 minute withdrawal time was never legit Two looks in the right (or retroflex) better Now Two looks in the left

🚨 We’ve been awarded a grant from CMSS to reassess race-based recommendations in our Barrett’s esophagus screening guideline. This work, led by Shazia Siddique MD MS, will shape equity-focused guideline revisions. Read more here: ow.ly/mZIZ50WjbcU #GItwitter

Great to have Michelle Kim and Dr. David Ramsay in town to advocate for improvements to GI patient care with lawmakers as a part of Specialty Docs #ASMFLYIN!

Thank you to SheilaRustgiMD and other Specialty Docs colleagues for advocating with lawmakers on issues impacting patient care like prior auth, Medicare reimbursement, and more during #ASMFLYIN.