Superior outcomes with terlipressin, but will be important for us Americans to become familiar with the adverse effects (of which there are usually more) as well. #livertwitter

Check NUDT15 in addition to TPMT in select patients when starting Azathioprine..data in IBD likely applicable to other GI diseases such as AIH and AIP #Guild2020 Edward Loftus

Due to unforeseen circumstances, we will have an opening next year (2020-1) for NYP (Columbia/Cornell) liver transplant fellowship - if you have anyone who is interested and finished IM residency or GI fellowship, DM/email me - #livertwitter do your thing.

Elevated liver enzymes (eg ALT) can be caused by: 1️⃣viruses 2️⃣critical illness 3️⃣medications Elevated ALT ≠ liver failure We can tolerate elevated liver enzymes to treat #covid19! Excluding people with abnormal liver enzymes!? From treatment/trials!? Disagree #livertwitter

I 100% agree with Governor Newsom’s order to shelter in california, shows bold and necessary leadership. Now i hope state will get a widespread stategy of #COVID19 testing and isolation rolled out. Lets #FlattenTheCurve

It's in the Poop: For months our GI community has been raising the alarm about risk of fecal spread of #COVID19. But we've mostly heard crickets in response. Today, CDC posted this new report of finding live virus in stool *weeks* after symptom onset: wwwnc.cdc.gov/eid/article/26….

Ali Alsadi, a #COVID-19 survivor, “That was the moment I realized that I was dead and then come back to life again,” The ECMO team UC San Diego Health saving lives and living the public service mission of University of California Health.👏🏼 On the bleeding edge of the COVID-19 fight sandiegouniontribune.com/news/health/st…

Join our very own Samir Gupta, MD on #gijc this Wednesday 8pm EST. #GITwitter

Thinking of #GIfellowship? Think about UCSD Gastroenterology. We have great fellows, amazing faculty, and #AmericasFinestCity

Liver fat reduction >=30% is associated with histologic improvement providing further evidence that MRI-PDFF can be used in non-invasive monitoring of treatment response in early-phase #NASH clinical trials. CGH Rohit Loomba #LiverTwitter cghjournal.org/article/S1542-…

+10000 Also for those of us in the U.S., follow the link to find free #HepD testing via Quest Diagnostics

🚫end-stage liver disease Let’s just stop using this term 👉can upset patients 👉always imprecise 👉often incorrect

Unexpected email of the week goes to…

hear, hear!

I remember these very same faces on my first day of GI fellowship many years ago—absolute rockstars in endoscopy!

It’s official! After an extensive national search, we are beyond excited to announce that our very own Rohit Loomba will be our next Division Chief of UCSD Gastroenterology !

One of the Crown Jewels of our training program!

What an amazing talk by UC San Francisco faculty Jessica Rubin as she visits us UCSD Gastroenterology for San Diego Digestive Diseases Research Center seminar and grand rounds!