Successful negotiating strategies from Anita Afzali MD, MPH, MHCM, FACG, AGAF to get a “yes” after you hear a “no” Be prepared with a: 1️⃣ SWAT analysis 2️⃣ Business plan 3️⃣ Value proposition They’re expecting it!

Thank you Lauren Feld for your amazing work in #parentalleave 👏🏽👏🏽 Some staggering stats: 🚨 IM residents list concerns re: having a family as reason to not go into GI 🚨⬆️ overnight call and ⬆️ time standing in 3rd trimester correlated with 👎🏽 impact on pregnancy

#GritNGlam is changing the system to allow women to thrive rather than making women change to fit into a system not built for us Be the leader you need ✅Find mentors & be a mentor ✅Find sponsors & be a sponsor Scrubs & Heels

Negotiation tips with Chau Che, MD Soniaknarang 1️⃣ Get a physician contract lawyer! The ROI is worth it. They know the data 📊 2️⃣ Just being a 👩🏽‍⚕️woman in GI is valuable 3️⃣ Ask to be ~75th %ile… a reasonable goal is be be at 50th %ile. Even as a fresh grad 👩🏻‍🎓

Tips to Lead A Meeting Like A Boss with Anita Afzali MD, MPH, MHCM, FACG, AGAF Rina Sanghavi,MD,MBA 1️⃣ Have an agenda 📄…with no more than 3 items 2️⃣ Have a way to pause ✋ the louder voices “I am going to cut you” 3️⃣ Most of the work of the meeting is done before or after the meeting.

So many valuable and life changing messages at #ScrubsNHeels24 💎 A thoughtful no is better than a yes (and not delivering) 💎 In the 🥶 ➡️ ask a ? 💎 Sit at the table & bring a 🪑 💎 Set boundaries & stick to them 💎 Always ask! Will never know if you don’t ask! #GritNGlam

Such a great talk by Jill Gaidos, MD on fertility and pregnancy🤰🏻in #IBD Medication considerations: 💊prior to conception, stop MTX >3mo, S1P1 >3mo, JAKi >1mo 💊if on sulfasalazine, ⬆️folic acid to 2mg/day 💊taper off steroids 💊continue biologics

#EbMed24 Are IL23 the next therapeutic revolution in #Crohns? #DrMarlaDubinski 🔺shockingly Risankizumab: 1st trial to have endoscopic response as an endpoint (> 50% change in SES-CD) in bio-naive 🔺SEQUENCE in TNFi-exposed : Endo remission at week 12 (SES-CD<4)

#EbMed Maia Kayal MD decodes #Pouchitis lingo 🔺Acute/chronic/refractory/Crohns like👇🏽 🔺Therapy algo👇🏽 🔺Vedo: 1st drug shown to be effective in pouchitis in a RCT #ERNEST 🔺UST mostly edfecitve at q4wks dosing 🔺Avoid agents not effective prior to ✂️

Great talk from Dr.Seminerio on resources for treating IBD at Crohn’s and Colitis’s IBD Pro!

Amazing talk from Dr.Kinnucan on alternative and complementary treatments in #IBD!

Welcome to the 2024-2025 Associate Editors of ACG Case Reports Journal! #GIfellows

ACGCRJ Associate Editor Spotlight: Sonya Bhaskar, MD University of South Florida Each month, we will introduce you to one of our valued Associate Editors--learn about their professional interests and personal fun facts! SonyaB Prateek Harne MBBS, MD Nadeem Yousaf

An amazing resource!

FC levels show varying correlations with inflammation depending on the specific bowel segment that is affected Patients with #CD assessed by VCE Very useful to have these cutoffs ✅ proximal SB FC>=77 ✅distal SB FC >= 123 ✅ colonic FC>=291 Congratulations, this is a very

🚨 New #Hpylori guidelines are available! 🔹 Focus on: • Updated tx recs • Antibiotic testing • Post-tx test for eradication confirmation William Chey Shailja Shah, MD MPH ACG AJG - The American Journal of Gastroenterology

Amazing time helping chair FL Gastro Society annual event with the inaugural ultrasound intro course! TY InternationalBowelUS for bringing this emerging technique to the US. Thank you Jami Kinnucan, MD, FACG, AGAF, FCCF and Angela Pham my cochairs!!

Our new publication in JACC Journals highlights the outcomes of PPM placement during pregnancy. jacc.org/doi/10.1016/j.… Faisal Merchant Birju Rao, MD MSc Neal Kumar Bhatia Mikhael El-Chami Emory Cardiology Fell🫀ws