Sophie Balzora, MD, FACG
@SophieBalzoraMD
GI doc. ABGH Prez. #DiversityinGI cofounder. #DEI Cmte Chair, ACG. Alum @Princeton|@GWSMHS|@ColumbiaMed|@nyugrossman. Mom|Wife|🇭🇹|Marathoner. #BlackinGastro
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https://nyulangone.org/doctors/1487813994/sophie-m-balzora 11-04-2013 21:53:31
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ABGH is growing. And so is the need to tailor our programming and resources to those woefully underrepresented in #medicine - esp in #leadership positions, high academic rank & #research : #Blackwomen .
Partner with us to be the change we seek.
#abghnexus24 #blackwomeninmedicine
🚨New pub alert
Asaf Maoz Matt Yurgelun, MD Sapna Syngal, MD
GI Cancer Precursor Conditions & Their Detection
🔑Many GI cancer arise from precursor conditions
⭐️This presents an opportunity for early cancer prevention & interception
sciencedirect.com/science/articl…
Dana-Farber Division of Population Sciences
Anirban Maitra
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
Many proud moments Dadasaheb Wadikar. One in particular that deserves 👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾 is the presentation by Stony Brook Medicine MS4 Anuj Gupta when he presented work on improving health care disparities in colorectal cancer!! Stony Brook Proud
Beyond inspired by these AMAZING women!✨I thank you all for your dedication to the patient community! Working together for the advancement of health equity! #ABGHSummit24
#ibdadvocate #IBD #HealthEquity
#DDW2024 ABGH Donna Cryer Janese Laster, MD Melodie Narain-Blackwell
Congrats to ABGH Prez, Sophie Balzora, MD, FACG, for being awarded the American Gastroenterological Association (AGA) Distinguished Service Award in
Diversity, Equity and Inclusion! 👏🏾
#blackingastro at #DDW2024
#diversityingi #healthequity #DEI
It’s a wrap!
What a time we had in DC for all things #blackingastro & #DDW2024 . It’s a phenomenal thing to realize hard work coming to fruition & to grow our ABGH community one member and ally at a time! 🙏🏾🫶🏿
The future of #diversityinGI is BRIGHT!
instagram.com/reel/C7OzA20u8…
Congratulations, Sophie Balzora, MD, FACG! We’re appreciative of all you do to achieve health equity.
Two amazing WashU Internal Medicine Residency Program Shannon Coombs and Mohamad Dbouk presenting their research at #DDW2024
Biosimilars can and should be continued in pregnancy. Sounds obvious but ? comes up a lot! Work from PIANO by Millie Long with a poster of distinction award from Digestive Disease Week
A role model like no other.
Thank you for all you do for the #futureofgi , Dr. Christie (Dr Jennifer Christie)!
#blackingastro #diversityingi
Very honored to share results about racial disparities in PSC Digestive Disease Week
👉🏼 Similar mortality rates between both groups
👉🏼White patients are more likely to develop IBD, cirrhosis, and undergo liver transplantation
👉🏼Black patients are more likely to undergo re-transplantation