Walter Chan, MD, MPH
@walterchanmd
Director, GI Motility / Clinical Research Education @BrighamGI @BrighamWomens | Associate Professor @HarvardMed | @WUSTL @WUSTLmed @WashUIMRes @HarvardHSPH alum
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https://connects.catalyst.harvard.edu/Profiles/display/Person/7519 03-07-2009 17:28:05
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Starting the meeting like any other morning lol - Walter Chan, MD, MPH Brigham and Women's GI #BWHMotility talking about the role of upfront testing in extraesophageal #reflux. The torch is passing! #DDW2024
GERD debates start at #DDW2024 . Great talks by Walter Chan, MD, MPH and Prakash Gyawali.
Another great Digestive Disease Week with the amazing #BWHMotility team! Congratulations to everyone for the phenomenal job in preparing & presenting our research at #DDW2024 🙌 Grateful to have the best team and thank you all for the hard work! ❤️
Honored to visit & speak at CUHK Medicine & Sun Yat Sen University last week, and attend the International #LPR Working Group Meeting. It was great to see friends & colleagues, and to meet local experts in the field. Personal bonus for getting to spend some (brief) time at home!
How much do GLP-1 agonists affect gastric emptying? Our study in AJG - The American Journal of Gastroenterology: 🍳Solids: ⬆️emptying half-time of ~36 minutes 🥤Liquids: No significant delay Gastric emptying delay by GLP-1 meds appears mild relative to standard pre-anesthesia fasting ⏰ 📕doi.org/10.14309/ajg.0…
Another great Michigan GI Society meeting Great 🔑 Note by Walter Chan, MD, MPH on 🔥 topic looking at #GLP1 and impact on gut- Friend or Foe? Take Homes ⬇️ Save the date for 2025- June 20-22! Cant beat #GI updates in Northern Michigan 🍒 migisocietymeeting.org
Amazing lineup at the 3rd Annual Michigan GI Society Meeting. ✅ Walter Chan, MD, MPH "GLP-1: Friend or Foe" ✅ Peter Higgins “The Evolving IBD Toolbox” ✅ Douglas G. Adler MD, FASGE, FACG, AGAF “Mgment of Acute Pancreatitis” ✅ #HEPBGOAT #AnnaLok Non-Invasive Eval of Liver Dis” See you June 20, 2025 Traverse City
Faced by a challenging esophageal case? Or curious how others would treat it? Join us this Friday for a fun talk about EGJOO and cardio-GI by Dany Raad & Jennifer X. Cai, MD MPH Moderated by Anh Nguyen, MD Walter Chan, MD, MPH Wai-Kit Lo, MD MPH AGAF Joshua A. Sloan, DO Salih Samo MD, MSci, FACP||Esophagologist
May body composition affect EGJ function assessment? Our study in AJG - The American Journal of Gastroenterology📕 found that EGJ opening measured by #FLIP & #manometry are more often discordant in patients w/ ⬆️#BMI 👉⬇️EGJ opening on FLIP but normal manometry is more common w/ ⬆️BMI 🔗doi.org/10.14309/ajg.0…
Walter Chan, MD, MPH's excellent overview at #ANMS2024 🥇No single, universal "gold standard" metric for an obstructive physiology or "true" obstruction 🧪Armamentarium of tests may often have discordant results: HRM (with provocative maneuvers), barium studies, FLIP (CONTD)
Thanks so much Houston Methodist MD for highlighting our work in AJG - The American Journal of Gastroenterology. Always great to work with colleagues from Brigham and Women's GI and contribute to the growing literature regarding the safety of #GLP
Walter Chan, MD, MPH’s team reports the utility of #Egd in patients with #LPR sxs #Esocrew