What an honor to receive the Frank Burton Award! Thrilled to be part of the SLU family❤️ Thank you for all the hard work and enthusiasm you’ve always shown! We are all very proud of you and you will be so much missed! Now go be the great gastroenterologists you’ve wanted to be💪

Proud of our 🌟 fellow Umer. What an amazing accomplishment!

GIE is recognizing its top 3 reviewers of the month. Congratulations to Drs Fadi Antaki, Enrique Vazquez-Sequeiros, and Sergey V. Kantsevoy for their high reviewer ratings and quick turnaround times during the month of June. Thank you for this important contribution to GIE!

Whether this racist post on Delta’s X account was approved or unauthorized, Delta must apologize and take steps to educate its employees about this type of dangerous anti-Palestinian racism. Bigotry against Palestinian-Americans is absolutely out of control in workplaces and at

Hot off the press 🔥 📣 Our 👁️‍🗨️ metanalysis about suprapapillary (inside) stents in the official journal of SAGES is in Long Beach in 2025! EAES Take home points 🔑: 📌no clinical success difference between iPS and iMS 📌pooled AEs 9.5% 📌most common AE is cholangitis (2.2%) 📌more

📝A right step towards future accreditation of advance endoscopy fellowships.. will we have boards for AEF? 👇🏼Standards of training for AEF ✅ 80% time spend doing endoscopy ✅with at least 2 attendings ✅Min. 200 EUS + 200 ERCP + 20 EMR ✅assess competency using TEESAT

Today, the Israeli military sent this truck to Gaza, but it wasn't filled with the much-needed aid for the civilians. It rather was filled with bodies of killed Palestinians without any explanation of how, when, and where they were killed

Happening now in my city, Khan Younis, again...

My sweetheart Retaj, my niece, burst into tears on the phone with me and said, 'I need my mum, uncle. I only need my mum.

Today, Israel killed 31 Palestinian infants and children. On average, Israel kills one child every 15 minutes. -This image shows the farewell of children from the Abu Gaza family, who were killed by Israel today.

#ScopingSundays Fouad Jaber, MD, MS Wissam Kiwan M.D. Mohammad Bilal, MD Ahmad N. Bazarbashi أحمد بازارباشي Roberto Simons-Linares, MD Vaibhav Wadhwa Ramzi Mulki, MD Mohamad El Zein MD, MPH Lizzie Aby, MD Michelle Baliss, DO Rashmi Advani, MD, ABOM-D Malorie Simons Vignette 1: You are about to perform a colonoscopy on a 59-year-old woman with a history of hysterectomy and family history of colon cancer in sister. What is an optimal technique for colonoscopy insertion: A. Push around corners with adequate air insufflation and torque as you

#ScopingSundays Taranika S Das Wissam Kiwan M.D. Mohammad Bilal, MD Ahmad N. Bazarbashi أحمد بازارباشي Roberto Simons-Linares, MD Vaibhav Wadhwa Ramzi Mulki, MD Mohamad El Zein MD, MPH  Lizzie Aby, MD Michelle Baliss, DO Rashmi Advani, MD, ABOM-D Malorie Simons 🚨You Just completed a screening colonoscopy for a 55-year-old male with 5 adenomas resected. The preparation quality is adequate.🩺 When to repeat colonoscopy? 🔄 A. 3 years B. 1 year C. 5 years D. 5-10 years Saqr Alsakarneh, MD, MSc Mohammed Qasswal, MD @Ahmed_salih_md Natalie Wilson, MD

#ScopingSundays Taranika S Das Wissam Kiwan M.D. Mohammad Bilal, MD Ahmad N. Bazarbashi أحمد بازارباشي Roberto Simons-Linares, MD Vaibhav Wadhwa Ramzi Mulki, MD Mohamad El Zein MD, MPH Lizzie Aby, MD Michelle Baliss, DO Rashmi Advani, MD, ABOM-D Malorie Simons Vignette (3) 👨‍⚕️ A 55-year-old man had a screening colonoscopy. Three small polyps were resected from the ascending colon. The bowel prep score after washing was 1 + 2 + 3 = 6. Two polyps were tubular adenomas, and one was hyperplastic. When should the next colonoscopy be? 🤔 a)

#ScopingSundays Fouad Jaber, MD, MS Wissam Kiwan M.D. Mohammad Bilal, MD Ahmad N. Bazarbashi أحمد بازارباشي Roberto Simons-Linares, MD Vaibhav Wadhwa Ramzi Mulki, MD Mohamad El Zein MD, MPH  Lizzie Aby, MD Michelle Baliss, DO Rashmi Advani, MD, ABOM-D Malorie Simons Aasma Shaukat MD MPH Gastroenterology & Hepatology | NYU Langone Health Mark B. Pochapin, MD Options

Wissam Kiwan M.D. Fouad Jaber, MD, MS #ScopingSundays Taranika S Das Ahmad N. Bazarbashi أحمد بازارباشي Roberto Simons-Linares, MD Vaibhav Wadhwa Ramzi Mulki, MD Mohamad El Zein MD, MPH  Lizzie Aby, MD Michelle Baliss, DO Rashmi Advani, MD, ABOM-D Malorie Simons Saqr Alsakarneh, MD, MSc Mohammed Qasswal, MD @Ahmed_salih_md Natalie Wilson, MD American Gastroenterological Association (AGA) I think distal attachment is really helpful, not just finding polyps but also helps in removing them

#ScopingSundays Fouad Jaber, MD, MS Wissam Kiwan M.D. Mohammad Bilal, MD Ahmad N. Bazarbashi أحمد بازارباشي Roberto Simons-Linares, MD Vaibhav Wadhwa Ramzi Mulki, MD Mohamad El Zein MD, MPH Lizzie Aby, MD Michelle Baliss, DO Rashmi Advani, MD, ABOM-D Malorie Simons Aasma Shaukat MD MPH Gastroenterology & Hepatology | NYU Langone Health Mark B. Pochapin, MD Answer B Discussion: o General principles: Non-pedunculated adenomas <10 mm: Cold Snare (forceps okay for tiny ≤3 mm). Non-pedunculated adenomas 10-19 mm: Cold Snare is preferred, as per Mangira et al. (2023) and Rex et al. (2022), with low rates of incomplete resection and

#ScopingSundays Fouad Jaber, MD, MS Wissam Kiwan M.D. Mohammad Bilal, MD Ahmad N. Bazarbashi أحمد بازارباشي Roberto Simons-Linares, MD Vaibhav Wadhwa Ramzi Mulki, MD Mohamad El Zein MD, MPH Lizzie Aby, MD Michelle Baliss, DO Rashmi Advani, MD, ABOM-D Malorie Simons ACG Gastroenterology & Hepatology | NYU Langone Health Answer C Discussion Dysplasia is uncommon: 1-3% even in SSL ≥ 2cm SSL without concerning features is usually non-dysplastic. Common in the R colon; concerns include post-resection bleeding and perforation. Most SSL are flat and not fibrotic; easily removed by piecemeal Cold

Looking forward to this virtual ASGE GI Endoscopy endo hangout session with Christopher Chapman and Allison Schulman MD, MPH on Sep 12th on leaks/fistulas and perforations, moderated by Michelle Baliss, DO. Link below to register. Thank you to ASGE and Shifa Umar, MD shorturl.at/bvD3j