Thanks to tipster @DrJoelKatz for this pic of an all-star ITU-B team celebrating Mike DiIorio’s birthday! 🥳 🌟 🤗

Awesome job by Trevor Barlowe of UNC Gastroenterology presenting at ACG #AC2023 the findings on safety of performing esophageal biopsies among patients presenting with food impaction

Excellent talk from Trevor Barlowe on esophageal biopsies to evaluate for EoE at time of esophageal food impaction! Biopsies at time of EFI are not associated with adverse events, but remain underperformed. Biopsies should be performed in absence of extenuating circumstances.

Online now in GIE’s Articles in Press: “Association between time from esophageal food impaction to endoscopy and adverse events” by Walker D. Redd et al. giejournal.org/article/S0016-… Walker Redd, MD, MSCR

Our study on GLP1-RA use and aspiration during upper endoscopy in CGH. Thanks to all who contributed – across divisions, departments, and schools – at UNC-Chapel Hill! cghjournal.org/article/S1542-…

The diagnosis and management of immune related AEs (irAEs) from ICIs are broken up into specific organs But how often do irAEs affect multiple organ systems in the GI system? A project led by Trevor Barlowe in ACG_CTG tackles this question! journals.lww.com/ctg/abstract/9…

Delighted to announce that the 2024 Fight Colorectal Cancer & #CGAIGC Early Career Award was awarded to Trevor Barlowe from the The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Learn more abt his work here👉tinyurl.com/57wn5nrj We're grateful to Fight Colorectal Cancer for their ongoing support of this valuable award. #HereditaryGICancer

#CGH4ALL There is lack of clear guidelines on safe endoscopy in patients on GLP-1RA. This new 🔖 in CGH attempts to bridge the gap in 📚 🔗doi.org/10.1016/j.cgh.… Summary by Nishant Aggarwal, MD Stephen Firkins, MD Joy Yates, DO Neehal Shukla, MD Rajat Garg John Vargo Anthony Lembo, MD

#CGH4ALL CGH 📣 🎯GLP1-RA users w/ T2DM did not have an🔼risk of aspiration vs. DPP4i or opioid users 💭 Should we still be taking extensive measures to hold GLP-1 RAs peri endoscopically?🤔 📚Read more: 🔗 doi.org/10.1016/j.cgh.… Reported by Raghav Bassi, MD