George Saffouri
@gbsaff
GI at SBGA. @UCRSoM fellowship APD. @MayoClinicGIHep & @MayoMN_IMRES alum. Intensely casual gamer. Food/Coffee/Beer/Poop. Views, retweets, yeah yeah.
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Don't be fooled: UnitedHealthcare's advance notification program isn't a solution for prior authorization — it's simply prior authorization by another name and riddled with red flags, AGA President Barbara Jung writes in The Olympian. 🛑 #StopUHC Read more: ow.ly/WAuH50Pgpa8
I usually only post about GI, but the shooting in Allen has hit close to home. Our friend/PA UTSW Gastroenterology Fellowship lost 3 family members (& a 6 year old in the ICU now w/out siblings/parents). Please consider donating to help this child who has lost everything.
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Virtual Grand Rounds @ Lankenau this AM: George Saffouri from UCR Gastroenterology gives us the latest on Helicobacter Pylori. The Curbsiders CORE IM Amanda Long Romy Chamoun, MD Journal of Brown Hospital Medicine Temple Gastroenterology Cynthia Cooper, MD
Lifting Universal Masking in Schools — Covid-19 Incidence among Students and Staff | NEJM
Freakonomics, M.D. I found the next episode! Is there like an award or… prize… nejm.org/doi/full/10.10…
EVL signing off!
A privilege to learn from you once again. Our fellows were lucky to hear from one of the Jedi masters this week!
Many thanks to ACG for the wonderful visiting professorship program.
Mayo Clinic Gastroenterology & Hepatology UCR School of Medicine
Say hi and bye to H. pylori infections! We review the basics of H. pylori screening, refresh your memory on testing basics, discuss treatment strategies, and talk through eradication testing with gastroenterologist Dr. George Saffouri (George Saffouri) mailchi.mp/thecurbsiders/… #meded
1. Visit medicalemoji.org + follow MedicalEmoji
2. Read letters signed by American Gastroenterological Association (AGA) ASGE GI Endoscopy AASLD leaders so far!💌
3. Sign the Change.org petition 📝
4. Read JAMA paper from Sept. 2021
5. RT this!
Let’s raise awareness together!
Hey #GITwitter ! Announcing the #MedicalEmoji 2022 campaign!
Ever wonder how 🫀🫁 emojis came about?
I’m helping @ShuhanHeMD by lead the GI effort with AGA, ASGE, AASLD leaders to add these GI MedicalEmoji to The Unicode Consortium this year (10 total to be submitted)
Ways to help are…
78 yo M w/severe dementia, no other comorbidities, admitted w poor PO intake, AKI.
You are asked to place a PEG tube.
Family insistent on it. You discuss evidence arguing against G-tube in severe dementia. Family acknowledges but still wishes for the tube. #GITwitter
Do you:
Help us spread the word - new federal guidance out of U.S. Department of Labor today that plans must cover follow up colonoscopy after a positive stool test.