My quirky sense of humor has become a meme 😂 #GITwitter Steven Bollipo Aline Charabaty, MD, FACG, AGAF Alex Perelman GI Pearls Harry Thomas Keith Siau Naveen Reddy Allon Kahn, MD Douglas G. Adler MD, FASGE, FACG, AGAF Mohammad Bilal, MD Mohamad El Zein MD, MPH  Gaurav Arora, MD, MS, AGAF Samir C. Grover, M.D. Carl Kay, MD Devika Kapuria, MD

In any other industry, this would be called corporate welfare. In healthcare, it’s called nonprofit status. Most large health systems pay no property tax, no sales tax, and no income tax. They issue tax-exempt bonds. They accept tax-free donations. They benefit from

NEJM Avner Halperin המרכז הרפואי שיבא Gastroenterology William Chey Kate Scarlata, MPH, RDN GI Pearls Tyler Berzin MD, FASGE W Ray Kim Aasma Shaukat MD MPH Doug Robertson Manoj Mehta MD Alex Perelman Fola May, MD PhD Swati G. Patel, MD MS Endoscopy Journal Rashid Lui 雷諾信 Lumír Kunovský Ari Benson Green Endoscopy Helmut Messmann SEED ESGE Peter Siersema Ambu Ambu USA Boston Scientific EMEA - Endoscopy dr reena sidhu Edward J. Despott Keith Siau Jan Král Teutsch Brigitta JAG Endoscopy Frontline Gastro EndoCollab™ | GI Endoscopy Community Carolyn Davison CGH Amit G Singal American Gastroenterological Association (AGA) AASLD Shifa Umar, MD Mohammad Bilal, MD Your journal reading is not complete if you haven’t come across a paper with Jahnvi Dhar and Samanta Jayanta 😍 Use of GLP-RAs: ⬆️ gastric content retention and ⬆️ aborted procedures in UGI endoscopy. 🔑 more fasting time for solids, no need to routinely stop meds. CGH

Look what I found from almost 40 years ago…not too shabby. #HumbleBrag #GITwitter #MCAT Fola May, MD PhD Sultan Mahmood MD Andy Tau, MD Aline Charabaty, MD, FACG, AGAF Tauseef Ali MD, FACG AGAF FACP Douglas G. Adler MD, FASGE, FACG, AGAF Tauseef Ali MD, FACG AGAF FACP Doug Robertson GI Pearls Alex Perelman Tyler Berzin MD, FASGE Yuval Patel MCAT

WTH? Is this true?? #GITwitter ACG Gastroenterology ASGE GI Endoscopy GI Pearls Alex Perelman Tauseef Ali MD, FACG AGAF FACP Jami Kinnucan, MD, FACG, AGAF, FCCF Robert Battat MD Florian Rieder Aline Charabaty, MD, FACG, AGAF David T. Rubin, MD Anita Afzali MD, MPH, MHCM, FACG, AGAF Uma Mahadevan Crohn's & Colitis Foundation #MondayNightIBD #PriorAuthHell

Today is World IBD Day — a reminder that behind every diagnosis of Crohn’s disease or ulcerative colitis is a brave individual fighting silently, every single day. As a physician, advocate, and member of this resilient community, I stand with every patient, caregiver, and

Holy smokes. #GITwitter

What do you suppose this yellow area is supposed to be in my colon model? A honeybee? #GITwitter Steven Bollipo Keith Siau Mohammad Bilal, MD Alex Perelman GI Pearls Aline Charabaty, MD, FACG, AGAF Tauseef Ali MD, FACG AGAF FACP Jami Kinnucan, MD, FACG, AGAF, FCCF ACG

Do you really change a working biologic for this reason? If not, how do you navigate this? The patient does not have “insurance”, they have Medicare. #GITwitter #IBD ACG Gastroenterology David T. Rubin, MD Jami Kinnucan, MD, FACG, AGAF, FCCF Florian Rieder Anita Afzali MD, MPH, MHCM, FACG, AGAF Tauseef Ali MD, FACG AGAF FACP Aline Charabaty, MD, FACG, AGAF Robert Battat MD

Here's a short video I made to explain the importance of polyps to patients. Plays in the waiting room. @GITwitter ACG Gastroenterology ASGE GI Endoscopy Steven Bollipo Aline Charabaty, MD, FACG, AGAF Mohammad Bilal, MD Harry Thomas Keith Siau Carl Kay, MD Yuval Patel

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Apparently BCBSIL feels that lactulose is a first line drug for IBS-D. #PriorAuthHell #GITwitter Dutch Rojas Westby Fisher, MD Aline Charabaty, MD, FACG, AGAF GI Pearls Don Portocarrero Mark B. Pochapin, MD

An EGD and colonoscopy is $16,000 at the hospital setting. We charge less than a quarter of that, yet payors push the hospitals over #privatepractice. Why? #GITwitter Dutch Rojas Aline Charabaty, MD, FACG, AGAF Mark B. Pochapin, MD Don Portocarrero Westby Fisher, MD GI Pearls Devika Kapuria, MD GI Pearls #MedTwitter

Top lobbyists in healthcare and how much they spent (Q2 2024 alone). You figure it out! From Dr. Jimoh’s talk @acgpmsummit2025 #GITwitter #PrivatePractice Samir C. Grover, M.D. GI Pearls Alex Perelman Andy Tau, MD Aline Charabaty, MD, FACG, AGAF Gaurav Arora, MD, MS, AGAF Dr. Glaucomflecken ACG #ACG2025

Quick tip for saving important slides—although it may be lost to those already in Twitter. Share with your less tech savvy friends! #ACG2025 ACG Aline Charabaty, MD, FACG, AGAF Andy Tau, MD Steven Bollipo Samir C. Grover, M.D. Keith Siau Elliot Tapper GI Pearls Gaurav Arora, MD, MS, AGAF Alex Perelman

Received this while waiting for the patient to get on his #telemedicine call. How’s your day? #GITwitter ACG ASGE GI Endoscopy Aline Charabaty, MD, FACG, AGAF Alex Perelman Andy Tau, MD Steven Bollipo Alex Perelman Gaurav Arora, MD, MS, AGAF Samir C. Grover, M.D. Keith Siau Elliot Tapper Yuval Patel

Took this out of an asymptomatic patient’s sigmoid. Did not complete the colonoscopy. WWYD? #GITwitter ⁦American Gastroenterological Association (AGA)⁩ ⁦ASGE GI Endoscopy⁩ ⁦ACG⁩ ⁦Steven Bollipo⁩ ⁦Aline Charabaty, MD, FACG, AGAF⁩ ⁦Gaurav Arora, MD, MS, AGAF⁩ ⁦Austin Chiang, MD MPH FASGE FACG⁩ ⁦Naveen Reddy⁩

Duodenal bulb of a 72 year old retired MD, using NSAIDs, iron saturation 2%, Hgb 6.8. Colonoscopy normal. Is it as it seems? Steven Bollipo Naveen Reddy Keith Siau Aline Charabaty, MD, FACG, AGAF Yuval Patel Elliot Tapper Alex Perelman Gaurav Arora, MD, MS, AGAF #GITwitter ACG #WithConsent