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…

Our new study in ACG_CTG on the impact of #GERD on atrial fibrillation: 🫀#GERD is an independent risk factor for needing repeat treatment after #AFib ablation 🫀#PPI use in pts w/ GERD attenuates the risk for repeat ablation ❤️‍🔥➡️💓 #CardioGI #BWHMotility Brigham and Women’s Research

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

Had a great weekend as invited speaker at the Michigan GI Society Annual Conference! Enjoyed discussing "State of the Art: EoE" & "GLP-1: Friend or Foe" (🔑: not a foe), and spending time w/ friends & colleagues. Congrats to the course & society leaders for an amazing meeting!

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

The 2024 ANMS Clinical Course is only 15 days away! Looking forward to an amazing meeting and seeing all my neurogastro friends and colleagues in Baltimore. Not too late to register! motilitysociety.org/2024-anms-meet…

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…

Amazing time speaking at the Medical College of Georgia annual GI course on #GERD in lung diseases and on DMARDS in #EoE. Congratulations to my friend Amol Sharma for a phenomenal course and thank you for inviting me to Kiawah Island 😎⛱️

2024 ANMS Clinical Course: Friday, July 26, 2024. Dr. Walter Chan is presenting in the Challenges and Controversies in Esophageal Disorders session, moderated by Drs. Benjamin Elsbernd and Manu Sood. #ANMS2024

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)

.Brigham and Women's GI representing at #ANMS2024 ANMS #BWHMotility

❤️ teaching at the #ANMS2024 Advanced Motility Program for Fellows & meeting all the enthusiastic trainees. I'm amazed by the insightful questions & discussions. It's heartwarming to see everyone's excitement about the field! Thank you ANMS for organizing & Laborie GI

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

#CGH4ALL CGH: ❔What's the utility of EGD in evaluation of Laryngopharyngeal Reflux? 🔗doi.org/10.1016/j.cgh.… 4🇺🇸& 1🇹🇼site, 2018-2023 --> 756 patients, 36% male, age 53, 72% concomitant reflux symptoms. Main Findings: (1) 47% w🔦findings (hiatal hernia and erosive

Walter Chan, MD, MPH’s team reports the utility of #Egd in patients with #LPR sxs #Esocrew