Congrats to our Chief Resident Chris Young for winning Outstanding Poster Presenter ACG for "Diarrhea Is Common Both Early and Late After Liver Transplantation and Rates of C. diff Remain Elevated" VCU Health VCU Internal Medicine Department VCU Hospital Medicine Stephanie Call @rvawellmd

📕 Red Journal Read 📕 Opioid-Induced Foregut Dysfunction Patel, et al. ➡️ bit.ly/2Xjq2RZ #AmJGastro #opioids #gastroenterology WoltersKluwerHealth

Fascinating! Acute 'gluten‐specific' symptoms in coeliac disease pts. Nausea: ➡️ ? Indicates acute gluten intake ➡️ ↑ immune activation IBS‐like symptoms (no nausea): ➡️ ↓ likely acute gluten intake? Symptoms & CD Complex - Objective measures needed! bit.ly/34oJjnX

With more data emerging on its long term efficacy, endoscopic sleeve gastroplasty (ESG) might become an essential step in the paradigm for weight loss #bariatric #endoscopy. Amazing demonstration by Dr Reem Sharaiha @ #nysge19

Rapid learning requires a high tolerance for looking stupid. The path to answers begins with the admission that we don’t know them. Adopting the appearance of knowledge is a way to impress, but not a way to improve. Ignorant questions are preferable to premature answers.

"Richmond, long known as a sleepy capital steeped in Confederate history, has morphed into a dynamic cultural center on the cutting edge of the arts, food and recreation.” Our city’s one of the top 50 places to visit IN. THE. WORLD! #Competitive #1RVA nytimes.com/interactive/20…

Governor’s ed budget is great step in right direction. But it’s simply not enough for VA’s public schools, which are still at PRE-recession funding levels. “Equity” is meaningless without the funding to back it up. GA, ball’s in your court. Make us proud. richmond.com/news/plus/we-h…

The great Stephen Caldwell from UVA giving grand rounds at University of Washington on #coagulopathy in #cirrhosis: If people insist on “correcting” the INR, hook the patient on this fake “infusalator”!😆😆😆

Multiple medical assocs. recommend mandate from Fed Gov to shutdown all non essential services. This must be done.....please retweet #coronavirus #COVID19

VCU IM Residency UTMB Internal Medicine Residency a must read for internal medicine residents who are interested in pursuing Gastroenterology fellowship!

Sign up today!!! First state in the union with a token based app to track contact anonymously.

There is no spoon

First Thing xkcd.com/2404/ m.xkcd.com/2404/

Had the chance to watch the ACG with the Digestive Health Team at VCU IM Residency George Smallfield HRS nomenclature is changing⬇️

The Digestive Health Service residents at VCU IM Residency and George Smallfield wanted to try lactulose, I was kind of “bullied” into it, anyways some of us had a sip and some had the full dose! Didn’t actually taste as bad as I thought! What song was playing in the background?!?

Happy #NationalWomanPhysicianDay To all the amazing mentors, colleagues, educators and innovators who push the limit and raise the bar for all of us!!! VCU IM Residency ACG ASGE GI Endoscopy AASLD American Gastroenterological Association (AGA)

Ritual lactulose shots. Learning first hand what we hand out. VCU IM Residency @liverprof Thaer Abdelfattah MD,MPH Matt Kaspar

While not as cool as Population One, Medtronic has a really cool setup to show #ESD retraction in VR. The super spy shipping case takes it up a notch.

Epistemic Uncertainty xkcd.com/2440/ m.xkcd.com/2440/

Composition of regularly used IV fluids 💧 #MedEd