This special episode of Inside Scope shares key insights from the AGA Clinical Practice Update on Alpha-Gal Syndrome for the GI Clinician. This episode is hosted by Dr. Jana Al Hashash, chair-elect of the AGA Clinical Practice Update Committee and one of the CPU authors. She is joined by: Sarah McGill, MD, MSc, gastroenterologist and associate professor of medicine at the University of North Carolina and lead author of the CPU Thomas Platts-Mills, MD, professor of medicine and microbiology and chief at the University of Virginia, a pioneer in discovery of Alpha Gal Syndrome and senior author o ..read more

Dr. G.S. Raju, editor of the Gastro Grand Rounds section in Gastroenterology, is joined by Drs. Marwan Ghabril and Naga Chalasani to discuss their Gastro Grand Rounds article, "A 68-Year-Old Woman With Unexplained Liver Enzyme Elevation and Active Chronic Hepatitis: Beware of Drug-Induced Autoimmune-Like Hepatitis." https://www.gastrojournal.org/article/S0016-5085(23)05078-3/fulltext Dr. Ghabril is a professor of medicine at Indiana University School of Medicine. Dr. Chalasani is the David W. Crabb professor of gastroenterology and hepatology and an adjunct professor of anatomy, cell biology ..read more

Welcome to our six-part series: Increasing Diversity in IBD Clinical Trials. This program will explore how to become a clinical trialist and increase diversity in IBD clinical trials. In this episode, hosts Drs. Erin Forster and Ayanna Lewis are joined by Melodie Narain-Blackwell, the founder and president of Color of Crohn’s & Chronic Illness (COCCI). COCCI is a nonprofit dedicated to health equity in BIPOC communities that are challenged with digestive diseases and chronic illnesses. Melodie was diagnosed with Crohn’s disease at the age of 36, thirty years after her symptoms began, and h ..read more

Welcome to our six-part series: Increasing Diversity in IBD Clinical Trials. This program will explore how to become a clinical trialist and increase diversity in IBD clinical trials. In this episode, hosts Drs. Erin Forster and Ayanna Lewis are joined by Drs. Freddy Caldera and Jana Al Hashash, who were part of the inaugural class of participants in AGA’s GI Clinical Trialists Bootcamp program. Today’s discussion focuses on how diversifying participation in clinical trials starts with diversifying our workforce. This series is supported by educational grants from AbbVie Inc.; Amgen; Bristol-M ..read more

Welcome to our six-part series: Increasing Diversity in IBD Clinical Trials. This program will explore how to become a clinical trialist and increase diversity in IBD clinical trials. In this episode, co-host Dr. Erin Forster is joined by guest Kenneth Getz, professor of public health and community medicine and director of the Center for the Study of Drug Development at Tufts University School of Medicine. Ken is also the founder and chairman of the board of directors at CISCRP, a nonprofit dedicated to providing education and information about clinical research. Today's discussion will explor ..read more

Welcome to our six-part series: Increasing Diversity in IBD Clinical Trials. This program will explore how to become a clinical trialist and increase diversity in IBD clinical trials. In this episode, co-host Dr. Ayanna Lewis is joined by guest Dr. Erica Cohen, an adult gastroenterologist, IBD specialist and director of the IBD Research Program at Capital Digestive Care in Washington, D.C. Today’s discussion focuses on the community GI’s perspective on clinical trials. This series is supported by educational grants from AbbVie Inc.; Amgen; Bristol-Myers Squibb Company; Genentech, a member of t ..read more

Welcome to our six-part series: Increasing Diversity in IBD Clinical Trials. This program will explore how to become a clinical trialist and increase diversity in IBD clinical trials. In this supersized episode, co-host Dr. Ayanna Lewis is joined by guest Dr. Ryan Stidham, an associate professor at the University of Michigan holding appointments in the departments of medicine and computational medicine. Dr. Stidham is a medical data scientist and has a research program that focuses on the development and testing of new technologies for disease assessment and decision making in gastroenterology ..read more

Dr. G.S. Raju, editor of the Gastro Grand Rounds section in Gastroenterology, is joined by Dr. David Ballard and Dr. Parakkal Deepak to discuss their Gastro Grand Rounds article, "Long-Standing Symptomatic Fistulizing Perianal Crohn’s Disease: Progression Beyond Inflammation." https://www.gastrojournal.org/article/S0016-5085(23)04997-1/fulltext Dr. Ballard is an assistant professor of radiology and director of the 3D Printing Lab at the Mallinckrodt Institute of Radiology at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis. Dr. Deepak is an Associate Professor of Medicine in the Division ..read more

Welcome to the first in a series of new podcast episodes from the pages of Gastroenterology, the flagship journal of the American Gastroenterological Association and the most prominent journal in the field of gastrointestinal disease. This podcast series covers articles in the journal’s “Gastro Grand Rounds” section, which features discussions among multidisciplinary teams of experts on the management of complex clinical cases. Gastro Grand Rounds: Managing Diverticulitis Dr. G.S. Raju, editor of the Gastro Grand Rounds section in Gastroenterology, is joined by Dr. Lisa Strate to discuss her a ..read more

Welcome to our new six-episode series: C. difficile: Preparing the Field for Change. This program will explore how to take a patient-centered approach to treatment and diagnosis, explore emerging treatment options, and discuss best practices for transitions of care. In this episode, Drs. Paul Feuerstadt and Sahil Khanna are joined by guest Dr. Jessica Allegretti to discuss FMT and new microbiome therapies. You can now claim CME for listening – visit agau.gastro.org. This series is supported by educational grants from Aimmune Therapeutics, Inc., Seres Therapeutics, and Ferring Pharmaceuticals ..read more