In this episode of the Emoroid Digest Podcast we sit down with Dr. Kishore Iyer from Mount Sinai Medical Center and discuss Short Bowel Syndrome (SBS), Intestinal Failure and intestinal Transplant.  We focus on the recent Clinical Practice Update from the AGA on SBS. Enjoy and please see the link below to an exception Expanding Community Healthcare Outcome (ECHO) website that Dr. Iyer created to assist clinicians learn more about these small intestinal disorders and how to properly manage them via the use of regular case based webinars.  Host: Dr. Chuma Obineme (GI Fellow) –  ht ..read more

In this episode, we interview two guests, Dr. Guadalupe Garcia Tsao and Dr. Andrew Yu. Dr. Yu is the Emory transplant Hepatology fellow currently. We discuss the Baveno VII guidelines on Portal Hypertension and some major takeaways from #TLM or the American Association for the Study of Liver Diseases (AASLD) meeting in Washington D.C.  Dr. Guadalupe Garcia Tsao is a Professor of Medicine at Yale University School of Medicine and Chief of Digestive Diseases at the VA-Connecticut Healthcare System. She also serves as director of the Clinical Core of the NIH-funded Yale Liver Center and is t ..read more

In this episode of the Emoroid Digest Podcast, we sit down with Dr. Fernando Velayos and discuss the guidelines from the American Gastroenterological Association, “Clinical Practice Update on Endoscopic Surveillance and Management of Colorectal Dysplasia in Inflammatory Bowel Diseases: Expert Review”. Fernando Velayos is a Professor of Medicine in the Division of Gastroenterology at the University of California, San Francisco (UCSF) School of Medicine, and Director of the Regional Program in Inflammatory Bowel Disease (IBD) for Northern California Kaiser Permanente.   Host: Dr. Chuma Obin ..read more

In this episode of The Emoroid Digest Podcast we discuss the new joint guidelines by the American College of Gastroenterology (ACG) and the Canadian Association of Gastroenterology (CAG) on anticoagulants and antiplatelets in the peri-endoscopic period Neena Abraham is a Professor of Medicine at Mayo Clinic Arizona, and a Consultant in the Divisions of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, within the Department of Medicine, and Health Care Policy Research in the Department of Quantitative Health Sciences. She is the first female Director of the ACG Institute for Clinical Research and Education.&nbs ..read more

On this episode of the Emoroid Digest Podcast, we sit down with Dr. Bashar Qumseya and discuss the American Society for Gastrointestinal Endoscopy (ASGE) Guidelines on the Endoscopic Management of Malignant Hilar Obstruction. Dr. Bashar Qumseya is an Associate Professor of Medicine at the University of Florida in Gainesville and the Director of Endoscopy at UF Health Shands Hospital. He also chairs the Standards of Practice Committee for ASGE.   Host: Dr. Chuma Obineme (GI Fellow) –  https://twitter.com/TypicallySilent  Co-Host: Dr. Jason Brown - https://med.emory.edu/directory ..read more

On this episode of the Emoroid Digest Podcast we sit down with an expert on anorectal disorders Dr. Arnold Wald. We discuss his service during Vietnam, his time at Johns Hopkins, and of course the ACG Guidelines on Benign Anorectal Disorders. Enjoy the show and don’t forget to leave us a review if you haven’t already!!   Dr. Wald is a faculty member of the Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology within the Department of Medicine at the University of Wisconsin.    Host: Dr. Chuma Obineme (GI Fellow) –  https://twitter.com/TypicallySilent  Guest (Dr. Arnold Wald): ht ..read more

In this episode of the Emoroid Digest Podcast, we go to Canada for our guest Dr. Alan Barkun and discuss the guidelines from the American College of Gastroenterology on Upper Gastrointestinal and Ulcer bleeding. Dr. Barkun is professor of Medicine in the Division of Gastroenterology at McGill University and the McGill University Health Centre, Montréal, Canada. He is a recipient of the DG Kinnear Chair in Gastroenterology at McGill University. Dr. Barkun has published over 800 peer-reviewed articles and abstracts and has given over 600 international presentations on emerging digestive endoscop ..read more

Today we are discussing the recent guidelines on gastroparesis with Dr. Brian Lacy from the Mayo Clinic in Jacksonville. The expert review entitled, “AGA Clinical Practice Update on the Management of Medically Refractory Gastroparesis” was published in Clinical Gastroenterology and Hepatology. Our guest Dr. Brian Lacy is a world renowned expert in gastrointestinal motility disorders. He is a current Professor of Medicine at Mayo Clinic Jacksonville. He is the author of over 215 peer-reviewed articles on gastrointestinal motility disorders and functional bowel disorders, in addition to multiple ..read more

In this episode of The Emoroid Digest Podcast, we interview Dr. Justin Boike about the recent recommendations on the use of Transjugular Intrahepatic portal-systemic shunt (TIPS) in the management of patients with portal HTN.    Dr. Justin Boike is an Assistant Professor of Medicine at Northwestern Memorial Hospital and is a practicing Transplant Hepatologist. His clinical and research interests are in the management of complex portal hypertension issues such as chronic portal vein thrombosis (PVT), bleeding varices, refractory ascites, non-cirrhotic portal hypertension, and the util ..read more

In this episode of the Emoroid Digest Podcast, we sit down with Dr. Jessica Allegretti at The Brigham and Women’s Hospital in Boston. Dr. Allegretti serves as the Director of Clinical Research and is the Associate Director of the Crohn’s and Colitis Center. She developed the hospital’s Fecal Microbiota Transplantation Program and has grown to become an international expert on the topic of FMT. We discussed her journey through medicine, mentorship, and the C. diff guidelines released by the American College of Gastroenterology in 2021.   We hope you enjoy the show.    Host: Dr. C ..read more