The article discusses the guidelines and considerations for determining when and how to stop surveillance colonoscopy in patients with a history of colorectal neoplasia. Surveillance colonoscopy is a commonly used procedure to monitor patients who have previously undergone treatment for colorectal cancer or its precursors. However, the optimal timing and cessation of surveillance colonoscopy remain unclear.
Author: Abhay Panchal
July 5, 2023 — In the mid-1980s, Louis Aronne strolled into a lab at Rockefeller University where a colleague was breeding mice. “I will never forget what he showed me,” said Aronne, now the director of obesity research and treatment at Weill Cornell Medicine in New York City. “He had a cage with 10 mice, one severely obese and the others normal weight. He took blood from one of the thin mice and gave it to the fat mouse.” When Aronne returned 3 days later, that obese mouse had turned thin. It was proof of something Aronne already suspected: Obesity…
Hawaii is the lowest paying state for gastroenterologists, with GI physicians there earning $108,423. The national average for all physicians specialists is $382,000, according to the most recent salary data from Medscape.Ten lowest paying states for gastroenterologists:
The article discusses the launch of Telebelly Health, a virtual care gastroenterology clinic founded by Dr. Russ Arjal in 2021. Dr. Arjal, a gastroenterologist with years of experience, co-founded Telebelly Health along with Sheri Rudberg, Alex Brown, and Nakort Valles. The clinic aims to transform the delivery of GI healthcare services by offering virtual care to patients throughout the United States.
Key Takeaways
While gastroenterologists focus on providing care to patients, many have several other tasks at their practices daily, including improving coworker morale and enhancing the patient experience. Monina Pascua, MD, a gastroenterologist and clinical medical director at the Oregon Clinic in Tualatin and chair of the TOC Quality Committee, told Becker’s that one of the best parts of her job is driving passion in those around her.
SOUTH JERSEY (KYW Newsradio) — Gastroenterology doctors at Virtua Health are getting an A.I. assist with colonoscopy exams. Doctors at all five Virtua hospitals are already using the GI Genius endoscopy module to better identify polyps during a colonoscopy. “I like to use the analogy, it’s similar to a backup camera or camera sensors in a car,” said Dr. Gregory Seltzer, Virtua’s medical director for Gastroenterology and Digestive Health.
The article “I Tried Hypnosis to Help Manage My IBS. Here’s What Happened” recounts the author’s personal experience with using hypnosis as a means to manage their irritable bowel syndrome (IBS). The author initially expresses skepticism but decides to explore hypnosis as a complementary therapy for their IBS symptoms. The article goes on to describe the author’s sessions with a licensed hypnotherapist, which involved relaxation techniques, guided imagery, and suggestions to change the author’s perception of gut sensations while reducing stress and anxiety. The author notes that during and immediately after the sessions, they experienced a decrease in IBS symptoms…
The DDW meeting 2023 covered a huge variety of basic, translational and clinical aspects of research in gastrointestinal and extraintestinal human health and disease. This post highlights the major-takeaways from the Microbiome & Microbial Therapy sessions and unravels how they might impact daily basic research and clinical practice (part 1).
A process improvement project at one endoscopy center has identified a consistent delay in inpatient procedural start times as a culprit for reduced patient throughput. The project, presented at 2023 Canadian Digestive Diseases Week 2023, looked at maximizing endoscopy unit efficiency over a period of 12 months by adding one completed procedure per day. “It wasn’t that we needed more resources,” said lead researcher Mayur Brahmania, MD, MPH, a gastroenterologist/hepatologist and an assistant professor of medicine at the University of Western Ontario, in London, Ontario. “It was that we needed to better utilize the time we already had.”