Congratulations, Justin Field, MD!

Our very own Victor Chedid, MD spotlighted by American Gastroenterological Association (AGA) discussing his fantastic work in #IBD in #LGBTQ populations! 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️

Your #RIG family is so proud of you!

gastro.org/news/pride-mon…

Detroit's air quality is currently second worst in the world, behind Delhi, India, thanks to Canadian wildfire smoke drifting through southeast Michigan. freep.com/story/news/loc…

🗓PRIDE month!

🤯 Did you know?
📍7%+ of the US identify as LGBTQI+
📍Not until 2016 were SGM considered a health disparity group
📍Same sex marriage legal: 2015

LGBTQI+ pts face unique challenges that affect GI/liver health

We have work to do! 🏳️‍🌈

thelancet.com/pdfs/journals/…

🚨JOB OPENING!🚨

➡️Join the Newman and Kamada labs Michigan Research to work on exciting #Microbiome , #IBD , and #Cdiff projects🦠🧫🐁

We are hiring a full-time tech. 🧑‍🔬Includes benefits. 💵
careers.umich.edu/job_detail/234…

📩DM for more info! #GITwitter #IDtwitter

I’m very happy to share this letter that Drew Burchell and I wrote, published by the CJA - Canadian Journal of Anesthesia
Do you make a habit of using #GenderNeutralLanguage in your research? When you communicate with pts? When creating/revising policies or documents? #MedEd rdcu.be/dbRbO

Thanks, American Gastroenterological Association (AGA)! Looking forward to hearing more

Nature research paper: Profiling the human intestinal environment under physiological conditions go.nature.com/3O1BjTG

Dear N. American based GI and liver societies American Gastroenterological Association (AGA) ASGE GI Endoscopy AASLD SSAT Digestive Disease Week NASPGHAN Crohn's & Colitis Foundation ACG

Please read this letter from members of Rainbows in Gastro re: concerns of scheduling meetings in trans-threatening states..

Don’t rush off just yet from #DDW2023 : if you want to know how to take better care of your LGBTQIA+ patients, come to W195 at 2pm!

You either have LGBTQIA+ patients and don’t know it or they are avoiding practice: learn some tips during this session!@RainbowinGastro

Alexander Abadir on delay from rx to biologic 💉receipt for #IBD
🇺🇸multicenter study
⏱️ 20day median delay
Delays assoc w/:
-🏥center
-Race/ethnicity Black or Latino
-⬆️Dist from 🏥
-No initial insurance approval❌

#DDW2023

CALL TO ACTION 🚨
An open letter from🌈 Rainbows in Gastro to all GI and Hepatology societies to support the safety and well-being of 🏳️‍⚧️ #transgender and gender non-conforming members

AASLD ACG American Gastroenterological Association (AGA) ASGE GI Endoscopy NASPGHAN
#GITwitter #LiverTwitter

Emily Wright on VDZ & UST in pregnancy and infants🫄👶
-Prospective 🇦🇺 study
-n=102 (58VDZ), most monotherapy
-25% clin active (VDZ=UST)
-UST stable, VDZ 📉in🫄(no clin impact)
-UST median 👶 clearance 14wks
-VDZ median 👶 clearance 11wks
-⬆️risk minor infx in 👶on UST
#DDW2023

Thanks to the AASLD for the opportunity to present about a population that comprises 1 out of 100-150 of your patients

You’ll probably see a patient who is TgNC more often than you’ll see someone with Wilson’s or Alagille syndrome….

So worth learning about….

Up early for Crohn's & Colitis Foundation IBD-Reach! Great advice from Millie Long and Asher Kornbluth, MD this morning.

#DDW2023

That feeling when you realize you’re not the only ________ in GI/Hep. 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️

Rainbows in Gastro #DDW2023 #community

Thank you to all of our members/allies who came out to bowl with us tonight!

….now THIS is how you have a unique networking event!

Thank you to our sponsors:
Duke GI Andrew Muir
Mayo Clinic Gastroenterology & Hepatology
Univ of Chicago

When a vision comes to life! Our exec board put together a unique networking event & thank our members/allies for joining 🏳️‍🌈

AASLD ACG American Gastroenterological Association (AGA) #DDW2023 Digestive Disease Week

Michelle Baliss, DO Joseph Sleiman, MD Christopher_Velez_GI Arpan Patel, MD PhD (he/him/his) Elizabeth King Goacher, PA-C, AF-AASLD (she/her)

#DDW23 Kaplan - incidence of #IBD in Malaysia suddenly doubled in 2010-2019, mostly in urban areas before rural. #IBD projections for India and China are staggering

#DDW23 Ng - microbiota changes in moms during pregnancy - affects vertical transmission to babies, potential to protect from atopic diseases like #IBD