Big kudos to Shyam Thakkar, MD Shailendra Singh Skip Krafft, MD for an amazing, high-yield and fun #WISE2024 ! A weekend packed with live endoscopy cases, didactics, hands-on, and perfect amount of fun! A course not to be missed!

Check out ASGE GI Endoscopy ESGE Guideline on Endoscopic Bariatric and Metabolic Therapies (EBMTs)! Based on meta-analyses/U.S. GRADE Network, we suggest

👉EBMTs+LM for BMI >=30 or >=27 w comorbidity
👉Intragastric balloon or endoscopic gastric remodeling+LM

tinyurl.com/yt72y7k5

Endoscopic sleeve gastroplasty is cost-saving for patients with Class II obesity over 5 years compared to semaglutide, which, while effective, requires a three-fold price drop to be cost-competitive. ja.ma/4cR1czp

What do you think about CGMs being available without prescription? See new article in Investors.com. Other factors are also important to metabolic health, such as inflammatory markers & lipids. Technology getting ahead of our understanding of physiology?
investors.com/news/technolog…

🚨 📣 Our study in JAMA Network Open comparing Semaglutide vs Endoscopic Sleeve Gastroplasty for Weight loss is now out!
Link to the article 👇🏻
jamanetwork.com/journals/jaman…
🔑 Points 👇🏻
#obesity #weightloss #ESG #wegovy #ozempic JAMA Harvard Medical School Mass General Brigham

Thrilled to connect with incredible new and old colleagues, friends and fellows in #AdvancedEndo from around the 🌏at #RMIE2024 ! Plus, 3 full days packed with insightful didactics, debates and live cases. 🙏👏 #RajShah #SachinWani #SteveEdmundowicz #AnnaDuloy

Grateful to JAMA Network
for publishing our cost-effectiveness analysis showing ESG provides greater #weightloss with cost savings compared to semaglutide for which the annual cost must be reduced 3-fold ($13,618 to $3591) to be cost-competitive. #GLP -1
jamanetwork.com/journals/jaman…

Insightful iGIE author interview on rapidly advancing #AI technology implementation in capsule endoscopy.
His Innovative research shows it’s ready for prime time !!

Link here:
youtube.com/watch?v=5lXdca…
 
#GITwitter #MedEd #Innovation
#medicaldevices #medicine

MY BOOK IS OUT TODAY!!!!!! 🥹💛

It’s illustrated.
It’s colorful.
It’s informative.
It’s fun.
It’s outttt 🤓

Please pick up a copy and lmk what you think!!!

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Check out my new Forbes article highlighting the differences between available #weightloss strategies, including GLP-1 RA, Endoscopy, and Surgery. Safety, efficacy, and financial implications must all be considered. #obesity #ozempic #bariatricsurgery
forbes.com/sites/christop…

Exciting time! As we recently had the 1st FDA-approved med for #MASH , Resmetirom, our study showed

Combining endoscopic gastric remodeling with med (GLP-1RA) was associated w greater improvement in NITs for fibrosis in patients w advanced fibrosis.

tinyurl.com/3hejmp5d

Thrilled to share the findings from our latest clinical trial on the Pillsense System. Gratitude to the dedicated team and investigators at @MayoclinicGIhep for their invaluable efforts and contributions!

EnteraSense Limited

Online now in GIE’s Articles in Press: “A novel blood-sensing capsule for rapid detection of upper GI bleeding: a prospective clinical trial” by Karl Akiki et al. giejournal.org/article/S0016-…

@karl_Akiki Mayo Clinic Gastroenterology & Hepatology

No better person than Chris Thompson, MD to give a comprehensive overview of bariatric endoscopy than the father of the field and my mentor at Brigham and Women's GI 🙌 #GITwitter

“Obesity Is A Disease.
It’s Time We Treat It Like One”

Authored by Chris Thompson, MD for Forbes

forbes.com/sites/christop…

Very happy to be a Forbes contributor focusing on health, weight management, and wellness. Here is a link to my first article. They were very kind to make it an editors' pick! forbes.com/sites/christop…

🎉Prague Endoscopy Days 2024 was a masterpiece‼️

🌟 Incredible insights, cutting-edge techniques, stellar faculty that pushed the boundaries of what's possible in #endoscopy 🚀 #GITwitter

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Bariatric endoscopy with the finest expert. Thank you Chris Thompson, MD 🙏🏻

#PragueEndoscopyDays #GiTwitter

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