Walter Chan, MD, MPH
@WalterChanMD
Director, GI Motility / Clinical Research Education @BrighamGI @BrighamWomens | Associate Professor @HarvardMed | @WUSTL @WUSTLmed @WashUIMRes @HarvardHSPH alum
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Why PPIs can be the best initial EoE treatment with Walter Chan, MD, MPH at #OESO2024 . Theories include: improved mucosal barrier integrity, perhaps anti-inflammatory? Brigham and Women's GI Harvard Medical School
Great discussion at OESO about Esophageal Functional Disorders Walter Chan, MD, MPH Prakashg Gyawali ESteinMD 👩🏻💻 Edoardo Savarino Mark Fox and Roberto Penagini
Living it up in the motility course. #oeso2024 Walter Chan, MD, MPH Kristle Lee Lynch, MD | Gastroenterology @ UPenn | Dr Ray is totally awesome!
Arrived at Strasbourg for #OESO2024 !
Excited for a great meeting and to see all my #esophagologists friends & colleagues in the next few days!!
Check out our meeting program👉esophagus-conference-2024.oeso.org
#BWHMotility Brigham and Women's GI OESO
What #PPI dosing best induces remission in #EoE ?
Our new study in AJG - The American Journal of Gastroenterology:
💊Twice daily moderate (omeprazole 20mg BID) > once daily standard (20mg QD) or moderate (40mg QD) dose
💊Twice daily moderate (20mg BID) = twice daily high (40mg BID) dose
📕doi.org/10.14309/ajg.0…
Important study of pts w/ #gastroparesis , and findings are consistent w/ my clinical experience
👉Symptoms often related more to underlying neurosensory than motor dysfunction
👉Clinical history > numbers on gastric emptying tests alone
👉Neuromodulation is an effective therapy
Great lecture by our guest speaker Dr. Dan Patel Dan Patel, MD from Vanderbilt Gastroenterology at our monthly Harvard Joint Neurogastroenterology & Motility Conference on esophageal mucosal integrity testing!
🌟Mucosal impedance measures reflect esophageal mucosal integrity
🌟MI contour/mapping…
Thank you Walter Chan, MD, MPH for hosting me at Brigham and Women's GI Great to meet your amazing motility group!
We're so honored to host Shanthi Srinivasan, MD from Emory Gastroenterology and Hepatology Fellowship as our Visiting Professor at Brigham and Women's GI Grand Round to discuss the multimodal mechanisms & role of ENS in #DGBI .
Thank you for meeting & sharing your wisdom with us!
#BWHMotility ANMS American Gastroenterological Association (AGA)
Our #BrighamGI inpatient consult team honoring #DressInBlueDay for #ColonCancerAwarenessMonth 💙
#ScreeningSavesLives : Talk to your doctor about #coloncancerscreening options if you're age 45 or ⬆️, or if you have any risk factor for colorectal cancer
#GetScreened #45isTheNew50
Hi #GITwitter colleagues 💛
Not sure I was clear the first time…
This is the FIRST time there’s been a book with illustrations, in color, covering a wide range of GI conditions, and describing procedures and innovation by a MAJOR PUBLISHER for the GENERAL PUBLIC… 📔
🧵1/3
🚨ABSTRACTS submission for the 16th OESO World Congress closing on Feb 19 (Mon)
Join us in Strasbourg & present your innovative #esophagus research!
Submit your #abstracts 👉
esophagus-conference-2024.oeso.org/abstracts
#research #esophagology
Can the allergy profile of #EoE pts predict treatment response & help therapy selection?
Our study in Journal of Gastroenterology and Hepatology found that #PPI non-response is associated w/:
➕food allergens testing
⬆️environmental allergens
⭐️Allergic phenotype👉⬇️PPI response
🔗 doi.org/10.1111/jgh.16…
🎉 1️⃣3️⃣ #BrighamGIFaculty named Boston Magazine Top Doctors!
🥼Hiroyuki Aihara
🥼Jessica Allegretti
🥼Walter Chan
🥼Alison Goldin
🥼Nikroo Hashemi
🥼Kunal Jajoo
🥼Pichamol Jirapinyo
🥼Josh Korzenik
🥼Muthoka Mutinga
🥼Anna Rutherford
🥼Marvin Ryou
🥼John Saltzman
🥼Rachel Winter