The inaugural @amcollegegastro.bsky.social Women in GI Podcast just dropped! I hope you enjoy our conversation on pregnancy & #GIFellowship Stay tuned for other great topics, including a finance mini-series, and discussions of career paths and practice settings! podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/t...

Want to learn on your commute? Check out @amcollegegastro.bsky.social podcast series on Pregnancy and GI and Liver Diseases! In this episode, I interview the brilliant and passionate Dr Aline Charabaty on Diarrhea and Fecal Incontinence During Pregnancy ⬇️ podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/t...

Thrilled (and a bit surprised) to be nominated for a Disruptive Influencer Award by @gohealio.bsky.social . An incredible group of nominees - please vote for your choice below! www.surveymonkey.com/r/HealioInno...

Join the #DDW2025 Symposium on Practical Solutions for Family Friendly Work Policies and Improved Recruitment & Retention, at 10am today in Room 1 ! Dr Kira Newman and I will moderate an incredible line up: Drs @amyoxentenkomd.bsky.social , Vazquez-Roque, Rodriguez and Macmillan

Fascinating first talk in this session on same-gender preferences for endoscopist for colon cancer screening in a Thai patient population, by Dr Kanya Hirunrattanaporn #DDW2025

Interested in practical solutions for addressing gender and racial disparities in GI? Come to the AGA Research Forum "The Evolving Landscape of Gastroenterology" *today* at 4pm in 20A Excited to co-moderate with the wonderful Dr. @shaziamsiddique.bsky.social #DDW2025 @amergastroassn.bsky.social

Thrilled to have received the ACG/ASGE Epidemiologic Research Award to study Patient Sex and Endoscopist Gender, and implications for Colonoscopy Quality Assessment Thanks to generous funders and to amazing Co-Is Dr Cummings, Maranki, Schmitt & Calderwood, who taught me so much during this process!

I went with my kindergartner to a Welcome Blanket Project @welcomeblanket.bsky.social event at our local library. Values of kindness and welcoming seem to come naturally to kids (and yet so hard for some adults).

open.substack.com/pub/annehele... Tragic and important: "Why fund schools if you don’t have kids in them?...Or research to cure a disease you don’t have? ... Instead, each person should be able to ... pay for the stuff that matters to them: ...their own private schools, their own concierge doctors"

Love this article from @amyoxentenkomd.bsky.social on thinking outside the box for workforce solutions. Allowing physicians to work part time may actually improve patient access to care, as docs close to retirement and those with young kids can stay in the workforce www.healio.com/news/gastroe...

My co-authors and I discuss our experience in early career research in gastroenterology Establishing the FELD Lab (Fostering Equity in Liver and Digestive disease) and mentoring talented trainees has been a source of true joy amidst rising challenges to academics www.mdedge.com/gihepnews/ar...

Receiving healthcare is terrifying for many people right now. I wish I could do more. All I can tell you is that if you are in the LGBTQ+ community and you see me, I'll give you the highest level of respect and quality care, as I do for everyone. As you deserve. pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/38693299/

Health disparities are real and study after study has shown the role of racism in these disparities. I want to see physicians and scientists shout that from the rooftops. Stop complying in advance.

My endoscopy center already has the resources that @drkmcooper.bsky.social made for our paper up on the wall 😊

A reminder that HIPAA applies regardless of a patient’s immigration status. A 6-year-old article from the AMA with evergreen guidance for healthcare providers facing this situation: www.ama-assn.org/delivering-c...

Revolutions are built on hope as much as they are built on righteous anger.

Healthcare workers: Now is a great time to plan ahead before you’re face-to-face with an ICE agent. I’ve compiled 14 tips for healthcare workers ⬇️

What do you tell a patient who comes for an endoscopic procedure and is lactating? Hint: it's not "pump and dump for 24 hours" as is often done Check out our new article: www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti... Grateful for amazing coauthors: Drs Oxentenko, Cooper, (big sis) Feld, and Gray #GISky

Study (N=520) over 25 years finds women consistently did majority of cooking, cleaning, groceries, laundry. Parenthood widened the gap. Decisions made early in relationships about the distribution of chores persisted over the life of those relationships. www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...

Data out from the NZ Women in Medicine 2024 survey- Drs appear to be withdrawing from the profession: nearly a third (30%) of Secondary Care and 41% of Primary Care drs have thought about and discussed leaving the profession in the past 12 months.😔 More- www.nzwim.org.nz/work

Study of Australian income data (2001-2013) finds longer parental leave is associated with lower post-leave income for women in men-dominated occupations but not in women-dominated or gender-neutral fields. theconversation.com/parental-lea...

"Stop asking why schools don't have bulletproof glass and metal detectors at all the doors. Ask why schools have to. That's the question that needs to be asked,” Madison Police Chief Shon Barnes

NIH supports a shockingly small amount of research on women's health. So, this cute song is on my Endoscopy playlist. Along with a lot of Taylor Swift.. open.spotify.com/track/5eoG7w...

It's that time of the year again. In no particular order, I would like to share a few of #livertwitter in 2024 with #liversky These could be original research, guidance statement, position paper or editorial. This is def not an inclusive list. Feel free to add to the 🧵

Society is misaligned to modern life: school schedules unequal to work hours, workplaces made for employees w/o caregiving, lack of affordable childcare. The answer isn't confining women to one role, it is a society that works for the choices women make. www.vogue.com/article/joy-...

Abstracts authored by all-female teams are less likely to get accepted for presentation at economics conferences than those authored by all-male teams, even after adjusting for the authors’ prior track records and institutional prestige

The absolute state of this. It's not just *medical* misogyny consigning women to years of pain... 😖

While NIH’s total spending on research grants grew from $26.3 billion to $43.7 billion between 2013 to 2023, the % spent on women's health dropped from 9.7% to 7.9%. And so we still don't have cures to common conditions like endometriosis. @meredithwadman.bsky.social www.science.org/content/arti...

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On GI weekend call, rounding with the fellow like: (Sound on for the video) #MedSky #GISky

US DOL study finds a national paid family and medical leave program would reduce poverty across all communities, esp Black & Hispanic workers. Only 27% of workers & 6% of lowest wage earners have paid family leave. 41% of workers have short term disability insurance. www.dol.gov/newsroom/rel...

New UN report: one woman or girl is killed every 10 mins by their intimate partner or family member. In medicine, we need to screen for intimate partner violence. We also desperately need real solutions & protections to provide when someone asks for help. #Femicide www.unwomen.org/en/news-stor...

I've created a Gender Experts starter pack. Who am I missing? go.bsky.app/4SiDwEu

Just your regular reminder that laboratory reference intervals rely on the following assumptions ✨Gaussian distribution of values ✨Healthy population ✨2.5% of population on either side is out of range Therefore they may or may not be relevant to any individual clinical decision making

Fantastic liver meeting hearing and sharing #LiverLearning with wonderful colleagues. Back in MA for patient care tomorrow - already looking forward to next year! #TLM24

Join us in Room 23 at 9:45am today to discuss reproductive healthcare for patients with liver disease! #TLM24 #LiverSky

Grateful to have had the opportunity to present the keynote at the AASLD Women's Leadership Program. Presenting to this room of stars was invigorating and humbling. Great leadership by Dr Fleming and Dr Au. Thank you all for a great discussion after! #TLM24

Excited to connect and learn from these fantastic women in medicine!

Excited to join Blue Sky! 🦋 Looking to share ideas and advocate for workforce equity and women in medicine. Please comment below if you have similar interests - I'd love to follow you!