Shifa Umar, MD
@shifaumarmd
Interventional Gastroenterologist @bcm_gihep|VA Houston|Pancreas |Alumna @MayoClinicGIHep @AHNtoday |@ASGEendoscopy Endo Hangout| RT ≠ endorsements
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08-10-2018 13:21:36
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To have access to such phenomenal learning opportunities for faculty & trainees right here at home is priceless. AdventHealth Central Florida #CIE presents #PancreasUpdates2024 Registration: web.cvent.com/event/93f0e1c9…
Last week ASGE GI Endoscopy First Year Fellows Endoscopy Course was a great opportunity for learning. Many thanks to the organizers and the faculty. Mohammad Bilal, MD Vladimir Kushnir Roberto Simons-Linares, MD Samir C. Grover, MD Patricia Ajayi-Fox, MD Shifa Umar, MD
One month left to our IBD summit with the leaders of the IBD world! When: Sept 14 Where: Fairmont, Pittsburgh Who: If you are a GI or IBD physician/provider or a trainee interested in GI/IBD this is for you 🫵 Registration FREE (physicians $50) Gursimran Kochhar MD Sandra El-Hachem
🚨New Publication 🚨 ⭐️ My first publication with BCM Gastroenterology affliation. “Contemporary epidemiology of hepatocellular carcinoma: understanding risk factors and surveillance strategies” ⚡️ updated Review of: - HCC risk factors - HCC surveillance and novel biomarker scores
The #ScopingSundays New Academic Year Series continues 🔥🔥🔥 First yr #GIFellows - this is for you ✅ Experts - join us tomorrow to share some 💎& your tips & tricks regarding “Basics of #Colonoscopy” Moderated by Taranika S Das & Fouad Jaber, MD, MS - & our Expert Guest Wissam Kiwan M.D.!
🎉Congrats🎊 Michael Perrin (future GI fellow) on your article walking us through dysphagia work up and sharing an uncommonly reported etiology! Keep it up!!! BCM Gastroenterology VA Houston American Gastroenterological Association (AGA) ACG Texas Society for Gastroenterology and Endoscopy TxIEG Nirav Thosani gastrojournal.org/article/S0016-…
Evidence-Based GI: An ACG Publication (EBGI) Judy Trieu, MD, MPH Jeremy Louissaint Joseph Sleiman, MD Anh Nguyen, MD Mohammad Bilal, MD Erik Holzwanger, MD, ABOM-D Evidence-Based GI Doc Amit Patel, MD, AGAF, FACG Amrit Kamboj, MD Dr. Amrita Sethi Matt Townsend Marianna Papademetriou, MD Mariam Naveed, MD Manasi Agrawal, MD, MS Louis Lau Lauren Feld Linda Ánh Vân Nguyễn MD Lin Chang Laurie Keefer, PhD Barham Abu Dayyeh MD MPH FASGE FAGA Valerie Antoine-Gustave M.D., M.P.H Vinay Chandrasekhara, MD Vaibhav Wadhwa Uzma Siddiqui Ugo Iroku MD Tyler Berzin MD, FASGE Todd H Baron MD, MASGE Tina Aswani-Omprakash, MPH Thomas Runge, MD MPH Thomas R McCarty Susan Kais, MD Sunil Amin, MD, FASGE, FRCPC Sultan Mahmood MD Sri Komanduri Sophie Restellini Sophie Balzora, MD, FACG Sonali Paul, MD MS (she/her) Shrinivas Bishu Shima Ghavimi Shifa Umar, MD Rotonya Carr Roberto Simons-Linares, MD Robert Huang Dr. Bobby Brown Robert Bechara Dr. Renee Williams Rena Yadlapati Reem Sharaiha, MD MS Rebekah Russell 6/ My Practice 💎 Check with pharmacy what is available at your hospital for pro-kinetic agents! 💎 If you find yourself with poor visuals, try repositioning the patient from the standard left later decubitus position to the left lateral “semi-recumbent” position
The American Gastroenterological Association (AGA) Women in GI workshop registration deadline is coming up! Save your spot for the 2024 meeting in Houston – more info here: bit.ly/4bzczKj
Wondering how to ace the ABIM Foundation American Gastroenterological Association (AGA) ACG ASGE GI Endoscopy boards? We have an answer- When- October 4th and 5th Where- Houston! [And virtual] How? cpd.education.bcm.edu/content/giboar… Texas Society for Gastroenterology and Endoscopy BCM Clinician Resources Ruben Hernaez
Missed out on the 🔥🔥 #ScopingSundays discussion last weekend on “Basics of #Colonoscopy” Check out the #ScopingSummary from the interactive discussion led by Wissam Kiwan M.D., Taranika S Das & Fouad Jaber, MD, MS ! Special thanks to Kimberly G. Ho for the summary!
Learn more about managing #Leaks #Fistulas #Perforations with an outstanding faculty line up 🌟🌟🌟 Ahmad N. Bazarbashi أحمد بازارباشي Allison Schulman MD, MPH Christopher Chapman Fellow moderator Michelle Baliss, DO ASGE GI Endoscopy #EndoHangout 🗓️Sep 12th ⏰7:30pm CT Link 🔗 shorturl.at/bvD3j
Proud of our team & collaborators on poster and oral presentations American Pancreatic Association #APAmeeting2024 Looking forward to an exciting meeting with #IAP 🌎 #JPS 🇯🇵 #CAP 🇨🇳 See you in #Hawai 🏖️🌊
I'm incredibly happy 🤩 to finally share our paper 📄🔥 in Endoscopy Journal about the correlation of #EUS-PPG ↔️ #HVPG Keys 🔑: 📍Prospective comparative study 📍Conventional 22G FNA needle ➡️ EUS-PPG has shown to be an alternative to HVPG thieme-connect.com/products/ejour…
If you have yet, make sure to register to this next ASGE GI Endoscopy endo hangout session on September 12. I’ll be joining Allison Schulman MD, MPH Christopher Chapman and Michelle Baliss, DO to discuss endoscopic management of fistulas/leaks and perforations. We’ve already had 100 registered!