New #crohnsdisease guideline by the American Gastroenterological Association (AGA) is now open for public comment!
Honored to have been part of this team! Submit your comments by Jan 10.
gastro.org/news/new-guide…

Shahnaz Sultan, Joseph Feuerstein, U.S. GRADE Network

Testing plays an integral role in providing information during a pandemic. Get an advance preview of our new recommendations for safely re-opening #endoscopy units during #COVID19 this Thursday with Shahnaz Sultan, John Inadomi and Shazia Siddique MD MS ow.ly/iuJe50zVE4b #COVIDGI

Check out our most recent article on COVID-19, 'Triaging advanced GI endoscopy procedures during the COVID-19 Pandemic: consensus recommendations using the Delphi method' by Sawhney et al. …s-jbs-prod-cdn.jbs.elsevierhealth.com/pb/assets/raw/…

Management of a COVID-19 patient in the endoscopy suite youtu.be/XV3Hbe77aZU via YouTube

AGA publishes important guidance on managing patients with IBD during COVID-19
AGA Clinical Practice Update on Management of Inflammatory Bowel Disease During the COVID-19 Pandemic: Expert Commentary gastrojournal.org/article/S0016-…

Hopefully the new guidelines from the AGA will help keep providers and patients safer as we advocate for the necessary PPE to keep everyone safe during COVID-19 pandemic.
gastro.org/news/aga-issue…

Scope Series No. 2: Screening prevention is the best medicine against #ColonCancer #ColorectalCancerAwareness #TomorrowCantWait

Throughout March for #ColonCancerAwarenessMonth , our physicians will be sharing advice on colonoscopy screening practices in our new Scope Series. The best defense against #coloncancer is a screening colonoscopy, performed routinely by our expert BIDMC physicians #CRCprevention