We’re on this! More than 50 ⁦American Gastroenterological Association (AGA)⁩ members getting ready to take to The Hill for #AGAadvocacy day - asking for legislation to protect GI patients and research funding

Congratulations to the inaugural recipients of our Staff Spotlight Awards!
General Internal Medicine at UW Medicine, UWGASTRO, Shinetra Pryor

I'm thrilled to welcome Dr. Sara Hurvitz to Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center and UW Department of Medicine. Sara is the right leader to bring together our hematology and oncology divisions, accelerate research and advance education with the goal of improving care for our patients. bit.ly/3Na2ut7

Congratulations, class of 2023 GI fellows! 🥳 We're celebrating with special messages from our #AGAGastroSquad . Hear from Rashmi Advani, MD, ABOM-D, Shazia Siddique MD MS, Rajeev Jain and Fola May, MD PhD as they congratulate the graduates. ❤️ or 🔁 this post to join the #AGAGraduationParty .

Congrats to Dr. Rachel Issaka. Rachel Issaka, MD, MAS has been selected on being named a PSBJ Health Care Hero! According to the journal, “the judges reviewed stacks of nominations but [her application] quickly rose to the top. Dr. Issaka will be honored at a special luncheon on July 13.

.UW Medicine launches a new center to study the #microbiome . Among the center’s overarching goals is exploring the science behind these dynamic communities of bacteria, fungi, and other microscopic lifeforms.

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Thank you to my swim buddies !!

ILD Summit - Thanks to grant funds, LOW registration rates – register today! uw.cloud-cme.com/MJ2402 UW Medicine @Spipavath Robert Ricciotti UW Environmental & Occupational Health Sciences UW Dept. of Laboratory Medicine and Pathology 🔬 UW PulmCritCareSleep General Internal Medicine at UW Medicine UW Family Medicine #InterstitialLungDisease #PulmonaryFibrosis #ILD Ganesh Raghu MD UW School of Medicine Faculty Affairs UW Department of Medicine

Register now for our Updates in Hospital Medicine live webinar. uw.cloud-cme.com/MJ2407 We hope to see you this fall! UW Medicine General Internal Medicine at UW Medicine UW IM Chiefs HospitalMedicine UW Department of Medicine Nayan Arora,MD Anna L. Cogen MD, PhD ryanabemd

I was reminded today how incredibly smart and funny our GI fellows and faculty are at UWGASTRO!

Fun & roasting at the farewell dinner for graduating fellows.

American Gastroenterological Association (AGA) president Barbara Jung highlights our concerns on UnitedHealthcare new ‘data gathering plan.’ Thank you Angus Rohan Chen for highlighting this! statnews.com/2023/06/02/uni… via STAT

Incoming AGA president Barbara Jung on why we need keep up the pressure to #StopUHCGiPriorAuth ow.ly/EuvA50OyjgV

American Gastroenterological Association (AGA) President and UWGASTRO Dr. Barbara Jung sounds the alarm for UnitedHealthcare to reverse course!! This new policy hurts patients and hinders our ability to provide GI care without delay. UW Medicine Barbara Jung

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Look at what UnitedHealthcare is planning to do June 1😡. They will require prior authorization before a patient can get almost endoscopic procedure… and likely delay further. Here is what Forbes says: forbes.com/sites/joshuaco…
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Looking forward to celebrating our graduating UWGASTRO fellows next week!

Registration is open! Join the UW CME course “Current Concepts in Medication Therapy” in December. Course faculty include Drs. Jennifer Azen, Lindsey Enoch, Srirama Josyula, Chris Knight, Sarah Leyde, MD, & Nina Tan. Barrels of learning to be had! uw.cloud-cme.com/course/courseo…

This month, our liver, kidney, pancreas & lung transplant services joined forces as the UW Medicine Transplant Institute. The program will enhance coordination efforts across our transplant programs and take our already outstanding services to a new level. huddle.uwmedicine.org/transplant-ins…

We are thrilled that ANIO has announced
Nisha Bansal MD is the recipient of the 2022 award for academic excellence! So well deserved Dr. Bansal!
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UW Medicine Kidney Research Institute Women In Nephrology
#NephTwitter #WomenInMedicine #kidney

I just love Matthew Judon not just for his sacks and his red sleeves but for standing up for women!