Alexander Levy (@alexlevymd) 's Twitter Profile
Alexander Levy

@alexlevymd

Assistant Profressor @YaleDigestive, Director of Yale IBD Fellowship Program, Passionate about #IBD patient care

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Joseph Sleiman, MD, FACP (@josephhabibi_md) 's Twitter Profile Photo

#MondayNightIBD Waseem Ahmed Zachary Borman MD ericacohen Damie Odufalu @ManasiAgrawalMD Priscila Santiago, MD Victor Chedid, MD Adam Faye MD MS Katie Dunleavy Katie Falloon 1/ Thinking about an #IBDFellowship? Need tips on how to navigate the #IBD #fellowship application?🤔 🎯This tweetorial will cover the basics🧩 📲Send us your Questions by September 16, to be answered by IBD PDs & faculty during our webinar on 10/9/23: tinyurl.com/IBDfellowshipQ…

<a href="/MondayNightIBD/">#MondayNightIBD</a> <a href="/Waseem_AhmedMD/">Waseem Ahmed</a> <a href="/ZachBormanMD/">Zachary Borman MD</a> <a href="/ericohenr/">ericacohen</a> <a href="/DamieOdufaluMD/">Damie Odufalu</a> @ManasiAgrawalMD <a href="/PriSantiagoMD/">Priscila Santiago, MD</a> <a href="/VictorChedidMD/">Victor Chedid, MD</a> <a href="/AdamFayeMD/">Adam Faye MD MS</a> <a href="/dunleavy_katie/">Katie Dunleavy</a> <a href="/KatieFalloonMD/">Katie Falloon</a> 1/ Thinking about an #IBDFellowship?

Need tips on how to navigate the #IBD #fellowship application?🤔

🎯This tweetorial will cover the basics🧩

📲Send us your Questions by September 16, to be answered by IBD PDs &amp; faculty during our webinar on 10/9/23:
tinyurl.com/IBDfellowshipQ…
Uma Mahadevan (@umamahadevanibd) 's Twitter Profile Photo

Biologics in pregnancy overall are low risk and data across studies and drugs are consistent. We continue throughout pregnancy and lactation.

Alexander Levy (@alexlevymd) 's Twitter Profile Photo

🚨 New publication alert🚨 Our recent systematic review showed HBOT to be effective and safe option for fistulizing Crohn's. ⭐️ 87% clinical response ⭐️ Low adverse events - only 51 per 10,000 HBOT sessions journals.lww.com/jcge/abstract/…

Robert Battat MD (@battatmd4ibd) 's Twitter Profile Photo

Higher visceral adipose fat associated with higher infliximab level needed for remission in #ibd Nice study Andres Yarur ! journals.lww.com/ajg/fulltext/2…

Aline Charabaty, MD, FACG, AGAF (@dcharabaty) 's Twitter Profile Photo

🎯Is #TransmuralHealing the next T2T in #Crohns? 🧰#IUS + FCP for proactive monitoring & adjusting Rx? 🔎TH= Bowel wall <3mm + No Doppler vascular activity ⏳Benefit mainly early (<18mos) Crohns? 💰Monitoring< prevented complications 🚧Achieved only in 30-50% of pts in studies

🎯Is #TransmuralHealing the next T2T in #Crohns?

🧰#IUS + FCP for proactive monitoring &amp; adjusting Rx?

🔎TH= Bowel wall &lt;3mm + No Doppler vascular activity
⏳Benefit mainly early (&lt;18mos) Crohns?
💰Monitoring&lt; prevented complications
🚧Achieved only in 30-50% of pts in studies
Charlie Lees (@charlie_lees) 's Twitter Profile Photo

The impact of IBD on a person's life is not just physical Physical aspects • diarrhoea, urgency, blood in stool and pain • loss of appetite and weight loss • night sweats and fevers • nausea and vomiting • joint pains, eye problems, skin rashes and mouth ulcers

The impact of IBD on a person's life is not just physical

Physical aspects
 • diarrhoea, urgency, blood in stool and pain
 • loss of appetite and weight loss 
 • night sweats and fevers
 • nausea and vomiting
 • joint pains, eye problems, skin rashes and mouth ulcers
Michael Todd Dolinger, MD MBA (@drmikedolinger) 's Twitter Profile Photo

Excited to share our study on IUS as screening tool for Crohn's disease clinical trials and validation of IUS activity scores AJG - The American Journal of Gastroenterology - Problem: Failure to meet SES-CD is #1 reason for trial screen failures = un. scopes - Answer: IUS prior to scope can reduce this by 90%

Excited to share our study on IUS as screening tool for Crohn's disease clinical trials and validation of IUS activity scores <a href="/AmJGastro/">AJG - The American Journal of Gastroenterology</a> 
- Problem: Failure to meet SES-CD is #1 reason for trial screen failures = un. scopes
- Answer: IUS prior to scope can reduce this by 90%
Alexander Levy (@alexlevymd) 's Twitter Profile Photo

Thank you to the Crohn’s & Colitis Foundation CT/Westchester chapter for the support. Thinking of donating to our team? Click on the link. #takesteps takesteps.crohnscolitisfoundation.org/index.cfm?fuse… instagram.com/reel/C6iGpD2MQ…

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Had a wonderful time with my family at the Connecticut/Westchester Take Steps event yesterday. I am thankful for the opportunity to connect with our IBD community and support such a great cause. Go Yale Stoma Troopers! Crohn's & Colitis Foundation #IBD #takesteps

Had a wonderful time with my family at the Connecticut/Westchester Take Steps event yesterday. I am thankful for the opportunity to connect with our IBD community and support such a great cause. Go Yale Stoma Troopers! <a href="/CrohnsColitisFn/">Crohn's & Colitis Foundation</a> #IBD #takesteps
PREDICT IBD (@predictibd) 's Twitter Profile Photo

THE RISK OF IBD IN OFFSPRING INCREASES IF EITHER PARENT HAS IBD BEFORE CHILDBIRTH 👩🏻👨🏾👶🏼 New Study in Gut shows that both maternal and paternal IBD diagnosis before childbirth is associated with higher IBD risk in offspring. Read the study here ➡️ gut.bmj.com/cgi/rapidpdf/g…

IBDJournal & CC360 (@ibdjournals) 's Twitter Profile Photo

How long after admission for acute severe UC should patients follow up with GI? 🧐 ⭐️ Follow up within 🥇 week = ⬇️ risk of readmissions 🔑 Follow up can be with IBDologist, general GI or APP academic.oup.com/ibdjournal/art… Stanford Div. of GI & Hepatology Philip Okafor

How long after admission for acute severe UC should patients follow up with GI? 🧐

⭐️ Follow up within 🥇 week = ⬇️ risk of readmissions
🔑 Follow up can be with IBDologist, general GI or APP

academic.oup.com/ibdjournal/art…

<a href="/Stanford_GI/">Stanford Div. of GI & Hepatology</a> <a href="/PhilipOkaforMD/">Philip Okafor</a>
Alexander Levy (@alexlevymd) 's Twitter Profile Photo

I am delighted to announce that the Yale Digestive Diseases IBD program is accepting applications for our Advanced IBD Fellowship position for the 2026-27 academic year! Visit medicine.yale.edu/internal-medic… for more information.