
Michelle Baliss, DO
@balissmichelle
Advanced Endoscopy Fellow @WUgastro | Gastroenterology @SLUgastro | IM @UTMBInternalMed | @ACG_EBGI Lead Tweetorial editor | foodie, 🐶 mom, 🇱🇧🇺🇸
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How often are you consulted to perform an ERCP on a patient with roux-en-Y gastric bypass ? Heres a reminder of the endoscopic modalities that can be done (based on resources and endoscopic expertise) #MedEd Brigham and Women's GI


VideoGIE Editor's Choice: “Percutaneous needle decompression for tension pneumoperitoneum during GI endoscopy: a step-by-step guide” by Natalie J. Wilson et al. videogie.org/article/S2468-… Natalie Wilson, MD Rahul Karna, MD Giovanni Roldan, MD @Dvinsard Mohammad Bilal, MD Kara Raphael


5 months of AE fellowship left🥹 Lucky to learn so much from amazing, caring faculty & to have such a fantastic PD Ahmad N. Bazarbashi أحمد بازارباشي🌟 Judy Trieu, MD, MPH Arvind Rengarajan, MD Juan P Reyes Genere Vladimir Kushnir Dayna Early Drs. Das, Lang, & Ismail WashU Medicine Division of Gastroenterology Pink 👉Pointer tradition continues 😄SLU Gastroenterology & Hepatology


… and crushing it! Michelle Baliss, DO expertly closing POEM access/tunnel. Great week with the third space endoscopy team Arvind Rengarajan, MD WashU Medicine Division of Gastroenterology

Exciting times for endohepatology. We took part in this multicenter U.S study lead by UCLA Gastroenterology and Hepatology Jennifer Kolb looking at correlation between EUS-PPG with clinical parameters and liver histology in CGH ✔️ 8 centers, 385 patients ✔️ Higher PPG seen in EV, thrombocytopenia and


⭐️ Amazing grand rounds about the role of endoscopy in liver diseases by the incredible Michelle Baliss, DO from @WUgastro. Ahmad N. Bazarbashi أحمد بازارباشي BCM Gastroenterology BCM Department of Medicine TMC Digestive Diseases Center #GITwitter


Needle decompression 💉 for #pneumoperitoneum is a cheap & potentially life saving intervention thats a ✅ in #GIEndoscopy but can appear to be dauntintg 😳😱 Check out👇 for our ✅ step-by-step guide to performing 💉 in VideoGIE Journal ASGE GI Endoscopy 🔖 videogie.org/article/S2468-…

So amazing to see in real time the effects of POEM using MedtronicGI's Endoflip. This was a Type 3 Achalasia with known 14 cm hyper contractile segment on manometry. You can see the drastic difference on same day Endoflips before and after myotomy.


🔵#ColonCancerAwarnessMonth🔵 Tomorrow -Join Us- Evidence-Based GI: An ACG Publication (EBGI) & #ScopingSundays collaboration 🔥🔥 The topic near & dear to every #GI’s 💙-“From Screening to Resection: Advancing CRC Prevention” Moderated by Umer Farooq & Romy Chamoun, MD -& our Expert Guest Mohammad Bilal, MD


SAVE THE DATE for our annual WashU Therapeutic Endoscopy and Fellows Course. August 21s and 22nd here at WashU Medicine. Travel grants available for fellows to cover airfare and accommodation. Full details including faculty lineup to follow! Arvind Rengarajan, MD Judy Trieu, MD, MPH Vladimir Kushnir



Inspired by Mohamed Othman & #KenBinmoeller for their contributions to #NOTES in #GIEndoscopy ! Now out in Endoscopy Journal - #NOTES guided creation of #EndoscopicGastroJejunostomy ✅ Combination of ERCP, EUS & Third Space Endo skills 👉 thieme-connect.com/products/ejour…

📸interesting case at Geisinger GI by 🌟faculty Dr. Dema Shamoon (Dema Shamoon ): Pt with obstructive jaundice 🌝 → ampullary mass. EUS → FNB 💉: black fluid from specimen. ERCP → Sphincterotomy ✂️exposed a jet-black tumor. Also seen 👀 a Gastric lesion expressing black

We are looking forward to our Annual WashU Advanced Endoscopy Course and Hands-on course for fellows. Delighted to host colleagues for lectures and hands on sessions. See attached itinerary. Fellows travel grants are available. for more info: sites.wustl.edu/washucme/thera… Vladimir Kushnir


For those interested in endohepatology, join me and Allison Schulman MD, MPH at Digestive Disease Week as we moderate this exciting endohep focused session with great lectures by Harshit S. Khara, MD, FACG, FASGE #MarvinRyou #KennethBinmoelller W Ray Kim. Saturday May 3rd at 2:00pm in room 32


The best PD Ahmad N. Bazarbashi أحمد بازارباشي at #DDW2025 giving a fantastic talk on How to build an Endohepatology Practice Digestive Disease Week WashU Medicine Division of Gastroenterology


Massive congrats to Prabhleen Chahal MD,MASGE,FACG for the #MasterEndoscopicAward 🔥🔥 Truly a master in #Endoscopy & incredible mentor & person ! #DDW2025 Digestive Disease Week


Standing room only at this excellent session on nighttime GI emergencies by the amazing Judy Trieu, MD, MPH Mohammad Bilal, MD 🔥😍 Digestive Disease Week #DDW2025


Grateful for the incredible mentorship and support from Dr. Ahmad N. Bazarbashi أحمد بازارباشي Wissam Kiwan M.D. and the superstar 🌟advanced fellow Michelle Baliss, DO —couldn’t have asked for better guidance and inspiration! Digestive Disease Week WashU Medicine Division of Gastroenterology SLU Gastroenterology & Hepatology American Gastroenterological Association (AGA) ASGE GI Endoscopy
