Baby’s first #ACG2024 ✨ Looking forward to sharing our research on appetite factors, urogyn sx, endometriosis screening, and IVIG for gastroparesis. Come see what we’re doing and get a look at this amazing hair in the poster hall Sunday 3:30-7pm ❤️ Cleveland Clinic

Heart warming to see a full room- Baha Moshiree MD, MSci, FACG, AGAF speaks on #gastroparesis diagnostics/treatment based on most bothersome symptom. We need ⬆️ GP txs + well equipped providers to care for these patients! Proud to be part of Cleveland Clinic & our multidisciplinary GP team #ACG2024

#ACG2024 Poster session happening now- Honored to receive a presidential award for our research showing 2/3 of patients w/ autoimmune gastroparesis benefit from IVIG therapy ✨ Unfortunately, insurance is a significant barrier to receiving this life changing treatment…

In collaboration with Xiao Jing (Iris) Wang, M.D. Yuying Luo, we studied screening practices for endometriosis among GI providers. Most are not currently screening- ask your pts about: -painful periods -heavy periods 🩸 -painful sex -painful urination -frequent UTIs #ACG2024 Cleveland Clinic

Why should you screen for endometriosis? 20% of patients with GI symptoms report 4 or more of these symptoms. This may reflect underlying urogyn pathology affecting the GI tract #ACG2024 Cleveland Clinic Stephen Lupe

Lastly, talk to your patients about how their symptoms affect their appetite, taste/smell of food, and fear around food/eating. This is especially prominent in patients with dyspeptic symptoms (nearly 50%) #ACG2024 Cleveland Clinic Stephen Lupe Erika Staneff, PsyD

If you treat patients with gastroparesis (or have it yourself), check out this nutrition guide by ⁦Kate Scarlata, MPH, RDN⁩ on how to navigate food/eating with gastroparesis! Diet change is your first line of treatment and then you stack others on top. katescarlata.com/shop/gastropar…

🥗Check out this study where Madison Simons, PsyD from the Cleveland Clinic and team explore the food related quality of life for patients experiencing organic GI conditions (like IBD, celiac sprue, and eosinophilic esophagitis. Read more on JHND early view: doi.org/10.1111/jhn.13…

For some good news and progress: yesterday I saw two patients referred from our GI team here for menstrual related GI symptoms and query Endo. Both have deep disease. Collaborations and connections work. #Endo Endo What? EICE IPPS Jocelyn J. Fitzgerald MD Nancy Petersen RN retired

SusanKhalil, MD, MS, FACOG, FACS Mount Sinai Health System We will have an article out soon in Digestive Diseases and Sciences about current trends practices & attitudes of GI providers for endometriosis screening in pts with chronic GI symptoms! Xiao Jing (Iris) Wang, M.D. Madison Simons, PsyD @drlauriekeefer Moving the needle slowly ….

There are many reversible causes of bloating but abdominal distension to the point of looking pregnant is often refractory to simple treatments. Abdominophrenic dyssynergia (APD) is often implicated due to an abnormal viscerosomatic reflex, leading to an abnormal diabetic

A 4week trial found that transcutaneous auricular vagus nerve stimulation (#taVNS) significantly improved constipation and abdominal pain in #IBS-C patients. Benefits include better rectal sensation, vagal activity, mental health, & gut microbiota balance. pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/39689011/

Excited to share our IBDJournal & CC360 publication on food fears in #IBD: what are the drivers of fear/avoidance, how can we best help patients with #diet liberalization? Read on for specific strategies for your practice! Madison Simons, PsyD #ARFID academic.oup.com/crohnscolitis3…

The most common group of patients discharged from ERs in America today? Not chest pain. Not trauma. Not asthma. It’s the person writhing in pain, vomiting for hours, dehydrated, desperate, and told: “Your tests are fine. Follow up with GI.”

Proud to share our new publication on food fear in IBD. We outline the neuroscience behind how fear of food develops in patients with GI symptoms and set the stage for a compassionate approach to reintroduction. academic.oup.com/crohnscoliti... Thanks to Kelly Issokson MS RD LDN (she/her) for initiating!

She saw five specialists in two years. Gastroenterology. Neurology. Psychiatry. “Nothing’s wrong.” “Maybe it’s anxiety.” “It’s the weed.” She was throwing up weekly, bloated daily, and missing work. This isn’t rare. This is what it looks like when the system fails the complex.

Hear from Kelly Issokson MS RD LDN (she/her), Eric Vasiliauskas “DrV”, and Madison Simons, PsyD providing evidence-based nutrition strategies for patients with #IBD. Learn practical guidance on collaborating with dietitians and multidisciplinary teams to improve patient outcomes. Register ➡️ ow.ly/rEes50WBEUa