
Kathleen Teixeira
@kathleenteixei2
health care advocate, yogi, foodie, dog lover, masters swimmer, sometime runner, Boston sports fan, music lover, nutrition & wellness addict. Tweets are my own.
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20-01-2014 03:35:55
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Thank you Sherrod Brown for your years of service in the House and Senate. You have been an advocate for improving access to care for all Americans and proud to have worked with you to fix the Medicare screening colonoscopy loophole.

Thank you Lisa Mathew, MD and Gastro Broadcast for having me to discuss the importance of physicians participating in advocacy. We will definitely need you this year to speak for GI and for our patients!


Its not often I agree w/ the WSJ editorial page, but this is spot on. RFK Jr. is the nation’s health secretary, and there are children in the hospital with measles who shouldn’t have to be there. wsj.com/opinion/rfk-jr… via Wall Street Journal Opinion


Proud to be w/ Debbie's Dream Foundation: Curing Stomach Cancer to advocate for research funding to improve treatment for this deadly cancer. ✂️ to NIH will kill 🔬& the economy Thanks Elizabeth Warren Ed Markey Senator Angus King Rep. Richard Neal Susan Collins for Senator








NCQA Is Developing a New HEDIS Measure for Colorectal Cancer Screening Follow-Up - NCQA American Gastroenterological Association (AGA) is proud to be partnering on this initiative to better measure the need for timely follow up to colo after + stool test. ncqa.org/blog/ncqa-deve…

THANK you Susan Collins for Senator & Senator Patty Murray for your leadership in holding this hearing today on biomedical research & your strong opposition for slashing NIH & capping indirect costs at 15% - which defies Congress. American Gastroenterological Association (AGA) supports your efforts. 🧪🔬

Come hear Larry Kim speak to Pooja Singhal, MD FACG about her experience setting up her obesity practice and how American Gastroenterological Association (AGA) is advocating for patients and their access to full treatment of obesity care.


Come on over to American Gastroenterological Association (AGA) Central for our practice spotlight on obesity.


“Our president who never really left” as best said by Maria T. Abreu. Congratulations to this year’s Julius Friedenwald Medal recipient, David Lieberman! 🎉 Thank you for your innumerable contributions to GI!



Happening now! American Gastroenterological Association (AGA) #gastrosquad come hear Shazia Siddique MD MS jessicakormanmd speak on ways you can advocate for GI, science 🧬 & patients. #HandsOffNIH #FixMedicareNow
