"From words to actions to change" - A compelling read from Fola May, MD PhD on breaking the silence on issues of racism in academia: healio.com/news/gastroent… For more on Dr. May's influential research on racial disparities in care, see her full body of work here: pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/?term=may+fp&s…

Today - I finally made it to the cecum independently. Huge progress from my first scope yet so much progress left to be made. This accomplishment really helped to reignite my enthusiasm for endoscopy #MadeItOutTheSigmoid #GITwitter

🏆And an #ACG2021 award goes to... 🌟Megan R. McLeod, MD, MS Megan R.M. Aaronson (McLeod), MD MSc ➡️Outstanding Research Award in Colorectal Cancer Prevention Category (Trainee) ➡️Poster: #CRC Screening Rates at HRSA-Funded Health Centers in the U.S. Lag Behind the National Rate #UCLAGI #MayLabUCLA

Very excited to be presenting today, October 26th, at #ACG2021!! 🌟Please come check out my poster P2808 to learn about how to safely defer screening EGDs in patients with HCC using the EVendo score! ACG UCLA Health

#DDW2022 poster 👉EVendo score application for variceal screening in patients with hepatocellular carcinoma 🌟Punya Chittajallu, MD (Punya Chittajallu) 🤝@JBenhammouMD Arpan Patel, MD PhD (he/him/his) @Tabibian_MDPhD Tien Dong MD, PhD ⏰12:30 pm, Saturday, May 21 #UCLAGI #LiverTwitter

Family GI affair at #DDW2022 - presenting on underutilization of imaging for unintentional foreign body ingestion CWRU-GI/Case Western GI Fellowship @theDocMok Punya Chittajallu

Had a great time at #DDW2022 seeing everyone in person (and vaccinated)!! Tien Dong MD, PhD @JBenhammouMD Arpan Patel, MD PhD (he/him/his) @Tabibian_MDPhD UCLA Internal Medicine Chief Residents

An important new approach to pancreatitis! Great summary of the WATERFALL trial

🤩🤩🤩 UCLA Internal Medicine Chief Residents UCLA Gastroenterology and Hepatology

The best time at #ACG2022 with my incredibly talented UCLA gals 🥰💙💛🐻 Anna Lee Punya Chittajallu Megan R.M. Aaronson (McLeod), MD MSc

So excited to have matched at my dream program! Thrilled to be joining this incredible GI family next year :) Thank you to all my friends, family, and mentors for their support and best wishes along the way! 💙💛 #UCLAGI