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Plant-based trumps low-carb keto every time. Plus - good for our planet and our animal friends! nature.com/articles/s4159…

COVID mask ✅ Walking through Ice storm ✅ Busy #ESG day ✅ Starbucks treat ☕️ Priceless Keeping me going thesilhouetteclinic #endoscopicsleevegastroplasty #endoscopicsleeve #weightloss #thesilhouetteclinic #weightlossmaryland #drhalimcharbel #thesilhouetteclinic #maryland

#ScopingSundays Mayssan Muftah, MD, MPH Pichamol Jirapinyo, MD, MPH Chris Thompson, MD Mohammad Bilal, MD Vaibhav Wadhwa Lizzie Aby, MD Ahmad Bazarbashi أحمد بازارباشي Roberto Simons-Linares, MD Ramzi Mulki, MD Nneka N. Ufere, MD MSCE Jacqueline N. Chu, MD Malorie Simons Alex Perelman Types of suture patterns for TORe. #scopingsundays #GItwitter 💪Interrupted stitch technique 💪Pursestring technique 💪Running pattern pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/33254242/ pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/29253919/

AGA recs for use of the IGB to manage obesity and metabolic disease published in Gastro. A major milestone for the field of endobariatric. Honored to participate. ⁦American Gastroenterological Association (AGA)⁩ ⁦Mayo Clinic Gastroenterology & Hepatology⁩ ⁦IFSO ⁦ASMBS⁩ ⁦ASGE GI Endoscopy⁩

Kicking off the academic year 2022-23 🔥🔥🔥with “Endoscopic Sleeve Gastroplasty - Tips & Tricks !” Join us tomorrow at #ScopingSundays 🔥🔥 to learn some pearls & share your tips & tricks ! Moderated by @badhi_firas & Divya Chalikonda - & our Expert Guest Danny Issa, MD!

MERIT RCT of Endoscopic Sleeve Gastroplasty in The Lancet. Congratulations to study team. Hope this procedure will significantly contribute to the management of obesity and metabolic diseases. ⁦Mayo Clinic⁩ ⁦The Lancet⁩ ⁦American Gastroenterological Association (AGA)⁩ ⁦ASGE GI Endoscopy⁩

Had a great time teaching ESG to an amazing group of gastroenterologists and surgeons at the Apollo Endosurgery suturing course at ASGE ITT ctr #esgprocedure #endobariatric #esgweightloss #bariatricendoscopy #endoscopicsleevegastroplasty #apolloendosurgery #thesilhouetteclinic

Congratulations @APOLLO_ENDO for organizing a fantastic Inaugural Endobariatric training course. Big thanks to course faculty/mentors Christopher Chapman Dr Halim Charbel Dr. Christopher Gostout, Dr. Robert Snow.

ACG stands with Fight Colorectal Cancer @ABGH Colon Cancer Coalition TheBlueHatFoundation American Gastroenterological Association (AGA) ASGE GI Endoscopy sharing deep concerns about ACP guidance on #ColorectalCancerScreening #GIcommunity & #CRCadvocates support age 45 to start CRC screening! Read bit.ly/fightCRC-age-4…

Game changing results #SELECT trial #Semaglutide #wegovy ⬇️ risk of major cardiovascular events 👉 RCT 17,604 pts w #obesity or #overweight & CVD but ⛔️DM, 5yrs. 👉 #Semaglutide 2.4 mg vs Placebo 👉 #Semaglutide 20%⬇️ MACE conscienhealth.org/2023/08/huge-n…

No. Study in CNN article: Retrospective cohort of 5712 pts 👉slight ⬆️dementia w/ PPI (HR 1.3 [CI 1.0-1.8]) Moayyedi 2019 Gastroenterology: Randomized placebo-controlled trial of 17598 pts w/ 53152 pt-yr follow-up 👉NO dementia risk w/ PPI If indicated, PPI should not be avoided if

#CDC is out w new #obesity rates and the results aren't good. 22 states have obesity prevalence ⬆️ 35%, compared to 19 in 2021. 10 yrs ago, no state was ⬆️35%. What now? CDC DNPAO calls for "equitable access to obesity prev & treatment" in order to slow the obesity epidemic.

First DMV area #endobariatric meeting Great crowd and a lot of insightful discussions w bariatric endoscopists & surgeons #endoscopicsleevegastroplasty #gastricballoon #orbera #obesity #weightloss #WashingtonDC #Maryland #virginia #bariatricsurgery thesilhouetteclinic @APOLLO_ENDO

Our application for Medicare HCPCS code C9901 for endoscopic defect closure procedures in the outpatient setting was approved. Reimbursement may be possible for procedures* which may include devices such as the MANTIS™ Clip, OverStitch™ NXT, and X-Tack™. *As of July 1, 2024

Excited to be back to San Diego for #DDW2025

🔥Pancreatic gene therapy via EUS shows promise for diabetes & obesity—nutrient-responsive GLP-1, local delivery, big results in mice! 🧬💉 🔥 A bright future ahead! @allieshulman Digestive Disease Week #ddw2025 #GITwitter #Endoscopy #Diabetes American Gastroenterological Association (AGA) ASGE GI Endoscopy

SURMOUNT-5 phase 3b: Open label randomized trial Tirzepatide > Semaglutide #weightloss at 72 weeks: #Tirzepatide 20.2% #Semaglutide 13.7% #obesity #GLP1

Real-world Wegovy/Zepbound = less weight loss than in trials: Avg loss at 1 yr: • Wegovy: 7.7% • Zepbound: 12.4% vs trials: • Wegovy: 14.9% • Zepbound: up to 20.9% Why? ➡️ 80% on low doses, >50% stopped meds early. Still: A1c improved, weight regain modest. #ObesityMedicine