Professor
@UChicagoMed
specializing in liver tumors and Liver Tx|
#LDLT
|PD Transplant Hep Fellowship|Director
@HCCLIVEConf
|Mommy of 2|Educator|Runner
There was this one perfect day…
Where I was able to celebrate my daughter’s school birthday, help organize
#Holi
for the entire 2nd grade class (Chicago spring is in May!),finish inpatient rounds and fly across the country for
#DDW2022
#WomenInMedicine
#thegrindisreal
No further research needed
Incidence of bleeding varices after TEE =0.8%. Roughly the same rate as - I imagine - colonoscopy, slit lamp examination, and voting in a school board election
Normalize not delaying care for ppl with
#cirrhosis
#livertwitter
Since everyone else is posting pictures of friends
@DDWMeeting
…not always easy when a conference is in your home town but connecting with all these wonderful humans truly makes my heart smile 🥰
Been thinking a lot about this coming winter. It’s not easy juggling life and fulfilling your own expectations of yourself. My mantra has always been you don’t need to keep up with everyone else. But you DO need to keep up with yourself.
#MentalHealthMatters
#BeKindToYourself
1/4 My FIL was the lucky recent recipient of a double lung transplant. We each sat by his bedside many days in the CT ICU, especially my MIL who never missed one day, on an emotional roller coaster with all the expected ups and downs of a difficult yet life saving surgery.
What an excellent group of talks on controversial topics in
#LDLT
covering GLP1 use, substance abuse, hormonal therapy and hematologic w/u
BONUS: what’s the opposite of a manel? 😉
@AST_LICOP
@ATCMeeting
@whcop
@AST_LDCOP
📣 Registration for HCC-TAG is now open - . This is a fantastic learning opportunity highlighting multiD care for HCC. Great 4 providers and learners of all ages and speaker/moderator list is on 🔥. Join us virtually March 26 and 27.
#LiverTwitter
#HCCTAG
Is there
#tbt
on Twitter?! Reflecting on this conference 2 weeks ago and finally posting some pics. Grateful to my co-directors and multiD expert speakers who joined us live or virtually to make this a wonderful interactive & educational forum. Couldn’t tag everyone.
@HccTagConf
Beyond the amazing breakthroughs in drug development, there is nothing like the patient journey to inspire and elevate us. Thank you
@curecc
,
@melinda_bachini
,
@lisamariecraine
for being the passionate advocates that you are. What a fantastic conference today!
@UChicagoGI
Celebrating fellow graduation
@UChicagoGI
- congratulations to our amazing transplant hepatology fellows
@AlanLHutchison
and
@mclean_diaz
on all their accomplishments! Love working with these phenomenal physicians 🧡
Reflecting on our annual
@HCCLIVEConf
last week…Truly grateful to work with an amazing group of physician leaders who are making an impact every day through their various platforms. Feel like you’re missing out? Join the conversation Feb 20-22, 2025 in Austin, TX!!
It would be an understatement to say there has been tremendous grief this year. But I remain grateful for the health of my family and in that spirit- pic for
@curecc
Turkey Trot. We each picked one of my patients, two that lost their brave battle and two that continue the fight.
So proud to be part of this thriving community
@AST_LICOP
- come join us this afternoon for our various business meetings to see what we’re up to as a group!
@ATCMeeting
@AST_info
Join me as I moderate this important session on evaluation of liver masses. Important to acknowledge what’s benign and doesn’t need follow up (and avoid unnecessary scan anxiety) vs potential malignant lesions needing follow up and appropriate management
@AmCollegeGastro
Great pearls on interview tips from
@IBDMD
for our GI fellows Academic Skills Curriculum. Know your goals. Ask good questions. Deliver with conviction. Practice! And always send follow up individualized thank yous.
📣 It’s that time of year again!! Please join us for the THIRD year of HCC-TAG (
@HccTagConf
) in beautiful Park City Utah. This is a fantastic, interactive opportunity highlighting the best of multiD care. Join us virtually or in person Feb 10-12
#vaccinatedevent
#LiverTwitter
As an immigrant and a child of immigrants who has seen the product of hard work, who respects and believes in democracy and equal opportunity, who has been given the opportunity to work in a world class institution, I know we WILL be better.
#Georgia
#CovidVaccine
#BidenHarris
🎉 Happy new year from your
@HCCLIVEConf
crew! Please join us Feb 8-10 in sunny Huntington Beach ☀️to get your liver cancer learning on! Favorites include our in-depth sessions, infamous debates, multiD tumor board and a special highlight this year on CCA
Very insightful and emotional morning with our patient and caregiver story. The concept of “hope changes” with every stage of disease is so true -important to have the conversations early when curative options are no longer available
@BlueFaeryLiver
@HCCLIVEConf
@ArpanPatelMD
📣Review on treatment landscape of advanced HCC which is rapidly changing for 1st time in over a decade. Important for hepatologists to stay involved & co-manage with our oncology colleagues
#livertwitter
@laurakulik
Thank you
@AmJGastro
@AmyOxentenkoMD
Excellent talk on defining the academic ladder to promotions as part of our Academic Skills Curriculum for GI Fellows. Know your track. Do impactful work in YOUR domain. Meet with your Chief to define expectations.
@UChicagoMed
@SoniaKupfer
@aiaronsohn
@IBDMD
@UChicagoGI
What a fantastic conference- learned so much about the incredible work done by so many - implementing effective screening, access and prevention pathways to decrease advanced liver disease is key! Great job
@AsraniSumeet
for making a real impact in this field!
@serperm
@NIAAAnews
Join NIAAA from April 17-18, 2024, for a Workshop on Reducing Alcohol-associated
#Liver
Disease (ALD) Burden through Early Screening and Management in the General Population.
RSVP recommended - see the Zoom info & Agenda:
Global burden of cancer in 2020. Liver cancer is
#3
cancer related mortality after lung and CRC. Need improved adherence to surveillance.
@docamitgs
@NDP1001
@nicole_rich8
New estimates of the global burden of
#cancer
in 2020 now published!
#Globocan2020
. IARC estimates that the cancer burden has risen to 19.3 million new cases & 10.0 million deaths this year
Fell off the wagon (hard) from my regular
#running
schedule for the first time in years due to various life reasons (ie excuses) but there is no better feeling than the rush of endorphins when you get back on
@onepeloton
#youdoyou
#nevertoolatetostartagain
Some reflections from the receiving end of healthcare with a loved one. I think these are good reminders for all of us, myself included. Most of a hospital admission is spent waiting- waiting for tests and blood draws and most importantly waiting for answers.
🎤
@UChicagoGI
has 2 ACGME accredited spots for Tx hepatology! Application deadline 3/8 via AASLD website! Opportunities to learn about complex liver disease inc multi organ, living donor, transplant oncology, MASLD, etc and live in an amazing city!
@AASLDtweets
@LiverFellow
Curious to hear more about the latest advancements in liver transplantation for HCC and CCA? 🤔
Discover what’s new in 2024 and stay ahead in the field by attending tomorrow's ILCA
#webinar
:
📅 Date: 29th May
⏰ Time: 5:00 PM CET
One of my favorite races -soldier field 10 mile every Memorial Day weekend. They send us our race gear though. Can’t wait to run it again and cross the 50 yard line.
#freedomisnotfree
#rememberthefallen
#damncovid19
I always look forward to this conference every year and am so proud to help direct it- really is the model for advocacy, education and resilience- thank you for allowing
@UChicagoMed
and our tumor program to be part of it
@UCCancerCenter
@UChicagoGI
Patients, caregivers, CCA specialists and other members of the CCF community are gathering at the University of Chicago for a day of inspiration and collaboration. Stay tuned for highlights from the Chicago Symposium!
#CCAhope
@UofC