My 8 y/o son who had a perfect shot on goal but passed to a teammate who had not yet scored
Here’s to selflessly providing opportunity & letting those around us shine
#proudmom
newest member of the
#ACG
family
thank you
@AmCollegeGastro
for this amazing onesie ❤️
its never too early to know where the bile duct is…
(yes the faux hawk is natural 😂)
Please send positive vibes our way this week to our two young kids ❤️
I am covering
#endoscopy
@umichmedicine
and my husband
@Jakob_McSparron
continues to co-lead the
#COVID19
unit/RICU
Still trying to figure out who will be quarantined in the basement this time...
#GoBlue
I got asked today if I had enough strength as a “small girl” to place a stent in someone’s bile duct during
#ERCP
Channeling my
#RBG
right about now... 💪
“When the pendulum swings too far in one direction, it will go back...”
#WomenInEndo
Taken by a med student
@umichmedicine
who wants to prove to her parents that women can do
#AdvancedEndoscopy
Happy to pose for this photo any day of the week
(even in a dress & being called unexpectedly to help w a case)
#WomenInEndo
⭐️HUGE⭐️ congratulations to
@ebtapper
who just won the Jerome W. Conn Award for Excellence in Research! 🙌
He is just unstoppable & an inspiration to all of us
@umichmedicine
my life was turned upside down in 24 hrs 💔
So much gratitude for the amazing
#neurosurgery
&
#neuro
/icu teams
@UMichSurgery
&
@umichmedicine
& for my incredible friends who have quickly become family over just 3+ short yrs here
More than ever before
#GoBlue
💛💙
i love giving talks, teaching endoscopy, & reconnecting w mentors/mentees
@DDWMeeting
this yr also managing to pump (twice) on the plane while editing slides & between every session at
#DDW2022
was pure chaos but among my most proud moments ❤️
until next year 🙌
#WomenInEndo
Amazingly gratifying case of a pt w massive gastric varices (a) treated w eus-guided coiling (b) requiring 17 (!) coils (>200cm) (c) w near complete deflation (d) 🙌
Not a candidate for IR options - & posted w permission
Amazing how far
#AdvancedEndoscopy
has come
#WomenInEndo
That day I removed 27 stones from a 21 y/o...
Teaching point: start balloon sweeps in distal CBD to prevent creating a traffic jam
#WomenInEndo
@UMichInterEndo
I am speechless & overwhelmingly humbled 🙏
I will certainly be standing on the shoulders of (women) giants who paved this path
#GraceElta
@A2Michellegi
& have endless gratitude for my mentors family & friends who pushed me to dream big 💙💛
Also, big congrats to
@allie_schulman
on becoming our new Director of Endoscopy following in the footsteps of Asge royalty grace elta and michelle anderson! So proud of all 3!! Go Blue!!
I am humbled beyond words to receive this ❤️❤️❤️
Thank you
@HealioGastro
for this incredible honor 🙌
& thank you
@IBD_Afzali
@DCharabaty
for being amazing role models & always supporting women in our field! you both are truly inspirational
My parents are coming to visit soon & my 70 y/o mom just shipped 3 boxes of dumbbells & a pull-up bar in preparation since gyms are closed
I fear I will be bench-pressed before the end of her visit 😬
ERCP can be very humbling
New panc head mass causing severe biliary obstruction w contrast barely trickling through
Took 5 wires, 4 instruments, 3 hrs, at least 2 discussions re converting to a choledochojejunostomy & some serious luck... but eventual success
#WomenInEndo
I recently connected with the amazing artist and soon-to-be surgeon
@StephCohen20
- and was so excited to receive this in the mail today!
As an interventional and bariatric endoscopist - this artwork bridges my worlds and speaks my language
#WomenInEndo
I may have just gotten home from
#endoscopy
BUT my 91 y/o patient did tell me I was a “total bad ass” after her
#ERCP
today which makes it all worth it 😂
I love my job
#WomenInEndo
Classic images of linitis plastica on EGD (A), EUS (B), and CT scan (C) in a patient referred for n/v and wt loss
Teaching point: thickened gastric wall on CT & EUS w rigid appearing mucosa on EGD - we could not pass scope through antrum; prognosis is very poor
#WomenInEndo
Gastric varices pre and post EUS-guided coiling in a pt not a candidate for IR approaches
The field of
#AdvancedEndoscopy
has come so far - amazing to see these immediate results
#WomenInEndo
Come join us for our annual
#BariatricEndoscopy
course
@DDWMeeting
! 🔥🔥🔥
Lectures, debates, videos, trouble shooting & more from the best of the best GI & surgical endoscopists 🤩
***THIS friday (5/5) from 1-5pm***
HALF of my adv endo cases for tmrw had + pre-procedure
#COVID
testing
Half - 50% - 1 of every 2!
And the number of ppl who could have been at risk if each of them had indoor holiday gatherings leaves me speechless
#MaskUpMichigan
I have realized since becoming an attending there are few things more humbling than being asked to do a procedure or be involved in the care of one of my colleagues, staff, or trainees
It may feel like an imposition to ask - but it is really an honor
Something crazy is going on right now in Ann Arbor
There must be a massive party above to celebrate new beginnings and hopefully someone is blasting
#AmandaGorman
poetry
#unedited
#Inauguration2021
EUS-guided liver biopsy 🪱
single pass - 3 actuations - in a pt who needed a pancreas bx & we were able to simplify his care
love our ever-changing field of
#AdvancedEndoscopy
❤️
(posted at the request of (!) our patient)
Classic “fish-mouth” appearance of the ampulla w a large main duct IPMN
Teaching point: these commonly extrude mucin; size of PD/change over time determines need for surgical intervention (& of course not all are ❤️ shaped 🤷♀️)
On Thursdays—or at least this Thursday—we learn bout advanced endoscopy.
Join us for Grand Rounds with
@allie_schulman
on March 21 to hear from her on pushing the envelope in the specialty.
what a physically & emotionally exhausting 24 hrs 💛💙
privileged & humbled to work through the holidays & could not be more grateful for
@UMichSurgery
&
@UMichAnesthesia
& our
#AdvancedEndo
fellow who handled the chaos w grace & humility & deserves sleep immediately
#goblue
After what feels like 100000k aerosolizing procedures... I am so grateful to be
#vaccinated
#whatayear
#thankyouscience
❤️🙏
Here’s to a much healthier, more equitable, and way more enjoyable 2021 🥂
Best part of my day…
when our babysitter called me mid-ERCP and I answered w fear
but it was my 9 y/o son playing “hot cross buns” on the violin for the first time 😂
#WomenInEndo
the end of an era ❤️
in one short crazy year we become family & i will miss these two just so much
amazing endoscopists & even better humans - what an unforgettable 12 months it has been
@ravikankotia
@Kevin_D_Platt
#soproud
Highlights from a
#DDW
oral we planned to give today re women in adv endo:
✅ We surveyed adv endo PDs in
@ASGEendoscopy
✅ only 15% adv endo faculty and 14% fellows are women
✅ perceived barriers: hours, fluoro, few women presenters at national mtgs, lack of female mentorship
Join Course Directors
@ChrisChapmanMD
,
@SighPichamol
,
@allie_schulman
and Shelby A. Sullivan, MD, FASGE Oct. 6-8 for STAR Advanced Bariatric Suturing. Combine your medical experience and skill to bridge medical therapy and weight loss endoscopy:
#GITwitter
You know you chose the right field when this image fills you with so much desire to intervene no matter how many more cases you still have
#WomenInEndo
Packed room for the annual
@ABEbariatric
course & it’s only just getting started!
Amazing presentation by our queen
@ReemSharaiha
on
#GLP1RAs
in 2024
It’s not too late to join us! (okay maybe it is… just hurry)
what an unforgettable day of
#AdvancedEndoscopy
w
@Kevin_D_Platt
! 🙌
Roux-en-Y hepaticojej ERCPs (x2! thx
@NDP1001
😉)
EDGEs & EUS-guided gallbladder drainage w the chair of surgery
@jdimick1
in the room bc he’s just the coolest (not stressful at all 😂) & he still killed it!🔥
After a few crazy days
@umichmedicine
- some things I’ve learned:
We often hear human lives talked about in terms of
#COVID19
statistics - we must remember that every thousand is made up of ones
We stand six feet apart but there is no doubt we are
#InItTogether
#GoBlue
💙
What an incredible day! 🙌🔥
HUGE thank you to everyone involved in making this happen & my amazing team (& adv endo crew!) for all of the support!
#gratitude
& thank you
@MetabolicEndo
@DiogoPhd
@SighPichamol
for this awesome opportunity! 🙏
until next year
#BELG
…
There is nothing better after a long day (week?) of procedures than coming home to hear my 9 y/o son singing “shake it off” at the top of his lungs in the shower 😂
Can I freeze time?
#WomenInEndo
What an amazing few days! 🙌
I am so incredibly grateful to
@PittGILiverNutr
&
@AmCollegeGastro
for inviting me & to the unbelievable faculty & fellows who took time out of their busy schedules to meet w me & make this trip so unforgettable 🙏
I feel so lucky
#WomenInEndo
#ERCP
tip:
If access is gained through a tight bile duct stricture &/or angulation & you want to place a 2nd wire (for 2 stents), exchange for a double lumen cytology brush (remove the brush portion) & advance the 2nd wire via the other lumen
(no COI w cook)
#WomenInEndo
There is a lot of uncertainty in
#endoscopy
in the era of
#COVID19
but one thing is for sure:
If you’re wearing an N-95 and your tech has a PAPR - no matter how loud you ask - there is 0% concordance between the device you are expecting and the one you’re handed😜
#WomenInEndo
Super excited to share this 🙌
- Gastric sleeve stenosis after SG is ⬆️
- Objective diagnostic criteria are lacking
- Here we define benchmark impedance planimetry (EndoFLIP) values of diameter & distensibility indices for normal & mild/mod/severe GSS
thx to all who helped! 🙏
Proud member of
@AmCollegeGastro
tonight w this email:
“We must not remain silent. Racism & bigotry cannot be tolerated and should not be ignored
We vow to speak out & be a positive voice for diversity, equity, inclusion, & the value of human life regardless of race, gender...���
Beyond honored to present the J. Edward Berk Award Lecture & State-of-the-Art Presentation
@asge
Presidential Plenary… & on such a timely topic!
“The Skinny on GLP-1 Agonists & Endoscopy”
(can’t believe i will be sharing a stage w the one & only
@asge
president
@JChristieMD
🙏)
Amazing start to the women’s “Leadership in Times of Crisis” conference
@umichmedicine
led by some amazing superstars
Yes I am crashing another
@UMichSurgery
event...
No matter what my view is - I will be eternally grateful for an office window (& sharing it w
@BloomPringle
💛💙)
#AcademicMedicine
My sister’s view My view 😂
I asked my daughter this morning if she was excited for her first “inpatient” day instead of “in-person” day at school... 🤦♀️
(Then my son asked if “inpatient” was was a type of belly button - like an innie or an outie)
#WomenInMedicine
#WomenInEndo
“Beautiful” image of a serous cystadenoma in the head of the pancreas causing massive upstream biliary dilation
Teaching point: these lesions classically have a central scar which may become calcified (as below); majority are composed of many small cysts w “honeycomb” appearance