We are SO excited to finally announce this:
I’ve accepted a faculty position at
@Stanford_GI
(Transplant Hepatology) starting this Sept!
🙌🏽 Excited to work with the wonderful team/leadership. Thank u for believing in me and this opportunity!
We are LAUNCHING Rainbows in Gastro 🏳️🌈 and have many exciting upcoming events! This is a safe space for
#LGBTQ
in
#GI
and
#Hepatology
👉🏼 mentorship, research collaboration, networking, advocacy and more!
DM me if you or someone you know may be interested in joining!
#medtwitter
Hard work, passion, and resilience pay off. I am THRILLED to have matched into GI and Hepatology fellowship at my
#1
program and will be heading to
#VCU
in July 2020! Thank you to the countless friends, mentors who have believed in me!
@VCUHealth
@JillGaidosMD
In transplant hepatology clinic today, my attending wanted to share a physical exam finding that I will NEVER forget.
✋ Palpating a polycystic liver. 😵.
👂 Hearing about its effect on this patient's life.
Affirmation that I've chosen the right specialty!
📣 There's nothing more rewarding than seeing your vision come to life!
📍Excited for the wonderful turnout for our group's inaugural meet up - Rainbows in Gastro! 🏳️🌈
📍Great ideas, collaboration, mentorship in the pipeline!
#GItwitter
#Livertwitter
#DEI
#Inclusion
📣GI FELLOWSHIP INTERVIEWS are around the corner📣
❇️One of THE most important aspects of the match
☝🏽Check out our article for some tips
⚠️Top 9 Qs, Do's + Dont's, Qs to ask
📌Share tips below
💙GOOD LUCK💙
#meded
#gitwitter
#match
#fellowship
2nd year GI Fellow here:
My passion?
#MedEd
#DEI
#LGBTinMedicine
🏳️🌈
💎 My goal? 👉🏼 Fellowship program director 🙌🏽
⭐️ Amazing collab effort
⭐️ Hopefully will help ease interview stress
👉🏼 First impressions are so important especially with new clinic patients:
⭐️ I never sit until the patient/family sit
⭐️ I always ask how they want to be addressed (name/pronoun)
⭐️ I keep my 🤐 for minutes to 👂 fully
🚨Rainbows in Gastro 🌈
A safe space for
#LGBT
in
#GI
&
#Hepatology
to meet & collaborate!
📣Our mission ➡️ CHARM
❤️Community
💜Healing
💛Advocacy
💚Research
💙Mentorship
DM if interested in joining!
#medtwitter
#gitwitter
I proudly express myself and hope you can too!
Good luck to all of my mentees &
#GIFellowship
applicants! Your time is almost here!
🔸Everything happens for a reason
🔸One outcome doesn’t define YOU
🔸Be proud of the work you’ve put in
🔸Support, uplift one another
#NikkiNotes
#Matchday2023
@TheNRMP
🔔 GI Fellowship applicants: your time is now!
🚨 Don’t procrastinate…prep now for ur upcoming interviews. Check out our publication for tips to excel!
@AdvaniRashmiMD
🔑 What you’ll be asked & what YOU need to ask of programs
👉🏼
#GITwitter
#MedEd
💜❤️🧡💛💚💙
Our
@RainbowinGastro
happy hour/networking event was a HIT! So grateful for all the energy, mentorship, and collaboration within this group. So excited to have this community within GI/Hepatology. My heart is full!
#ACG2022
😓 A patient came to clinic w/ his husband to discuss treatment for HIV/Hep C
😱 They were upset at a prior providers' judgmental nature towards their orientation
💔 It was so painful for me to hear
🏳️🌈 I showed them my rainbow lanyard and said, you're safe here
#WeCanDoBetter
As a gastroenterologist (in training) (self proclaimed hematologist) what would you do next if you saw a ferritin of 1?! 😳😲 ❌🩸🆘 Comments appreciated! Bidirectional endoscopy? Call Heme? IV iron? Imaging? [Hg 9.2, MCV 84, Retic index .6]
It seemed like an unrealistic idea--writing a
#manuscript
to help future residents who are applying to
#GIFellowship
- arguably the most competitive fellowship currently. But we did it and today our paper has been
#ACCEPTED
@DDS_Journal
--great experience collaborating with
📣 So excited to be the rising dual GI/Transplant Hepatology fellow "Pilot Fellow" starting July at
#VCU
.
⭐️ Thanks to
#DrAsgharpour
and
@RichSterlingMD
for this liver biopsy simulation session! Excited to learn another procedure 💉!
#medtwitter
#liverlover
If you didn’t match:
💭 It doesn’t mean “no”
💡 It just means not now
🎈Your time will come and there’s something better waiting for you!
Free hugs from the Bay Area ❤️ 🫂
#NikkiNotes
#MedEd
#GIMatch
Check out our paper:
👉🏼
3 years as Senior Intelligence Advisor comes to an end-During some of our nation’s toughest times u led w/ grace, poise, humility; no wonder ur goodbye ceremony was standing room only 🥺😢.
Proud of my husband. As this chapter closes, we’re excited for the next adventure!
⭐️ Defining ACLF:
❇️Many definitions exist
❇️Cardinal features: infection, multi organ failure, high short term mortality
❇️Need for criteria that identify at-risk patients early on
(Thanks for mentoring me on this one,
@JasmohanBajaj
!).
#livertwitter
#productivity
#GIfellow
🚨GI FELLOWSHIP APPLICANTS🚨
We are hosting a LIVE Q&A virtual session for all applicants!
⏰ 8/22 7PM EST
👉🏼You’ve submitted, now what?
👉🏼How to prep for interviews?
👉🏼How to make a rank list?
📥 me or
@RainbowinGastro
for the passcode!
So happy with how they turned out! The
@RainbowinGastro
exec board splurged on some personalized lanyards for the meeting & pins!
Find us if you would like one to show your support!
#Pride
#DDW2023
@DDWMeeting
💥Lean NAFLD
🧩1:4 of NAFLD have NASH
🧩NAFLD w/ BMI < 25 or < 23 in Asians
🧩Screen if over 40 + diabetic
🧩Think about EtOH, meds, HIV etc
🧩Risk stratify (NFS, FIB4, VCTE)
🧩Goal 3-5% weight loss
💊 Vitamin E or Pioglitazone (if non-cirrhotic)
#liverpearls
@AmerGastroAssn
Matching into
#GIFellowship
takes a village. Thanks to my parents, my husband, my incredible mentors for believing in me and my friends at
@AASLDtweets
(Bette Anne, Colleen, Wick, John)
It takes passion, fight, and resilience.
I hope I can help inspire people to pursue their
Happy 33rd to my soulmate 💜 🥂.
Grateful to have celebrated all week together in one of our favorite cities and disconnect from social media ... seems like I've missed a lot though.
I thought removing foreign bodies, stopping GI bleeds, and screening for colon cancer was a cool job, but I think my husband has me beat (congrats on ur promotion ❤️ 🌈). 😏😉
#proudofhim
#loveislove
Positive vibes post: ☀️
I texted our fellows' group chat this morning because sometimes as a first year the struggle is real and it's nice to know when a senior fellow gets it!
Support, encourage, and uplift 👏🏾
#trainees
#GItwitter
#MedEdPearls
🧵My reflections on the job search 🧵
🫱🏾🫲🏽Life is about compromise
🫵🏼Figure out your priorities
🌍 Everything is negotiable
😱 You don't know unless you ask (nicely)
💥Happiness means something different for everyone
🫧I wish I could just be a trainee 4ever🫧😆
Check out my interview w/ my program director to help provide tips for
#GIfellowship
applicants
📣modifiable factors
📣🚩
📣how many programs to apply to
📣how to "stand out" ...and more!
@AmCollegeGastro
#TrainingCommittee
Who needs cirque du soleil when you have the dynamic duo of
@DCharabaty
and Nikki D. I still remember how much fun we had on GI consults at Georgetown, thanks for inspiring me to go into GI and being a ⭐️ mentor/promoter.
#Queens
#ACG2021
#Fabulous
Guess my patients are finding out that I’m graduating..I put my ALL into every patient interaction as though I’m caring for my own family.
No expectations—was surprised by a few pts in clinic today… 🥺… sad to leave, excited to care for
@Stanford_GI
patients in the East Bay!
🚨Attending a conference can be overwhelming...but it doesn't have to be!
⭐️Friendly GI fellows ready to help YOU and answer any/all Qs related to GI fellowship for all prospective applicants!
📍Mon 10/24, 1230PM
📍Trainee lounge for ☕️
#GITwitter
And just like that…3 years of
#GIfellowship
coming to an end. Amazing memories. INCREDIBLY thankful for a PD and coordinator who made this experience rewarding, I’d do it all again!
(We thanked them with a yummy Indian dinner experience)
#DrVachhani
#ProudPD
#Dad
#VCU
💡A patient asked me why I don't use a computer 💻 and type while in a visit?
💡My response: I'm old school. I want to make 👁 contact, listen 👂, engage 🫱🏾🫲🏽.
💡I still use a ✍️and 📄 and dictate my note after.
He appreciated it!
#YouCantTeachEmpathy
#RapportMatters
Tis the season for job interviews!
❇️ Be genuine
❇️ Clearly state your goals/needs
❇️ Ask thoughtful Q's
💡 What tips do you have for those searching 👀 for their first job out of fellowship⁉️
#GItwitter
#Livertwitter
🧵Gastroparesis (paresis: partial motor paralysis, but GP is NOT just a motor issue)
⭐️Most common cause? Idiopathic
⭐️Common symptoms? Nausea, epigastric pain, early satiety
⭐️EGD is required to r/o organic cause
⭐️Consider meds, CNVS, CHS, CVS in the ddx
#gimedtwitter
#gi
Hepatology to me means caring for the whole patient + continuity.
For alc hep I prescribe: empathy, being easily accessible, and motivating pt to make a change!
My ill inpatient ➡️ stable clinic pt ➡️ moving to another state 😢 and gave me this today 🌸 🥺 I love this career!
Day 1
@DDWMeeting
poster session time & running into my chief
@WRayKimMD
(his bow tie was on point …I wonder if he tied it himself 😁)
And the amazing
@DCharabaty
who inspired me to enter this field
And my friend
@agoldowskymd
I’m so excited to intro him tmrw at his talk!
Friday 💭
☀️Reminiscing about an amazing
@DDWMeeting
☀️Grateful to have found my “people”
☀️I love my go-getter friends (soon to be attendings) and can’t wait to see where our lives take us! But, I know we’ll cheer one another on along the way ♥️.
So many great mentor reunions at
#ACG2023
! Residents/trainees, ACG's Mentoring Program can pair you with a GI fellow or practicing gastroenterologist in your area of interest to help you on your journey.
Learn more ➡️
@AmyOxentenkoMD
@BilalMohammadMD
Congrats to the trainees who received
@DDWMeeting
abstract acceptance emails today!
✅Your hard work is commendable
✅Be proud
✅Make a clear poster (legible font, minimal text, no grammatical errors)
✅If it’s ur 1️⃣st meeting have FUN, network
👀See yall in DC
#NikkiNotes
💫 Tips for GI fellowship applicants
👉🏼Find a program where your co-fellows become your family and you love hanging out outside of work
👉🏼Go with your "gut" feeling on interview day
🤙🏽Tonight we made Momos! 🥟
❤️, your VCU GI PGY-6s
#GIFam
#ImTheLiverLover
Hep rounds w/
@liverprof
and learning a ton! Never really understood TEG until he sent me this great article! Here is a quick breakdown of the high-yield:
🤯😍
#LiverTwitter
When do you use TEG?
TEG: to evaluate coagulation using KINETIC and PHYSICAL properties of clot formation
This publication means a lot to me.
⭐️Met my super ⭐️ mentee at
@DDWMeeting
just in passing at the trainee lounge
⭐️ Led to this paper & many upcoming abstracts
⭐️ 1st time as senior author
⭐️ 1st paper with my new affiliation
@Stanford_GI
💥
#Mentorship
#GI
#Liver
#DEI
#MedEd
Happy yo see my name beside the brilliant
@doctornikkid
on the prestigious
@AGA_GHAdvances
!
🔴 Diversity is needed in TH through:
📌 Mentorship programs
📌 Guidance and recruiting more URIMs
📌 Equitable opportunities for SGM applicants
#GITwitter
Who says you can’t have a blast while on the inpatient transplant service?
First day and smiling ear to ear — made possible by the incredible APPs of
@Stanford_GI
#FirstYearAttending
📍Stay calm
📍Remember empathy
📍Support the team
#NikkiNotes
Finished my
#HIIT
class tonight and the front desk staff showed me this 🙉😂 the gym I go to was chosen as best boutique studio in
#RichmondVA
and look what picture they used 😳
Can this go on my CV?
#gymrat
#sweatoutthestress
Seeing your mentor on stage is always a great reminder of what to strive towards (and serves to fuel the 🔥to keep working hard) - maybe I'll get that chance to speak at a national conf... in 15 years!
#VCU
#TeamBajaj
#ACG2022
#Livertwitter
The only organ that regenerates?
⭐️ Liver ⭐️ Re-grows in 1-6 months.
In clinic today, I witnessed the most pure form of love/altruism. A patient with HCC (!! w/ portal vein involvement) had his partner donate a part of their liver 😍
#Secondchances
#Organdonation
#Livingdonor
Thankful to an amazing group of co-fellows now best friends for life, family, husband and mentors….you know I had to bring rainbow confetti to graduation 💥 🎈
🥇Outstanding fellow (research) scholar award! Hope to continue 🔬 at
@Stanford_GI
and bring the 🔥 and spunk!
📣3️⃣9️⃣ days until
#ACG2022
Let's learn, have fun, stay fit, and network! All fitness levels welcome!
⭐️ Come for the workout, stay for the ☕️ 🥯 after
Sponsored by:
@RainbowinGastro
Be 1 of the first 50 to sign up! (Trainees and beyond - welcome!)
#GItwitter
#LiverTwitter
Incredibly grateful for my friends & all of my co-fellows for celebrating my 31st birthday 🎂 this weekend! You guys are my everything!
So many laughs and amazing memories!
Thanks for accepting me for me.
#VCUGI
#GItwitter
#FellowshipFam
#FriendsForLife
#NYC
First time at
@Stanford_GI
as Hep consult attending & LOVED it (despite a 3 hour daily roundtrip commute)
💥Interesting cases..and my fellow gets
💥Daily pearls/Guideline review
💥Emphasis on wellness (water/lunch)
💥Bubbletea
#ItsFunRoundingWithNikkiD
Proud to be a part of the Stanford team and hope to make an impact on the
#LGBTQ
community here! Thankful to
@blaz_bush
for the warm welcome and swag!
⁉️Where were
@MitchellLunn
and
@LindaNguyenMD
🤷🏻♂️ 🙈 at the reception tonight!?
🌈Being “Out” In Medicine: A Discussion for LBGTQ+ Individuals Considering a Career in Gastroenterology & Hepatology
⭐️Sept 14th, 7PM EST
Please fill out the google form below!
#Livertwitter
#GItwitter
#gaymedtwitter
On the evening of
#MatchDay
I think back to how much has happened since 2016. Thankful for my husband, family (mom especially), friends and mentors. So excited for all the medical students - your dreams are about to come true!
#DreamBig
#StayHumble
#UglyCry
⭐️ Challenging + educational month on Hepatology consults- loved being able to teach my med student + learn from my attending
⭐️ Blessed to have found my passion in life - it's that inexplicable feeling that gets you out of bed every morning!
⭐️ Greek gyro 🥙 by my attending
🙏🏻 Grateful to
@StanfordMed
for the opportunity to participate in the 1st cohort of “MODEL” (mentorship, opportunities, development, empathy & leadership program) for junior GI/PCCM faculty led by
@LindaNguyenMD
Last night’s discussion focused on time ⏰ & energy management!
TUESDAY NIGHT REFLECTIONS 🙋🏻♂️
💭When job searching .... finding solid external mentors/advisors are 🔑
♥️ I'm so grateful for all who have offered their time/wisdom
📣 Truly, nothing prepares you for this - pray, be patient, and await your destiny! 💫