Vaishali Patel, MD MHS

Hot biopsy forceps 3 ways— closed on vessel, open on vessel, clot removal and simultaneous cautery.

🚨13 year follow-up of RCT colonoscopy vs no screening 🇳🇴🇵🇱🇸🇪: - ⬇️ in CRC incidence 19% -NS difference in CRC mortality 12% - ⬇️benefit in 👩‍⚖️, younger and proximal CRC Context needed for interpretation See 📑 and our editorial thelancet.com/journals/lance… @NYULH_DeptofMed

Trainees across medical specialties are looking increasingly to social media for education, networking and research collaboration opportunities. It definitely helps put programs and institutions on the map. Many trainees will lookup and follow program accounts. We saw this effect when building the social media footprint at Emory @EmoryGastroHep There probably needs to be more concrete data about the specific outcomes it impacts: learning, visibility, recruitment, but the published data is not to be ignored.

I need your help #GITwitter Presenting Tuesday at our Annual GME PD retreat on social media as a strategic tool for program directors & trainees. Despite ample published data, some educators remain unconvinced it moves the needle. So I want real-time feedback from the people it actually affects. Has following myself, my colleagues @DrHasan_Orlando @DennisYangMD @MahamHayatMD @Meghs1119 @AndrewEldenMD or others at AdventHealth GI shaped how you think about our program & what we’re doing in general GI and the advanced endoscopy space? @LumirKunovsky @BilalMohammadMD @ernrobalino @AMohammedMD @AimenKhanMD @SanjeevaniTomar @BahaFawwaz @AlmujarkeshMD @d_ogsingh @RaghavBassiMD @ASGEendoscopy @AmCollegeGastro @AmerGastroAssn @AdventHealthCFL

We laughed, cried & celebrated Empowerment is recognizing our own value, elevating each other & creating space to be vulnerable in our failures & successes TY @AmerGastroAssn for your commitment to⏩ health & gender equity in GI Grateful to share this w ppl I admire & love

But what do we actually do about it? Some of the most practical takeaways I heard in @KanwalFasiha talk: 🔹 Define your niche- deliberately Your niche is not just your research topic. If people hear your name, what do they associate you with? 🔹 Find a sponsor, not just a mentor Mentors guide you. They’re the ocean - broad, steady, essential. Sponsors move you. Your sponsor is your whale (see pic, it’ll make sense) 🔹 Be strategic with your yes and your no. Not every opportunity is an opportunity. 3 actions: • Define your niche in one sentence • Identify one potential sponsor this month • Audit your commitments and start saying no with intention Careers don’t just evolve. They’re designed. And if we want different outcomes, we have to be intentional about how we build them. @DDWMeeting #DDW2026

@EsophagusDoc @AmerGastroAssn @SultanShazi @DDWMeeting @ASGEendoscopy @ibdgijami @JElmunzer That peroration rate for R side retroflex is crazy high. If looped and can’t retroflex then don’t force it. Large folds on R side colon anatomy, no amount of second looks will help (unless have a cap). We’ve all had perfectly situated large SSA that you can only see on retroflex

@Gut_BMJ @ruben_hernaez Fib4, as great as it is, is designed to rule out advanced fibrosis (stage 3-4). ability to discriminate stage 2 mash is not its design. For me, I go by the recent guidance by the aga for pts with diabetes, go straight to elastography. 2/2

♦️Does your snare of choice reliably “work every time”? ✅ More efficient? More effective? 💙 Fewer adverse events? 💠Different preference for flat polyps? ‼️ Or do you like it because that’s the one your institution keeps in stock?! 😂

📣 Hey GI polypectomy and EMR enthusiasts! 🤠 What’s your snare of choice for cold snare polypectomy or piecemeal cold EMR? Put your “why” or other suggestions for other snare types in comments!

👉🏽 The pearls of wisdom and practical insights were flowing from my fellow coaches and me. 👉🏽 #WomenInGI, you had to stand out to reach this point. Don't dim your brilliance now to make others comfortable. Let your excellence shine ✨

Congratulations to these outstanding champions of gender & health equity 🎉 We’re proud to celebrate @IssakaMD, @IBDAPN, and @DCharabaty who are advancing inclusive care, leadership & opportunity across our field 👏 Read more: ow.ly/MOo350YJXv2

VideoGIE Editor's Choice: “Endoscopic ultrasound–assisted double–lumen-apposing metal stent septotomy for permanent partial reversal of Roux-en-Y gastric bypass” by Kambiz Kadkhodayan and Shayan Irani. videogie.org/article/S2468-… #GITwitter @Kkadkhodayan

I launched a program called RIGHR (Research & Innovation in GI and Hepatology for Residents) to increase the # of residents pursuing GI/Hep -- we pair residents w/ mentors in our division and have a longitudinal virtual coaching & mentorship curriculum.

@doctornikkid @DMGrayMD @ScrubsNHeels @blackingastro @IBD_Afzali @DCharabaty And of course @DMGrayMD’s delivery of this message was moving & innovative! Honestly - this is applicable to many aspects of my life, not just my work. For instance, I need to ask myself…what is my PURPOSE when I am aimlessly walking around in the supermarket 😂

@AnotherPatelMD @DMGrayMD @ScrubsNHeels @blackingastro @IBD_Afzali @DCharabaty This is incredible!

One of the most impactful (on a professional AND personal level) talks that I have heard by @DMGrayMD about the importance of defining your PURPOSE, and how that is your grounding force, particularly when under pressure. PURPOSE allows you to determine whether an opportunity is worth your time and energy (the cost). PURPOSE helps you decide whether you need to seek more skills and how to best utilize your existing talents and expertise. PURPOSE provides the navigation to impact. PURPOSE gives motivation and structure under pressure.

Root Cause of Girl on Girl Mean #ScrubsNHeels23 #ScrubsNHeels @ScrubsNHeels #CelebratingWomenInGI #WomeninGI

#ScrubsNHeels26 #HealthNWealth @BMoshiree: Pivoting is not a failure, it’s strategic re-direction when you 🔺are burning out 🔺suffer from loss of autonomy 🔺are not valued 🔺feel stagnant 🔺re-assess your goals in the new season of your life ✔️Resources👇🏽👇🏽 @ScrubsNHeels

#ScrubsNHeels26 #HealthNWealth @soniaknarang Boundaries is a right & a sign of self-respect ! Don’t apologize for your needs, we are humans! We fail b/o cultural heritage & medical system pressures, search for perfectionism, approval & people pleasing, fear of rejection

Excited to announce the next Co-Chairs of the Scrubs & Heels Summit 2027: @MN_GIMD and @rina_sanghavi ! 🎉 We look forward to their leadership, vision, and energy as they guide the next chapter of our growing community. ✨