Shifa Umar, MD

Milestone for Veteran care🎖️ @VAHouston becomes the first VA Pancreas Center of Excellence in 🇺🇸 Proud moment for #VeteransHealth 👏 ow.ly/JBCN50Wf6iL Grateful for the support & leadership @EndoscopyOthman @ruben_hernaez @SeragHashem @KanwalFasiha @BiykemB #HappyJuly4th🎆

We are LIVE from the Endosocpy Suite at @WVU_GI and Nemacolin with @ShyamTMD for #WISE! We could not do this without the incredible support of our ⭐ team here in Endo! #WISE2026

📢 Be a part of 🌍#World's leading #endoscopy meeting - we look forward to seeing you in fabulous #Milan #Italy❗️ ☕🍕⚽🇮🇹🍝 Register now for ESGE Days2️⃣0️⃣2️⃣6️⃣: 👉tinyurl.com/3fxtsnx2 #ESGEDays2026 #Milan #Italy ☕🍕⚽🇮🇹🍝 @DarylRamai @GVanell5

Due to recent cancellations, 2 Spots are now available in our anticipated TXIEG 6th annual Transluminal and Third Space Endoscopy course!

WVU Interventional and Surgical Endoscopy Conference (WISE) 📍 At the beautiful Nemacolin Woodlands Resort 🗓️ 5/15 - 5/16 ✅Incredible faculty line-up ✅Live cases ✅Lectures & hands-on learning See you there!

WISE Conference 2026 🗓️ May 15-16th 🔹 Cutting-edge endoscopic techniques & innovation 🔹 Expert lectures from national & international faculty 🔹 Hands-on learning 🔹 Collaboration, networking & exchange of expertise #Endoscopy #GI #AdvancedEndoscopy #MedEd #Innovation

Take your ERCP skills to the next level July 11–12 at ERCP Bootcamp! Join Course Directors @neilRsharmaMD & @ShyamTMD for hands-on training, case-based learning and practical strategies to improve performance in real-world ERCP. Explore topics like biliary strictures, advanced stone management and scope reprocessing. Strengthen decision-making, enhance team coordination and apply new techniques immediately in practice. Bring your team—register 3+ from the same unit for a discounted group rate: hubs.ly/Q049J76c0. #GITwitter

🔥🔥🔥 Presentation on “Pancreatic Cancer Screening” by @shifaumarMD Succinct and thought provoking 💭 #DDW2026 @bcm_gihep

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@shifaumarMD 📚📚🙌🏽🙌🏽

@AHNIMres alumni #ddw2026

So honored to have received the @ASGEendoscopy EQuIP Award for our work on the psychosocial impact of adverse endoscopic events! Beyond grateful for such phenomenal mentorship & support from @HilarHolzy @TrieuMD @BilalMohammadMD @DVinsard @MSawhneyMD & the whole study team.

@taliafmalik @hassamalii @ASGEendoscopy @DuaKulwinder @PrashantKediaMD @amolbapaye @DennisYangMD @EndoscopyOthman @neilRsharmaMD @DDWMeeting @ScrubsNHeels @WomeninEndo @APGNA1 @FITE_endoscopy Congratulations!!!

Honored to present at the @ASGEendoscopy Video Plenary among leaders and innovators in GI from around the world! ✨Regrowing the Human Esophagus In Vivo with Endoscopic Bioengineering✨ Grateful for: 🏆 Mel Schapiro Award 🏆 ASGE Best Video of DDW Thank you @DuaKulwinder 🙏🏻

Reflecting on #DDW2026 - there are many takeaways ! But one for everyone looking for jobs 🤔 Find yourself a boss who SHOWS up for you ! Bless to have our team at @CUGastroHep led by one of the best - @JChristieMD 🤩🙏

🔥 Happening right now @DDWMeeting in W180 #Polyps, Surveillance & CRC links Moderated by incredible #Doug Robertson & @AasmaShaukatMD 🤩🤩

What an incredible debate on IBS! Honored to watch three leading experts go head-to-head on Medscape Live — including my mentor and someone I genuinely look up to for both career and life guidance, @BMoshiree . Brilliant minds, brilliant discussion. 🧠

Couldnt be more proud of our incoming #AdvancedEndoscopyFellow @CUGastroHep @hassamalii for an outstanding #OralPresentation at #DDW2026 ! Evaluting the risk of lymph node metastasis in Early Gastric Cancer ! @DDWMeeting

Great fun today at the @bostonsci podcast on @ABEbariatric ‘s resources and programs for our members! Our @NYULH_GastroHep fellow #LukeFrankl gave the trainee member perspective‼️#DDW2026 @DDWMeeting

@IUGastro @hassamalii @alhaddad_mo @ASGEendoscopy Congratulations @alhaddad_mo on this well deserved recognition of an inspirational journey

🏆 @alhaddad_mo was honored with the Master Endoscopist Award at this year’s @ASGEendoscopy Crystal Awards. 👏Join us in celebrating his impact advancing #GPOEM, #ESD & innovative closure techniques, research, education & leadership. #Endoscopy #Gastroenterology #DDW2026

Baylor College of Medicine crew at @DDWMeeting 💪👏👏 @SeragHashem @EndoscopyOthman @bcm_gihep @NMansourMD @ghena_khasawneh @bcmhouston #DDW2026 #GITwitter @CodeyPham

Incredible talk on pancreatic cancer screening by my friend and mentor @shifaumarMD at #DDW2026. Always inspiring to watch her in action. 🙌

Congratulations, @SeragHashem, on receiving the - Julius Friedenwald Medal @AmerGastroAssn Your journey is an inspiration for us ✨ And a true reflection of Khalil Gibran’s quote “It was in my heart to help a little because I was helped much” @bcm_gihep @BCMDeptMedicine