Please plan on joining us for GI journal club this Tuesday, April 25^th. We’ll meet at 5PM in the Tyor Conference Room.

Ahmad will present the esophageal paper by Duits et al from Gastroenterology: Patients with Barrett’s Esophagus and Confirmed Persistent Low-Grade Dysplasia Are at Increased Risk for Progression to Neoplasia. Gastroenterology 2017; 152: 993–1001. PMID 28012849.

Scharles will present the colorectal cancer screening paper by Jia et al. from the American Journal of Gastroenterology: Water Exchange Method Significantly Improves Adenoma Detection Rate: A Multicenter, Randomized Controlled Trial. 112: 568 – 576. 2017. PMID 27922025.

Rey will present the hot topic by Vergis et al from Gastroenterology: In Patients with Severe Alcoholic Hepatitis, Prednisolone Increases Susceptibility to Infection and Infection-Related Mortality, and Is Associated with High Circulating Levels of Bacterial DNA. 152: 1068-1077. 2017. PMID 28043903.

Please join us for GI Journal Club this Tuesday, Feb 28^th at 5PM in the Tyor Conference Room.

Yuval will present the “hot topic” paper from this month’s Gastroenterology by Ludvigsson et al: Outcomes of Pregnancies for Women Undergoing Endoscopy While They Were Pregnant: A Nationwide Cohort Study. PMID: 27773807.

Cece will present the IBD paper by Siva et al: Zinc Deficiency is associated with poor clinical outcomes in patients with inflammatory bowel disease. PMID: 27930412.

Bonike will present the liver transplantation article by Chow et al: Waitlist Outcomes of Liver Transplant Candidates Who Were Reprioritized Under Share 35. PMID: 27457221.