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
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 🤷♀️)
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)
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
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
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
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
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!🔥
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)
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
#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
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
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
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
We just enrolled 10 patients
@UMichGIHep
for endoscopic sleeve gastroplasty (ESG) in <2 wks!
With the association of
#obesity
and
#COVID19
- has anyone else seen a rapid rise in enrollment for endoscopic bariatric therapy in non-surgical candidates?
#WomenInEndo
#BariatricEndo