American Journal of Gastroenterology Author Podcasts

Amol Agarwal, MD talks with Co-Editor-in-Chief Brennan Speigel, MD on whether or not the use of mt-sDNA testing in the primary care setting is an appropriate diagnostic tool for colorectal cancer screening.(16:40)

Join author Christopher Ma, MD, MPH and Co-Editor-in-Chief Dr. Brennan Spiegel as they discuss the newly published article on gender and food insecurities. Food insecurity represents a substantial public health challenge in the United States that differentially affects women compared with men. Alternative strategies may be required to meet the nutritional requirements for food insecure women. (17:16)

Aasma Shaukat, MD, MPH, FACG talks with Co-Editor in Chief Dr. Brian Lacy about the new ACG Guideline Colorectal Cancer Screening 2021. She discusses the new screening recommendations for average-risk individuals as young as 45 to reduce indicdence of advanced adenoma, CRC, and mortality from CRC. (22:22)

William D. Chey, MD, discusses the first report of duodenal confocal laser endomicroscopy abnormalities in patients with functional dyspepsia.

Mark Pimentel, MD, FACG, discusses the newly published ACG Guideline for Management of Irritable Bowel Syndrome.

Monia E. Werlang MD of the University of South Carolina School of Medicine Greenville discusses how unidentified eating disorders can interfere with effective management of GI disease and its symptoms.

Swapna Gayam, MD discusses her Red Section article on the carbon footprint of endoscopy procedures and methods that can help reduce this environmental impact, including reducing plastic wastage and energy consumption.

Sachin Wani, MD discusses the recent study published in AJG that examines endoscopic surveillance practices using data from the GI Quality Improvement Consortium Registry.

Jeff Mather, MS, and Raymond McKay, MD discuss their study examining outcomes of famotidine treatment for patients hospitalized with COVID-19.

C. Prakash Gyawali, MD, MRCP, FACG discussed the new ACG Clinical Guidelines on Esophageal Testing