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Rachel Issaka, MD, MAS

@IssakaMD

Gastroenterologist, Researcher @fredhutch @UWMedicine | #coloncancer #healthequity #BlackinGastro | @ucsf GI @NU_IntMed @UMichMedAdmiss alum | RT ≠ E | 🇬🇭

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Rachel Issaka, MD, MAS

@IssakaMD

22 Jun 2023

Promoted to Associate Professor @fredhutch & @UWMedicine effective July 1, 2023! In 2017, I took a leap of faith and moved to a new city and institution to start my career. On the other side of fear, there are opportunities to thrive! So many to thank &🥂 to the next 6 years!

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@AmCollegeGastro

23 h

ACG is proud of the work by @FightCRC on its #CRCCareInitiative and bold #CRCgoals for #ColorectalCancer screening and treatment! Learn more & read their report ➡️FightCRC.org/CRCCI @AnjeeDavis @MollyFightCRC

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20 Nov

🚨 Transforming #ColorectalCancer care starts now! The Colorectal Cancer Care Initiative (CRCCI) report is here, offering a data-driven roadmap to improve screening, diagnosis, and treatment for colorectal cancer. Explore the goals & join us: fightcolorectalcancer.org/crc-research/c… @statnews

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18 Nov

FORWARD family at #TLM2024 @AmerGastroAssn @CTNuQuay @AASLDtweets

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Joseph Sleiman, MD

@JosephHabibi_MD

4 Nov

#CGH4ALL @AGA_CGH 📣 Patient navigation leads to 📈 follow-up C-scope after abnormal stool tests in safety net settings! A systematic review of interventions to ⏫ follow up! 🔗 cghjournal.org/article/S1542-… #GITwitter report by @Ansari_Zaid7

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Dr Jennifer Christie

@JChristieMD

28 Oct

Thank you @WomeninEndo @HealioGastro for this amazing recognition and honor! 🙏🏽🙏🏽💜 #Grateful

Healio Gastroenterology

@HealioGastro

28 Oct

Now it is time to present a prestigious award, The Healio Lifetime Disruptor Award. This awardee is a leader and whose contributions have garnered well-earned recognition amongst peers. Healio presents this award, in collaboration with @WomeninEndo, to @JChristieMD Cheers! 🥂

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Kunjali Padhya, MD FACG

@kunjali

30 Oct

Thank you for the honor @AmCollegeGastro !! An amazing motivator to continue to serve the College.

ACG

@AmCollegeGastro

29 Oct

In recognition of outstanding service & commitment to the Board & to the College, ACG presents the 2024 Governor's Awards: Jr. Governor's Award: Dr. Kunjali Padhya Sr. Governor's Award: Dr. Ronald Hsu William D. Carey Award: Dr. March Seabrook Congratulations! @rkhsusa

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Lauren Feld

@LaurenFeldMD

30 Oct

Wrapping up an amazing #ACG2024 Loved spending some time last night with amazing mentors and role models Excited to see the wonderful things to come during the presidency of @AmyOxentenkoMD 🤩 @AmCollegeGastro

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National Cancer Institute

@theNCI

29 Oct

Today, the #BidenCancerMoonshot announced a new cohort of Cancer Moonshot Scholars and awarded $6 million to this next generation of innovators in cancer prevention, treatment, and diagnosis. Learn more about the Scholars: go.nih.gov/X133xso

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Adjoa Anyane-Yeboa, MD MPH

@AdjoaGIMD

29 Oct

Excited to share that I was awarded a K08 from @theNCI 🎉🥂 Couldn’t have done this w/o my incredible mentors 🙏🏿 In training when I thought abt what a researcher was/looked like, I never envisioned someone like me. I’m glad to change that, even just a bit, for those after me ❤️

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@blackingastro

27 Oct

Dr. Ifeoma P. Kwentoh, ABGH Member and Fellow in Addiction Medicine, is an aspiring GI doc and will be at @AmCollegeGastro’s Annual Mtg to present her scholarship! We are so proud to see #blackingastro at #ACG2024! #womeninmedicine #diversityingi #meded

Rachel Issaka, MD, MAS

@IssakaMD

24 Oct

That feeling when your (first official) K mentee gets a perfect score on their application!!! Their science is so necessary and I couldn’t be more proud!

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Loren Taylor

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18 Oct

While we lost our patriarch 🥲, heaven gained an angel. Rest well, Pappa! 🙏🏾❤️🕊️ PERCY JAMES TAYLOR Sunrise: 2/18/1948 Sunset: 10/15/2024

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ABGH

@blackingastro

15 Oct

📢📢ABGH (@blackingastro) is hiring!📢📢 ABGH was founded in 2021 and has grown incredibly since then. We are now looking for a dynamic and visionary leader to serve as our Executive Director! For more info visit blackingastro.org/jobs/

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Charlotte Gamble MD MPH

@char_gamble

10 Oct

An honor and a delight!!

UW Dept. of Ob-Gyn

@WiscObGyn

7 Oct

This Thursday, October 10, Dr. @char_gamble presents the keynote lecture "Endometrial Cancer: Interventions to Address a Growing Public Health Crisis" at the Gloria Sarto Reproductive Health Equity Symposium. Learn more: obgyn.wisc.edu/symposium

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Kimberly D. Manning, MD, MACP

@gradydoctor

4 Oct

"But merit, it seems, was not the only component needed for increasing one's likelihood of medical school acceptance." Grateful to co-author this piece in @TheLancet w/ fellow @TuskegeeUniv alum Lauren Jenkins, M4. Lots to think about & that we can do.💛 thelancet.com/journals/lance…

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Erin Gillespie, MD MPH

@ErinGillespieMD

1 Oct

Enjoyed a recent #impsci fireside chat with @IssakaMD and @DrWinkfield Privileged to welcome Dr. Winkfield to Seattle and @uwradonc @fredhutch for Visiting Professor - such an inspirational thought leader in #radonc.🤩

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Adjoa Anyane-Yeboa, MD MPH

@AdjoaGIMD

29 Sep

Did you know that 73% of med students come from the top 2 household income quintiles? If we are really committed to DEI we need to do things differently. @gradydoctor @blackingastro #ABGHNexus24

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Dr. Renee Williams

@DrR_Williams

29 Sep

Career advancement power sessions in research @blackingastro #ABGHNEXUS24 @drfolamay moderating with @ashira_md @DrRachelMBond on the panel

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Valerie Stone, MD

@ValStoneMD

29 Sep

Dr. @LashNolen inspired us and motivated us with her 🔥presentation “Hungry for Justice: Turning an Idea into a Reality to Advance Health Equity” at #ABGHNEXUS24 @Brigham_DI @BrighamMedRes