#GUT Blog: Green Endoscopy: British Society of Gastroenterology (BSG), Joint Advisory Group for Endoscopy (JAG) and Centre for Sustainable Health (CSH) Joint Consensus on practical measures for environmental sustainability in endoscopy

Professor El-Omar has chosen Professor Shaji Sebastian and Professor Anjan Dhar to do the next #GUTBlog. Professor Sebastian is from the Department of Gastroenterology, Hull University Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust, Hull, UK and Professor Dhar is from the Department of Gastroenterology, Darlington Memorial Hospital, Darlington.  The #GUTBlog focusses on the paper “Green endoscopy: British Society of Gastroenterology (BSG), Joint […]

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#GUT Blog: Third Asia-Pacific consensus recommendations on colorectal cancer screening and postpolypectomy surveillance

Professor El-Omar has chosen Professor Joseph Sung to do the next #GUTBlog. Professor Sung is a Distinguished University Professor from the  Lee Kong Chian School of Medicine, Singapore, Singapore.  Professor Sung is the first author on the guidelines covered in the #GUTBlog.  The #GUTBlog focusses on the guidelines “Third Asia-Pacific consensus recommendations on colorectal cancer screening and postpolypectomy surveillance” which was published […]

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Special #GUT Blog: NIHR event and trainee network seek to enhance gastroenterology trainee’s participation in research

Professor El-Omar has agreed to a special #GUTBlog by Professor Matthew Brookes, from the University of Wolverhampton and Royal Wolverhampton NHS Trust and Gastroenterology deputy national specialty group lead, along with Dr Abdullah Abbasi, Gastroenterology trainee, from the Royal Wolverhampton NHS Trust.  In this #GUTblog they reflect on the importance of Gastroenterology trainees being engaged […]

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#GUT Blog: British Society of Gastroenterology (BSG) and British Society of Paediatric Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition (BSPGHAN) joint consensus guidelines on the diagnosis and management of eosinophilic oesophagitis in children and adults

Professor El-Omar has chosen Professor Anjan Dhar to do the next #GUTBlog. Professor Dhar is a Professor of Gastroenterology, at the County Durham & Darlington NHS Foundation Trust, Darlington Memorial Hospital, Darlington, UK and a Professor of Medicine, School of Health & Life Sciences, Teesside University, Middlesborough, UK.  Professor Dhar is joint first author with Dr Hasan Haboubi from […]

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#GUT Blog: Psyllium reduces inulin-induced colonic gas production in IBS: MRI and in vitro fermentation studies

Professor El-Omar has chosen Professor Robin C Spiller to do the next #GUTBlog. Professor Spiller is a Professor of Gastroenterology in the Gastrointestinal and Liver Disorders Theme, in the Nottingham NIHR Biomedical Research Centre, Queen’s Medical Centre, Nottingham, UK. The #GUTBlog focusses on the latest paper “Psyllium reduces inulin-induced colonic gas production in IBS: MRI and in vitro fermentation studies” which was published in […]

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#GUT Blog: Predicting endoscopic remission in Crohn’s disease by the modified multiplier SES-CD (MM-SES-CD)

Professor El-Omar has chosen Dr Neeraj Narula and Ms Emily Wong to do the next #GUTBlog. Dr Neeraj Narula is Associate Professor of Medicine at McMaster University, Ontario, Canada and Ms Emily Wong is a Research Assistant at the same institution. The #GUTBlog focusses on the latest paper “Predicting endoscopic remission in Crohn’s disease by the modified multiplier SES-CD (MM-SES-CD)” which […]

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#GUT Blog: International consensus to standardise histopathological scoring for small bowel strictures in Crohn’s disease

Professor El-Omar has chosen Dr Ilyssa O. Gordon and Dr Florian Rieder to do the next #GUTBlog. Dr Ilyssa O. Gordon is Associate Professor in the Department of Pathology at the Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, Ohio, USA. Her research focus is the diagnosis and categorization of intestinal fibrosis in inflammatory bowel diseases.  Dr Florian Rieder is Vice Chair of the Department […]

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#GUT Blog: Multicentre derivation and validation of a colitis-associated colorectal cancer risk prediction web tool

Professor El-Omar has chosen Dr Kit Curtius and Dr Misha Kabir to do the next #GUTBlog. Dr Curtius is affiliated to the Centre for Genomics and Computational Biology, Barts Cancer Institute, Queen Mary University of London, London, UK and the Division of Biomedical Informatics, Department of Medicine, University of California San Diego, La Jolla, California, USA. Dr Kabir is affiliated […]

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#GUT Blog: Caucasian lean subjects with non-alcoholic fatty liver disease share long-term prognosis of non-lean: time for reappraisal of BMI-driven approach?

Professor El-Omar has chosen Dr Ramy Younes and Dr Angelo Armandi on behalf of Professor Bugianesi to do the next #GUTBlog. Dr Younes MD PhD is affiliated to Boehringer Ingelheim International GmbH, Ingelheim, Germany and Dr Armandi MD is affiliated to Department of Medical Sciences, Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, A.O. Città della Salute e della Scienza di Torino, […]

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#GUT Blog: Proton pump inhibitors and risk of colorectal cancer: population-based cohort study

Professor El-Omar has chosen Dr Devin Abrahami and Dr Laurent Azoulay to do the next #GUTBlog. Dr Abrahami is a postdoctoral fellow in the Division of Pharmacoepidemiology and Pharmacoeconomics at Brigham and Women’s Hospital and Harvard Medical School. She received her PhD in Pharmacoepidemiology at McGill University. Dr Azoulay is an Associate Professor in the Department of Epidemiology, Biostatistics, […]

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