Vice Chief, #UCLAGI | Director, GI Fellowship Program @UCLAHealth | IBS, Brain-Gut, DGBI | ❤️ Translating Science to Improve Patient Care | Tweets my own
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AGA's new quality indicators for #IBS set the standard for improving patient care!
Learn about these standards, which were developed to enhance diagnosis, treatment, and outcomes of IBS. Don't miss this important read! 📖👇 #GIQuality
Are you providing high-quality #IBS care? Here are 9 quality indicators that AGA and @RomeFoundation recommend to improve and standardize care ➡️ ow.ly/qPLZ50VgQsZ
Thanks to the team: @JenniferKMaratt @LinChangMD @RabWatsonMD @KazaArchana @David_LeimanMD @KennethHung17
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10 Pearls for Clinical Practice in Disorders of Gut-Brain Interaction 🔖 @AmJGastro Making a positive diagnosis, not a diagnosis of exclusion.
🖊️ @LinChangMD @hmstaudacher Sarah Ballou Giovanni Barbara
👉journals.lww.com/ajg/fulltex…
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✍️Accepting applications for the 2027-28 Advanced #IBD Fellowship Program thru July 15! Centered within a high-volume, multidisciplinary IBD program, the fellowship offers a tailored blend of advanced clinical training & research development.
👉Learn more uclahealth.org/departments/m…
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Where does the time go?🎓 We will miss this fantastic group of #UCLAGI fellows. Future patients will benefit not only from their clinical training & research accomplishments, but also from the kind, compassionate, and thorough care we know they will provide! Congratulations 💙
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A Joint @RomeFoundation and @IOIBD1 Consensus provides standardized terminology, evaluation strategies, and treatment recommendations for #IBD with #IBS-like symptoms 🔖 in @AGA_Gastro
👉 doi.org/10.1053/j.gastro.202…
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It was an honor and a true pleasure hosting @tberzin as the Gary Gitnick Visiting Professor at @UCLA
We were fortunate to gain pearls of wisdom from his remarkable career in #endoscopy, mentorship & visionary work pushing the boundaries of medicine and #AI in our field & beyond
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Among respondents meeting Rome IV #IBS criteria, significant sex & racial disparities in health care-seeking behavior & HCP-based IBS diagnosis rates were observed in US survey 🔖@AGA_CGH
🔗cghjournal.org/article/S1542…
🖊️Christopher Almario @MenaBoulesMD1 @umfoodoc @LinChangMD et al
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What changes can #GI clinicians expect to see from #RomeV? Along with Jan Tack, MD, PhD, and Gut Talk host @umfoodoc, @RomeFoundation’s @LinChangMD provides an overview of highlights and updates in the latest Rome criteria, including #IBS.
Listen now: vist.ly/565qy
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MUST READ📖
Joint @RomeFoundation & @IOIBD1 RAND/UCLA Recommendations for #Evaluation & #Managmt of #IBD with #IBS-like Symptoms @AGA_Gastro
pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/4206…
📝Nomenclature: IBD with IBS-like symptoms
Evaluation🩺 🧫
Therapies
🥗Diet
💊Drugs💉
🧠Brain gut behavioral tx
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Part 1: Gut Health Series on Medically Speaking podcast
Drs. Eve Glazier & Lynn Connolly 🗣️ science behind digestion, gut health & #microbiome: How the gut & its bacteria work, “leaky gut” myths, at-home microbiome testing & the brain-gut connection
▶️ piped.video/a8-x5EwxY08
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Greater overlap of DGBI leads to increased disease severity and poorer quality of life
@LinChangMD in #IBSDays
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IBS overlaps with organic GI and extraintestinal diseases
@LinChangMD highlights the importance to keep on the radar common causes of IBS symptoms despite remission
#IBSDays2026 @ibs_days
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IBS and other abdominal DGBI symptoms are more common in women
@LinChangMD gives a nice overview of the common roots of IBS and endometriosis, particularly in women in their early 40s
#IBSDays2026
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Even a momentary peak of stress can impact IBS symptom severity
@LinChangMD in #IBSDays2026
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🔥#DDW2026 | Tuesday, May 5 | 3:14 pm | W196
How I Explain It: Navigating Difficult Conversations in Clinical Practice – Panel Discussion
🎙️Moderators: @AndreaShin_GI & @LinChangMD
👥Panel: @drkylestaller @eamonnquigleymd Gregory Sayuk Jill Deutsch L Dear @dbrennerGIMD
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Rome V is here.
Not a revolution—but a recalibration.
A decade of science distilled into how we actually diagnose and manage DGBI:
• Overlap is real
• Culture matters
• Biomarkers are coming
• Brain–gut care is no longer optional
The field just leveled up.
#RomeV #Neurogastro
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#DDW2026 May 5 ➡️ Feasibility & Acceptability of Mindfulness-Based Group Interventions in an Integrative GI Care Setting
💫Tiffany Ju, PhD
🖊️@DrMeganOser
🖊️Suzanne Smith Kasturi Banerjee Mickeal Pugh @LinChangMD (Walter & Shirley Wang Center for Integrative Digestive Health)
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GERD Associated w/Greater Odds of Aspiration Pneumonia & Poor Pulmonary Outcomes in Patients w/Pulmonary Fibrosis
🌟@YazanAbboudMD
🖊️Alireza Sedarat
👥@ArnieShahMD @AlsakarnehSaqr @Ibrahim_Abboud_ @JenKolbMD @AdarshThakerMD @DannyIssaMD S Kim @raman_muthusamy
🗓️#DDW2026 May 5
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Presenting at the #DDW2026 poster session on Sunday, May 3!
The Impact of Sleep Disturbance on the Relationship Between Adverse Childhood Experiences and #IBS
💥Michelle Binod, MD, MPH
🖊️Senior: @ArpanaChurch
🖊️@LinChangMD @TienDongMD @AndreaShin_GI @EmeranMayerMD et al
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