Brigham and Women’s General and GI Surgery

@bwhgisurgery

The official Twitter account of @BrighamWomens Division of General and GI Surgery.

Boston, MA

Joined August 2020

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Brigham and Women’s General and GI Surgery@bwhgisurgery · Jul 18

Wonderful evening celebrating Dr. Rachel Atkinson's MIS fellowship graduation! What a wonderful year! Name gets added to an impressive list of past graduates! Wish her the best @DukeSurgery @BrighamSurgery @rachelbatkinson @MassGenBrigham

bwhgisurgery's tweet image. Wonderful evening celebrating Dr. Rachel Atkinson's MIS fellowship graduation! What a wonderful year! Name gets added to an impressive list of past graduates!

Wish her the best @DukeSurgery

@BrighamSurgery @rachelbatkinson @MassGenBrigham

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Brigham and Women’s General and GI Surgery@bwhgisurgery · Jul 10

Congrats to our research team for their publication at @SurgEndosc documenting good weight loss and metabolic benefits following gastro-gastric fistula repair after RYGB rdcu.be/evAtk @SAGES_Updates @Nimeri_MD @MGBResearchNews

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Brigham and Women’s General and GI Surgery@bwhgisurgery · Jun 22

Congrats to the GGI team for an fun BWH #Boston10K that raised money for pancreatic cancer research! Sweats, grazes and muscle cramps to show for our efforts! @BrighamWomens @BrighamSurgery @BAA

bwhgisurgery's tweet image. Congrats to the GGI team for an fun BWH #Boston10K that raised money for pancreatic cancer research! Sweats, grazes and muscle cramps to show for our efforts!

@BrighamWomens @BrighamSurgery @BAA

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Brigham and Women’s General and GI Surgery@bwhgisurgery · May 12

Many lessons learned from metabolic surgery, and more to study. Surgery still gold standard for some pt cohorts. Below paper in Annals highlights some of challenges with GLP-1 journals.lww.com/annalsofsurger…

AAnnals of Surgery@AnnalsofSurgery · May 9

Before Ozempic, there was the OR. 🛏️🔬 Metabolic surgery laid the groundwork for today’s blockbuster therapies—and may still be the gold standard. 🔗journals.lww.com/annalsofsurger…

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Brigham and Women’s General and GI Surgery@bwhgisurgery · May 9

Congratulations to our group for their excellent paper: GLP-1RA in the Real World: 1-year Compliance and Outcomes of Semaglutide use in Patients With or Without Previous History of Bariatric Surgery -PubMed Compliance only around 55% at 1-year and %TWL less in those with BMI>40

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Dr. John Kirwan@DrJohnKirwan · May 8

Proud to be part of this ground breaking team! Congratulations to Dr. Francesco Rubino of King's College London on his well-deserved recognition in the Time100 Health 2025! This prestigious honor acknowledges his exceptional leadership of the #LancetCommission on #obesity…

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Jefferson Surgery@JEFFsurgery · May 6

Drs. Charles J. Yeo (@TJUHospital) and Keith Lillemoe (@MGHSurgery) spoke about academic surgery this morning with @SSATNews President Taylor Riall, MD (center) at the Annual Meeting of the Society for Surgery of the Alimentary Tract in San Diego. #SSAT2025 #DDW2025 #BeGutsy

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Brigham and Women's GI@BrighamGI · May 7

Our Director of Endoscopy Dr. Christopher Thompson (@MetabolicEndo) delivered the J Edward Beck Award Lecture - The Future of Endoscopy: Innovations That Will Shape Your Practice at the @ASGEendoscopy Presidential Plenary #DDW2025

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Brigham and Women’s General and GI Surgery@bwhgisurgery · May 3

A great talk by @ScottShikoraMD at annual @MassChapterAAP bariatric meeting. Summarized 70 years of surgical evolution! Wonderful to see friends across the state of MA, as well ME, RI and NH @Nimeri_MD @AmCollSurgeons @ASMBS @IfsoSecretariat

bwhgisurgery's tweet image. A great talk by @ScottShikoraMD at annual @MassChapterAAP bariatric meeting.

Summarized 70 years of surgical evolution!

Wonderful to see friends across the state of MA, as well ME, RI and NH

@Nimeri_MD @AmCollSurgeons @ASMBS @IfsoSecretariat

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Brigham and Women’s General and GI Surgery@bwhgisurgery · Apr 18

Agree! A very serious disease and we need to do more to understand the biology @BWHSurgMetab @Nimeri_MD @BrighamResearch @MarsApovian

IIFSO@IfsoSecretariat · Apr 16

Obesity is a medical condition, not a personal failing! Bariatric surgery offers a concrete and scientifically proven path to improve health and quality of life. If you are struggling with obesity, please know that effective medical solutions exist! #bariatricsurgery @rvcohen

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Brigham and Women’s General and GI Surgery@bwhgisurgery · Apr 18

A great talk about the impeding general surgery crisis by an outstanding leader. THANK YOU FOR YOUR VISIT! @BrighamSurgery @MassGenBrigham

AAbdelrahman Ali Nimeri MD FACS FASMBS ABOM FPD MBS@Nimeri_MD · Apr 16

What an honor & privilege to have the surgeon in chief @AtriumHealth @BrentDMatthews as the visiting Professor lecture @BrighamSurgery Grand Rounds. THANK YOU Brent! @SAGES_Updates @AtriumHealthWFB @CMC_GSResidents

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Brigham and Women’s General and GI Surgery@bwhgisurgery · Apr 18

Not good news for MA -- A great treatment for weight management but will be out of reach for many by next year bostonglobe.com/2025/04/17/bus… @IfsoSecretariat @MarsApovian @ASMBS

bwhgisurgery's tweet card. The move could affect tens of thousands of members who take GLP-1 medications.

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Liliana Bordeianou, MD, FACS, FASCRS@LilianaBordei · Apr 11

It's a wrap - our #byExpertsforExperts #ACCRS2025 @MGHSurgery @MGHColoSurgery was a success. Gratitude to our wonderful faculty and attendees from all over the 🌎 for making this an unforgettable international exchange . See you next @ASCRS_1 #SanDiego & @ISUCRS1 #Malaysia

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Brigham and Women’s General and GI Surgery@bwhgisurgery · Apr 15

Great article to show why health-care Real Estate Investment Trust (REIT) should be better regulated. Ask anyone in MA and read about Steward Healthcare! thelancet.com/journals/lance… @Thomasctsai @BrighamSurgery

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Eric Topol@EricTopol · Apr 8

Why sleep loss is so detrimental. It disrupts our metabolism throughout the body. @scisignal science.org/doi/10.1126/sc…

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Harvard Global Surgery@HarvardPGSSC · Apr 9

Reminder: Rethinking surgical care funding - Private sector contributions and strategic partnerships ➡️ Happening today at 10 am ET, register here: docs.google.com/forms/d/1pGi0k…

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American College of Surgeons@AmCollSurgeons · Apr 6

Right now, @pturnermd is giving the Executive Director and CEO’s update. To heal all with skill and trust will always be our North Star. #ACSLAS25

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MGHColorectalSurgery@MGHColoSurgery · Apr 6

Here's to another great Harvard colorectal course! Thank you to our incredible international faculty for making the course such a success. It was truly #byExpertsforExperts! @MGHSurgery @ISUCRS1 @LilianaBordei

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Brigham and Women’s General and GI Surgery@bwhgisurgery · Apr 6

Congrats to @BWHSurgMetab for contributing to this really important work to help us manage pts with Post-Bariatric Hypoglycemia Who would have thought it...it is bile acids! nature.com/articles/s4225… @BrighamResearch @ASMBS @IfsoSecretariat @Nimeri_MD

bwhgisurgery's tweet card. Nature Metabolism - FGF19 increase in post-bariatric hypoglycaemia is mediated by bile acid dysregulation, and can be countered by inhibiting bile acid transport.

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Brigham and Women’s General and GI Surgery@bwhgisurgery · Mar 25

Congradulations to @MaChapterACS and Dr. Ryan Gerry and his colleagues for putting together the first MA Hernia meeting! mcacs.org/Hernia/ Looking forward to welcoming everyone to @BrighamWomens @YusefKudsi @AmericanHernia @BrighamSurgery @americ

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