Shifa Umar, MD

Milestone for Veteran care🎖️ @VAHouston becomes the first VA Pancreas Center of Excellence in 🇺🇸 Proud moment for #VeteransHealth 👏 ow.ly/JBCN50Wf6iL Grateful for the support & leadership @EndoscopyOthman @ruben_hernaez @SeragHashem @KanwalFasiha @BiykemB…

🚨 Pub Alert @tariqraseen Congrats on a thorough review on #AI impact & opportunities in field of #IBD Let's go! 🥊 Take a read and share your thoughts with us 👇👇👇👇 🙌 @TAGastroenterol Guest Editor: @NasimParsaMD

🚨 Attention 1️⃣st year GI fellows 🚨 Enjoying your first few weeks of fellowship? Still struggling to find your feet? 😬 🌟 Check out our GI Fellow Handbook 📖 💡 A nifty guide for tips, tricks, and advice for those formulative early months ✅ ✍️ BY 1st years ✍️ FOR 1st years

How I Approach It: Stool Testing for Colon Cancer: Growing Options Aasma Shaukat, MD, MPH, FACG & Seth A. Crockett, MD, MPH 📕 doi.org/10.14309/ajg.0… @AasmaShaukatMD @seth_crockett @JasmohanBajaj @MLongMD

📢 Registration is OPEN for the GI & LIVER Board Review Course! 🔍 Covering: •GI Diseases •Liver Disorders •Pancreaticobiliary Disease •IBD •Neuro-Gastroenterology & more 🗓️ Oct 11-12th 🎯Board-focused 🎯 Perfect for fellows & practicing GI docs 🎯 Virtual & in person 👉…

🚀 This week kicks off @ASGEendoscopy First Year Fellows Course Started in 2004 — nearly 20 years of legacy and growing strong! 🎓 4 courses 👥 500+ first-year fellows 🌟 Expert faculty from across the USA Thrilled to welcome our fellows to the 🌏 of #GIEndoscopy

Thank you to all of our fellows from across Texas and Houston/TMC faculty for the amazing #TxIEG First Year Fellows Course today at BSLMC! #GITwitter #GIFellow A special thanks to our course directors #JordanSparkman and #KalPatel !! (only pictured pm faculty)

Phenomenal live 👊 demonstrations of challenging cases (coloenterostomy and pancreatic endotherapy) by the outstanding team CIE #MAES2025

Kicking off Day two with @NeenaSAbrahamMD discussing “Designing the career of your dreams” A powerhouse and a captivating speaker! @WomeninEndo #womeninendo #WIE2025 #womeninGI

Sharp insights, no fluff-- hear from @BCMDeptMedicine gastroenterologist Dr. Rollin George. The Encroachment of GLP-1: How it Affects the Practice of Gastroenterology here: bit.ly/3IvXvEt @bcm_gihep @Gut_BMJ @ruben_hernaez @TexasGastros @shifaumarMD

👉🏽 In <48 hrs I’m keynoting the Women in Endoscopy Summit in Park City 🎤 Topic? Designing the career of your dreams. 👉🏽 Also teaching a workshop on boundaries that actually stick. 👉🏽 If you’re coming, say 👋I’m bringing the strategy and the receipts

I’m late to this thread but 💗💗💗 Congratulations Shifa and the whole team at the VA! Superstar stuff right here

Congratulations @gioroldanc we are thrilled to welcome you to @bcm_gihep & our phenomenal advanced endoscopy group ✨ @ASGEendoscopy #AEFMatch

Honored at match @BIDMChealth @harvardmed for Advanced Endoscopy Fellowship training 🥳 Beyond grateful to my institution @UMN_GIHep & mentors @BilalMohammadMD @StuartKAmateau @gurutrikumd #Dr. Martin Freeman for inspiring & lighting the path of my academic journey 📚 Stoked…

📢 NEW ECCO Consensus! 😇Honored to be part of this significant paper addressing IBD care🌍in LMICs. 👥Our panel presents 28 statements on epidemiology, diagnosis, treatment & surgical management. Read more🔗bit.ly/4eVsVAw @JCC_IBD @ibdseb @AlaaEl_Hussuna @drvishal82

GI Fellows 📢Don’t miss your chance to attend @TexasIEG's 6th Annual First Year Fellows Course – Saturday, July 19th in Houston! 🩺 bit.ly/46EEPfO

Alright, #ACGFamily, it's time! 🚨 💻 Check your emails 🔗 Register now for #ACG2025 🌵 📸 Post abstracts you'll be presenting 📍Tag us @AmCollegeGastro and build your network 🥊Let's go! @AmyOxentenkoMD @umfoodoc

On this day in 2008, Dr. Michael DeBakey, our namesake since 2003, died at the age of 99. Dr. DeBakey was a renowned cardiovascular surgeon, innovator, and educator, known for pioneering various surgical techniques and devices. news.va.gov/81407/legendar… #MichaelEDeBakey