Gastroenterology offers a unique and dynamic landscape for innovation and entrepreneurship but as providers we are often not aware of what steps we need to take. In today's episode, Dr. Parikh interviews Dr. Amitabh Chak, president of the American Society of Gastrointestinal Endoscopy. Dr. Chak shares his latest innovation trends in GI, key steps every GI entrepreneur should take, barriers we face, and how ASGE is creating the infrastructure to support this ecosystem. With this infrastructure in mind, they highlight ASGE's upcoming Festival of Innovation and EndoScopic Technology at ASGE (FIESTA) on November 14th and 15th. For those interested in learning more or registering for FIESTA, please visit www.ASGE.org/FIESTA.

With the increasing number of therapeutic options for fatty liver disease, elastography has become more of a mainstream diagnostic test. But what is elastography? In this episode of the Gut Doctor podcast, Dr. Parikh interviews Robert DeJong. Bob is a registered diagnostic medical sonographer and Director of Medical Education for Aegle Medical. He discusses the science of elastography and the role it plays in management of fatty liver disease. This episode is brought to you by Mindray and Aegle Medical, manufacturer and distributor of the Hepatus-series platform, which is a NexGen vibration-controlled elastography technology used to stage and monitor liver disease.

We are back in our fifth season on the Gut Doctor podcast and are going to launch this year with systemic mastocytosis. My guest today is Dr. Matthew Hamilton who is the lead gastroenterologist at Brigham's Mastocytosis Center and assistant professor of medicine at Harvard Medical School. The educational material for today's episode is made possible through a grant from Blueprint Medicines.

My heartburn patients frequently ask me: how much chocolate can I have? What about wine? Coffee? Dillon Martin is a registered dietician who specializes in diabetes, weight optimization and gastroesophageal disorders. He answers these questions and gives practical dietary advice for those suffering with GERD. Today’s episode is brought to you by Castle Biosciences, maker of TissueCypher, a test designed to predict the risk of esophageal cancer in patients with Barrett’s esophagus.

What is intestinal ultrasound? How can it change the way we take care of our patients with inflammatory bowel disease? Dr. Bincy Abraham, Professor of Clinical Medicine at Houston Methodist and Director of the Fondren Inflammatory Bowel Disease Program, answers these questions and more in this episode of the Gut Doctor Podcast.

Beans are a staple in many cuisines around the world. In this episode of the Food as Medicine series, Dr. Parikh interviews Dr. Ruchir Paladiya, a third year medicine resident at the University of Connecticut. Dr. Paladiya details the various nutritional benefits of beans and how you can incorporate them into your diet.

In this episode of the Gut Doctor podcast, Dr. Parikh interviews Dr. Jirapinyo, an interventional endoscopist who is triple boarded in bariatric endoscopy, obesity medicine and gastroenterology. She is Director of the Bariatric Endoscopy Fellowship program at Brigham and Women's Hospital, Assistant Professor at Harvard Medical School and Medical Director of Bariendo. They discuss the role of endobariatrics in weight optimization programs, the ideal candidates and the future of this rapidly burgeoning field. They wrap up the episode by highlighting Bariendo - a weight loss company whose mission is to standardize high quality endoscopic sleeve gastrectomy and endobariatrics across the country.

In this episode of the Innovation series, Dr. Parikh is back discussing virtual care platforms. Today he interviews Dr. Sahil Patel, gastroenterologist and Medical Director for SideBy Care, and Norah Candito, registered dietician and Director of Clinical Operations for SideBy Care. They discuss the origin of SideBy Care and delve into its mission to help patients with disorders of the gut-brain interaction.