Danny Issa, MD
@DannyIssaMD
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Interventional and Bariatric Endoscopist. David Geffen School of Medicine @UCLAHealth. @WeillCornell & @VCU alumni. Views = my own
Los Angeles, CA
Joined December 2015
Grateful to @VideoGIE for featuring our new technique to manage GERD after #sleeve gastrectomy; a challenging & common problem with limited options beyond conversion to bypass 🔹 TARP combines suturing + dissection + fundus restoration 🔹Patient selection is 🔑 @UCLAHealth
An Original Article by Vismaya S. Bachu et al explores "Transoral antireflux plication: a new approach for refractory GERD after laparoscopic sleeve gastroplasty." https://t.co/98XV9UCD2o
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I had the honor this past weekend to lecture for @GastroHealthLLC on post bariatric surgery care and how gastroenterologists can lend a helping hand to our surgical colleagues It was an amazing time filled with great questions! Endoscopic suturing offers a number of potential
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@Stentingwoman @DannyIssaMD @bahdi_firas Because the fundus is the key! That's where oxyntic cells make ghrelin which as you know makes us hungry and glp1s work in decreasing that hunger! 😇
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Honored to be named among the 2025 Top 100 Outstanding Executives by INvolve x YouTube working hard to create more LGBTQ+ inclusive workplaces. 🙏 https://t.co/vYOXEkBBAb
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It was such a pleasure to have the leadership meeting of #NACSELD @AASLDtweets #TLM25. Expect a lot more from this consortium ( https://t.co/xayXaxCABt)
@VCU_Liver @VAResearch @penngihep @UCSF @MayoClinicGIHep. Missed Pat Kamath!!
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When KPop meets Bariatric Endoscopy 🔥 Awesome teaching @MikeTalanian to throw his first sutures and got some great music in the background #KPOPDEMONHUNTERS #GITwitter #MedEd #advancedendosolutions
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>110 US & Asian experts @AmCollegeGastro EndoscopySchoolHandsonWorkshopCenter #Phoenix2025 taught hemostasis, foreign body extraction, BE ablation, ERCP, EUS, EMR, ESD, defect closure, small bowel capsule endoscopy, intestinal ultrasound, fibroscan, neuromodulation, ergonomics.
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Got my copy today! Can’t wait to read Pull by Prof. @BrennanSpiegel. Particularly excited about “Operation Gravitate” 📉 Already peaked through some parts of the experiment and amazed by the weight loss and other results! 📖 A must read book in 2025!
🚀 Today’s the day! My new book PULL is officially out in the world. Grateful for everyone who helped bring this project to life—and excited to share how gravity shapes our bodies, steadies our minds, and guides our health. Get your copy here: https://t.co/G7SMyVMy3w 📖🌍
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@IBD_Afzali @AmCollegeGastro @mdmanatee @BilalMohammadMD @JHashashMD @IrisWangMD @AkwiAsombangMD @AmyOxentenkoMD @umfoodoc @LuisLaraMD1 @Jskeans1 @DannyIssaMD @TrieuMD Thanks for an amazing run as Ed Affairs Chair @IBD_Afzali and for your outstanding leadership and friendship! Honored to follow in your footsteps! 👏🏾🙏🏽
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Grateful for the honor of serving as Chair of @AmCollegeGastro Ed Affairs Committee. Thank you to my dyad partner @mdmanatee, amazing ACG staff & #ACGFamily & every committee member who made this journey so meaningful. Proud to pass the baton to @raman_muthusamy to continue our
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It is always a pleasure being able to work with industry and continue to push the field forward alongside the best people like @SarahHyderMD Discussed novel techniques like EUS guided transmural gallbladder drainage, EUS guided gastroenterostomy, choledochoduodenostomy and EDGE
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Last session STRONG 💪 #ACG2025🌵 IBD Session: UC, CD, and Dysplasia screening in IBD Moderator Corey Siegel @EdBarnesMD @Realcecum @AmCollegeGastro
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#Academic meetings 📚 are incomplete without mentorship 🔦 session with @BilalMohammadMD #ACG2025 Have learned #allthingsGI, #friendtorship 🧑🤝🧑 but most importantly #payingitforward ⏩ from the 🐐 mentor #Mentorshipmatters @AmCollegeGastro
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So proud of @UTSWIMchief resident (& current GI applicant), #KrystalLai presenting our work on ESD defect management & its impact on delayed bleeding at #ACG2025. Incredibly high & gracious praise from @nshaheenUNC about how well she presented our project! And when asked which
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Congratulations Jose and your plenary session presentation. You are doing amazing. Can’t wait to see you continue to grow in our field
Such an amazing conference! Enjoyed every minute of #ACG2025 @AmCollegeGastro 💩 Special thanks to my mentor @DannyIssaMD for all his support and advice!
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Such an amazing conference! Enjoyed every minute of #ACG2025 @AmCollegeGastro 💩 Special thanks to my mentor @DannyIssaMD for all his support and advice!
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@DannyIssaMD @IrisWangMD @AmCollegeGastro Thank you so much Dr. Issa for the feedback and make it a memorable experience. We hope to as well!
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Grateful for the opportunity to present at #ACG2025. Thank you to ACG and to my mentor, Dr. Wang, for the constant support and mentorship. 🙏
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@IrisWangMD @AmyOxentenkoMD @AmCollegeGastro I hope you know @IrisWangMD how much you inspire all of us w your work, your kindness, your outside the box thinking, your creativity & everything that you are ! Congratulations again on your @GoHealio Disruptive Innovator 🏆 , SO SO well deserved ! Keep inspiring & shining🌟
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