It’s official!
After an extensive national search, we are beyond excited to announce that our very own
@DrLoomba
will be our next Division Chief of
@UCSD_GI
!
Grateful for the past (mentors & mentees), present team
@NAFLDresearch
@UCSD_GI
and future (mentees who will be joining the team) to be listed among top cited 🌐
Clarivate Reveals World's Influential Researchers in Highly Cited Researchers 2023 List
I love my team and so grateful to them
@NAFLDresearch
@UCSDHealth
!!
It was the best birthday— Got to clinic & everyone wished me with a smile and then got to office team had a cake 🎂 & decorations all over— just one word that describes how I feel— Gratitude🙏
Congratulations Arun Sanyal and Todd Stravitz for establishing a visionary liver institute--- Very inspirational and very well-deserved recognition!!
@AASLDtweets
Virginia Commonwealth University receives record $104 million donation for liver research
Resmetirom approved for Rx of NASH related fibrosis- 1st FDA approved Rx for one of the biggest untapped therapeutic areas by
@MadrigalPharma
!!!
@AASLDtweets
@AmerGastroAssn
Madrigal granted FDA approval for NASH therapy
Late breaking at
#EASLCongress
: In this phase 2b, placebo-controlled trial involving patients with nonalcoholic steatohepatitis, pegozafermin, a long-acting glycopegylated FGF21 analogue, reduced fibrosis at 24 weeks. Full results by
@drloomba
et al.:
Today, I am sad as I lost a patient who was very dear to me-- It was fate that I was on the in-patient service just so I could be with him & his family during his last hours--- RIP--Need to cure NASH cirrhosis and HCC
@UCSDHealth
@AmerGastroAssn
@AASLDtweets
@AASLDPresident
Happy Diwali to all!
May our ignorance be illuminated by the lights of wisdom, may there be love and peace for all, may there be new discoveries to cure the as yet uncured, may we be kind to all, and may we serve with love and empathy in all our endeavors!
Thanks
@drshalimar
for hosting me as a visiting professor at AIIMS! Loved meeting with the amazing fellows, PhD students and faculty, and learn about the research in GI and hepatology at AIIMS! Future of GI is bright in India!
@AmerGastroAssn
@AASLDtweets
New research - Loomba et al - Safety, pharmacokinetics, and pharmacodynamics of pegozafermin in patients with non-alcoholic steatohepatitis: a randomised, double-blind, placebo-controlled, phase 1b/2a study
#livertwitter
#NASH
#fattyliver
@DrLoomba
Today one of my mentee's paper got rejected by the third journal--I feel his pain--It's like boxing & you got punched. Shake it off & move on to the fourth round to fight back-I mean- submit to the fourth journal: Pearl of the day: Every paper has a home so fight on, unattached!
Does fibrosis progress faster in diabetes?
▶️Multicenter, biopsy-proven NAFLD
▶️T2DM a/w faster time to progression
▶️Fibrosis progression rate in F0/F1 ~ 1 stage/4 yrs vs 1 stage/6 yrs in T2DM vs non-T2DM
New data
@_NAFLDResearch
@DrLoomba
@AGA_Gastro
Why publish in
@APandT
?
✮Quick decisions: Submission to first decision in 11 days on average in 2021.
✮FREE submission.
✮FREE colour figures.
✮No overall word count limit for original articles.
✮Fast publication: only 7 wks from acceptance to publication in an online issue
We celebrated the establishment of the Naga P. Chalasani endowed chair last night. I always knew I had an accomplished mentor, but to hear he did it all while maintaining relationships with family & friends made it all more special. Congratulations!
@nagachalasani
@IUGastro
Working closely with liver doctors in Wuhan to better understand liver enzyme abnormalities and liver dysfunction in Covid-19! Let us collaborate to help our patients and contain this pandemic!!
Team work and service to improve care of our patients with NAFLD!!!
@AASLDtweets
@EASLedu
@UCSD_GI
@NAFLDresearch
AASLD practice guidance on the clinical assessment and management of nonalcoholic fatty liver disease
Welcome dinner for our new class of GI fellows
@UCSD_GI
! We are so fortunate to have such a talented group of trainees, gifted faculty and program directors!! So proud of this team!!
@AmerGastroAssn
@AmCollegeGastro
@AASLDtweets
#COVID
-19 may cause mild-moderate elevations in ALT and AST and also muscle enzymes ---a few patients especially those immunosuppressed or Post-OLT may have significant elevations in ALT and AST so be ready for a liver consult!
Official terminology for AASLD publications remains NAFLD.....that's what we should use for now....
AASLD NASH Task Force is working with other international societies
@EASL_ilf
@APASLnews
@AASLDtweets
to develop a framework for the consensus process to discuss this in future
San Diego Half Marathon ✅ - it was two back to back meetings in LA -
@CLDFoundation
NASH Connect and then
@AASLDtweets
#STC
NASH Cirrhosis meeting — stimulating three days and so wonderful to get a recharge after seeing friends who inspire
#runtocurenash
What gives exponentially greater joy than your own promotion? When you see your mentee getting promoted!!
Congratulations Veeral Ajmera, MD, MAS, Associate Professor of Clinical Medicine
@UCSD_GI
so proud of you and very well-deserved!! Keep it up!
It is critical to identify stage 3 fibrosis patients and treat them so they don't die of liver disease---urgently need NASH therapies---
Prospective Study of Outcomes in Adults with Nonalcoholic Fatty Liver Disease
Thanks
@WRayKimMD
for having Rx of MASH cirrhosis & emerging therapies on the
@AASLDtweets
PGC agenda - patients need new Rx so no one dies from liver disease —- future is bright & there’s plenty of hope and amazing pipeline to change the course of MASH fibrosis
Someone asked me why submit a paper to
@APandT
here's why-
✮2020 Impact Factor 8.171
✮Quick decisions: Submission to first decision in 11 days on average in 2020
✮FREE color figures
✮No word count limit for original articles
✮Fast publication: only 7 weeks
✮Receptive team
When and how to screen for HCC in NAFLD? AGA Clinical Practice Update on Screening and Surveillance for Hepatocellular Carcinoma in Patients with Nonalcoholic Fatty Liver Disease: Expert R... - PubMed - NCBI
Failure is just a bridge to your next success — embrace both as they are offered —- and just give it a little bit more effort, each successive time, so you are just getting better and better! Action itself is the reward!!
@Cell_Metabolism
We estimate temporal trends of liver cancer, and the contributions of various etiologies from 2010 - 2019
We provide global and regional data for
➡️ Incidence
➡️ Deaths
➡️ DALYs
#LiverTwitter
#GITwitter
Free temporary link:
I look forward to a future where liver cancer screening and surveillance in cirrhosis is free of any out of pocket costs and paid for by insurance-- no questions asked
San Diego skyline framed by beautiful coral trees. Read in this issue the excellent work by
@DrLoomba
et al defining liver stiffness thresholds for prediction of clinical outcomes in bridging fibrosis & cirrhosis via
@mromerogomez
@UCSDHealth
#LiverTwitter
A positive MEFIB index (MRE ⩾ 3.3 kPa + FIB-4 ⩾ 1.6) predicts liver decompensation and HCC in NAFLD, HR = 21.8 (95% CI: 4.28-111.4, p < 0.001). Keep it up
@AjmeraVeeral
!
Delighted to kick start
@GuildConference
with the future of Gastroenterolgy— mentoring fellows and learning about their career paths and interests— what a beautiful morning with the brightest of minds
@MLongMD
@BlaneyMD
@UmaMahadevanIBD
Thanks
@DrKaushalMadan1
for hosting me as a visiting professor at Max Saket hospital, Delhi! Thanks for the warm hospitality, beautiful painting and luncheon. I really enjoyed rounding on the liver ICU & meeting with the entire GI & liver transplant team!! Loved it!!
@UCSD_GI
fellow faculty mixer last night— smiles say it all — great to spend time with the team after work!!!! Team GI is thriving!! Pickle ball tournament is being planned as a follow up to this
@AmerGastroAssn
@AmCollegeGastro
@AASLDtweets
Also in our January issue - Nobuharu Tamaki, Veeral Ajmera & Rohit Loomba discuss non-invasive methods for imaging hepatic
#steatosis
and their clinical importance in
#NAFLD
(£)
@DrLoomba
And look who did I run into at this bar in Houston
@NoureddinMD
! What are the odds that I am in Houston for one evening and there I see Mazen in the same restaurant while
@SeragHashem
and I were just talking about him — here’s to friendship that brings us together
#livertwitter
How to acheive brilliance in your work and strive for excellence?
- Perseverance that turns into grit
- Role models who have persevered and demonstrate it's possible
- Inspirational life goal
- Daily inspiration-gratitude loop -- reap joy daily
#livertwitter
#MedTwitter
Ever wondered what is the secret sauce behind achieving and sustaining academic excellence?
I have been talking to several leading experts in diverse areas of medicine and science--- what do you think might be the secret?
of course-- desire is one, what else?
Our collaborative study with Hannele's group in Finland-- set to change AASLD NAFLD Clinical Practice Guidelines to recommend screening in high-risk population
@AASLDtweets
Study: First-Degree Relatives of Patients with NAFLD at Risk of Liver Disease
I’m writing to share that Alimentary Pharmacology and Therapeutics
@APandT
received it's highest Impact Factor ever of 8.171. Congratulations to Jon and Colin for leading the way along with a brilliant team of editors, Doris Edwards, and legendary Roy Pounder!
I continue to enjoy writing & collaborating with many of my mentors! I see independence as not writing papers without your mentors but rather being the originator of the ideas & having projects/papers stemming from your own creativity & fueling innovations in the field!
Honored to write this editorial with Debanjan Dhar a liver investigator at UCSD -
@NAFLDresearch
How does PNPLA3 increase the risk of NASH progression?
Visiting
@UCSFHospitals
liver center — had a magnificent fun-filled evening with the amazingly talented ucsf faculty and friends — Tx to Jen Lai for being such a gracious host! Thanks
@BilalUCSF
and the rest of the team for joining! Gratitude 🙏
@UCSD_GI
@mromerogomez
starting the NASH therapy session— efinopegutide-a dual agonist-GLP-1 plus glucagon agonist- open label trial in NAFLD- 24 week data - ✅ weight loss higher than Sema with efinopegutide ✅ greater liver fat reduction by efinopegutide
Beautiful setting for a faculty reception and dinner
@GuildConference
- smiles say it all- what a great way to learn from each other!!! Gratitude 🙏
@UmaMahadevanIBD
@norahterrault
for your warm and loving hospitality!!! Remarkable meeting for everyone!
Excellent session on AI in imaging fibrosis
@AASLDtweets
by the fibrosis SIG — AI based disruptive technologies are here to improve care of patients with liver disease
In this large, multicenter study, Huang and colleagues demonstrate that liver fibrosis progresses faster in people with diabetes, compared to people without diabetes
@DrHuangDQ
@DrLoomba
➡️
Had a fabulous visit with Scott Friedman, Meena Bansal and
@TatyanaKushner
@MountSinaiNYC
Liver Disease Division— what an amazing group of physician scientists! Thanks for a delicious dinner at Cafe Sfoglia — authentic Italian and excellent ambience!
Congratulations
@CCHS
student Rohan Loomba for your work over the last 2 years. Keep it up! So proud of you!
Clinical utility of 30% relative decline in MRI-PDFF in predicting fibrosis regression in non-alcoholic fatty liver…
Just ran Carlsbad half — feels so good. Thanks to my running mate (my wife) I finished it again:) we have been running together for 10 years. It makes it easy to know that your friend is just around the corner and you are about to catch up to them -joys of life- leisurely running
Nice collaborating with
@QAnstee
and laurent castera on this review for
@JHepatology
@EASLedu
@EASLnews
Impact of non-invasive biomarkers on hepatology practice: Past, present and future
Great to collaborate with
@AjmeraVeeral
and Nobu Tamaki—So thankful to host Nobuharu Tamaki as visiting scholar
@NAFLDresearch
from Japan —- more than 10 papers in less than 2 years
Tomorrow's a big day for NASH: Obeticholic acid Ad Com for it's NDA in NASH related fibrosis!!!
@UCSD_GI
#livertwitter
@AASLDtweets
#MedTwitter
May 19, 2023: Meeting of the Gastrointestinal Drugs Advisory Committee Meeting Announcement - 05/19/2023
OCA improves NASH related fibrosis relative to placebo-- Obeticholic acid for the treatment of NASH: interim analysis from a multicentre, randomised, placebo-controlled phase 3 trial