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Rohit Loomba

@DrLoomba

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Liver doctor/Professor of Medicine/clinical trial design Phase 1-4/inventor/drug developer/life's goal to find a cure for liver fibrosis & NASH.

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@DrLoomba
Rohit Loomba
11 months
I am truly honored and humbled to serve as the next Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology @UCSDGI at @UCSDHealthSci where I trained as a GI fellow! Grateful to the entire team @UCSDHealthSci @pattymaysent @CALonghurst @UCSDMedSchool @jeannabryn @AASLDtweets @AmerGastroAssn
@UCSD_GI
UCSD Gastroenterology
11 months
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 !
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@DrLoomba
Rohit Loomba
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SEMAGLUTIDE in Cirrhosis: Significant improvement in ALT and AST and MRI-PDFF with SEMA in cirrhosis-- need longer, larger studies and combination Rx in cirrhosis @UCSD_GI @NAFLDresearch @EASLedu @AASLDtweets @phil_newsome7 @mromerogomez @ebtapper @NoureddinMD @pattymaysent
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@LancetGastroHep
The Lancet Gastroenterology & Hepatology
1 year
New research - Loomba et al - Semaglutide 2·4 mg once weekly in patients with non-alcoholic steatohepatitis-related cirrhosis: a randomised, placebo-controlled phase 2 trial #NASH #NAFLD #cirrhosis #gitwitter #livertwitter #medtwitter @DrLoomba
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@DrLoomba
Rohit Loomba
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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
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Rohit Loomba
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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🙏
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@DrLoomba
Rohit Loomba
2 years
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
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@DrLoomba
Rohit Loomba
2 months
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
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@DrLoomba
Rohit Loomba
11 months
Appreciate the collaborative effort of the entire study group and co-authors in achieving these positive results in NASH Phase 2b RCT of pegozafermin versus placebo - @NAFLDresearch @AmerGastroAssn @EASLnews @AASLDtweets @pattymaysent @CALonghurst @QAnstee @juanpabloarab
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NEJM
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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.:
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@DrLoomba
Rohit Loomba
1 year
Great to have ⁦ @ggarciatsao ⁩ “the queen of hepatology” visiting us to deliver the Isenberg Lectureship!!! We just did a workshop on how to get published ⁦ @NEJM ⁩ !!! ⁦ @NAFLDresearch ⁩ ⁦ @UCSDHealth ⁩ ⁦ @UCSD_GI
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Rohit Loomba
10 months
Super proud of outstanding visiting scholar who broke all previous records of publication ⁦ @NAFLDresearch ⁩ - talented ⁦ @DrHuangDQ ⁩ for completing his 2 yr now returning to Singapore- 🙏 to be your mentor ⁦ @EASLnews ⁩ ⁦ @AmerGastroAssn ⁩ ⁦ @AASLDtweets
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Rohit Loomba
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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
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Rohit Loomba
2 years
Congratulations, Dr. John Carethers, who will be joining UCSD as the Vice Chancellor of Health Sciences!! We are super-excited and delighted to have him back at UCSD! @UCSDHealthSci @UCSDHealth @NAFLDresearch @pattymaysent @CALonghurst @AmerGastroAssn
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Rohit Loomba
3 months
At our local news station talking about MASLD in San Diego and new treatments ⁦ @KUSINews ⁩ ⁦ @fox5sandiego ⁩ with ⁦ @AshleyJacobsTV ⁩ — increasing awareness regarding MASH ⁦ @AASLDtweets ⁩ ⁦ @UCSD_GI ⁩ ⁦ @pattymaysent ⁩ ⁦ @CALonghurst
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Rohit Loomba
3 years
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!
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@DrLoomba
Rohit Loomba
2 years
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
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Rohit Loomba
9 months
Take home point — Liver fibrosis is reversible— it’s important for patients to know that fibrosis is reversible most patients are unaware so important to bring this point home ⁦ @AASLDtweets ⁩ ⁦ @EASLnews ⁩ ⁦ @AmerGastroAssn ⁩ ⁦ @INASL_Liver ⁩ ⁦ @UCSD_GI ⁩ ⁦
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@DrLoomba
Rohit Loomba
11 months
San Diego Rock n Roll half ✅ this morning— 25000 runners this morning- great vibe #livertwitter
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Rohit Loomba
1 year
FGF-21 in the treatment of NASH - Reduction in liver fat ~ 70% - Reduction in serum ALT, fibrosis markers - Reduction in TG @NAFLDresearch @UCSDHealthSci @AASLDtweets @EASLedu @LancetGastroHep @AGA_Gastro
@LancetGastroHep
The Lancet Gastroenterology & Hepatology
1 year
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
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@DrLoomba
Rohit Loomba
3 years
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!
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@DrLoomba
Rohit Loomba
1 year
With my sponsor at my AAP induction @JointMeeting in Chicago! Thanks Dr. John Carethers VC health Sciences @UCSDHealthSci @UCSDHealth @UCSD_GI @NAFLDresearch @AmerGastroAssn @HealioGastro @AASLDtweets
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Rohit Loomba
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Important data on fibrosis progression rate in diabetes from @NAFLDresearch @UCSD_GI @UCSDHealthSci using our #nashcrn cohort— if a patient with diabetes had stage 1 fibrosis today the time to progression to stage 2 is 4 years!! @HealioGastro @AASLDtweets @AmerGastroAssn
@DrHuangDQ
Daniel Huang
1 year
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
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Rohit Loomba
2 years
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
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Rohit Loomba
2 years
Congratulations @nagachalasani and @IUGastro — an extremely deserving recognition for Naga who built IU into a GI and Liver powerhouse! @AASLDtweets @AmerGastroAssn @AmCollegeGastro @rajVuppaLanchi @EduardoVilarGo1
@LaurenNephewMD
Lauren Nephew MD, MSCE
2 years
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
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Rohit Loomba
1 year
Postive topline data on Pegozafermin in NASH Phase 2B Trial- Statistically significant improvements in both fibrosis and NASH resolution!
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Rohit Loomba
4 years
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!!
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Rohit Loomba
3 years
First half marathon of 2021 for me: Great to have your life partner as your running partner!! ⁦ @AFCHalf ⁩ post your Sunday morning run picks
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Rohit Loomba
2 years
Great talk by ⁦ @JasmohanBajaj ⁩ ⁦ @UCSD_GI ⁩ on the management of Hepatic Encephalopathy! Thanks for clinical pearls on how to prevent re-hospitalization in cirrhosis! ⁦ @NAFLDresearch ⁩ ⁦ @UCSDHealth ⁩ ⁦ @SDDRC ⁩ Thanks ⁦ @JasmohanBajaj ⁩ for your visit
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Rohit Loomba
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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
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Rohit Loomba
4 years
#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!
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Rohit Loomba
6 months
Congratulations on UCSD GI Division’s Outstanding Research Impact- Four Highly Cited Researchers 2023! @pattymaysent @CALonghurst @UCSD_GI @Bernd_Schnabl @AASLDtweets @AmerGastroAssn @EASLnews
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Rohit Loomba
4 years
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
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Rohit Loomba
1 year
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
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Rohit Loomba
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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!
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Rohit Loomba
3 years
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
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Rohit Loomba
6 months
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
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Rohit Loomba
3 years
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
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Rohit Loomba
4 years
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
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Rohit Loomba
5 months
Largest turnout & best ever ⁦ @UCSD_GI ⁩ holiday party!1 team, 1 family— very grateful for love, kindness & friendship that binds our GI Division ⁦ @UCSDHealth ⁩ ⁦ @pattymaysent ⁩ ⁦ @CALonghurst ⁩⁩ ⁦ @EASLnews ⁩ ⁦ @AASLDtweets ⁩ ⁦ @AmerGastroAssn
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Rohit Loomba
1 year
#DDW2023 @AASLDtweets reception with our @AASLDPresident Norah Terrault — @AmerGastroAssn — Hyatt Regency Crystal Ballroom right now !!
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Rohit Loomba
2 years
Brilliance of the pacific sunset— may it illuminate our minds to discover and bring new rays of light to collaborate at @aasld #tlm cure liver disease!! ⁦ @AASLDtweets ⁩ ⁦ @UCSDHealth @AmerGastroAssn ⁩ ⁦ @EASLnews #livertwitter @NAFLDresearch
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Rohit Loomba
1 year
Our latest review on global epidemiology of cirrhosis led by @DrHuangDQ great to collaborate with @AASLDPresident @MarcoArreseMD @liselottegluud Frank Tacke Elisabetta Bugianesi @AASLDtweets #livertwitter @heykatray @HepatologyHugh @jodycio - Stay tuned for a tweetorial
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Nature Reviews Gastroenterology & Hepatology
1 year
New content online: Global epidemiology of cirrhosis — aetiology, trends and predictions
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Rohit Loomba
2 years
Non-invasive methods for imaging hepatic steatosis and their clinical importance in NAFLD Pre-screen strategy to lower screen fail rate in NASH trials
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Rohit Loomba
2 years
I have spent last 4 weeks learning about CRISPR-CAS9 system & how it can be used to Rx diseases originating in the liver-- new genomic revolution in liver disease is about to happen--are we ready? @NAFLDresearch @UCSDHealth @HansClevers @AASLDtweets @AGA_Gastro @VertexPharma
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Rohit Loomba
3 years
How does PNPLA3 genotype affect NASH? Important cause of NASH cirrhosis among Hispanics.
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Rohit Loomba
3 years
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!!
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Rohit Loomba
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@DrHuangDQ
Daniel Huang
2 years
@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:
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Rohit Loomba
3 years
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
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Rohit Loomba
5 months
I am excited to welcome our incoming class of GI fellows @UCSD_GI !!!
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Rohit Loomba
1 year
Thanks Gutsy journal @Gut_BMJ and @emadelomar for highlighting our paper on liver stiffness threshold and clinical outcomes in Nash and the San Diego skyline on the cover of GUT# #livertwitter @NAFLDresearch @UCSDHealth @DrHuangDQ @JonathanStineMD @QAnstee @VWSWong @AlkhouriNaim
@Gut_BMJ
Gut Journal
1 year
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
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Rohit Loomba
2 years
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 !
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Rohit Loomba
3 months
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
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Rohit Loomba
2 years
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!!
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Rohit Loomba
3 years
Honored to be Among the 52 UC San Diego Researchers Who Are Named Highly Cited in 2020 Listing
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Rohit Loomba
7 months
@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
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Rohit Loomba
4 years
Honored to be included in the 2019 most cited along with 52 UC San Diego Researchers Are Most Highly Cited in Their Fields
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Rohit Loomba
2 years
Thanks @NatureRevEndo for putting our paper in the coveted January Issue! I particularly like the sequential screening strategy for enrollment in clinical trials algorithm that we proposed in this review! @jmarrero6713 @wonglaihung @AlkhouriNaim @NoureddinMD @AASLDtweets
@NatureRevEndo
Nature Reviews Endocrinology
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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
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Rohit Loomba
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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
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Rohit Loomba
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Thanks 🙏 for such an amazing hospitality in Houston by one of my favorite people ⁦ @SeragHashem ⁩ - great sense of humor, and the talented crew at ⁦ @bcm_gihep ⁩ - appreciate it - ⁦ @GCholankeril ⁩ Jason Mills and Geoff Pareidis ⁦ @KanwalFasiha ⁩ - #livertwitter
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1 year
NASH TAG 2023 Pioneer Award 🥇 - Dr. Brent Tetri, my mentor, for his contributions to the management of NASH! ⁦ @AASLDtweets ⁩ ⁦⁩ ⁦ @NASH_and_coffee ⁩ ⁦ @AlkhouriNaim ⁩ ⁦ @NoureddinMD ⁩ ⁦ @QAnstee ⁩ ⁦ @phil_newsome7 ⁩ ⁦ @Mayo_liverdoc
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Rohit Loomba
2 years
⁦Team NAFLD ⁦ @UCSDHealth ⁩ ⁦ @NAFLDresearch ⁩ today! Spent the whole day in the service of nafld patients ⁦ @GlobalLiver ⁩ ⁦ @LiverTrust ⁩ ⁦ @AASLDtweets ⁩ ⁦ @Hep_Alliance ⁩ ⁦ @EASLnews ⁩ ⁦ @AASLDtweets ⁩ ⁦ @AmerGastroAssn ⁩ ⁦ @sdut
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Rohit Loomba
1 year
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
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Rohit Loomba
2 years
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?
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Rohit Loomba
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One amazing team @NAFLDresearch @UCSD_GI - so proud of our collective success- 82 publications in 2023 by the MASLD Research Center @UCSDHealth @pattymaysent @CALonghurst @AmerGastroAssn @INASL_Liver @EASLnews
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Rohit Loomba
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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
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Rohit Loomba
3 years
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!
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Rohit Loomba
2 years
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!
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Rohit Loomba
4 months
Terrific opening reception with amazing turnout and perfect start to 2024 with bringing the best minds in the field to talk about NASH @NashTagConf ! @QAnstee @ggarciatsao @JonhanStineMD @marurinella @VWSWong @MeenaBBansal @HannesHagstrom @NAFLDresearch @CALonghurst @AASLDtweets
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Honored to write this editorial with Debanjan Dhar a liver investigator at UCSD - @NAFLDresearch How does PNPLA3 increase the risk of NASH progression?
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Rohit Loomba
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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
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Rohit Loomba
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@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
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Rohit Loomba
3 years
Equity for foreign medical graduates #FMG is an important issue. Hope it is also discussed as we readdress the equity gap in medicine @AASLDtweets @AmerGastroAssn @AGA_CGH Inspirational to see @KanwalFasiha @SeragHashem and @nagachalasani as leaders in our field!
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Rohit Loomba
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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!
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Rohit Loomba
6 months
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
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Rohit Loomba
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Anna Mae Diehl making a claim that Nash cirrhosis is a degenerative disease ⁦ @AASLDtweets ⁩ ⁦ @NAFLDresearch ⁩ ⁦ @nagachalasani ⁩ ⁦ @NoureddinMD ⁩ ⁦ @LisaVWMD ⁩ ⁦ @DrHuangDQ ⁩ ⁦ @EASLedu
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Rohit Loomba
9 months
What is the fibrosis progression rate in diabetes and if it is higher in diabetes? This study attempts to answer those ?s Thanks @AmerGastroAssn @AGA_Gastro for highlighting our collaborative work with Nash crn led by @DrHuangDQ conducted @UCSD_GI @UCSDHealth @NAFLDresearch
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Gastroenterology
9 months
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 ➡️
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Rohit Loomba
1 year
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!
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Rohit Loomba
3 years
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…
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Rohit Loomba
2 years
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
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Rohit Loomba
3 months
Had a great time ⁦ @BrighamGI ⁩ as a visiting prof- Thx David Cohen for the warm hospitality! loved the endo unit & learn about cutting edge endo from ⁦ @MetabolicEndo ⁩ & ⁦⁦ @SighPichamol ⁩ !! New collaborations! ⁦ @AASLDtweets ⁩ ⁦⁦ @AmerGastroAssn
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Rohit Loomba
3 years
Incoming fellow visiting us in NAFLD clinic Can’t wait for Nabil to start his fellowship at ⁦ @NAFLDresearch ⁩ ⁦ @UCSD_GI ⁩ welcome aboard ⁦ @NoureddinNabil
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Rohit Loomba
2 years
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
@NatureRevEndo
Nature Reviews Endocrinology
2 years
Just published - Nobuharu Tamaki, Veeral Ajmera & Rohit Loomba review the available non-invasive imaging modalities for #hepatic #steatosis (£) #NAFLD @DrLoomba
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Rohit Loomba
9 months
So proud of @UCSD_GI team ranked no. 18 in the world in Gastroenterology and GI surgery-- kudos to the entire GI and surgery team! @pattymaysent @CALonghurst @AASLDtweets @EASLnews @AmerGastroAssn @wonglaihung @QAnstee @SSookoian @mromerogomez @Bernd_Schnabl @SoniaRamMD
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UC San Diego Health
9 months
#UCSDHealth has once again ranked #1 hospital in #SanDiego ! 🏆 For the first time, the academic medical center was also placed on the 2023-2024 #BestHospitals National #HonorRoll , according to @usnews . The distinction recognizes outstanding patient care.
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Rohit Loomba
1 year
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
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Rohit Loomba
11 months
Plenary talk #1 - MAESTRO-NASH Phase 3 histology data on resmetirom versus placebo by Stephen Harrison ⁦ @Pinnacle_TX ⁩ ⁦⁦ @MadrigalPharma ⁩ ⁦ @EASLnews ⁩ ⁦ @AASLDtweets ⁩ ⁦ @AlkhouriNaim ⁩ ⁦ @NoureddinMD ⁩ ⁦ @NAFLDresearch ⁩ ⁦ @UCSD_GI
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Rohit Loomba
25 days
Favorite part of my job - lunch meeting and informal chat with the most brilliant GI and Liver fellows on the planet 🌎 ⁦ @UCSD_GI ⁩ - so proud of our trainees ⁦ @UCSDHealthSci ⁩ ⁦ @AmerGastroAssn ⁩ ⁦ @AASLDtweets ⁩ ⁦ @samirguptaGI ⁩ ⁦ @SDDRC ⁩ ⁦
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