Rachel Issaka, MD, MAS
@IssakaMD
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Gastroenterologist, Researcher @fredhutch @UWMedicine | #coloncancer #healthequity #BlackinGastro | @ucsf GI @NU_IntMed @UMichMedAdmiss alum | RT ≠ E | 🇬🇭
Seattle, WA
Joined February 2018
Promoted to Associate Professor @fredhutch & @UWMedicine effective July 1, 2023! In 2017, I took a leap of faith and moved to a new city and institution to start my career. On the other side of fear, there are opportunities to thrive! So many to thank &🥂 to the next 6 years!
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After a recent struggle with a rare disease, facing major organ failure, I fought for my life in December. Now I’m back and 100% again! And my faith tells me there is more work for me to do. Business-as-usual politics in Oakland has failed us. And now, the same political
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It was fun here while it lasted! Changing scenery but excited to continue sharing content about all things gastroenterology, colon cancer, health equity and life in general as a Black 🦄 in medicine. Join me where the skies are bluer!
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To our Southern California neighbors facing these devastating challenges, we stand with you. The road to recovery is long, but together, we’ll rebuild stronger than ever. As Mayor, I will be committed to quickly reopening closed fire stations and restoring our rainy day fund.
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ACG is proud of the work by @FightCRC on its #CRCCareInitiative and bold #CRCgoals for #ColorectalCancer screening and treatment! Learn more & read their report ➡️ https://t.co/p5dvCuEDZD
@AnjeeDavis @MollyFightCRC
🚨 Transforming #ColorectalCancer care starts now! The Colorectal Cancer Care Initiative (CRCCI) report is here, offering a data-driven roadmap to improve screening, diagnosis, and treatment for colorectal cancer. Explore the goals & join us: https://t.co/cpt4TdWscm
@statnews
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#CGH4ALL @AGA_CGH 📣 Patient navigation leads to 📈 follow-up C-scope after abnormal stool tests in safety net settings! A systematic review of interventions to ⏫ follow up! 🔗 https://t.co/KZ37LcztcS
#GITwitter report by @Ansari_Zaid7
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Now it is time to present a prestigious award, The Healio Lifetime Disruptor Award. This awardee is a leader and whose contributions have garnered well-earned recognition amongst peers. Healio presents this award, in collaboration with @WomeninEndo, to @JChristieMD. Cheers! 🥂
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Wrapping up an amazing #ACG2024 Loved spending some time last night with amazing mentors and role models Excited to see the wonderful things to come during the presidency of @AmyOxentenkoMD 🤩 @AmCollegeGastro
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Today, the #BidenCancerMoonshot announced a new cohort of Cancer Moonshot Scholars and awarded $6 million to this next generation of innovators in cancer prevention, treatment, and diagnosis. Learn more about the Scholars: https://t.co/3UJR9fKqzM
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Excited to share that I was awarded a K08 from @theNCI 🎉🥂 Couldn’t have done this w/o my incredible mentors 🙏🏿 In training when I thought abt what a researcher was/looked like, I never envisioned someone like me. I’m glad to change that, even just a bit, for those after me ❤️
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Dr. Ifeoma P. Kwentoh, ABGH Member and Fellow in Addiction Medicine, is an aspiring GI doc and will be at @AmCollegeGastro’s Annual Mtg to present her scholarship! We are so proud to see #blackingastro at #ACG2024! #womeninmedicine #diversityingi #meded
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That feeling when your (first official) K mentee gets a perfect score on their application!!! Their science is so necessary and I couldn’t be more proud!
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While we lost our patriarch 🥲, heaven gained an angel. Rest well, Pappa! 🙏🏾❤️🕊️ PERCY JAMES TAYLOR Sunrise: 2/18/1948 Sunset: 10/15/2024
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📢📢ABGH (@blackingastro) is hiring!📢📢 ABGH was founded in 2021 and has grown incredibly since then. We are now looking for a dynamic and visionary leader to serve as our Executive Director! For more info visit https://t.co/e6kNQdrmEf
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An honor and a delight!!
This Thursday, October 10, Dr. @char_gamble presents the keynote lecture "Endometrial Cancer: Interventions to Address a Growing Public Health Crisis" at the Gloria Sarto Reproductive Health Equity Symposium. Learn more: https://t.co/MlTQPxmFBD
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"But merit, it seems, was not the only component needed for increasing one's likelihood of medical school acceptance." Grateful to co-author this piece in @TheLancet w/ fellow @TuskegeeUniv alum Lauren Jenkins, M4. Lots to think about & that we can do.💛 https://t.co/3rHLNj0ija
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Enjoyed a recent #impsci fireside chat with @IssakaMD and @DrWinkfield. Privileged to welcome Dr. Winkfield to Seattle and @uwradonc @fredhutch for Visiting Professor - such an inspirational thought leader in #radonc.🤩
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Did you know that 73% of med students come from the top 2 household income quintiles? If we are really committed to DEI we need to do things differently. @gradydoctor @blackingastro
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Career advancement power sessions in research @blackingastro #ABGHNEXUS24 @drfolamay moderating with @ashira_md @DrRachelMBond on the panel
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Dr. @LashNolen inspired us and motivated us with her 🔥presentation “Hungry for Justice: Turning an Idea into a Reality to Advance Health Equity” at #ABGHNEXUS24 @Brigham_DI @BrighamMedRes
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