Abdullah Abbasi, MD
@abdullahaabbasi
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Assistant Professor & Advanced Endoscopist @uiowa | Advanced Endoscopy fellowship @adventhealthcfl CIE | Trained in 🇬🇧🇺🇸🇵🇰| Opinions my own
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Joined October 2011
Thrilled to join @uihealthcare as Clinical Assistant Professor & Advanced Endoscopist from July! HUGE thanks to my family & friends for their unwavering support and to my mentors who’ve encouraged me along the way - wouldn’t be possible without them. Onward and upward IA!
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Our latest review 🔥 off the 📝 Lets move from Misconceptions ➡️ evidence-based care! 🚫 Normal LFTs ≠ normal liver 🍔 Fatty liver is NOT “no big deal” 🥛 Low protein doesn’t prevent HE 🌿 Herbal detox 🚫 cure cirrhosis 💉 Palliative Care 🚫 EOL. ✅ What matters: 👇🏻👇🏻👇🏻
#hotoffthepress 🔥 From ‘liver detox’ to protein restriction in hepatic encephalopathy—misconceptions in #chronicliverdisease persist among patients & non-hepatologists. This review busts myths and guides better liver care #hepatology 📄 https://t.co/NSCDEHcbeW
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VideoGIE Editor's Choice: “EUS pancreatic rendezvous to rescue failed ERCP for postoperative pancreatic fistula after pancreaticoduodenectomy" by Kambiz Kadkhodayan and Shayan Irani. https://t.co/JK1E0v7uGS
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💎 3 Pearls of Wisdom on (PEP)by Scope Samurai ⚔️ @DrHasan_Orlando 👨⚕️ 1️⃣ Stent smartly — let it cross or stay below the pancreatic neck 🧩 2️⃣ Don’t force entry into PD if it’s tricky 🚫 3️⃣ Tiny contrast only — outline the main duct, to avoid side branches 🎯 #IGCC2025
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Dont miss out on endoscopy event of the year! 🗓️ - Feb 4-6 2026. Theme - Mastering the basics, defining the future! Register 👇 https://t.co/sClwWQ7As0
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Grateful to be a part of this project! ✅ 14 studies, 2153 patients 👉 Pooled intramural & extramural leaks ➡️ 2.3% & 1.4%, respectively ‼️Pneumoperitoneum & pneumomediastinum ➡️ most common findings 🎯 In 3.4% cases ➡️ imaging findings changed mgmt 📰
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Peroral endoscopic myotomy (POEM) hasf become a major treatment for esophageal motility disorders. Early routine post-POEM esophagram is frequently performed to assess for adverse events (AEs),...
Excited to share our new @GIE_Journal paper ❌ Routine esophagram post POEM rarely changes care in asymptomatic patients - leaks are very uncommon. ✅ Supports a selective imaging approach. Grateful to the team & mentorship of @DennisYangMD 🔗 https://t.co/zubZGn8URp
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VideoGIE Editor's Choice: "Duodenal mucosal autotransplantation" by Kambiz Kadkhodayan et al. https://t.co/TSVwwiXbUR
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“Every physician carries within himself a small cemetery, where from time to time he goes to pray.” — René Leriche The guilt is real. Each name finds its place there, quiet and heavy. What surprises me still are the families who meet loss with gratitude—who somehow thank you
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Excellent outcome. Congratulations to @ernrobalino and the whole team for getting this through and to @DennisYangMD for guiding us all 🙌 Definitely a practice changing and cost saving outcome! Hopefully, no routine esophagram for asymptomatic patients post POEM.
Excited to share our new @GIE_Journal paper ❌ Routine esophagram post POEM rarely changes care in asymptomatic patients - leaks are very uncommon. ✅ Supports a selective imaging approach. Grateful to the team & mentorship of @DennisYangMD 🔗 https://t.co/zubZGn8URp
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Can’t wait to return to my alma mater for “𝗢𝗿𝗹𝗮𝗻𝗱𝗼 𝗟𝗶𝘃𝗲 𝗘𝗻𝗱𝗼𝘀𝗰𝗼𝗽𝘆 𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟲 - Mastering the Basics, Defining the Future” 🎯 40+ Live Case Demonstrations ✅ 2 Interactive Hands-On Labs 🗣️ Engaging, high-impact lectures Register ➡️ https://t.co/xqGBuKQSHH
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If you’re a fellow, I highly recommend OLE 2026! 👇 Hands-on training, 🔥 faculty, > 40 live cases, & amazing socials. Attending? Bring your nurses & techs for dedicated advanced hands-on learning! @julie_hartCIE @DrHasan_Orlando
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“EUS World” changing the dynamics of therapeutic EUS teaching. First two sessions on EUS GJ and GB drainage were amazing. Can’t wait for the “unusual surgical anastamosis” session. Not to missed webinar 👇
Next episode of EUS World.. stellar faculty.. and a live case.. pl register
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Great feeling to start the day 👇 Doesn’t last long though 😂
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The rise of 3rd space endoscopy in 🇸🇦✨ Dr. @AlmuhaidbAymen proudly carrying the #SGA 🇸🇦banner 🌍 all the way to the UK 🇬🇧 — showcasing Saudi excellence on the global stage! 🙌 #BIES2025
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The last and final part of @Olympus_Corp ESD Masters training course was 🔥🔥. So much learning over past few months. Immensely thankful to @DennisYangMD, @DrSaeeeed & @SchlachtermanMD for the time and teaching. A trip to Orlando feels like being back home now 😍
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🔔Announcing the recruitment for the inaugural Mass General Brigham Advanced Fellowship in Neurogastroenterology and Motility Disorders at both @MGH_GI and @BrighamGI. Building upon the existing MGH Advanced Fellowship in Functional and Gastrointestinal Motility Disorders, we
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🔥 off the press from 3 generations of CIE fellows 😀 “Status of training in use of LAMS during AEF” ❗️Variable experience. 🚩 Not enough exposure in non-PFCD Higher numbers 🟰 📈 Confidence! Full article 👇 https://t.co/n1xRsc1d3r
igiejournal.org
The lumen-apposing metal stent (LAMS) has revolutionized therapeutic endoscopic ultrasound (EUS). However, there is a paucity of data on the optimal approaches to training on the use of LAMS. This...
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📢 🚨Our prospective multicenter study shows that many advanced endoscopy trainees perform too few C-EMRs to achieve competence. Minimum thresholds may guide training. Grateful to @DennisYangMD for leading this work! https://t.co/6YY4BzoiKT
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