Anand Kumar, MD MPH FASGE
@drKumarGI
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Therapeutic Endoscopist and Associate Professor of Medicine at Jefferson health @TJUHospital
Philadelphia, PA
Joined October 2018
@GiJournal @GIE_Journal @3PM @Anand_KumarMD @amitbhattMD @neilRsharmaMD @ASGEendoscopy @socialmediaend1 @FITE_endoscopy ESD with en-bloc resection
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🥨Come for the Science, Stay for the Soft Pretzels! 📢PSG 2025 is in Philly September 19-21! Top 3 reasons to join: 1⃣Registration FREE for members+trainees! 2⃣ Hang w/Allstars ⭐️ @blakely_md ⭐️ @FITWITMD ⭐️@fr_hossain⭐️ @shailsingh @drKumarGI ⭐️ 3⃣ Did someone say cheesesteak?
Save the date for PSG annual meeting 2025! September 19-21st in Philadelphia at Loews Hotel. We are thrilled to learn from our speakers (wonderful lineup!) and network with friends new & old. Family fun night planned for Saturday at the Fitler Club. See you all there!
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Thanks to our invigorating keynote speaker @DrBloodandGuts and @TheDVSGE friends for a successful and popular Kamarov Competition and Spring Symposium! I am grateful to conclude my role as Program Chair with inspiring collaborators. 4/23/25 @sarju_panchal @drKumarGI @penngihep
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Excited to share our work in @GIE_Journal. Success of different closure modalities of gastro-gastric and jejunal-gastric fistulas after EDGE @ASGEendoscopy @DouglasAdlerMD @ESGE_news @EndoTx @ttboort @mkahaleh @ReemSharaiha
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What an amazing weekend at @TheDVSGE Winter Symposium! Honored to serve as hands-on faculty to represent @GeisingerGi —huge thanks to President @drKumarGI & Course Director @GalenLeungMD for such an interactive event! Learning #ESD pearls from guest speaker Jeremie Jacques!
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Thanks @videogie for highlighting our case, very well put together by @BriannaShinn former ⭐ advanced fellow @TJUHospital now working @PennMedicine
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#GITwitter attending @AmCollegeGastro #ACG2024, Welcome to Philly! 🔔 Enjoy the city and the conference! 📢📢 Those interested in learning about Cryoballoon ablation for Barrett's and beyond, RSVP⬇️for industry sponsored dinner talk on Sunday night
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Honor & pleasure to be course director @PaGastroSoc Annual meeting @HotelHershey Great start to the meeting ✅ MASLD talk @Dr Maria Lagarde Who is at risk for fibrosis @AustinChiangMD @ShyamTMD @drKumarGI @SultanMahmoodMD @FITWITMD @AmCollegeGastro @ASGEendoscopy
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A randomized control trial compared endoscopic ultrasound-guided rendezvous technique (EUS-RV) and precut sphincterotomy as salvage techniques for difficult bile duct cannulation in benign biliary obstruction:
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Background: The standard salvage technique used for difficult bile duct cannulation is precut sphincterotomy, whereas endoscopic ultrasound-guided rendezvous technique (EUS-RV) is a relatively newer...
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How do LAMS procedures (CDS, GJ, EDGE) affect surgical outcomes. In the US, Whipple after such LAMS is not universal. 🚨📢@LukeMeredith19 with our case series ⬇️ https://t.co/6ej3QFdRTl
@TJUHospital
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♦The main intent of ESD is not only to achieve en bloc resection but to obtain acceptable R0 resection too ( resection without any residuals on microscopy). ♦Any residual pathology ( R1 resection) can lead to recurrence. ♦However, cautery artifact at the margin of the
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👏👏 @EndoscopyOthman makes this look too easy! Watch this with narration to help understand. Knowing anatomical landmarks once outside the GI tract is so critical!
Video outlining the steps of NOTES transcecal endoscopy technique with narration.
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Great news for the future of healthcare and clinical education!
Jefferson and @LVHN have officially combined to create a leading healthcare system! The expanded network will deliver exceptional care, groundbreaking research and greater access to health care for all our communities. https://t.co/zVeu9WYslK
#JeffersonLVHN
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Very nice review Interesting to see not much disagreement among the experts
International consensus on the management of large (≥20 mm) colorectal laterally spreading tumors: World Endoscopy Organization Delphi study - Djinbachian - Digestive Endoscopy - Wiley Online Library
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Really looking forward to this this new 'Endoscopy Essentials' series, hosted by @thomas_rosch. Extended interview/conversation format really lends itself well to learning technical pearls and insights from the greats. Set your bookmarks... https://t.co/u06MQuvF2V
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Join us in Florida for one-of-a kind third space endo course. 30+faculty and near 20 hrs hands-on training. Live cases discussions and more! https://t.co/lndE04umzw
@DrHasan_Orlando @MahamHayatMD @yasixiao @gastrowala @shandrawes @RobertBechara @amitbhattMD @LionelSDSouza
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8pm EST Tuesday June 4th ✅techniques ✅DATA ✅Q & A EndoscopyNow app. mobile device TAP: https://t.co/pH7HVDOL87 ( https://t.co/pH7HVDOL87). Register on Zoom if you will only be using a PC to attend the event: https://t.co/ctzzwKk3HE ( https://t.co/ctzzwKk3HE)
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Call for current and upcoming #Advancedendo fellows! Please join my course co-director @alhaddad_mo & 🌟faculty @MetabolicEndo @ChahalPrabhleen @RKeswaniMD @EndoscopyOthman @AmyTyberg @neilRsharmaMD @DennisYangMD @AhmadBazarbashi #ShivangiKothari #KenChang #LindaLee and more
Fourth-year #GIFellows: Only a few spots are available for the FREE Advanced Endoscopy Fellows Course on September 21-22 at ASGE IT&T! Acquire cognitive and hands-on skills to apply into your practice. Sign up today! https://t.co/eg8k0GjEgU
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Interesting discussion on varied practices of distending the small bowel for EUS GJ. The introduction of stabilizing balloons from @chessmedic & others, small bowel fixation devices from @SchlachtermanMD & others will hopefully change this landscape. Exciting future ahead!
Bubble🫧 sign❗️ In addition to 💦 sign to confirm a technically successful EUSGJ. Have I fulfilled my lifelong dream & managed to get a sign named after me❓😜 @AnandSahaiEUS @drKumarGI @SanchezLunaMD @KM_Pawlak @docdhir @drdalbir @dredgodfrey @Vikram90439299 @pbendoscopist
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Setting records @TJUHospital
Just learned I’m the 1st in Pennsylvania to do an endoscopic sleeve gastroplasty (ESG) using the latest single-channel endoscopic suturing system… 🥳 #GITwitter
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