GI Insights

Host: Peter Buch, MD, FACG, AGAF, FACP Guest: Naga Chalasani, MD It’s recommended that if patients with cirrhosis are using acetaminophen long-term, it should be a limited dosage. But should we be avoiding nonsteroidals in patients with decompensation cirrhosis? To walk through the impacts of analgesics in patients with cirrhosis, join Dr. Peter Buch as he speaks with Dr. Naga Chalasani, David W. Crabb Professor of Gastroenterology and Hepatology at Indiana University School of Medicine.

Host: Jody Takemoto, PhD Guest: Bryson Katona, MD, PhD At the 2024 Digestive Disease Week Annual Meeting, Dr. Bryson Katona presented a session, titled “High-Risk Colon Cancer: The ABCs of Genetic Testing.” And now, Dr. Katona is here with Dr. Jody Takemoto to share key insights from his session on genetic testing for patients with high-risk colon cancer. Dr. Katona is the Director of the Gastrointestinal Cancer Genetics Program and Risk Evaluation Program and the Lynch Syndrome Program at Penn Medicine

Guest: Andres J. Yarur, MD Obesity has recently surfaced as an important topic in patients with inflammatory bowel diseases, such as Crohn’s and ulcerative colitis, but historically, these patients have been underweight. This led to the phase III pivotal trials for the use of upadacitinib in patients with moderate to severe ulcerative colitis and Crohn’s disease to see how their baseline BMI would influence the efficacy of the drug. To hear the details and findings of this study, join Dr. Andres Yarur, Associate Professor of Medicine at Cedars Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles, California. He also presented this study at Digestive Disease Week 2024.

Guest: Andres J. Yarur, MD Health maintenance emphasizes health promotion and disease prevention, which is very important for patients with inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) since they’re at an increased risk of several life-threatening conditions. Tune in to hear Dr. Andres Yarur discuss essential health maintenance strategies for patients with IBD. Dr. Yarur is an Associate Professor of Medicine at Cedars Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles, California.

Host: Peter Buch, MD, FACG, AGAF, FACP Guest: Michael Camilleri, MD When it comes to irritable bowel syndrome (IBS), it’s important to keep in mind that there are certain diagnoses clinicians can make to specifically treat the underlying problem that’s causing the symptoms that suggest IBS. To learn more about these complex mimickers, join Dr. Peter Buch as he speaks with Dr. Michael Camilleri, Professor of Medicine at the Mayo Clinic College of Medicine and Science.

Host: Peter Buch, MD, FACG, AGAF, FACP Guest: David P. Hudesman, MD There’s been an increase in the elderly irritable bowel disease (IBD) population, and it’s estimated that a third of our overall IBD population will soon be over the age of 60. When managing and diagnosing these patients, there’s different factors to consider, like polypharmacy, biological versus chronological age, how fit these patients are versus how frail they are, and more. To take a deep dive into how IBD is affecting elderly patients, join Dr. Peter Buch as he speaks with Dr. David Hudesman, Professor of Medicine and Co-director of NYU Langone’s Inflammatory Bowel Disease Center.

Host: Peter Buch, MD, FACG, AGAF, FACP Guest: Francis Farraye, MD Patients with inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) have an increased risk of developing infections, and some may be preventable with a vaccine. Approximately 70 percent of patients with ulcerative colitis or Crohn’s disease will be on immunosuppressive therapy at some point during their treatment course, so it’s best to try to address vaccines before they’re immunosuppressed. So to walk us through some strategies for increasing the number of patients with gastrointestinal diseases who get vaccinated, Dr. Peter Buch is joined by Dr. Farraye, Co-Author of the article, titled “How to Implement a Successful Vaccination Program in Outpatient Gastroenterology Practices: A Focus on Patients with Inflammatory Bowel Disease and Chronic Liver Disease,” which appeared in Gastroenterology in 2023 and Professor of Medicine at the Mayo Clinic in Jacksonville, Florida, where he also directs the Inflammatory Bowel Disease Center.

Host: Peter Buch, MD, FACG, AGAF, FACP Guest: Alexander Ford, MD Irritable bowel syndrome (IBS) is diagnosed using the ROME 4 criteria, and fortunately, most patients who meet the criteria for IBS clinically are unlikely to have another underlying explanation for their symptoms. However, a common misconception is that IBS is a diagnosis of exclusion, so to learn more about this and other controversies surrounding IBS, join Dr. Peter Buch as he speaks with Dr. Alexander Ford, Professor of Gastroenterology and Honorary Consultant of Gastroenterology at Leeds Institute of Medical Research at St. James University of Leeds.

Host: Peter Buch, MD, FACG, AGAF, FACP Guest: David Wan, MD Many patients with lower gastrointestinal (GI) bleeding are on anticoagulants, and they may need specific reversal agents depending on what antithrombotic they’re on. Tune into this episode to learn more about the article that dives into the management and treatment of acute lower GI bleeding and the challenges along the way with Dr. Peter Buch as he speaks with Dr. David Wan, Associate Professor of Medicine at New York-Presbyterian/Weill Cornell Medical Center.

Host: Peter Buch, MD, FACG, AGAF, FACP Guest: Katherine Falloon, MD Extraintestinal manifestations (EIMs) that occur in inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) are almost any manifestation that occur outside the gastrointestinal tract. And patients with Crohn’s disease or ulcerative colitis are at an increased risk for developing these manifestations. So to review EIMs in IBD and discuss the importance of a multidisciplinary approach, Dr. Peter Buch is joined by Dr. Katherine Falloon, Gastroenterologist at the Cleveland Clinic.