Category: Podcast
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Bowels Sounds Ep. 22: Special Episode: Jeannie Huang and Maria Oliva-Hemker – Meet the Candidates
In a special bonus episode of Bowel Sounds, hosts Dr. Peter Lu and Dr. Jason Silverman talk to the two candidates for the current election for NASPGHAN President-Elect, Dr. Jeannie Huang and Dr. Maria Oliva-Hemker. Instead of our usual format of reviewing a medical topic, we ask them to talk a little about themselves, the…
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Bowels Sounds Ep. 21: Brian McFerron – EI in GI: Emotional Intelligence in Training and Your Career
Are you emotionally intelligent? In this new episode Drs. Temara Hajjat and Jason Silverman sit down with Dr. Brian McFerron to review what emotional intelligence is, and how it applies to medical training, healthcare practitioners and everyone as individuals. We also discuss ways to improve and resources to consider. Dr. McFerron is the Director of…
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Bowels Sounds Ep. 20: Ruba Abdelhadi – Enteral Nutrition and Feeding Tubes 101
In this episode, hosts Drs. Peter Lu and Jennifer Lee talk to Dr. Ruba Abdelhadi about enteral nutrition and feeding tubes. Dr. Abdelhadi is a pediatric gastroenterologist at Children's Mercy in Kansas City, MO where she is the Director of Nutrition Support Program. She is a Professor of Pediatrics at the University of Missouri-Kansas City…
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Bowels Sounds Ep. 19: Tanaz Danialifar – Carbs Causing Chaos: Disaccharidase Deficiencies
In this episode, hosts Drs. Peter Lu and Temara Hajjat talk to Dr. Tanaz Danialifar about diagnosing and treating disaccharidase deficiencies in children, including lactase deficiency and congenital sucrase-isomaltase deficiency (CSID). Dr. Danialifar is a pediatric gastroenterologist at Children's Hospital Los Angeles, where she is Associate Director of their Gastroenterology Fellowship Program, and an Assistant…
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Bowels Sounds Ep. 18: Arun Singh – Clinical Conundrums in Celiac Disease
In this episode, hosts Drs. Temara Hajjat and Peter Lu talk to Dr. Arun Singh about some of the challenges we face when caring for children with celiac disease. Dr. Singh is Co-Director and Research Program Director of the Center for Celiac Disease at the Children's Hospital of Philadelphia and an Assistant Professor in the…
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Bowels Sounds Ep. 17: Maria Oliva-Hemker – Clostridioides Difficile Infection and Inflammatory Bowel Disease
In this episode, hosts Drs. Temara Hajjat and Peter Lu talk to Dr. Maria Oliva-Hemker about diagnosing and managing Clostridioides difficile (C. diff) in children who have inflammatory bowel disease (IBD). Dr. Oliva-Hemker is the Director of the Division of Pediatric Gastroenterology, Hepatology, and Nutrition and the Stermer Family Professor for Pediatric IBD at the…
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Bowels Sounds Ep. 16: Michael Narkewicz and Zachary Sellers – Liver Disease in Cystic Fibrosis
In this episode, hosts Drs. Jason Silverman and Temara Hajjat talk to Drs. Michael Narkewicz and Zachary Sellers about screening, evaluation and management of children with cystic fibrosis with hepatobiliary involvement and advanced CF liver disease. We review the new consensus recommendations paper published in the May issue of Hepatology (open access link below). Dr. Narkewicz…
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Bowels Sounds Ep. 15: Jason Silverman – Why Pediatric GI Needs Social Media (Special JPGN Episode)
In this episode, hosts Drs. Peter Lu and Temara Hajjat talk to Dr. Jason Silverman about how social media can be used in pediatric gastroenterology for patient care, research, medical education, and professional development. Dr. Silverman is an Associate Professor in the Division of Pediatric Gastroenterology and Nutrition at Stollery Children's Hospital, where he is…
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Bowels Sounds Ep. 14: Mike Wilsey – Esophageal Strictures in Children
In this episode, hosts Drs. Peter Lu and Jennifer Lee talk to Dr. Michael Wilsey about the evaluation and management of esophageal strictures in children, including congenital strictures and those arising from eosinophilic esophagitis and caustic ingestions. Dr. Wilsey is an advanced endoscopist at Johns Hopkins All Children's Hospital in St. Petersburg, FL and is…
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Bowels Sounds Ep. 13: Matthew Giefer and Brad Pasternak – Tackling Prior Authorizations and Medication Approval
In this episode, Temara Hajjat and Jenn Lee interview Dr. Matthew Giefer and Dr. Brad Pasternak. Drs. Giefer and Pasternak share their experience advocating for the approval of medications for their patients. The discussion also covers the challenges involved in medication approval, how to approach your local and state representatives, and lobbying in Washington, D.C.…