GI Insights
Looking to digest the latest in gastroenterology? GI Insights is here to provide updates on screening guidelines, diagnostic options, and management tools for all diseases and disorders affecting the gastrointestinal tract.
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- every 6 days
- Episodes
- 623
- Years Active
- 2008 - 2025
Is Gastric Bypass or Lap Band Right for Your Patients?
Guest: T. Karl Byrne, MD
What are the advantages to each of the two main types of obesity surgeries— gastric bypass and lap band surgery? How do the recovery time…
Current Methods in Colorectal Cancer Screening
Guest: Douglas Rex, MD
Fecal immunochemical testing (or FIT testing) replaces the older stool guaiac test in the recent colorectal cancer screening guidelines. Wh…
Colorectal Cancer Screening Guidelines
Guest: Lisa Boardman, MD
Early detection through screening for colorectal cancer (CRC) can make a huge impact in preventing the development or progression of CRC.…
Current Methods in Colorectal Cancer Screening
Guest: Douglas Rex, MD
Fecal immunochemical testing (or FIT testing) replaces the older stool guaiac test in the recent colorectal cancer screening guidelines. Wh…
Colorectal Cancer Screening Guidelines
Guest: Lisa Boardman, MD
Early detection through screening for colorectal cancer (CRC) can make a huge impact in preventing the development or progression of CRC.…
Gastrointestinal Complications from Oncologic Therapy
Guest: Robert Bresalier, MD
What are some common gastrointestinal complications from oncologic therapies? How can physicians differentiate a side effect from a c…
Treatments for Pancreatic and Colorectal Cancers
Guest: J. Randolph Hecht, MD
How have treatments for colorectal and pancreatic cancers advanced in recent years, and are novel treatments reducing the mortality …
Gastrointestinal Complications from Oncologic Therapy
Guest: Robert Bresalier, MD
What are some common gastrointestinal complications from oncologic therapies? How can physicians differentiate a side effect from a c…
Treatments for Pancreatic and Colorectal Cancers
Guest: J. Randolph Hecht, MD
How have treatments for colorectal and pancreatic cancers advanced in recent years, and are novel treatments reducing the mortality …
Endoscopic and Surgical Procedures for Treating Obesity
Guest: Michael Camilleri, MD
What are some of the newer bariatric endoscopic procedures, and when are these procedures preferred over traditional gastric bypass s…
Stool Transplant: The Ultimate Probiotic
Guest: Timothy Rubin, MD
The micro-organism Clostridium difficile, or C. diff, can cause serious infection and is often resistant to antibiotic therapy. A less tr…
Endoscopic and Surgical Procedures for Treating Obesity
Guest: Michael Camilleri, MD
What are some of the newer bariatric endoscopic procedures, and when are these procedures preferred over traditional gastric bypass s…
Stool Transplant: The Ultimate Probiotic
Guest: Timothy Rubin, MD
The micro-organism Clostridium difficile, or C. diff, can cause serious infection and is often resistant to antibiotic therapy. A less tr…
Quality Measures for Hepatitis C Therapy
Guest: Emmet Keeffe, MD
What do recent measures recommend to primary care physicians and gastroenterologists who care for patients with hepatitis C? Dr. Emmet Ke…
Extraesophageal GERD: Fact or Fiction?
Guest: John Inadomi, MD
Non-cardiac chest pain and chronic cough are just two of the extraesophageal manifestations of gastroesophageal reflux disease, or GERD. …
Quality Measures for Hepatitis C Therapy
Guest: Emmet Keeffe, MD
What do recent measures recommend to primary care physicians and gastroenterologists who care for patients with hepatitis C? Dr. Emmet Ke…
Extraesophageal GERD: Fact or Fiction?
Guest: John Inadomi, MD
Non-cardiac chest pain and chronic cough are just two of the extraesophageal manifestations of gastroesophageal reflux disease, or GERD. …
Understanding and Treating Chronic Constipation
Guest: David Peura, MD
Constipation is a common symptom that presents more often in women and as patients get older. What are the primary and secondary causes of …
Drug-Induced Liver Injury
Guest: Rowen Zetterman, MD
Acetaminophen, vitamin supplements and antibiotics are just a few of the medications that can cause liver injury. What are the signs of…
The Plight of the Investigator
Guest: Mark Donowitz, MD
Are there fewer physician-scientists today than there were a few decades ago? What does the future landscape look like for medical resear…