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.
- Update frequency
- every 6 days
- Episodes
- 623
- Years Active
- 2008 - 2025
What GI Physicians Need to Know About Probiotics
Guest: Richard Fedorak, MD
What are probiotics, and how do strains differ? How can they be used most effectively? Dr. Richard Fedorak, professor of medicine in t…
Evolving Treatment of Inflammatory Bowel Disease
Guest: Richard Fedorak, MD
Steroids used to be the standard treatment for inflammatory bowel disease. But now biologic and immunosuppresive therapies are often u…
What GI Physicians Need to Know About Probiotics
Guest: Richard Fedorak, MD
What are probiotics, and how do strains differ? How can they be used most effectively? Dr. Richard Fedorak, professor of medicine in t…
The New GERD Guidelines
Guest: Michael Vaezi, MD, PhD
Gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD) is the most common GI diagnosis. But many aspects of diagnosing and treating GERD and related…
The New GERD Guidelines
Guest: Michael Vaezi, MD, PhD
Gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD) is the most common GI diagnosis. But many aspects of diagnosing and treating GERD and related…
Accreditation and Patient Safety in Endoscopy
Guest: Lawrence Kim, MD
Endoscopy is extremely safe when performed by a qualified gastroenterologist. What role does accreditation play in ensuring patient safety…
Evaluating Performance: The Physician Quality Reporting Initiative
Guest: Mary Igo, MBA, RN
The Physician Quality Reporting Initiative (PQRI) is a CMS-based program designed to help medical professionals measure performance outco…
Quality Outcomes for Endoscopy
Guest: Peter Cotton, MD
The outcomes for endoscopy can vary greatly, depending on the training and technique of the endoscopist. Dr. Peter Cotton, professor of me…
Accreditation and Patient Safety in Endoscopy
Guest: Lawrence Kim, MD
Endoscopy is extremely safe when performed by a qualified gastroenterologist. What role does accreditation play in ensuring patient safety…
Evaluating Performance: The Physician Quality Reporting Initiative
Guest: Mary Igo, MBA, RN
The Physician Quality Reporting Initiative (PQRI) is a CMS-based program designed to help medical professionals measure performance outco…
Quality Outcomes for Endoscopy
Guest: Peter Cotton, MD
The outcomes for endoscopy can vary greatly, depending on the training and technique of the endoscopist. Dr. Peter Cotton, professor of me…
Endoscopic Imaging Optics for Assessing Dysplasia
Guest: Thomas D. Wang, MD, PhD
Microscopic imaging of the digestive tract moves beyond examination of tissue at subcellular levels, helping us identify molecular …
GI Disease: Practical Solutions for Improving Care
Guest: William Chey, MD
Guest: Nicholas Shaheen, MD, MPH
Gastrointestinal (GI) disease is a major source of morbidity and mortality, yet physicians and patien…
Endoscopic Imaging Optics for Assessing Dysplasia
Guest: Thomas D. Wang, MD, PhD
Microscopic imaging of the digestive tract moves beyond examination of tissue at subcellular levels, helping us identify molecular …
GI Disease: Practical Solutions for Improving Care
Guest: William Chey, MD
Guest: Nicholas Shaheen, MD, MPH
Gastrointestinal (GI) disease is a major source of morbidity and mortality, yet physicians and patien…
Controversies in Gastroenterology-Directed Propofol Administration
Guest: Douglas Rex, MD
Gastroenterology-directed propofol is controversial among many practitioners, even though evidence suggests it is very safe. What barriers…
Controversies in Gastroenterology-Directed Propofol Administration
Guest: Douglas Rex, MD
Gastroenterology-directed propofol is controversial among many practitioners, even though evidence suggests it is very safe. What barriers…
Colorectal Cancer: Early Detection, Prevention and Treatment
Guest: Ronald Fogel, MD
It's the third most commonly diagnosed cancer, with more than 150,000 new cases projected in 2008, and the second leading cancer killer a…
The Role of Emerging Technology in GI Practice
Guest: Pankaj Jay Pasricha, MD
Is Natural Orifice Transluminal Endoscopic Surgery (NOTES) the wave of the future, or just a wrinkle in the endoscopy movement? Ac…
Food Allergies: Fact from Fiction
Guest: Sheila Crowe, MD
Food allergies are becoming increasingly common. Such allergies are often not easy to diagnose, and can present differently in adults and…