Alexander Podboy, MD, DABOM

Associate Professor of Medicine @MUSC | @CedarsSinai @MayoClinic and @Stanford_GI Alum|

[Alexander Podboy, MD, DABOM @AlexanderPodboy]

@Stentingwoman 8 mm x60!

[Alexander Podboy, MD, DABOM @AlexanderPodboy]

Pancreaticogastrostomy creation for disconnected duct syndrome

[Alexander Podboy, MD, DABOM @AlexanderPodboy]

@YounisJoseph This 100%, having to prove a negative makes no sense

[American Gastroenterological Association (AGA) @AmerGastroAssn]

📢 New CPU: 13 expert tips on electrosurgery in therapeutic #Endoscopy. Learn key principles, understand tissue effects, and improve procedural safety. 🎥 Plus, hear the highlights from Drs. @joohahwang and @DennisYangMD.
🔗 https://t.co/jbICKPHExs
@AGA_CGH @AlexanderPodboy

[American Gastroenterological Association (AGA) @AmerGastroAssn]

⚡Electrosurgery is central to therapeutic endoscopy — but using it safely requires more than choosing the right settings.
📘Our new CPU published in @AGA_CGH shares 13 expert tips to help optimize outcomes.
🔗https://t.co/qyTaaquXcO
@joohahwang @AlexanderPodboy @DennisYangMD

[Himesh Zaver, MD, MSCR @HZaverMD]

It was an honor representing @uvagastro at @DDWMeeting!
I got to share my @MedicineUVA MSCR thesis regarding divergent patterns in telehealth access in GI!
Thank you @AlexanderPodboy for the mentorship!

[Alexander Podboy, MD, DABOM @AlexanderPodboy]

Thanks to @MUSCSurgery and @bsc_endoscopy for the opportunity to speak on Bariatric Endoscopy

[Alexander Podboy, MD, DABOM @AlexanderPodboy]

@GVanell5 @endoscopyjrnl @MBronswijkMD @BSCEMEA_Endo It’s coincidental that you noted this only happens with th 6,8, and 20s and those items were recalled here in the US

[Alexander Podboy, MD, DABOM @AlexanderPodboy]

@WasseemSkefMD Hahaha I may be more naive and assume that people would throw in the occasional diagnostic colon…

[Alexander Podboy, MD, DABOM @AlexanderPodboy]

I nerded out and looked at the Medicaid data files from a GI perspective.
And the findings are wild.

Of the 4.1 million colonoscopy claims from 2018-2024

Only 23% were billed as purely diagnostic (45378)

What was even weirder was among high volume proceduralists (>1000 cases)

[Alexander Podboy, MD, DABOM @AlexanderPodboy]

If truly aberrant, that’s potentially over 17 million in overcharges to Medicaid in a 7 year period on colonoscopy claims alone.

More smoke than fire, but interesting nonetheless

[Alexander Podboy, MD, DABOM @AlexanderPodboy]

When adjusting for provider location, it was overwhelmingly individual providers rather than ASCs or Hospitals that preferentially billed lower diagnostic codes. With some specific States more prone that others.

[Alexander Podboy, MD, DABOM @AlexanderPodboy]

@AhmadBazarbashi @EndoscopyOthman @A_Qatomah @ThirdspaceEndo @AlmuhaidbAymen @alhaddad_mo @MoamenGabrMD @KeihanianTara @HilarHolzy @BilalMohammadMD @BalissMichelle I’d be worried it’s a huge feeder vessel. Defect is massive but do you think you could oversew the defect?

[Alexander Podboy, MD, DABOM @AlexanderPodboy]

Hi Vikas, thanks for your work on this, very interesting and robust analysis.
However I noticed that the sub-speciality analysis is very granular (cardiology alone) and doesn’t capture interspeciality subspeciality ( like interventional cardiology vs structural cards, or general GI vs therapeutic GI)

Do you think some of the gap could be explained by gender differences in subspecialities?

[Alexander Podboy, MD, DABOM @AlexanderPodboy]

@StudentLoanTrav At least over 12 months

[Alexander Podboy, MD, DABOM @AlexanderPodboy]

@WFNYScott This 💯

[Alexander Podboy, MD, DABOM @AlexanderPodboy]

@MoreForYou_CLE Joke of a franchise firing two time coach of the year but not the GM responsible for the worst signing in NFL history… peak browns

[Alexander Podboy, MD, DABOM @AlexanderPodboy]

The em dash scourge in medical research has reached pandemic levels.

“No one” is using chat gpt but every review now has em dashes every where

[Alexander Podboy, MD, DABOM @AlexanderPodboy]

Congratulations to all those that matched! GI remains a ridiculously competitive match with only 6 out of 10 applicants matching into a position

[Bryan Carmody @jbcarmody]

Positions filled and match rates for the 2025 NRMP Medicine and Pediatric Specialties Fellowship Match