Danny Issa, MD

Interventional and Bariatric Endoscopist. David Geffen School of Medicine @UCLAHealth. @WeillCornell & @VCU alumni. Views = my own

[Danny Issa, MD @DannyIssaMD]

Such a honor to perform live endoscopy during our Annual Mellinkoff symposium @UCLA! Gastroplasty & sleeve revision as primary solutions for weight regain following
Bariatric surgery and #GLP1 RA 🏥

Congrats to course directors @esrailian, @raman_muthusamy & moderator @JenKolbMD

[Yazan Abboud, M.D. @YazanAbboudMD]

@DannyIssaMD @AmCollegeGastro @raman_muthusamy @DOM_UCLA @UCLAGIHep @uclaimchiefs @TomTielleman @drKumarGI @bahdi_firas Grateful for your support Dr. Issa and to all our collaborators. Many thanks to the @AmCollegeGastro for the opportunity to present our study

[Kais Zakharia, MD @kais_zakharia]

Congratulations to Dr Pranav Ramamurthy wining an outstanding poster presenter award at ACG2026 @AmCollegeGastro @BaystateGI @Baystate_Health

[UCLA Gastroenterology and Hepatology @UCLAGIHep]

🙌 Welcome @AliWakilMD, new advanced endoscopy fellow at #UCLAGI. He completed a transplant hepatology fellowship at Rutgers New Jersey Medical School & GI fellowship at The Brooklyn Hospital Center and has presented at nat'l meetings & 🔖 peer-reviewed articles & book chapters.

[Danny Issa, MD @DannyIssaMD]

@VibhuC_MD @UCLAGIHep @UTSWGastroHep @TomTielleman Thank you Vibhu for being part of this important study

[Vibhu Chittajallu, MD, ABOM-D @VibhuC_MD]

Icing 🥶🧊 the papilla to decrease post-ERCP pancreatitis 😖 - ⬇️ PEP rates in ERCPs with inadvertent PD cannulation and further analysis pending. Great work and low cost initiative! @UCLAGIHep @DannyIssaMD @UTSWGastroHep @TomTielleman

[Danny Issa, MD @DannyIssaMD]

Proud of @YazanAbboudMD for presenting our multi-center study on #Cryoprevention impact on post #ERCP pancreatitis risk reduction. Grateful to our colleagues & collaborators who made this study possible

& Congrats on the Outstanding Research Award 🥇 @AmCollegeGastro

#ACG2026

[Danny Issa, MD @DannyIssaMD]

Congratulations to our intern Elizza Villarruel and medical student Kelsy Larios for presenting this important research on #ESG and Metabolic Disease @AmCollegeGastro
Meeting in Nashville

Congrats on the Presidential poster award �� #ACG2026

[Erik Holzwanger, MD, ABOM-D @HilarHolzy]

The development of third space endoscopy in various areas of the body has truly changed the game for patients and their quality of life.

Performed a Zenker’s diverticulotomy for a patient who couldn’t tolerate liquids. He’s now able to eat pizza. Truly life changing.

#GITwitter #MedEd

[UCLA Gastroenterology and Hepatology @UCLAGIHep]

🙌We're honored to be ranked #9 in GI & GI Surgery by @USNews Best Hospitals. Every breakthrough, every lesson, and every patient story inspires us to push the boundaries of care, research, and education.

[Jake Wilson @JakeWilsonMD]

Four years ago, I had the opportunity to learn from amazing endoscopists at the ASGE First-Year Fellows Course. This past weekend, I had the honor to return as faculty. Forever grateful to the mentors that allowed me to succeed, now is the time to pass it on! @ASGEendoscopy

[ASGE GI Endoscopy @ASGEendoscopy]

We are grateful to you @TomTielleman, as well as, @mulkimd, @DrEricGreenwald, #DrKalpeshKPatel and our other amazing faculty for devoting your time and expertise to our next generation. 250 first year fellows through the doors this weekend - more to come next weekend!
#FutureofGI #Fellows

[ASGE GI Endoscopy @ASGEendoscopy]

Hear! Hear! We are so grateful to our physicians for taking time to train the next generation. Together, we advance GI endoscopy!

[Tom Tielleman, MD @TomTielleman]

An absolute honor to serve as the course co-director for the @ASGEendoscopy First Year Fellows Course alongside @rmulkimd. We hosted 125 fellows this weekend and it's always so energizing to see the excitement and eagerness of the new fellows. Even more so, I'm so appreciative of all of the friends, colleagues, and mentors that gave time out of their schedules to help put on an amazing course! Very very thankful to my GI family 🙏🏼

[ASGE GI Endoscopy @ASGEendoscopy]

@MahamHayatMD @rmulkimd @TomTielleman @BilalMohammadMD @MN_GIMD @HilarHolzy @TrieuMD @JennPhanMD @DouglasAdlerMD @tabdelfattahmd @DannyIssaMD @allisonchin_ @IndujaNimma Thank you to all of you to give of your time and expertise to the next generation!!
#GITWITTER

[Danny Issa, MD @DannyIssaMD]

Fantastic #FirstYear #GIFellows course at @ASGEendoscopy to kick off 2026 academic year

Congrats to the Course Directors @TomTielleman & @rmulkimd for an amazing course 🔥🔥

Such an honor to train the next gen of gastroenterologists with esteemed group of mentors & leaders

[Mohammad Bilal, MD @BilalMohammadMD]

The #FirstYear #GIFellows are ready to go 🔥🔥

Inspired by the enthusiasm of the amazing #FutureOfGI !

Congrats to the Course Directors @TomTielleman & @rmulkimd for an amazing course !

[Mariam Naveed, MD, FACG @MN_GIMD]

One of my favorite traditions each year is returning to the @ASGEendoscopy First-Year Fellows Course.

It’s always a privilege to teach, but it’s even more meaningful when our own fellows are sitting in the audience. Watching them take their first steps into GI fellowship while having the opportunity to be a small part of that journey is incredibly rewarding.

Congratulations to @ASGEendoscopy & the outstanding course directors @TomTielleman @rmulkimd for an exceptional program. These courses don’t happen without countless hours of work behind the scenes.

Fellows - as you’re learning today, here’s one career goal you may not have imagined yet.

One day, you may be back, not as a learner, but as faculty. Standing beside colleagues who have become mentors, collaborators, and friends. Teaching the next generation. Those opportunities often begin long before you realize they’re possible.

Enjoy every moment. Your future in GI is just getting started.

[Rahul Karna, MD @RahulKarnaMD]

🔥🔥 Excited to share our latest 📕 on - uEMR 🌊for colorectal polyps ≥ 4 cm in EIO

Among 137 lesions, study demonstrated:
👉 Feasibility in 90%
👉 AEs in 9.5%
👉 Recurrence in 8.7%

✅uEMR may be a safe & effective technique for ≥ 4 cm polyps

https://t.co/vyhwf75IjY

[UCLA Gastroenterology and Hepatology @UCLAGIHep]

This study, 🔖 @JCGjournal, compared outcomes of endoscopic procedures in patients on GLP1-RAs vs matched diabetics off GLP1-RAs, while also assessing the role of a 24-hour preprocedural liquid diet & bowel preparation in mitigating this risk

👉https://t.co/ftsH3dOHXr

[Danny Issa, MD @DannyIssaMD]

Building a comprehensive obesity program takes vision, teamwork, and innovation. Grateful to work alongside outstanding colleagues as we continue to expand minimally invasive options for our patients

Check out our story @doximity 👇

#Obesity #GLP @DOM_UCLA

[UCLA Gastroenterology and Hepatology @UCLAGIHep]

Drs. @DannyIssaMD @AdarshThakerMD @JenKolbMD and Alireza Sedarat are expanding obesity care at UCLA Health with ESG, TORe and metabolic therapies! Read more in "Inside the Endoscopic Revolution in Weight Loss."

👉 https://t.co/mxJfR9Q5Nk