Ghassan Alzayer, MD

GI Doc, @GeorgetownGI. Washington, DC. Board Certified Internal Medicine and Gastroenterology . Former Chief Resident, Baystate Medical Center/UMass 🇸🇦🇺🇸

[Ghassan Alzayer, MD @GAlzayer]

Need help submitting an online controlled substance app? Can’t reach @DOHDC via phone or email! And can’t walk into @DOHDC @DCGovWeb please help!

[Ghassan Alzayer, MD @GAlzayer]

@AtoosaRabiee @reezwanc @DrJessicaDavis @uvagastro @TilakBabaMD @AtoosaRabiee thank you!

[Waseem Ahmed @Waseem_AhmedMD]

Happy Friday and start to the new academic year! Here is this week's #IBDAlgorithm for our awesome @MondayNightIBD discussion led by @SunandaKaneMD on 5-ASAs and persistent UC symptoms. Take home point: educate and promote adherence! @DCharabaty #MondayNightIBD

[Ghassan Alzayer, MD @GAlzayer]

@joshsteinbergMD @Waseem_AhmedMD @DCharabaty @drkeithsiau @drdalbir @ClevelandClinic @SanchezLunaMD @PerelmansPearls @HELPatologist @CarvalloP_MD @GKochharMD @CelestinoGutirr @RodriguezParra_ @SunilAminMD @DeMadaria @AtoosaRabiee @Empoweringpts9 @bisturitx @mjayoushe @BevTchangMD @AnnieC_ID_MD @ezzatali64 @JeanDonet @FergaGleeson @JGubatanMD @Dana_Lukin @ParkpoomPeter @itsthehan @BattatMd @EmadMansoorMD @GeorgetownGI @UChicagoIBD @TenzinChodenMD @TilakBabaMD @Aboelsoud_Mo @anandnathmd Thanks @joshsteinbergMD . Ghassan, 3rd year GI fellow @GeorgetownGI. Obviously a soccer player. Tagging @obada_tabbaa @mtick27 @JJGastroMD

[Joshua M. Steinberg, MD @joshsteinbergMD]

Couldn’t agree more @DrMalSimons! Has been such an awesome interactive learning experience working w @DCharabaty & the @MondayNightIBD team on #IBDAlgorithm for the last 4 months - highly recommend to any GI fellow w an interest in #IBD! DM me or @DCharabaty if interested!

[ACG @AmCollegeGastro]

#GIhomeschooling ACG #VirtualGrandRounds

[Ghassan Alzayer, MD @GAlzayer]

@joshsteinbergMD @MTPapaD @AllonKahn @BilalMohammadMD @DrPess @TedWJamesMD @AhmadBazarbashi @rmulkimd @vaibhav_manu @LizzieAbyMD @DrMalSimons @KellyHathornMD @PerelmansPearls @RobertoSimonsMD @onepeloton @AfrinKamalMD @ZubairMalik_MD @EsophagusDoc @KristleLynchMD @magnushallandMD @Sandeep_N @AnitaSivaraman @GeorgetownGI @TenzinChodenMD Ghassan here, 2nd year fellow @GeorgetownGI. New hobbies are #instantpot -cooking itself is not new-, exploring baking, and non-covid news. Tagging @KStrengerPA @anandnathmd

[Ghassan Alzayer, MD @GAlzayer]

#SocialDistanacing is not a state of mind, you actually have to physically do it #StayHome #COVID19 #FlattenTheCurve #medtwitter

[Ghassan Alzayer, MD @GAlzayer]

#FlattenTheCurve #medtwitter https://t.co/4s3V1F3sJn

[Joshua M. Steinberg, MD @joshsteinbergMD]

How can we endoscopically assess #IBD, and what do these scores implicate for our #UC and #Crohns patients? Check out this weeks #IBDAlgorithm from our international @MondayNightIBD discussion led by our European colleagues @Y_ECCO_IBD. @DCharabaty #MondayNightIBD #medtwitter

[Joshua M. Steinberg, MD @joshsteinbergMD]

Are #Crohns and #UC distinct entities, or part of an #IBD spectrum? Awesome @MondayNightIBD discussion this week led by @DrJordanAxelrad, exploring medical management of complex #fistula. Take a look at this week’s #IBDAlgorithm. @DCharabaty #MondayNightIBD #MedEd #MedTwitter

[Ghassan Alzayer, MD @GAlzayer]

Great review by @joshsteinbergMD & @DCharabaty on #IBD in #adolscents #GI #medtwitter

[Joshua M. Steinberg, MD @joshsteinbergMD]

Here it is! @DCharabaty and I’s review on #IBD in the #Adolescent. We focused on special tx + health maintenance considerations in this unique pt population. Take a look at this checklist we created together to help guide management. https://t.co/JqnuGEk77O #GI #medtwitter

[Elliot Tapper @ebtapper]

My patient has HE. Should I check an ammonia? #cirrhosis

New #AmJGastro studies (fig1-2) show:

Ordering ammonia
🚫change in lactulose dose
🚫change in LOS, ICU use
Ammonia levels
🚫association w/LOS/ICU/Survival
🤪labile, variable

Fig3: Proud 2 write editorial with Bob Rahimi

[Ghassan Alzayer, MD @GAlzayer]

Promising, we need more data though! There is a long way to go in IBS treatment and so many opportunities! #ibs @AmCollegeGastro @HealioGastro

[Healio Gastroenterology @HealioGastro]

Human milk oligosaccharides may offer effective treatment for #IBS. #ACG2019 https://t.co/3JyUyn9Qq7

[Ghassan Alzayer, MD @GAlzayer]

You Must like #gastroadvocacy !@Eater_DC

[Eater DC @Eater_DC]

With far-out fusion bowls featuring flavor combos like Peruvian-Chinese, Swedish-Irish, and Ethiopian-Salvadoran, Immigrant Food aims to represent how “immigrants have made America great"
https://t.co/HVKK9zI4yj

[Eater DC @Eater_DC]

With far-out fusion bowls featuring flavor combos like Peruvian-Chinese, Swedish-Irish, and Ethiopian-Salvadoran, Immigrant Food aims to represent how “immigrants have made America great"
https://t.co/HVKK9zI4yj

[Ghassan Alzayer, MD @GAlzayer]

@joshsteinbergMD @TilakBabaMD @TenzinChodenMD @JJGastroMD @DCharabaty @DrNidhiMalhotra @gastrodocmattar @AnitaSivaraman @gutdoc18 @AtoosaRabiee @MTPapaD @BWSadowskiMD @doctornikkid Eye opening

[Ghassan Alzayer, MD @GAlzayer]

#Arlington water is clean again. Run the water for a few minutes though! @washingtonpost
https://t.co/2G7t3SPdE1

[Healio Gastroenterology @HealioGastro]

Low risk for adverse cirrhosis events in pregnant women ‘reassuring’, according to data @queensu's Dr. Jennifer A. Flemming presented at #LiverMtg19 https://t.co/gM4B6WPtIY

[Ghassan Alzayer, MD @GAlzayer]

@Eater_DC @joshsteinbergMD