Hamza Akram, MD

Internal Medicine PGY-1 @AdventHealthCFL Orlando | GI enthusiast

[Tareq Alsaleh @TareqAlsalehIM]

Hot off the press 🚨

Our new meta-analysis is now out in @GIE_Journal 🎉

📊6 studies , 2,575 cholangioscopies

📉Antibiotic prophylaxis before peroral cholangioscopy was protective against cholangitis (RR 0.46, CI 0.22 - 0.95)

Grateful to my coauthors for their help and support and the mentorship of @m_arain1 and @aiims2657 🙏

#GITwitter #ERCP #Cholangioscopy

https://t.co/qVzTIoNDiF

[Mariam Naveed, MD, FACG @MN_GIMD]

And that’s a wrap on @AdventHealthCFL Updates in Foregut 2026!

193 in-person attendees.

Physicians, APPs, surgeons, gastroenterologists, advanced endoscopists, motility experts and a room full of people willing to spend their Saturday thinking together about how we can better care for patients with foregut disease.

That was what I loved most about today. Not simply the education, but the thoughtful questions, different perspectives, debates, and exchange of ideas.

Complex foregut disease rarely fits neatly into one specialty or one algorithm, and today was a reminder of what happens when we bring those perspectives together.

A huge thank you to our outstanding speakers, moderators, attendees, industry partners @MadrigalPharma @Celltrioninc @Olympus_Corp @CastleBio to name a few & the incredible Advent planning team!

Proud of what we are building at @AdventHealthCFL and grateful to everyone who continues to support this initiative.

The conference made it to closing remarks. The shoes did not.

[Mariam Naveed, MD, FACG @MN_GIMD]

Many first-year GI fellows across the country have celebrated a milestone over the past few weeks: their first trip to the cecum. 🍩

Shoutout to my people @IndujaNimma @allisonchin_ & #NihalKhan on reaching that milestone!

Reaching the cecum is an accomplishment. It reflects practice, patience, and persistence.

But here’s what I remind our fellows:

The cecum isn’t the finish line. It’s the beginning.

From this point forward, your growth isn’t just about getting there. It’s about becoming an exceptional endoscopist and physician.

As you work with different faculty, don’t focus on finding the “perfect” attending. Instead, leave every endoscopy list asking yourself five questions:

⭐️ What did they see that I didn’t?
⭐️ Why did they make that decision?
⭐️ What technical habit do I want to adopt?
⭐️ How did they communicate with the patient and the team?
⭐️ What would I do differently, and what evidence or experience supports that?

Every attending has strengths.
- Some are master technicians.
- Some are exceptional teachers.
- Some model clinical judgment, efficiency, communication, or professionalism in ways that deserve to be emulated.

If you leave each day having learned one new technical pearl, one new way of thinking, or one new habit to adopt, you’ll eventually develop something even more valuable than someone else’s style.

You’ll develop your own.

Congratulations to all of the first-year GI fellows reaching the cecum over these past few weeks.

Enjoy the donut but keep learning tomorrow.

[Hamza Akram, MD @HamzaAkramMD]

@Kal_MD238 @NMGastro @NorthwesternMed @gastrowala @Scopesdoc Congratulations Khaled! That's incredible achievement 👏🏼

[Tareq Alsaleh @TareqAlsalehIM]

Thrilled to finally certify and submit my GI fellowship application!💩

Truly grateful for my incredible mentors and colleagues who guided and helped me through this journey.

Looking forward to application season! 🚀 #GITwitter #FellowshipMatch #GIFellowship #MedTwitter

[Hamza Akram, MD @HamzaAkramMD]

@TareqAlsalehIM Best of luck Tareq!

[Hamza Akram, MD @HamzaAkramMD]

@Rbennk @hurarira @AdventHealthCFL Thank you!

[Hamza Akram, MD @HamzaAkramMD]

Excited to share that 18 of our abstracts were accepted for the upcoming #ACG2026, including 9 where I will be the first or presenting author!

Humbled beyond words and grateful to my mentors, especially @hurarira, and my co-authors at @AdventHealthCFL for their help and support!

[Hamza Akram, MD @HamzaAkramMD]

@HarishK58196764 @hurarira @AdventHealthCFL Currently a PGY-2 resident in internal medicine

[Hamza Akram, MD @HamzaAkramMD]

@muh_waqass @hurarira @AdventHealthCFL Thank you Waqas

[Hamza Akram, MD @HamzaAkramMD]

@TareqAlsalehIM @hurarira @AdventHealthCFL Thank you Tareq

[Mariam Naveed, MD, FACG @MN_GIMD]

Every July, our fellowship turns the page.

Not just because new fellows arrive.

Because they bring new ideas, new perspectives, new questions, and new energy.

Over the next three years, you’ll learn from us but we’ll learn from you, too.

That’s the best part of academic medicine.

Welcome to the @AdventHealthCFL GI family! @IndujaNimma #NihalKhan and #AllisonChin!

We’re excited for what we’ll build together.

[Hamza Akram, MD @HamzaAkramMD]

Great talk by @MahamHayatMD 👏🏼
Kept us all hooked at the @APGNA1 symposium!

Third space endoscopy is indeed the future!

[Maham Hayat, MD @MahamHayatMD]

Thank you to @APGNA1 for invitation to talk about an important paradigm shift happening in the GI 🌍 where advanced endoscopy is transforming patient care 🩺

Honored to have shared the stage and learnt a lot from these brilliant leaders representing 🇵🇰 on the global stage.

[Hamza Akram, MD @HamzaAkramMD]

@AlmujarkeshMD Congratulations Khaled, you deserve it!

[Mariam Naveed, MD, FACG @MN_GIMD]

Started Dr. Burke’s visit with a bang. Full house at @floridawomengi Gut Club and exactly the kind of night that reminds you why these conversations matter

From hereditary adenomatous polyposis syndromes to serrated polyposis surveillance, this was one of those sessions packed with practical, immediately applicable clinical pearls.

High-yield discussions on:
• When to pursue genetic testing
• Managing CPUE and SPS
• Surveillance strategies for patients and first-degree relatives
• The expanding landscape of hereditary GI cancer syndromes beyond classic FAP and MUTYH

One of my favorite parts of hosting visiting professors is watching a room full of trainees, faculty, and community physicians all lean into the same conversation together. Education hits differently when it feels collaborative, practical, and clinically relevant.

Grateful to @burkegastrodoc for kicking off our @AdventHealthCFL #GIFellowship Visiting Professorship series in such a strong way.

Now onto Grand Rounds today.

[Mariam Naveed, MD, FACG @MN_GIMD]

We are beyond excited to welcome @burkegastrodoc to @AdventHealthCFL Orlando next week and what better time than right after being recognized with the GI Oncology Distinguished Mentor Award at @DDWMeeting #DDW2026! 🎉 Well deserved!

Dr. Burke will be presenting Bridging the Gap in Hereditary GI Cancer: Approach to Diagnosis and Management at our GI & Hepatology Grand Rounds on Friday, May 15 | 12–1 PM | Werner Auditorium.

So proud to be hosting one of the best in our field. ✨

#AdventGI #GIOncology #HereditaryGICancer #GIFellowship #VisitingProfessorship

Watch. This. Space. #AdventGI

[Mariam Naveed, MD, FACG @MN_GIMD]

Saturday night at @DDWMeeting our group went to dinner.

More and more people kept walking into the room, faculty, fellows, residents, mentors, collaborators, friends. And at one point I looked around and had one of those quiet full circle moments.

Not because success suddenly appeared overnight. Many people in this group have been putting in the work for years. Building programs. Publishing. Teaching. Leading. Showing up again and again.

But this year, seeing everyone together, you could feel the momentum.

And no better ending to @DDWMeeting than @MahamHayatMD
bringing home the @ASGEendoscopy World Cup.

An absolutely incredible accomplishment and the perfect representation of talent, work ethic, and excellence. She quietly continues to raise the bar for herself and everyone around her.

Onward & Upward @AdventHealthCFL #GI #DDW202

#HitPlay ⬇️

[Hamza Akram, MD @HamzaAkramMD]

Had an incredible time at @DDWMeeting

It was an overwhelming experience to meet such incredible names in the world of GI 💩

Grateful for the entire @AdventHealthCFL family including mentors and seniors for their support!

[Mariam Naveed, MD, FACG @MN_GIMD]

AdventHealth at @DDWMeeting

67 presentations. 4 days. One team.

Podium talks. Plenary videos. Symposia. Posters. Education. Equity. All of it.

But here’s what makes this more than a number: our GI fellows and residents are part of this work.

They train clinically alongside CIE faculty every single day and many of them are co-investigators on the research being presented this week.

The classroom and the cutting edge are the same place at @AdventHealthCFL .

This team shows up in every room that matters. So unbelievably proud. ❤️

If you’re at #DDW2026 this week, here’s our full schedule.

Stop us in the halls, find us at the posters, come to a talk. This team puts in the work all year & DDW is where it shows up. See you there!

#DDW2026 #AdventHealth #Endoscopy #WomenInGI #MedEd #FellowshipTraining #GIFellowship #ProudPD #GIMedEd