Prabhat Kumar, MD

“Primum non nocere” | GI fellow @VCUHealth | Former PGY-3 Chief Resident @ClevelandClinic Fairview Hospital | RT≠endorse |

[Prabhat Kumar, MD @PrabhatKumarMD]

Honored to complete serving as Chief Resident and wrap my residency journey with the ‘Best PGY-3 Resident’ award 🏆 at my graduation ceremony! Grateful for this humbling experience and the incredible support along the way. #MedTwitter #MedEd #IMRP #ACPIMPhysicians #GITwitter #AmCollegeGastro

[Babu P. Mohan @BabuPMohan2]

Happy to share a self built tool: IBD clinical assistant. Derives its knowledge base from ACG and AGA guidelines. Please feel free to use it and let me know how it works for you... Thanks! #gitwitter
@AmerGastroAssn @AmCollegeGastro @ASGEendoscopy
https://t.co/zNLO9MSaAV

[Kavin Parmar @kavin_parmar]

Excited to present our work at #DDW2026 on the safety of advanced IBD therapies during pregnancy 🤰

💡Anti-TNFs, Anti-Integrins or IL-23s?

Grateful to work with an incredible team 👏

@VCU_Liver @PrabhatKumarMD @kritisoni50 @vinayjaha #SashaMangray @tariqraseen #StephenBikston

[Aline Charabaty, MD, FACG, AGAF @DCharabaty]

#DDW2026 @DDWMeeting

#FUZION The 1st ph2 RCT for #Perianal CD since IFX!

After abscess drainage, GUS
🔺28% wk24 Clinical+Radiologic remission

🔺Significant response at wk12 (can guide timing of Seton removal)

💬Does this change your practice?IFX, UPA or GUS 1st or 2nd line?

[Edward Loftus @EdwardLoftus2]

FUZION trial of guselkumab for perianal Crohn’s disease—MRIs obtained at baseline, midpoint and end—approx 1/3 bio-naive—both doses equally effective at week 24. Great to have another well studied option for this troubling complication #DDW2026 @DDWMeeting

[Vinay Jahagirdar @vinayjaha]

Such an impressive turnover at the @LiverFellow Reception 🤩 #DDW2026

Grateful to our committed team of contributors and leads for their hard work 💪

Appreciate the support from @AASLDFoundation and @AASLDPresident 🙏

@SarahKhan9894 @SarahUttal @BlaneyMD @saulkarpen
#MedEd #GITwitter #MedTwitter @DDWMeeting

[Kaanthi Rama @KaanthiRama]

Digestive diseases week 2026

• Adding NAC to corticosteroids did NOT improve short- or intermediate-term mortality 🙅
• No meaningful reduction in HRS/ARF or major adverse liver outcomes vs steroids alone

Time to rethink routine NAC use in severe AH? #MedX

@DDWMeeting

[Vinay Jahagirdar @vinayjaha]

Happening now: Full house on metALD 🍟🍷 moderated by @juanpabloarab @l_suthat at @DDWMeeting #DDW2026

@BlaneyMD on identifying and metALD and its consequences

📌 Use AUDIT-C and PEth for screening
⬆️ mortality with binge drinking in presence of CMRF
💊 Role for emerging therapies - resmetirom, GLP1RA, FGF

@VCU_Liver @AmCollegeGastro @AmerGastroAssn @AASLDtweets @LiverFellow @EASLedu @INASL_Liver @liverUSA

[Hanna Blaney, MD, MPH @BlaneyMD]

Lower GI bleeding with a focus on prevention of post polypectomy with @DrBloodandGuts

✅Clip large defects
✅Clip stalks on pedunculated polyps prior to snare
✅Hot biopsy forceps for rapid hemostasis during a procedure

[Jill Gaidos, MD @JillGaidosMD]

Our 3rd Annual @YaleDigestive #IBD conference was a huge success. Thank you to @MRegueiroMD our keynote speaker and all of our amazing faculty for a day of high yield clinical education. @Badr_AlBawardy @AlexLevyMD @DebProctorMD

[Vinay Jahagirdar @vinayjaha]

Honored to serve as National Co-Lead of the @AASLDtweets Liver Fellow Network alongside @SarahKhan9894

Looking forward to contributing to this growing community and advancing hepatology #MedEd 🤝

Grateful to my mentors for their support and encouragement throughout this journey with LFN over the past few years @BlaneyMD @SarahUttal @saulkarpen 🙏

Stay tuned 📺 …

@EASLedu @AmCollegeGastro @AmerGastroAssn

[VCU Stravitz-Sanyal Institute for Liver Disease @VCU_Liver]

We're very happy to share that @VCU GI fellow @VinayJahagirdar has been selected as National Co-Lead of the @LiverFellow, an educational initiative of the @aasldtweets. He will help shape #hepatology education and mentor trainees nationwide. #livertwitter

[Daryl Ramai @DarylRamai]

Such an inspiring weekend at this year’s NACGF! Grateful to be part of this year’s faculty and to work with such a brilliant 🌟 group of GI fellows.

The 26th annual North American Conference of GI Fellows, hosted by the American College of Gastroenterology, truly delivered on its mission 🚀

Fellows had the opportunity to showcase their research, engage with experienced faculty, and participate in high-quality educational sessions. The collaborative environment fostered meaningful professional growth and lasting connections across the GI community.

Grateful to @JillGaidosMD @DHassMD for directing this outstanding conference, and @DrR_Williams for sharing profound insights from her successful career. A special thank you to Christine Stevenson for making this event possible.

#NACGF #Gastroenterology #MedicalEducation #ClinicalResearch @ACG_EBGI @umfoodoc @AmyOxentenkoMD @KByrneGastroMD

[Fouad Jaber, MD, MS, D-ABOM @fouadsjaber]

✨Thanks to @AmCollegeGastro and course directors and faculty for getting us together this weekend in Orlando and for this wonderful course.

#ACG #NACGF #GITwitter
@DarylRamai @umfoodoc @JillGaidosMD
@ElfertKhaled @khalid_ahmedMD @M0nzer_0 @nataliejowilson
@yashu211996 @vsck123 @HarshaS_MD @shravyaginnaram @BibekSahaMD @PrabhatKumarMD @AnmolMittalMD @MayaMhmoud @RezaAliHaider @TrevorBarloweMD @david_jonason @rebyao @MaloofTassiana @MaramAlenziMD @BibekSahaMD

[VCU Massey Comprehensive Cancer Center @VCUMassey]

Join VCU Massey’s Community Cancer Forum! 🤝 Connect with experts @vinayjaha and @PrabhatKumarMD on March 24, 1–2 PM to discuss colorectal cancer in younger adults. Learn prevention and protect yourself. Register today! https://t.co/hktuDBAEkB

[Prabhat Kumar, MD @PrabhatKumarMD]

@BlaneyMD @AmCollegeGastro @tariqraseen @JillGaidosMD @JasmohanBajaj @ArunJSanyalVCU @vinayjaha @kavin_parmar @ArchKharel_MD @kritisoni50 @VCU Thank you, Dr. Blaney! Really looking forward to it. Grateful to @AmCollegeGastro for the opportunity.

[Prabhat Kumar, MD @PrabhatKumarMD]

Honored and humbled to be selected as one of 25 GI fellows to present at #NACGF2026 in Orlando, FL 🌴

Excited to present our work on the comparative pregnancy safety of advanced therapies in IBD💊

Grateful for the mentorship, collaboration, and support that made this possible🙏

Looking forward to learning from colleagues and being part of this inspiring GI community.

@AmCollegeGastro @VCUHealth
#IBD #Medtwitter #FellowsinGI🧠🔬

[VCU Stravitz-Sanyal Institute for Liver Disease @VCU_Liver]

OUR BIG NEWS OF 2025: @VCU_liver and @VCUHealth opened a new multidisciplinary outpatient clinic for liver and metabolic health patients. Learn what makes our new Liver and Metabolic Health Outpatient Clinic different. https://t.co/thRdTHtfWT

[Tauseef Ali MD, FACG AGAF FACP @ibdtweets]

What we learned in IBD care in 2025 🧵

2025 was a year of real progress in Crohn’s & Colitis care.

Here are key trends & updates that shaped practice:

1️⃣ IL-23–selective therapies moved earlier in Crohn’s disease
→ Strong healing, durable remission

2️⃣ Treat-to-target became routine
→ Biomarkers + endoscopy > symptoms alone

3️⃣ Oral advanced therapies gained clearer roles
→ Right patient, right time, risk-stratified use

4️⃣ Precision medicine became practical
→ Biomarkers + phenotype + prior response
→ Still no “magic test.”

5️⃣ Whole-person IBD care took center stage
→ Mental health, fatigue, nutrition, prevention

2025 impact: earlier control, fewer steroids, better long-term focus.

📚 @IBDLibrary | @ibdtweets

@DCharabaty @ownyourcrohns @ibdgijami @IBDimmunology @GI_PharmD @Bealoquebea @JonnyBlackwell @Naueen @IBDPharmD @ReezwanaCMD @mchiorean4 @P_DeepakIBDMD @ShahidaDin1 @DrJordanAxelrad @jalpa_devi @EdwardLoftus2 @JosephHabibi_MD @pakotze @SimonHongMD @tinahamd @JillGaidosMD @MLongMD @MRegueiroMD @UmaMahadevanIBD @NarulaNeeraj @JPAchkarMD @saia_gi @CrohnsColitisFn @crohnscolitisau @aboutIBD @MondayNightIBD

https://t.co/02RRD4xCXp

[Vinay Jahagirdar @vinayjaha]

Prof @RichSterlingMD presenting on new MASH therapeutics 💊💉
Evolving landscape with various agents in the pipeline 🚀
Important to screen and treat other comorbidities 🩺
Multi-disciplinary MASLD clinic opening soon at @VCUHealth 🏥

@VCU_Liver @ArunJSanyalVCU

@AASLDtweets @AASLDFoundation @AmCollegeGastro @AmerGastroAssn @INASL_Liver @EASLedu @LiverFellow

[Raseen Tariq, MD, MS @tariqraseen]

Excellent debate optimizing UST vs changing to another therapy @AIBDNetwork @DrCoreySiegel @MRegueiroMD #AIBD2025