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Bowel Sounds Ep. 21: Brian McFerron – EI in GI: Emotional Intelligence in Training and Your Career

Are you emotionally intelligent? In this new episode Drs. Temara Hajjat and Jason Silverman sit down with Dr. Brian McFerron to review what emotional intelligence is, and how it applies to medical training, healthcare practitioners and everyone as individuals. We also discuss ways to improve and resources to consider. Dr. McFerron is the Director of

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Bowel Sounds Ep. 19: Tanaz Danialifar – Carbs Causing Chaos: Disaccharidase Deficiencies

In this episode, hosts Drs. Peter Lu and Temara Hajjat talk to Dr. Tanaz Danialifar about diagnosing and treating disaccharidase deficiencies in children, including lactase deficiency and congenital sucrase-isomaltase deficiency (CSID).  Dr. Danialifar is a pediatric gastroenterologist at Children's Hospital Los Angeles, where she is Associate Director of their Gastroenterology Fellowship Program, and an Assistant

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Bowel Sounds Ep. 17: Maria Oliva-Hemker – Clostridioides Difficile Infection and Inflammatory Bowel Disease

In this episode,  hosts Drs. Temara Hajjat and Peter Lu talk to Dr. Maria Oliva-Hemker about diagnosing and managing Clostridioides difficile (C. diff) in children who have inflammatory bowel disease (IBD). Dr. Oliva-Hemker is the Director of the Division of Pediatric Gastroenterology, Hepatology, and Nutrition and the Stermer Family Professor for Pediatric IBD at the

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Bowel Sounds Ep. 16: Michael Narkewicz and Zachary Sellers – Liver Disease in Cystic Fibrosis

In this episode, hosts Drs. Jason Silverman and Temara Hajjat talk to Drs. Michael Narkewicz and Zachary Sellers about screening, evaluation and management of children with cystic fibrosis with hepatobiliary involvement and advanced CF liver disease. We review the new consensus recommendations paper published in the May issue of Hepatology (open access link below).  Dr. Narkewicz

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Bowel Sounds Ep. 15: Jason Silverman – Why Pediatric GI Needs Social Media (Special JPGN Episode)

In this episode, hosts Drs. Peter Lu and Temara Hajjat talk to Dr. Jason Silverman about how social media can be used in pediatric gastroenterology for patient care, research, medical education, and professional development.  Dr. Silverman is an Associate Professor in the Division of Pediatric Gastroenterology and Nutrition at Stollery Children's Hospital, where he is

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Maria Mascarenhas, MBBS

NASPGHAN Celebrates Maria Mascarenhas, MBBS

To recognize Asian American and Pacific Islander Heritage Month, NASPGHAN would like to highlight Dr. Maria Mascarenhas, a Pediatric Gastroenterologist, Nutrition and Integrative Medicine expert.  Maria was born in Bangalore, India. After finishing medical school at St John’s Medical College, Bangalore, India, she moved to the US for a pediatric internship at Downstate Medical Center

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