The Gut Doctor

May is Celiac Disease Awareness month! In this episode of the Gut Doctor Podcast, Dr. Parikh interviews Christine Randazzo Kirschner, a registered dietician and co-founder of Amenta Nutrition. They discuss the pitfalls of gluten-free substitutes, the importance of fiber in the diet, nutrient deficiencies in celiac disease, identifying ultra-processed gluten-free products, and balancing realism with optimal nutrition.

As we wrap up Esophageal Cancer Awareness month, Dr. Parikh is joined by Dr. Caitlin Houghton, a foregut surgeon. They explore the significance of Barrett's esophagus as a precursor to esophageal cancer and the collaborative approach between gastroenterologists and foregut surgeons in managing the condition. This episode was brought to you by Castle Biosciences, maker of Tissue Cypher, a test designed to predict the risk of esophageal cancer in patients with Barrett's esophagus.

In the spirit of IBS Awareness month, this episode explores the gut-brain axis, clinical implications, and integrative care for gut-brain dysfunction. Dr. Ali Navidi, a clinical psychologist and CEO of GI Psychology, shares insights on cognitive behavioral therapy and gut-directed hypnotherapy, emphasizing the importance of collaborative care and empowering patients with hope.The episode is sponsored by Ardelyx.

With April being Esophageal Cancer Awareness month, today's episode delves into the misconceptions and harmful effects of heartburn, the myths surrounding reflux surgery, and the future of heartburn therapy. Dr. Dan Lister, past-president of the American Foregut Society, provides insights on the risks associated with heartburn and the potential of precision medicine in addressing esophageal adenocarcinoma.This episode was brought to you by Castle Biosciences, maker of TissueCypher, a test designed to predict the risk of esophageal cancer in patients with Barrett's esophagus.

What should I eat to prevent colon cancer? Gastroenterologist Dr. Michael Bass joins the show to answer this and more questions on our diet and risk of CRC. We explore the intersection of nutrition and cancer prevention, focusing on the impact of ultra-processed foods on colon cancer risk.

We have all seen the unfortunate headlines. Why are we seeing a rise of early-onset colorectal cancer and what can we do about it? Dr. Barnell, co-founder and CMO of Geneoscopy, joins the Gut Doctor Podcast to answer these questions and more!

In this episode of the Gut Doctor podcast, Dr. Parikh discusses the current treatment landscape of constipation with Dr. Satish Rao. Dr. Rao is Chair of Gastroenterology, Professor of Medicine, and Director of Neurogastroenterology and Motility at August University. This episode was sponsored by Vibrant Gastro, makers of the drug-free Vibrant System.

In the spirit of Black History month, Dr. Parikh interviews Dr. Travelle Ellis to discuss the increased risk of colorectal cancer in the African American community and what we can do about it. This episode is sponsored by Exact Sciences whose purpose is to help eradicate cancer by preventing it, detecting it earlier, and guiding personalized treatment. Exact Sciences is the maker of the Cologuard® test, a stool-based screening test for average risk adults ages 45 and over. 

In this episode in the Food as Medicine series, Dr. Parikh is joined by Dr. Gwenn Rosenberg Wildman who is clinical director at the New London Natural Health Center. They dive into the health perks of cabbage - a surprisingly powerful yet underappreciated ally for gut health.

Chris Burns was a successful cinematographer and director of photography for multiple Emmy-winning projects. Then he developed significant alcohol-associated liver disease which eventually led him to a liver transplant. He is now two years post transplant and is working on a documentary to raise awareness for both liver disease and liver transplantation. We discuss his journey and his advocacy work in today's episode of the Gut Doctor Podcast. This episode is brought to you by Mindray and Aegle Medical, manufacturer and distributor of the Hepatus-series platform, which is a NexGen vibration-controlled elastography technology used to stage and monitor liver disease.

Ghee has ancient roots but what does modern science say about it? In this Food as Medicine episode, Dr. Parikh interviews Dr. Rahul Pottabathini of Gandhi Medical College. They explore ghee's impact on digestion, inflammation and the microbiome. 

We kick off constipation awareness month with today's episode with Dr. Darren Brenner who is Professor of Medicine at Northwestern University. The discussion focuses on the prevalence of constipation, risk factors, and symptoms of one of the most common gastrointestinal conditions worldwide. This episode was sponsored by Vibrant Gastro, makers of the drug-free Vibrant System. It is the first of three episodes in a constipation mini-series. 

In this Food as Medicine episode, Dr. Parikh interviews Dr. Gareth Morris-Stiff, the Global Chief Medical Officer of Equilibrium Labs. Equilibrium Labs is the maker of De-liver-ance, which is a plant-based formula comprising of seventeen herbal ingredients, designed to enhance liver health. They discuss the science behind the herbal elixir and the potential benefits as well as adverse effects and limitations. This episode is brought to you by Mindray and Aegle Medical, manufacturer and distributor of the Hepatus-series platform, which is a NexGen vibration-controlled elastography technology used to stage and monitor liver disease.

In this episode, I sit down with Dr. Prabhjot Singh who is Senior Advisor for the Peterson Health Technology Institute. Prabhjot elaborates on the role of PHTI in evaluating digital health solutions: do they work, who do they work for, and are they worth it? He gives his take on digital health and barriers in health tech. One of his final insights deeply resonated with me: "What the first or second wave of digital health has taught us is that if you don't have providers directly engaged in the design of how things will touch or interact with their work flow, it's not going to go well."

In this GI 101 episode, Dr. Parikh and Dr. Khoury discuss the latest guidelines on Helicobacter pylori. Dr. Neil Khoury recently completed his gastroenterology training from the University of Connecticut and is now Assistant Professor of Medicine at the University of South Florida and gastroenterologist at Tampa General Hospital. 

Gastroenterology offers a unique and dynamic landscape for innovation and entrepreneurship but as providers we are often not aware of what steps we need to take. In today's episode, Dr. Parikh interviews Dr. Amitabh Chak, president of the American Society of Gastrointestinal Endoscopy. Dr. Chak shares his latest innovation trends in GI, key steps every GI entrepreneur should take, barriers we face, and how ASGE is creating the infrastructure to support this ecosystem. With this infrastructure in mind, they highlight ASGE's upcoming Festival of Innovation and EndoScopic Technology at ASGE (FIESTA) on November 14th and 15th. For those interested in learning more or registering for FIESTA, please visit www.ASGE.org/FIESTA. 

With the increasing number of therapeutic options for fatty liver disease, elastography has become more of a mainstream diagnostic test. But what is elastography? In this episode of the Gut Doctor podcast, Dr. Parikh interviews Robert DeJong. Bob is a registered diagnostic medical sonographer and Director of Medical Education for Aegle Medical. He discusses the science of elastography and the role it plays in management of fatty liver disease. This episode is brought to you by Mindray and Aegle Medical, manufacturer and distributor of the Hepatus-series platform, which is a NexGen vibration-controlled elastography technology used to stage and monitor liver disease.

We are back in our fifth season on the Gut Doctor podcast and are going to launch this year with systemic mastocytosis. My guest today is Dr. Matthew Hamilton who is the lead gastroenterologist at Brigham's Mastocytosis Center and assistant professor of medicine at Harvard Medical School. The educational material for today's episode is made possible through a grant from Blueprint Medicines.

My heartburn patients frequently ask me: how much chocolate can I have? What about wine? Coffee? Dillon Martin is a registered dietician who specializes in diabetes, weight optimization and gastroesophageal disorders. He answers these questions and gives practical dietary advice for those suffering with GERD. Today’s episode is brought to you by Castle Biosciences, maker of TissueCypher, a test designed to predict the risk of esophageal cancer in patients with Barrett’s esophagus.

What is intestinal ultrasound? How can it change the way we take care of our patients with inflammatory bowel disease? Dr. Bincy Abraham, Professor of Clinical Medicine at Houston Methodist and Director of the Fondren Inflammatory Bowel Disease Program, answers these questions and more in this episode of the Gut Doctor Podcast.

Beans are a staple in many cuisines around the world. In this episode of the Food as Medicine series, Dr. Parikh interviews Dr. Ruchir Paladiya, a third year medicine resident at the University of Connecticut. Dr. Paladiya details the various nutritional benefits of beans and how you can incorporate them into your diet. 

In this episode of the Gut Doctor podcast, Dr. Parikh interviews Dr. Jirapinyo, an interventional endoscopist who is triple boarded in bariatric endoscopy, obesity medicine and gastroenterology. She is Director of the Bariatric Endoscopy Fellowship program at Brigham and Women's Hospital, Assistant Professor at Harvard Medical School and Medical Director of Bariendo. They discuss the role of endobariatrics in weight optimization programs, the ideal candidates and the future of this rapidly burgeoning field. They wrap up the episode by highlighting Bariendo - a weight loss company whose mission is to standardize high quality endoscopic sleeve gastrectomy and endobariatrics across the country. 

In this episode of the Innovation series, Dr. Parikh is back discussing virtual care platforms. Today he interviews Dr. Sahil Patel, gastroenterologist and Medical Director for SideBy Care, and Norah Candito, registered dietician and Director of Clinical Operations for SideBy Care. They discuss the origin of SideBy Care and delve into its mission to help patients with disorders of the gut-brain interaction. 

Continuing with Esophageal Cancer awareness month, Dr. Parikh interviews Dr. Lishan Aklog, who is chairman and CEO of Lucid Diagnostics. They discuss esophageal cancer pathophysiology, prevalence and the current state of esophageal cancer screening.  They then shift their focus to EsoGuard, a novel screening tool for Barrett's esophagus and esophageal cancer.This episode is brought to you by Lucid Diagnostics maker of the EsoGuard test for early detection of esophageal precancer.

April is Esophageal Cancer awareness month. Dr. Parikh interviews fellow gastroenterologist, Dr. George Sun. They discuss the epidemiology, risk factors, and symptoms of esophageal cancer before briefly providing an overview of treatment modalities. This episode is brought to you by Castle Biosciences, maker of TissueCypher, a test designed to predict the risk of esophageal cancer in patients with Barrett’s esophagus.

As the Gut Doctor podcast continues to raise awareness for colorectal cancer, Dr. Parikh interviews Dr. Paul Limburg, MD, who is a gastroenterologist and chief medical officer for Exact Sciences. They discuss colon cancer prevalence, barriers to CRC screening, and the role of stool based testing such as Cologuard. This episode is sponsored by Exact Sciences whose purpose is to help eradicate cancer by preventing it, detecting it earlier, and guiding personalized treatment. Exact Sciences is the maker of the Cologuard® test, a stool-based screening test for average risk adults ages 45 and over. 

As we continue to raise colon cancer awareness in the month of March, in this GI 101 episode, Dr. Parikh interviews Dr. Larry Kogan to discuss the basics of a colonoscopy. What is a colonoscopy? How do we do it? Why do we do it? Dr. Kogan is a third year gastroenterology fellow at Yale University. The GI 101 series is a set of episodes focused on interviewing physicians in training to get their perspective on bread and butter GI topics.

It is March so all our episodes focus on colorectal cancer! In today's episode, Dr. Toufic Kachaamy, Chief of Medicine and Director of Gastroenterology at City of Hope in Phoenix, discusses the new frontier of endoscopic oncology. He shares innovative insights on rectal cancer ablation, artificial intelligence for polyp detection, genomic testing for colon cancer and a new way to identify flat polyps that he has recently patented. His core message: we must detect polyps early and prevent colon cancer.

In a Gut Doctor first, Dr. Parikh interviews a fellow podcaster- Amber Tresca! Amber is a medical writer, podcast host and blogger. Her platform, AboutIBD, empowers patients living with inflammatory bowel disease as she shares her experiences living with ulcerative colitis and a J-pouch. In this episode, she shares her journey and provides tips for patients living with IBD.

In the GI 101 series, Dr. Parikh interviews one of the training physicians to get their perspective on a variety of gastrointestinal topics. Today he interviews Dr. Hamza Sohail, a gastroenterology fellow at Baystate Health, and they discuss ascites. This episode is brought to you by Mindray & Aegle Medical, manufacturer and distributor of the Hepatus-series platform, which is a NexGen vibration-controlled elastography technology used to stage and monitor liver disease.

In this Gut Doctor episode, Dr. Parikh takes on the patient role as PA Sarah Enslin discusses diagnosis and management of Barrett's esophagus. Sarah Enslin is a physician assistant at the University of Rochester Medical Center and Vice Chair of American College of Gastroenterology's Advanced Practice Provider committee. Today’s episode is brought to you by Castle Biosciences, maker of TissueCypher, a test designed to predict the risk of esophageal cancer in patients with Barrett’s esophagus.

In this episode of the Gut Doctor podcast, Dr. Parikh interviews Dr. Ponni Perumalswami to discuss the spectrum of liver diseases caused by alcohol use and toxicity. Dr. Perumalswami is Professor of Medicine at the University of Michigan and the Director of the Alcohol Liver Disease program. She reviews the pathophysiology of alcoholic liver disease, signs and symptoms, and the range of treatment options including brief intervention therapy.

In this episode of the Innovation series, Dr. Parikh interviews Dr. Kosinski, founder of SonarMD. SonarMD uses digital health to perform monthly health checks, recognize early warning signs and prevent gut disease flare ups.  

What is endoscopic ultrasound? Dr. Ari Benson, interventional endoscopist and Chief of Endoscopy at Shaare Zedek Medical Center, tells patients what they need to know about EUS.

In today's episode of the Innovation series, Dr. Parikh sits down with Mindy Mintz Mordecai, president and CEO of the Esophageal Cancer Action Network (ECAN). They discuss Mindy's journey, the origins of ECAN, and how it continues to support current and future patients with esophageal cancer. Today's episode was brought to you by Castle Biosciences, maker of TissueCypher, a test designed to predict the risk of esophageal cancer in patients with Barrett's esophagus. 

Is olive oil the panacea for all things GI? In this episode of the Food as Medicine series, Dr. Parikh interviews Dr. Bianca Thakkar who discusses the key components of olive oil, its reported health benefits and the supporting evidence.

Dr. Parikh interviews Jeff Glueck, CEO and Co-Founder of Salvo Health, in this Innovation series episode. Salvo Health is a digital health platform that looks to support brick and mortar gastroenterology practices care for chronic GI diseases using their patented "Whole Self Science" algorithm. 

A successful bowel preparation is a prerequisite for a successful colonoscopy. In today's episode I interview Rob Raleigh, Chief Operating Officer and General Counsel for Sebela Pharmaceuticals. Rob details the numerous barriers that can potentially prevent a patient from having a successful clean out prior to their colonoscopy and what we can do about them. This episode is brought to you by Sebela Pharmaceuticals. 

What is reiki? How does it interact with the gut-brain axis? Dr. Parastoo Jangouk, a certified mindfulness business coach, Reiki instructor and gastroenterologist, answer these questions and more in this episode of the Gut Doctor Podcast.

In this episode of the Innovation series, Dr. Parikh interviews Asaf Kraus, CEO and founder of Dieta Health. Dieta's core application is to use artificial intelligence to monitor a patient's bowel movements and improve digestive health. 

Dr. Parikh interviews Noam Kalina, Chief Business Officer for GistMD. GistMD is an AI-driven personalized patient education platform. Noam explains how GistMD is hoping to help GI patients better understand their disease states and have more success with their bowel preparations. 

In today's episode of the Innovation series, Dr. Parikh interviews Dr. Latha Alaparthi who is associate chief medical officer of Yale New Haven Health's Bridgeport Hospital Milford campus and co-founder of Olvi Health. They discuss digital health, precision medicine and the virtual digestive platform for women's GI disorders, Olvi Health. 

Everyone says breakfast is important. But why? What makes a good breakfast? Does it matter when you eat it? Jamie Allers, a registered dietician and frequent contributor on the show, answers these questions and more. 

In the spirit of World IBD Day,  today's episode in the Innovation series focuses on IBD in the South Asian population. Tina Aswani-Omprakash is President and co-founder of the South Asian IBD Alliance (SAIA) and she discusses the origin and mission of her patient advocacy organization. 

In this episode of the Gut Doctor podcast, Dr. Parikh interviews Dr. Amanda Ayers, a colorectal surgeon. They discuss the surgical perspective and treatment of colorectal cancer.

We continue the Innovation series where I will speak with physicians, executives, entrepreneurs and leaders who are spearheading us into the next frontier of medicine and gastroenterology. Torrey Smith, an aerospace engineer by training, fits that description completely. He is CEO and co-founder of Endiatx which is pioneering the PillBot - a remotely controlled, motorized pill camera that can look at the stomach. Listen in and if you want to learn more, visit https://www.endiatx.com/mission.

This is the inaugural episode in the new Innovation series. In this series of the Gut Doctor Podcast, I will speak with physicians, executives, entrepreneurs and leaders who are spearheading us into the next frontier of medicine and gastroenterology. In this episode we discuss physician burnout with Parastoo Jangouk, MD. Parastoo is a gastroenterologist, certified mindfulness business coach and the co-founder of SOULpreneurMD (https://www.soulpreneurmd.com/). 

In the GI 101 series, Dr. Parikh interviews one of the training physicians to get their perspective on a variety of gastrointestinal topics. In today's episode, he speaks with Dr. Neil Khoury, a gastroenterology fellow at the University of Connecticut. Dr. Khoury discusses the new guidelines for management of acute pancreatitis.  

March is colon cancer awareness month so in today's episode, I discuss oncologic treatment options for colorectal cancer with Dr. Hardeep Phull. Dr. Phull is Medical Director of Oncology at Palomar Health and Clinical Instructor at the University of California San Diego. He gives a bird's-eye perspective on the steps from colon cancer diagnosis to potential therapy as well as discusses chemotherapy and radiation therapy. 

The doctor becomes the patient in this episode of the Gut Doctor podcast when Dr. Parikh's partner, Dr. John Wysocki- a fellow gastroenterologist- comes to the endoscopy center for his first screening colonoscopy.