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LSUHS Faculty and Fellows of the Gastroenterology and Hepatology Department made multiple presentations at the Digestive Disease Week Conference, May 2024 in Washington, DC.

NPR Red River Radio - On Health Matters, they talk about colorectal cancer screening and prevention with Dr. Sudha Pandit, LSUHS Assistant Professor Clinical of Internal Medicine, Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology.

Healio Gastroenterology - Sudha Pandit, MD, LSUHS Assistant Professor of Medicine, reports that the survival rate for colorectal cancer “is over 91%” if caught early, an important reminder during Colorectal Cancer Awareness Month.

318 Forum - Dr. James Morris, LSUHS Associate Professor of Medicine, shares information about diagnosis and treatment for celiac disease.

KTAL6 - In the United States, more people die of colorectal cancer than any other cancer, besides lung cancer. Louisiana has one of the highest rates in the country.

318 Forum - LSUHS Gastroenterology Assistant Professor, Dr. Sudha Pandit, and Fellow, Dr. Nazar Hafiz, share about the importance of getting screened for colorectal cancer.

KSLA12 - "Listen to Your Gut" is an event in honor of Colorectal Cancer Awareness Month, educating the community on the importance of being screened for colorectal cancer, the fourth most common cancer diagnosed in the U.S.

Did you know that colon cancer is the third most common preventable cancer and screening saves lives? Join us in bringing awareness about colorectal cancer.

LSU Health Shreveport has named Dr. James Morris as the inaugural Assistant Dean for Graduate Medical Education and Dr. Shane Barton as the inaugural Assistant Dean for Faculty Development.

We are excited to announce awards and recognition received by our faculty and residents at the 2021 American College of Gastroenterology Annual Scientific Conference.

We want to congratulate Dr. Sudha Pandit for her recent appointment to the ACG Women in GI Committee.

Several faculty in the Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology have received new appointments at LSUHS and to various national academic organizations.

We are excited to announce that Dr. Samuel Igbinedion will join Harvard Medical School Hospital BIDMC in Boston, MA and Dr. Anush Vasikaran will join GI Associates, LLC in Milwaukee, WI.

We are excited to welcome new fellows: Maryam Mubashir, Shazia Rashid and Syed Musa Raza (L to R in photo) to the Division of Gastrenterology and Rheumatology at LSU Health Shreveport.

Dr. Qiang Cai, Division Chief of Gastroenterology, makes multiple presentations at the 2021 Digestive Disease Week conference.

Dr. James D. Morris, Associate Professor of Medicine and Program Director for the Gastroenterology Residency, was awarded the Allen A. Copping, DDS Excellence in Teaching Award for Clinical Medicine.

Please join in welcoming Qiang Cai, MD, PhD, our new Chairman of Gastroenterology, to LSU Health Shreveport. Dr Cai joins us from Emory University School of Medicine where he was Professor of Medicine, Master Clinician, and the Director of the Advanced Endoscopy Fellowship. 

We are excited to announce that the paper "3D Printing for Bio-Synthetic Biliary Stents" is nominated for the 2020 Best Paper
Award from Bioengineering journal.

Dr. Samant’s award will support his work on developing esophageal stents and advancing them for future use in a clinical setting.