For me, gastroenterology is a family endeavor. My father is a passionate pediatric gastroenterologist, so fulfilled by helping patients find answers and relief that he inspired both my sister and me to enter the field.
However, the practice of GI has changed so dramatically that it is nearly unrecognizable from what my father experienced even just a few short years ago.
Today, physician shortages, patient demand, high-deductible health plans, reimbursement limitations and practice economics have turned practicing medicine into painful exercises in arbitrage and patience. These are not isolated

Maternal exposure to TNF inhibition does not significantly increase infection risk in newborns, according to findings published in Arthritis & Rheumatology.
“TNF inhibitors are increasingly used during pregnancy to maintain disease control in women with chronic inflammatory diseases,” Evelyne Vinet, PhD, of the department of epidemiology, biostatistics and occupational health at the McGill University Health Center in Montreal, told Healio. “However, concerns about infection risk in exposed offspring remain a major source of anxiety for both patients and clinicians. These