The Gut Doctor

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 endob...

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 in...

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 Luci...

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...

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 canc...

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 pe...

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 pol...

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 vibrati...

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...

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...

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 predic...

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 Sebel...

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.