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Frank I. Scott, MD MSCE
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Gastroenterologist specializing in IBD and epidemiology at the University of Colorado, APD of GI Fellowship program, Co-Director of GI Outcomes Research Group, Co- Director of IBD QORUS, avid philly sports fan, cyclist
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🎉 Congrats @frankiscottmd.bsky.social & @benclickmd.bsky.social on their updated systematic review & network meta-analysis informing the 2025
@amergastroassn.bsky.social Clinical Guidelines on the mgmt of mod-to-severe Crohn’s disease in Gastroenterology! www.gastrojournal.org/article/S001...
Comparative Efficacy of Advanced Therapies for Management of Moderate-to-Severe Crohn’s Disease: 2025 AGA Evidence Synthesis
We performed an updated systematic review and network meta-analysis to inform the 2025 American Gastroenterological Association Clinical Guidelines on the management of moderate-to-severe Crohn’s dise...
www.gastrojournal.org
November 6, 2025 at 5:00 PM
frankiscottmd.bsky.social
Excited for the 7th annual IBD101 course, hosted by @amcollegegastro.bsky.social in Dallas, TX today! Fantastic educational program for first year gi fellows
September 13, 2025 at 2:06 PM
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cugastrohep.bsky.social
Help us give a warm Colorado welcome 🌞🏔️to our newest IBD Faculty member- Dr. Siobhan Proksell! Dr. Proksell is an IBD specialist focusing on fertility & pregnancy in patients w/ IBD. Welcome to the team! @jchristiemd.bsky.social @frankiscottmd.bsky.social @benclickmd.bsky.social
Welcome new University of Colorado Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology faculty member, Siobhan Proksell, MD! Dr. Proksell is an IBD specialist with a focus on fertility and pregnancy in patients managing IBD.
August 12, 2025 at 6:49 PM
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atoosarabiee.bsky.social
A new but tested and tried mentorship method 👇🏼

Near-Peer mentorship 😊
@drjessicadavis.bsky.social
Thank you for spearheading the project

#liversky

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July 8, 2025 at 5:47 PM
frankiscottmd.bsky.social
The latest edition of the @amergastroassn.bsky.social guideline on the management of moderate-to-severe Crohn's disease is now open for public comment-

🔗 Review the draft and submit comments by July 20: ow.ly/iFkm50Wf4Q5
Open for public comment: AGA guideline on pharmacologic management of moderate-to-severe Crohn's disease
The American Gastroenterological Association (AGA) is the trusted voice of the GI community. AGA publishes top-tier journals, guidelines and patient education ...
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June 27, 2025 at 11:12 AM
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cugastrohep.bsky.social
#TaylorKarlMD and #ThomasEnkeMD took home the Dr. Marshall Freedman Award for outstanding academic and clinical records! Recipients are chosen based on academic achievements, clinical abilities, & leadership during their fellowship. Congrats! 🎉💪 @jchristiemd.bsky.social @frankiscottmd.bsky.social
Taylor Karl, MD and Thomas Enke, MD are presented with the Dr. Marshall Freedman award by Drs. Jennifer Christie and Frank Scott. Taylor Karl, MD and Thomas Enke, MD are presented with the Dr. Marshall Freedman award by Dr. Frank Scott.
June 16, 2025 at 9:33 PM
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petergleick.bsky.social
There are 2 previous historical cases of countries destroying their science and universities, crippling them for decades: Lysenkoism in the USSR and Nazi Germany. The Trump administration will be the 3rd.
It's not just budgets but research, institutions, expertise, and training the next generation.
Graphs showing 25 years of budgets for the National Institute of Health, NASA, and the NSF. In all cases, the proposed budget for next year is far, far below any year of the previous quarter century.
May 31, 2025 at 4:43 AM
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cugastrohep.bsky.social
📅Come see us @ #DDW2025 @ddwmeeting.bsky.social! Check out our full lineup👇, and join us at Digestive Disease Week 2025 for our cutting-edge research🔬 and insight 🧐on advances in GI/Hep. See you there! @bilalmohammadmd.bsky.social @swatipatelmd.bsky.social medschool.cuanschutz.edu/docs/librari...
The University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology will attend Digestive Disease Week 2025!
April 30, 2025 at 3:15 PM
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B A N A N A S
charlottegarden.bsky.social Charlotte Garden @charlottegarden.bsky.social · Apr 17
1. This is so poorly written that the sentence that is -- I think -- supposed to convey a semi-veiled legal threat is incomprehensible.

2. I'm jealous of whichever lawyer gets to write the response.
A letter from the acting US Attorney for DC, requesting information from the editor of the medical journal CHEST about how it selects articles
April 17, 2025 at 9:01 PM
frankiscottmd.bsky.social
In what way is this improving the health of Americans? How is this making it safer at home or at work or abroad?
marisakabas.bsky.social Marisa Kabas @marisakabas.bsky.social · Apr 1
New — Here is a running list of Dept. of Health and Human Services (HHS) offices that have either been fully eliminated or gutted into non-functionality as a result of today's mass firings (provided to me directly by a CDC staffer):
NCCDPHP Division of Reproductive Health Division of Population Health BCSB EPI branch Prevention Research Translation Branch Office of Smoking and Health NCHHSTP Division of TB elimination -Communication, Education, and Behavioral Studies Branch PBEMB GLOBAL Division of HIV and TB Communications Branch SPIN SPICE PBEMB MCHB HIDMSB EHSRB Scientific Integrity Branch NCEH Division of Environmental Science/Practice Asthma and Air Quality branch NCIRD ISD/Partnerships NIOSH Miner safety Health effects lab division Respiratory health division NCBDDD Office of the Director Disability Health NCIPC Division of Violence Prevention Division of Injury Prevention OD Office of Health Equity OCOO Office of Human Resources
April 1, 2025 at 3:45 PM
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erictopol.bsky.social
On a letter I signed
www.nytimes.com/2025/03/31/s...
Trump Administration Has Begun a War on Science, Researchers Say (Gift Article)
Nearly 2,000 scientists urged that Congress restore funding to federal agencies decimated by recent cuts.
www.nytimes.com
March 31, 2025 at 4:08 PM
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sjjphd.bsky.social
I know we are exhausted from the no really this meets the textbook definition of fascism conversation, but exhibit G.

There is a way to resist this both from inside museums and from outside by collectively choosing to learn, archive, and protect the knowledge they want to erase.
Trump targets 'improper ideology' at Smithsonian museums in new executive order
The order states that Vice President JD Vance will be in charge of efforts to prohibit federal funding for Smithsonian programs that are not in line with the administration's goals.
www.nbcnews.com
March 28, 2025 at 11:29 AM
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erictopol.bsky.social
This doesn't look good, folks
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
75% of US scientists who answered Nature poll consider leaving
More than 1,600 readers answered our poll; many said they were looking for jobs in Europe and Canada.
www.nature.com
March 27, 2025 at 7:55 PM
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reichlinmelnick.bsky.social
NEW! Sworn declarations filed last night confirm the Trump admin sent INNOCENT people to rot in prison El Salvador, including a professional soccer player jailed and tortured by the Maduro regime, who entered this country LEGALLY to seek asylum, and who has NO CRIMINAL RECORD in either country.
I am the immigration attorney for Jerce Reyes Barrios, born in January 16, 1989 in Venezuela. 2. In February and March 2024, Mr. Reyes Barrios marched in two demonstrations in Venezuela protesting the authoritarian rule of Maduro. At the second demonstration, he was detained and taken to a clandestine building where he was tortured (electric shocks and suffocation) along with other demonstrators. 3. Shortly after his release, he fled Venezuela for the United States. He registered with CBP One in Mexico, then presented himself to CBP officials on the day of his appointment. He was taken into custody and detained at Otay Mesa Detention Facility in September 2024. 4. We applied for asylum, withholding of removal, and CAT protection in December 2024. His final individual hearing is set for April 17, 2025 before Judge Robinson at the Otay Mesa Immigration Court. 5. On March 15, 2025, Mr. Reyes Barrios was deported to El Salvador with no notice to counsel or family. It was not until March 18, 2025 that counsel was able to reach an ICE official and learn that he had in fact been deported. 6. Mr. Reyes Barrios was/is a professional soccer player in Venezuela. He has never been arrested or charged with a crime. He has a steady employment record as a soccer player, as well as a soccer coach for children and youth. 7. Initially, Mr. Reyes Barrios was placed in maximum security at Otay Mesa and accused of being a Tren de Aragua gang member. The accusation is based on two things. First, he has a tattoo on his arm of a crown sitting atop a soccer ball with a rosary and the word "Dies." OHS alleges that this tattoo is proof of gang membership. In reality, he chose this tattoo, because it is similar to the logo for his favorite soccer team Real Madrid. See logo below. [pictures of the tattoo and the pictures of the logo]. 8. Second, OHS reviewed his social media posts and found a photo of Mr. Reyes Barrios making a hand gesture that they allege is proof of gang membership. 9. After submitting a police clearance from Venezuela indicating no criminal record, multiple employment letters, a declaration from the tattoo artist who rendered the tattoo, and various online images showing similar soccer ball/crown tattoos and explaining the meaning of the hand gesture, Mr. Reyes Barrios was transferred out of maximum security. 10. Nevertheless on March 10th or 11th, he was transferred from Otay Mesa to Texas without notice. Then, on March 15, 2025, he was deported to El Salvador. Counsel and family have lost all contact with him have no information regarding his whereabouts or condition.
March 20, 2025 at 12:40 PM
frankiscottmd.bsky.social
Fantastic start to #RockyMountainIBD in Park City UT this AM, with Ann Flynn providing an excellent review on obesity and its interaction with IBD, as well as the safety of GLP1s when indicated in this population.
March 15, 2025 at 1:15 PM
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petersagal.bsky.social
This letter appeared in the Bloomsburg PA Press Enterprise this morning. I am assured the writer is who he purports to be, an Air Force veteran.
benion Grieving a wasted life At a point in life when there are far too many days behind than ahead, one tends to re-elected in contrast to standing up for the reflect on a life lived. In my lifetime decades greater good? were devoted to protecting America. Sacri A compromised Supreme Court recently fices were made both by myself and my fam- trotted out a shallow token standards of Ily in military service. The tip of the spear: conduct for themselves. Apparently it's Countless weeks over the years were spent not a bribe to accept favors after a deci-sion; only before. Corporations are people? living at the end of a runway on alert with an Really? Whatever happened to Superman's armed B-52 as generations of aviators have motto of "truth, justice, and the American done before and since. way?" The purpose: if required, be airborne Pay-to-play is the theme of the day. Un- in minutes on a one-way trip bringing a challenged and uncontested blatant conflicts nuclear Armageddon to an adversary. Fly: of interest abound. The rule of law is situ- ing the unfriendly skies over North Viet- ational if adhered to at all. America can no nam provided a brief interlude, but overall, longer be trusted. The unbridled pursuit of this long line of silent sentinels stood firm power and wealth driven by unquenchable to protect America by deterring external greed has left service above self and Con- threats to our freedoms and way of life stitutional norms in the dustbin of a quaint across the decades. I was privileged to serve past. with men and women of integrity imbued Recently the VA said exposure to Agent with a sense of service. Orange is the probable cause of the can- I'm truly grateful that the B-52s we flew, which were built tough, were engineered cers I live with. Actually I suspect it's more from yet unspecified sources, which cause on scientific principles and fabricated by experienced, skilled workers rather than military pilots to have significantly higher founded on mere beli…
March 11, 2025 at 10:04 PM
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NEW: Vaccines. Fluoride. Autism.

Communications involving these and 20 other “controversial, high profile, or sensitive” topics will get extra scrutiny under Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.

By @anniewaldman.bsky.social and @lisalsong.bsky.social
National Cancer Institute Employees Can’t Publish Information on These Topics Without Special Approval
Vaccines. Fluoride. Autism. Communications involving these and 20 other “controversial, high profile, or sensitive” topics will get extra scrutiny under Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.
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March 10, 2025 at 5:47 PM
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Amazing weather in Avon and beaver creek today. Got in a ton of runs, now we’re all off to Vail to see @djmarkfarina.bsky.social in the Vail village 🎿🍺🪩
March 8, 2025 at 9:36 PM
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skiles.blue
I got laid off today, with the rest of 18F.

18F was an elite federal software shop. We made gov't websites work better, more efficiently for the American people. We saved taxpayers from getting screwed over by contractors. And were fired for it.

We made this website to tell our story:
18f.org
We're not done yet | 18F
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March 1, 2025 at 10:38 PM
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petersagal.bsky.social
“Mironova used to think it was just her bad luck to be born in Russia. Now, increasingly, it looks like this world was an unlucky place to be born into. “

www.nytimes.com/2025/02/28/o...
Opinion | Putin Is Ready to Carve Up the World. Trump Just Handed Him the Knife. (Gift Article)
The talks about Ukraine were never just about Ukraine.
www.nytimes.com
March 1, 2025 at 11:38 AM
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Volodymyr Zelensky's Oval Office visit ended early when Donald Trump and JD Vance began angrily yelling at him. Here's why women like Kamala Harris and Hillary Clinton are too emotional to be president.
March 1, 2025 at 12:53 AM
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ICPSR at University of Michigan has been one of the longest-running secure data archives in the world and is stepping up to the challenges being presented in the current U.S. environment to keep government data as a resource for researchers and policymakers. isr.umich.edu/giving/suppo...
Support Critical Government Data Preservation | Institute for Social Research
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February 22, 2025 at 6:39 PM
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thanhneville.medsky.social
"The scientific review officer said he could describe the impact of these layoffs on [NIH's] ability to review grant applications and fund research in two words: 'We’re fucked'"

I guess at least I've been accurate in how I describe the current situation.
jeremymberg.bsky.social Jeremy Berg @jeremymberg.bsky.social · Feb 20
Nature Story "Revealed: NIH research grants still frozen despite lawsuits challenging Trump order"

(with non-paywalled link)

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February 21, 2025 at 5:24 AM
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cugastrohep.bsky.social
All is merry and bright🌟 at CU Gastro Hep! We spent a festive 🎅evening together for fun 🎶, friends🎳 & fellowship🥂 to celebrate our hard work & accomplishments. Happy Holidays! 💩@swatipatelmd.bsky.social @bilalmohammadmd.bsky.social @frankiscottmd.bsky.social @prashanthfrancis.bsky.social
The CU Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology celebrates the holiday season at Punch Bowl Social Denver. The CU Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology celebrates the holiday season at Punch Bowl Social Denver. The CU Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology celebrates the holiday season at Punch Bowl Social Denver. The CU Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology celebrates the holiday season at Punch Bowl Social Denver.
December 9, 2024 at 6:07 PM
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cugastrohep.bsky.social
We are excited to welcome this 🌟 lineup to @cuanschutz.bsky.social and can’t wait to work w/ these future leaders in #Gastroenterology & #Hepatology! Congrats to Drs. Mohanad Awadalla, Julie Giannini, Rachna Talluri, Alejandra Vargas, Kia Vosoughi!🥳 #FellowshipMatch #WelcometoGI #GastroSky #LiverSky
December 4, 2024 at 6:54 PM