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Kevin Watson Jr, MD, FAAP
@kevinwatsonjrmd.bsky.social
Pediatric gastroenterologist & informaticist at Akron Children’s and NEOMED. Passionate about DEI and mentoring. ❤️✈️&🍱🥪. Opinions=my own. He/him/his 🏳️‍🌈
Thank you to @naspghan.bsky.social for allowing me to discuss #AI applications in GI and best practices for incorporating in academic fields at our annual meeting. Good to see such a large number of #pedsgi physicians eager to learn more about AI.
November 9, 2025 at 9:17 PM
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In today's new episode, Dr. Kevin Watson talks to hosts Dr. Peter Lu & Dr. Jennifer Lee about using #AI in GI and his experience introducing AI scribes to his #pediatricGI division and children's hospital.

Can AI really write my notes for me? 🤔

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October 20, 2025 at 11:01 AM
If you are planning on attending #Epic UGM conference next week please plan to see our session from @akronchildrens.bsky.social regarding our implementation of ambient AI scribes with @abridge.com. Come see how you can decrease provider times in notes as well as physician burnout!
August 13, 2025 at 10:50 PM
I am taking part in the Northeast Ohio Take Steps walk to work toward raising a cure for Crohn’s & Colitis. Any donation will help this tremendously important work for my patients and for the many who are living with IBD. #ccfa #ibd #takesteps

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Help me take steps toward cures for Crohn’s disease & ulcerative colitis
I'm participating in Take Steps, the Crohn's & Colitis Foundation's largest, most impactful fundraising campaign. Funds raised through Take Steps help create a new future for people living with IBD — ...
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May 7, 2025 at 2:11 PM
So grateful to work on this quality improvement project for our #pedsgi division. ⬆️ use of standard order sets and ⬇️ time spent on orders. A great time saver! #MedEd #qi #pediatric

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Improving Evidenced-based Outpatient Order Set Utilization... : Pediatric Quality & Safety
s with embedded clinical decision support tools. In 2022, the utilization of SmartSets in our hospital’s gastrointestinal division was only 1.9%, far below our organizational target of 50%. Methods: ...
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February 13, 2025 at 10:11 PM
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Indirect (facility and admin) costs are real. For 70 years, the US biomedical research enterprise has been structured on recovery of these institutional expenditures. Reduction of indirect costs recovery to 15% will cripple US biomedical research for decades.

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NIH slashes overhead payments for research, sparking outrage
Move to cut indirect cost rate to 15% could cost universities billions of dollars
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February 8, 2025 at 10:59 AM
Recent publication by two former @akronchildrens.bsky.social residents, now #pedsgi fellows @nationwidekids.bsky.social #meded

Endoscopic and rectal tube management of pediatric sigmoid volvulus: A case series - Khemka - JPGN Reports - Wiley Online Library onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...
Endoscopic and rectal tube management of pediatric sigmoid volvulus: A case series
The process of the sigmoid colon twisting on its mesentery is known as sigmoid volvulus, a diagnosis rarely seen in the pediatric population. Volvulus can lead to blood flow obstruction of the colon ...
onlinelibrary.wiley.com
February 5, 2025 at 9:57 PM
Thank you Digestive Diseases & Sciences Journal for the opportunity to write this commentary. Excited at the prospect of more precise markers to predict anti-TNF response in the future. #pedsgi #IBD #naspghan

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Calling in Your Markers: Can Biomarkers Predict the Response to Anti-TNF Therapy in Pediatric Patients with Crohn’s Disease? - Digestive Diseases and Sciences
Digestive Diseases and Sciences -
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January 25, 2025 at 4:01 PM
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An all new episode! 🎙

Dr. David Vitale, Director of #interventional #endoscopy Cincinnati Children’s, discusses indications for #EUS and #ERCP in #pancreatitis

🎧Listen here:

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January 14, 2025 at 2:25 AM
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Early Anti-TNF (infliximab, adalimumab) therapy prevents perianal fistulas in children with Crohn’s disease.
TNF Inhibitors Prevent Complications in Kids with Crohn’s Disease, Recommended as First-Line Therapies - Global Health News Wire
Study confirms that the use of anti-tumor necrosis factor drugs dramatically reduces the likelihood of perianal fistulas Early treatment of pediatric Crohn’s disease with anti-tumor necrosis factor me...
globalhealthnewswire.com
December 24, 2024 at 5:24 PM
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We stand with IBD warriors and caregivers to make #IBDvisible during #Crohn’s and Colitis Awareness Week. 💜 #CCAwarenessWeek
December 1, 2024 at 5:30 PM
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After years of requests, it's finally here. 👀

In our first Bowel Sounds en español, hosts Dr. Jose Garza & Dr. Rosalyn Diaz talk to Dr. Marina Orsi about cow's milk protein intolerance and the upcoming #WCPGHAN2024 in Buenos Aires! 🇦🇷

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November 25, 2024 at 11:00 AM
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Our latest episode is OUT NOW!

@temarahajjatmd.bsky.social and @jasonsilverman.bsky.social sit down with Dr. Sandeep Gupta for yet another fast-paced GI research Year in Review, live from the annual @naspghan.bsky.social conference.

Listen now!

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November 18, 2024 at 10:50 PM
Me trying to remember to incorporate sky into hashtags. Practice makes perfect #gastrosky #medsky #pedsky
Callumiero GIF
ALT: Callumiero GIF
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November 16, 2024 at 8:38 PM
Trying to start the transition to blue sky #pedsgi out there help guide me please 🙏🏾 #medtwitter
November 15, 2024 at 12:08 AM