Lauren Feld, MD
@laurenfeldmd.bsky.social
Assistant Professor of Hepatology & Gastroenterology at UMass | Passionate about workforce equity, medical ethics and women's health in liver disease. She/her.
Want to learn on your commute?
Check out @amcollegegastro.bsky.social podcast series on Pregnancy and GI and Liver Diseases!
In this episode, I interview the brilliant and passionate Dr Aline Charabaty on Diarrhea and Fecal Incontinence During Pregnancy ⬇️
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Check out @amcollegegastro.bsky.social podcast series on Pregnancy and GI and Liver Diseases!
In this episode, I interview the brilliant and passionate Dr Aline Charabaty on Diarrhea and Fecal Incontinence During Pregnancy ⬇️
podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/t...
Episode 8: Fecal Incontinence and Diarrhea During Pregnancy
Podcast Episode · The ACG GI in Pregnancy Monograph Podcast · 08/01/2025 · 10m
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August 1, 2025 at 8:27 PM
Want to learn on your commute?
Check out @amcollegegastro.bsky.social podcast series on Pregnancy and GI and Liver Diseases!
In this episode, I interview the brilliant and passionate Dr Aline Charabaty on Diarrhea and Fecal Incontinence During Pregnancy ⬇️
podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/t...
Check out @amcollegegastro.bsky.social podcast series on Pregnancy and GI and Liver Diseases!
In this episode, I interview the brilliant and passionate Dr Aline Charabaty on Diarrhea and Fecal Incontinence During Pregnancy ⬇️
podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/t...
Thrilled (and a bit surprised) to be nominated for a Disruptive Influencer Award by @gohealio.bsky.social .
An incredible group of nominees - please vote for your choice below!
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An incredible group of nominees - please vote for your choice below!
www.surveymonkey.com/r/HealioInno...
Healio Disruptive Innovators Awards 2025
Vote for this year's winners!
www.surveymonkey.com
August 1, 2025 at 8:24 PM
Thrilled (and a bit surprised) to be nominated for a Disruptive Influencer Award by @gohealio.bsky.social .
An incredible group of nominees - please vote for your choice below!
www.surveymonkey.com/r/HealioInno...
An incredible group of nominees - please vote for your choice below!
www.surveymonkey.com/r/HealioInno...
Join the #DDW2025 Symposium on Practical Solutions for Family Friendly Work Policies and Improved Recruitment & Retention, at 10am today in Room 1 !
Dr Kira Newman and I will moderate an incredible line up: Drs @amyoxentenkomd.bsky.social , Vazquez-Roque, Rodriguez and Macmillan
Dr Kira Newman and I will moderate an incredible line up: Drs @amyoxentenkomd.bsky.social , Vazquez-Roque, Rodriguez and Macmillan
May 6, 2025 at 3:49 PM
Join the #DDW2025 Symposium on Practical Solutions for Family Friendly Work Policies and Improved Recruitment & Retention, at 10am today in Room 1 !
Dr Kira Newman and I will moderate an incredible line up: Drs @amyoxentenkomd.bsky.social , Vazquez-Roque, Rodriguez and Macmillan
Dr Kira Newman and I will moderate an incredible line up: Drs @amyoxentenkomd.bsky.social , Vazquez-Roque, Rodriguez and Macmillan
Fascinating first talk in this session on same-gender preferences for endoscopist for colon cancer screening in a Thai patient population, by Dr Kanya Hirunrattanaporn #DDW2025
May 4, 2025 at 11:11 PM
Fascinating first talk in this session on same-gender preferences for endoscopist for colon cancer screening in a Thai patient population, by Dr Kanya Hirunrattanaporn #DDW2025
Interested in practical solutions for addressing gender and racial disparities in GI?
Come to the AGA Research Forum "The Evolving Landscape of Gastroenterology" *today* at 4pm in 20A
Excited to co-moderate with the wonderful Dr. @shaziamsiddique.bsky.social
#DDW2025 @amergastroassn.bsky.social
Come to the AGA Research Forum "The Evolving Landscape of Gastroenterology" *today* at 4pm in 20A
Excited to co-moderate with the wonderful Dr. @shaziamsiddique.bsky.social
#DDW2025 @amergastroassn.bsky.social
May 4, 2025 at 8:30 PM
Interested in practical solutions for addressing gender and racial disparities in GI?
Come to the AGA Research Forum "The Evolving Landscape of Gastroenterology" *today* at 4pm in 20A
Excited to co-moderate with the wonderful Dr. @shaziamsiddique.bsky.social
#DDW2025 @amergastroassn.bsky.social
Come to the AGA Research Forum "The Evolving Landscape of Gastroenterology" *today* at 4pm in 20A
Excited to co-moderate with the wonderful Dr. @shaziamsiddique.bsky.social
#DDW2025 @amergastroassn.bsky.social
Thrilled to have received the ACG/ASGE Epidemiologic Research Award to study Patient Sex and Endoscopist Gender, and implications for Colonoscopy Quality Assessment
Thanks to generous funders and to amazing Co-Is Dr Cummings, Maranki, Schmitt & Calderwood, who taught me so much during this process!
Thanks to generous funders and to amazing Co-Is Dr Cummings, Maranki, Schmitt & Calderwood, who taught me so much during this process!
The ACG Institute proudly announces $2.3M in funding for the 2025 Clinical Research Award recipients!
Congratulations to this year’s investigators! Get to know the awardees and their projects:
➡️ gi.org/research-awards ⬅️
@amyoxentenkomd.bsky.social
Congratulations to this year’s investigators! Get to know the awardees and their projects:
➡️ gi.org/research-awards ⬅️
@amyoxentenkomd.bsky.social
April 7, 2025 at 4:53 PM
Thrilled to have received the ACG/ASGE Epidemiologic Research Award to study Patient Sex and Endoscopist Gender, and implications for Colonoscopy Quality Assessment
Thanks to generous funders and to amazing Co-Is Dr Cummings, Maranki, Schmitt & Calderwood, who taught me so much during this process!
Thanks to generous funders and to amazing Co-Is Dr Cummings, Maranki, Schmitt & Calderwood, who taught me so much during this process!
I went with my kindergartner to a Welcome Blanket Project @welcomeblanket.bsky.social event at our local library.
Values of kindness and welcoming seem to come naturally to kids (and yet so hard for some adults).
Values of kindness and welcoming seem to come naturally to kids (and yet so hard for some adults).
March 4, 2025 at 12:57 AM
I went with my kindergartner to a Welcome Blanket Project @welcomeblanket.bsky.social event at our local library.
Values of kindness and welcoming seem to come naturally to kids (and yet so hard for some adults).
Values of kindness and welcoming seem to come naturally to kids (and yet so hard for some adults).
open.substack.com/pub/annehele...
Tragic and important:
"Why fund schools if you don’t have kids in them?...Or research to cure a disease you don’t have? ...
Instead, each person should be able to ... pay for the stuff that matters to them: ...their own private schools, their own concierge doctors"
Tragic and important:
"Why fund schools if you don’t have kids in them?...Or research to cure a disease you don’t have? ...
Instead, each person should be able to ... pay for the stuff that matters to them: ...their own private schools, their own concierge doctors"
This is How We Fall Out of Love with the World
The Twilight of the American Passion Job
open.substack.com
February 23, 2025 at 5:18 PM
open.substack.com/pub/annehele...
Tragic and important:
"Why fund schools if you don’t have kids in them?...Or research to cure a disease you don’t have? ...
Instead, each person should be able to ... pay for the stuff that matters to them: ...their own private schools, their own concierge doctors"
Tragic and important:
"Why fund schools if you don’t have kids in them?...Or research to cure a disease you don’t have? ...
Instead, each person should be able to ... pay for the stuff that matters to them: ...their own private schools, their own concierge doctors"
Love this article from @amyoxentenkomd.bsky.social on thinking outside the box for workforce solutions.
Allowing physicians to work part time may actually improve patient access to care, as docs close to retirement and those with young kids can stay in the workforce
www.healio.com/news/gastroe...
Allowing physicians to work part time may actually improve patient access to care, as docs close to retirement and those with young kids can stay in the workforce
www.healio.com/news/gastroe...
‘Think outside the box’: ACG president aims to address workforce of the future
At last year’s ACG Annual Scientific Meeting, as president-elect, I sat in at the Board of Governors meeting, where the recurrent theme was workforce shortages in gastroenterology and how we wer...
www.healio.com
February 23, 2025 at 3:20 AM
Love this article from @amyoxentenkomd.bsky.social on thinking outside the box for workforce solutions.
Allowing physicians to work part time may actually improve patient access to care, as docs close to retirement and those with young kids can stay in the workforce
www.healio.com/news/gastroe...
Allowing physicians to work part time may actually improve patient access to care, as docs close to retirement and those with young kids can stay in the workforce
www.healio.com/news/gastroe...
My co-authors and I discuss our experience in early career research in gastroenterology
Establishing the FELD Lab (Fostering Equity in Liver and Digestive disease) and mentoring talented trainees has been a source of true joy amidst rising challenges to academics
www.mdedge.com/gihepnews/ar...
Establishing the FELD Lab (Fostering Equity in Liver and Digestive disease) and mentoring talented trainees has been a source of true joy amidst rising challenges to academics
www.mdedge.com/gihepnews/ar...
Clinical Research in Early Career Academic Medicine | MDedge
Individual and institutional investment and support are vital to the success of junior physicians seeking a career in clinical research.
www.mdedge.com
February 13, 2025 at 5:55 PM
My co-authors and I discuss our experience in early career research in gastroenterology
Establishing the FELD Lab (Fostering Equity in Liver and Digestive disease) and mentoring talented trainees has been a source of true joy amidst rising challenges to academics
www.mdedge.com/gihepnews/ar...
Establishing the FELD Lab (Fostering Equity in Liver and Digestive disease) and mentoring talented trainees has been a source of true joy amidst rising challenges to academics
www.mdedge.com/gihepnews/ar...
Receiving healthcare is terrifying for many people right now.
I wish I could do more.
All I can tell you is that if you are in the LGBTQ+ community and you see me, I'll give you the highest level of respect and quality care, as I do for everyone. As you deserve.
pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/38693299/
I wish I could do more.
All I can tell you is that if you are in the LGBTQ+ community and you see me, I'll give you the highest level of respect and quality care, as I do for everyone. As you deserve.
pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/38693299/
Transgender health care in the United States: legal, ethical and practical concerns for gastroenterologists in a changing landscape - PubMed
Transgender health care in the United States: legal, ethical and practical concerns for gastroenterologists in a changing landscape
pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
February 3, 2025 at 6:32 AM
Receiving healthcare is terrifying for many people right now.
I wish I could do more.
All I can tell you is that if you are in the LGBTQ+ community and you see me, I'll give you the highest level of respect and quality care, as I do for everyone. As you deserve.
pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/38693299/
I wish I could do more.
All I can tell you is that if you are in the LGBTQ+ community and you see me, I'll give you the highest level of respect and quality care, as I do for everyone. As you deserve.
pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/38693299/
Reposted by Lauren Feld, MD
Health disparities are real and study after study has shown the role of racism in these disparities. I want to see physicians and scientists shout that from the rooftops. Stop complying in advance.
February 2, 2025 at 7:56 PM
Health disparities are real and study after study has shown the role of racism in these disparities. I want to see physicians and scientists shout that from the rooftops. Stop complying in advance.
My endoscopy center already has the resources that @drkmcooper.bsky.social made for our paper up on the wall 😊
January 29, 2025 at 12:25 AM
My endoscopy center already has the resources that @drkmcooper.bsky.social made for our paper up on the wall 😊
Reposted by Lauren Feld, MD
A reminder that HIPAA applies regardless of a patient’s immigration status.
A 6-year-old article from the AMA with evergreen guidance for healthcare providers facing this situation:
www.ama-assn.org/delivering-c...
A 6-year-old article from the AMA with evergreen guidance for healthcare providers facing this situation:
www.ama-assn.org/delivering-c...
A colleague wants to call ICE on a patient. What should you do?
Concerns over a patient’s immigration status can create uncertainty and stress in clinic. These five legal points add clarity.
www.ama-assn.org
January 28, 2025 at 1:04 AM
A reminder that HIPAA applies regardless of a patient’s immigration status.
A 6-year-old article from the AMA with evergreen guidance for healthcare providers facing this situation:
www.ama-assn.org/delivering-c...
A 6-year-old article from the AMA with evergreen guidance for healthcare providers facing this situation:
www.ama-assn.org/delivering-c...
Reposted by Lauren Feld, MD
Revolutions are built on hope as much as they are built on righteous anger.
January 25, 2025 at 4:51 PM
Revolutions are built on hope as much as they are built on righteous anger.
Reposted by Lauren Feld, MD
Healthcare workers:
Now is a great time to plan ahead before you’re face-to-face with an ICE agent.
I’ve compiled 14 tips for healthcare workers ⬇️
Now is a great time to plan ahead before you’re face-to-face with an ICE agent.
I’ve compiled 14 tips for healthcare workers ⬇️
Be a Strong Link for Immigrant Patients 🔗
Enhance the ethical care of all patients when immigration agents enter hospitals
www.poppiesandpropofol.com
January 25, 2025 at 2:42 AM
Healthcare workers:
Now is a great time to plan ahead before you’re face-to-face with an ICE agent.
I’ve compiled 14 tips for healthcare workers ⬇️
Now is a great time to plan ahead before you’re face-to-face with an ICE agent.
I’ve compiled 14 tips for healthcare workers ⬇️
What do you tell a patient who comes for an endoscopic procedure and is lactating?
Hint: it's not "pump and dump for 24 hours" as is often done
Check out our new article:
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
Grateful for amazing coauthors: Drs Oxentenko, Cooper, (big sis) Feld, and Gray
#GISky
Hint: it's not "pump and dump for 24 hours" as is often done
Check out our new article:
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
Grateful for amazing coauthors: Drs Oxentenko, Cooper, (big sis) Feld, and Gray
#GISky
iNSIGHTS: Recommendations for endoscopy and sedation in the lactating patient
www.sciencedirect.com
January 18, 2025 at 8:08 PM
What do you tell a patient who comes for an endoscopic procedure and is lactating?
Hint: it's not "pump and dump for 24 hours" as is often done
Check out our new article:
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
Grateful for amazing coauthors: Drs Oxentenko, Cooper, (big sis) Feld, and Gray
#GISky
Hint: it's not "pump and dump for 24 hours" as is often done
Check out our new article:
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
Grateful for amazing coauthors: Drs Oxentenko, Cooper, (big sis) Feld, and Gray
#GISky
Reposted by Lauren Feld, MD
Study (N=520) over 25 years finds women consistently did majority of cooking, cleaning, groceries, laundry. Parenthood widened the gap. Decisions made early in relationships about the distribution of chores persisted over the life of those relationships.
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
Despite gains, women still do most of the housework. Will this gender gap ever narrow? | CBC News
Like the laundry that never goes away, research on the gender gap has shown us the same pattern over and over: women still take on more of the domestic tasks than men. Now, new research out of the Uni...
www.cbc.ca
January 15, 2025 at 12:36 AM
Study (N=520) over 25 years finds women consistently did majority of cooking, cleaning, groceries, laundry. Parenthood widened the gap. Decisions made early in relationships about the distribution of chores persisted over the life of those relationships.
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
Reposted by Lauren Feld, MD
Data out from the NZ Women in Medicine 2024 survey- Drs appear to be withdrawing from the profession: nearly a third (30%) of Secondary Care and 41% of Primary Care drs have thought about and discussed leaving the profession in the past 12 months.😔
More- www.nzwim.org.nz/work
More- www.nzwim.org.nz/work
OUR WORK — NZ Women in Medicine
NZ Women in Medicine is a large networked community of women/wāhine doctors at all ages and stages of medicine. Currently the only pan professional medical organisation in New Zealand, dedicated to su...
www.nzwim.org.nz
January 11, 2025 at 10:37 PM
Data out from the NZ Women in Medicine 2024 survey- Drs appear to be withdrawing from the profession: nearly a third (30%) of Secondary Care and 41% of Primary Care drs have thought about and discussed leaving the profession in the past 12 months.😔
More- www.nzwim.org.nz/work
More- www.nzwim.org.nz/work
Reposted by Lauren Feld, MD
Study of Australian income data (2001-2013) finds longer parental leave is associated with lower post-leave income for women in men-dominated occupations but not in women-dominated or gender-neutral fields.
theconversation.com/parental-lea...
theconversation.com/parental-lea...
Parental leave paradox: Why women who take longer leaves face career penalties in men-dominated fields
Women who take longer parental leaves in men-dominated industries may face penalties, including lower pay and limited promotion opportunities.
theconversation.com
January 8, 2025 at 8:29 PM
Study of Australian income data (2001-2013) finds longer parental leave is associated with lower post-leave income for women in men-dominated occupations but not in women-dominated or gender-neutral fields.
theconversation.com/parental-lea...
theconversation.com/parental-lea...
Reposted by Lauren Feld, MD
"Stop asking why schools don't have bulletproof glass and metal detectors at all the doors. Ask why schools have to. That's the question that needs to be asked,” Madison Police Chief Shon Barnes
December 17, 2024 at 1:59 AM
"Stop asking why schools don't have bulletproof glass and metal detectors at all the doors. Ask why schools have to. That's the question that needs to be asked,” Madison Police Chief Shon Barnes
NIH supports a shockingly small amount of research on women's health.
So, this cute song is on my Endoscopy playlist.
Along with a lot of Taylor Swift..
open.spotify.com/track/5eoG7w...
So, this cute song is on my Endoscopy playlist.
Along with a lot of Taylor Swift..
open.spotify.com/track/5eoG7w...
December 13, 2024 at 5:51 PM
NIH supports a shockingly small amount of research on women's health.
So, this cute song is on my Endoscopy playlist.
Along with a lot of Taylor Swift..
open.spotify.com/track/5eoG7w...
So, this cute song is on my Endoscopy playlist.
Along with a lot of Taylor Swift..
open.spotify.com/track/5eoG7w...
Reposted by Lauren Feld, MD
It's that time of the year again. In no particular order, I would like to share a few of #livertwitter in 2024 with #liversky
These could be original research, guidance statement, position paper or editorial. This is def not an inclusive list. Feel free to add to the 🧵
These could be original research, guidance statement, position paper or editorial. This is def not an inclusive list. Feel free to add to the 🧵
December 10, 2024 at 8:28 PM
It's that time of the year again. In no particular order, I would like to share a few of #livertwitter in 2024 with #liversky
These could be original research, guidance statement, position paper or editorial. This is def not an inclusive list. Feel free to add to the 🧵
These could be original research, guidance statement, position paper or editorial. This is def not an inclusive list. Feel free to add to the 🧵
Reposted by Lauren Feld, MD
Need holiday gift ideas #ACGfamily #GastroSky?
Books! 📕🧡📗💚📘💙
GI books by GI authors PLUS leadership classics suggested by members of #ACGInstitute Advanced Leadership Development Program AND fun fiction recommendations too!
🎁📚🎁📚
bit.ly/acg-mag-fall...
Books! 📕🧡📗💚📘💙
GI books by GI authors PLUS leadership classics suggested by members of #ACGInstitute Advanced Leadership Development Program AND fun fiction recommendations too!
🎁📚🎁📚
bit.ly/acg-mag-fall...
ACG Magazine | Vol. 8, No. 3 | Fall 2024
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December 13, 2024 at 5:13 PM
Need holiday gift ideas #ACGfamily #GastroSky?
Books! 📕🧡📗💚📘💙
GI books by GI authors PLUS leadership classics suggested by members of #ACGInstitute Advanced Leadership Development Program AND fun fiction recommendations too!
🎁📚🎁📚
bit.ly/acg-mag-fall...
Books! 📕🧡📗💚📘💙
GI books by GI authors PLUS leadership classics suggested by members of #ACGInstitute Advanced Leadership Development Program AND fun fiction recommendations too!
🎁📚🎁📚
bit.ly/acg-mag-fall...
Reposted by Lauren Feld, MD
Society is misaligned to modern life: school schedules unequal to work hours, workplaces made for employees w/o caregiving, lack of affordable childcare. The answer isn't confining women to one role, it is a society that works for the choices women make. www.vogue.com/article/joy-...
December 12, 2024 at 7:31 PM
Society is misaligned to modern life: school schedules unequal to work hours, workplaces made for employees w/o caregiving, lack of affordable childcare. The answer isn't confining women to one role, it is a society that works for the choices women make. www.vogue.com/article/joy-...