Chair, Internal Medicine, Baylor University Medical Center, Dallas / President-Elect American Gastroenterological Association

Joined May 2011
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Don’t miss out on an opportunity to apply for an AGA research award. Particularly attractive are the 5 AGA pilot awards not prioritized to any specific area. These awards provide $40,000 for 1 yr to independent investigators at any faculty career stage researching new directions in GI or hepatology-related areas.
The 2026-2027 AGA Research Awards cycle is OPEN 🎉 Our Pilot & Specialty Awards are now accepting applications, including: 🔹 Pilot Research Awards 🔹 Digestive cancer specialty award 🔹 Gastric cancer specialty award Applications close Sept. 15. 🔗 ow.ly/vIbK50YNVKN
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Want to sharpen your peer-review skills and help shape the future of GI research? 📚✨ Applications are now open for the @AGA_CMGH Early Career Reviewer Panel — featuring mentored peer review and formal reviewer training. 🔗 ow.ly/IW8c50YUFxy

Now open: CMGH Early Career Reviewer Panel. Become an expert manuscript reviewer through mentored peer-review and formal training. 📆 Virtual term: Aug. 10, 2026–Aug. 9, 2027.  ⏰ Apply by June 5 (11:59 p.m. ET). 🔗ow.ly/IW8c50YUFxy
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AGA President-elect @BCryer took the stage at the ABGH 2026 Summit today! It's always a privilege to partner with AGA Allied Group @blackingastro on shared goals and advancing health equity in GI. #DDW2026
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March is Colorectal Cancer Awarness month. If you are 45 years old or older, it is time to get screened for colorectal cancer. @AmerGastroAssn
💙 We wear blue on the first Friday in March to show our support for those impacted by colorectal cancer. Thank you to our Governing Board and staff for raising awareness by joining this year’s Dress in Blue Day. Join us in spreading the word: Screening saves lives!
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I had a great visit with @Duke_GI_ this week for the Joanne AP Wilson Lecture. Duke has outstanding GI Department. Enjoyed meeting @Julius__Wilder, @CollinsMbonuMD, @sandraau_ and other GI faculty and fellows.
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Thanks so much for an amazing talk, insight, and inspiration! @BCryer
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28 Oct 2025
Today we celebrate Internal Medicine Day! 🩺 IM Physicians are the cornerstone of comprehensive care — • Experts in complexity • Leaders in compassion • Champions of better outcomes #InternalMedicineDay #PhysicianLeaders #HealthcareHeroes
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26 Oct 2025
Working for greater GI Society collaboration to deliver the best GI care, research and education for our patients and members. @AmyOxentenkoMD, outgoing President @AmCollegeGastro, @amitabh_chak, current President @ASGEendoscopy and me, @BCryer, President-Elect @AmerGastroAssn. #acg2025
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23 Oct 2025
Great to host @RickPeekMD , Chief of GI at @VUMChealth, as our Rouse Visiting Professor at Baylor Dallas! He delivered an exceptional lecture on H. pylori & gastric carcinogenesis. Key takeaway: in any unexplained iron deficiency anemia → test for H. pylori.💡 #Gastroenterology #MedEd
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19 Oct 2025
Me with the future leader of Gastroenterology. I am so grateful to have been part of their developmental pathway.
So proud of this incredible group of early-career GI leaders who made #AGABestofFORWARD truly shine! 🌟 Every session was intentionally designed to build practical skills: 🔑 Grant writing & elevator pitch 🔑 Sources of funding (federal non-federal) and negotiation 🔑 Conflict management & resilience Every participant submitted a Specific Aims page and actively practiced their pitch, fully leaning in and getting the most out of the program. Honored to have co-directed this with @BCryer and @SandraQuezadaMD, alongside Drs @MuyiwaAwoniyi2 and NicoletteRodriguez. Thank you @AmerGastroAssn! 💎
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11 Oct 2025
Do you need assistance finding a mentor, building peer networks, finding on-demand professional development tools that can assist you to move your career forward as a physician or investigator? Discover the Career Compass developed by the @AmerGastroAssn
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10 Oct 2025
📖“Writing a manuscript is like telling a story.” 💡@landyscientist of Atkisson Training Group (ATG) reminded attendees at the @AmerGastroAssn Best of FORWARD Program that "Science without facts is science fiction". #AGAFORWARD #MedicalWriting #Gastroenterology #LeadershipInGI @HishamWehbeMD @jalpa_devi @GeorgeSalem10 @Chris_Velez_MD @SandraQuezadaMD @Bubu_Banini @ManuelBragaMD @ernrobalino @jlouissaint89 @tomeopaste #MuyiwaAwoniyi2 @GabreJoel @GeorgeSalem10 @jalpa_devi @KathyWMD @brittybb
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10 Oct 2025
At the @AmerGastroAssn FORWARD Program today, @GabreJoel tackled one of the toughest transitions in medicine — the leap from fellow to faculty. Key challenges for early-career physician-scientists: 🔹Balancing new family, career, and debt 🔹No clearly defined research path 🔹Competing professional priorities #AGAFORWARD #PhysicianScientists #Gastroenterology #MedicalEducation @HishamWehbeMD @jalpa_devi @GeorgeSalem10 @ernrobalino@Iamdonawon @Chris_Velez_MD @SandraQuezadaMD @Bubu_Banini @ManuelBragaMD @ernrobalino @jlouissaint89 @Tomeopaste
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10 Oct 2025
💡 Future GI leaders in action 💪— learning, connecting, and shaping what’s next at @AmerGastroAssn’s Best of FORWARD program. #AGAFORWARD #Leadership #Gastroenterology @IAmDonawon@ManuelBragaMD@Bubu_Banini • @cfritzMD • @MccutchenDr@SandraQuezadaMD@Chris_Velez_MD • @Dr_NJRodriguez @jlouissaint89 @tomeopaste @vsck123
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🚀 Kicking off the Best of FORWARD Program—@AmerGastroAssn’s professional skills program for early-career #gastroenterologists! @IAmDonawon and @ManulelBragaMD remind us to live the FORWARD mindset: 👉 Find your brand 👉 Own your story 👉 Roadmap your science 👉 Work the room 👉 Activate your AGA 👉 Reach back & mentor 👉 Deliver on your commitments @IAmDonawon@ManuelBragaMD@Bubu_Banini • @cfritzMD • @MccutchenDr@SandraQuezadaMD@Chris_Velez_MD • @Dr_NJRodriguez #AGAFORWARD #MedTwitter #GI #Leadership #DiversityInMedicine #AGAFORWARD #MedEd #Leadership #GI
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Ah. Love This @GutGirlMD! @BCryer telling us: ⭐️It’s not about networking for networking’s sake - it’s about intention! 🪖 🫡 To every trainee take this as a challenge. In every room (or Zoom) meet 3️⃣ people who inspire curiosity or growth. ⚡️Don’t look for titles. Look for energy, ideas & generosity. ⁉️ Every opportunity starts with a question. Follow up. Add value. That’s how you build the network that opens doors - even the ones you can’t see yet! 🪄And the magic of social media? You don’t even need to be in the room to be part of it! ⚠️ As your network grows, make sure your relationships ARE NOT TRANSACTIONAL! The real magic happens when there’s sincerity & depth - when you care about the people, not just the opportunity. Next @AmerGastroAssn #WomeninGI Regional Workshop is 100% Virtual !!
Dr Cryer introduced his “rule of 3”s- to intentionally meet 3 people in every room who will lead you closer to your goals. Then YOU can be the answer to the question in every nominating commmitee closed door meeting: “Do You Know Someone Who..”.😊🙋🏻‍♂️🙋🏻‍♀️👉
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3 Oct 2025
For trainees out there who are aspiring for a career in GI and who were not successful on the first application, this advice by @doctornikkid is outstanding !!!!
Replying to @doctornikkid
💡Reflect, Rethink, Restart ✅Acknowledge emotions 🫂Lean on mentors, peers, family 💭Clarify goals: Do I still want to pursue a fellowship in GI/Hepatology?
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AI may transform medicine, but trust will define its future. Powerful reflections from Dr. Holland Haynie on why equity & humanity must guide healthcare AI. 🔗 linkedin.com/pulse/beyond-al…
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