✨ NEW PUB Passion Project✨
After liver transplant, we track labs 🧪, imaging 📊, biopsies...But we rarely ask one basic question:
“When was your last period?”
🩸No menses within 1 year of LT → significantly higher graft liver disease.
🧩 A zero-cost, patient-centered signal hiding in plain sight
♀️ Reproductive health = Transplant health
Check it out below 👇
sciencedirect.com/science/ar…#LiverTransplant#WomensHealth#TransplantHepatology
🌟 Earn your FAST designation in 2026! 🌟
The Fellow of the American Society of Transplantation (FAST) honors AST members who demonstrate exceptional commitment to transplantation and outstanding service to the Society.
💙 Add FAST to your signature in 2026 and be recognized as a leader in the transplant community!
myAST.org/FAST
Excited about our incoming GI fellows!! Welcome to @UMassChan
Congratulations
Ami Patel @UMassIMResident
Sarah Chen , Kimmel Medical School
Zeel Modi, University of Arkansas
Nicholas Hebda , @UMassIMResident
It was such a honor to be in the same room as these giants of Hepatology. Amazing story of grit and grace by @norahterrault I have heard almost all of them talk about their path. Lessons learned
1. Perseverance
2. Get out of your comfort zone
3. Collaborate
4. Mentor next gen
What an inspiring moment at the #TLM25 Women's Networking Luncheon where all seven #AASLD female presidents stood together. Attendees shared how meaningful it was to see this legacy of leadership in one room.
Utilization of GLP-1 and MAT post-LT
📌GLP-1 and MAT post-LT is under-utilized
📌No significant ethnic or racial disparities in access to GLP-1 and MAT
📌More women were prescribed GLP-1 and/or MAT
@AASLDtweets#TLM2025
Hepatitis B and Pregnancy 🦠
🔹Patients in MA PHBPP had 0 cases of neonatal hep B 👶
🔹 The northeast had the highest cases of hep B during pregnancy 🤰
🔹Hep B during pregnancy was associated with ethnic/racial minorities & economic/housing instability💰
#TLM2025#womeninGI@AASLDtweets@whcop
In this month’s Resident Spotlight, we feature Ami Patel, DO, a third-year Internal Medicine Resident on the research track. Learn more about Dr. Patel by reading the full spotlight on our website below!
umassmed.edu/medicine/educat…
ALT Resident Spotlight September 2025
Ami Patel, DO
Third-Year, Internal Medicine Resident, Research Track
"UMass provides excellent clinical training with exposure to a broad range of subspecialty care while fostering a collaborative and supportive environment that allows residents to grow both personally and professionally. I have also been fortunate to work with outstanding mentors at UMass who have played a pivotal role in my career development."
Great job by #GIfellowship candidate @AmiKPPatel
Oral presentation✅️
Poster Presentation✅️
TPIO travel grant✅️
On to fellowship interviews..
@AST_LICOP
✅ First WTC
Grateful to have received the TPIO travel grant! I also had the opportunity to present our research, network with passionate transplant professionals, and see a little bit of San Francisco! 🤓
#WTC2025@UMass_Medicine#LiverTwitter
First #WTC2025
Presented our research and networked with passionate transplant colleagues across the World. Amazing things are happening in transplant world.