Associate Professor, GI and Hepatology @queensu, AE @AmJGastro, @ICESOntario Queens Site Director. Tweets are my own.
Joined November 2020
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Jennifer Flemming retweeted
Epidemiologic Trends in Acute, Chronic, and Pregnancy-Specific Liver Diseases in Pregnancy
Jutras, et al.
📕 doi.org/10.14309/ajg.0000000…
@Jenn_Flemming @TatyanaKushner @MonikaSarkarMD @MLongMD @JasmohanBajaj
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Love this collab with my therapeutic endoscopy colleagues @DrMandipRai and @RobertBechara @QueensuDOM @Queens_HSPRI
27 Feb 2025
Gastrointestinal complications from alcohol are increasing in adolescents and young adults at rates much higher than in other organ systems. ja.ma/3EXohE8
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Jennifer Flemming retweeted
23 Jan 2025
Pts w #Hepaticencephalopathy get a raw deal for #Livertransplant priority. Does MELD3.0 help?
🔑 we need to do more!
In @AmJGastro @VAResearch #cirrhosis pts
🔑inpt HE adds >4-5 MELD3.0 points for 90D & 6-7 points for 1Y mortality
🔑HE needs priority!⤵️
pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/3983…
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Jennifer Flemming retweeted
30 Dec 2024
Rates of alcohol-associated hepatitis have increased significantly in adolescents and young adults with the risk of developing cirrhosis almost 50% higher for females compared to males. @Jenn_Flemming
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22 Oct 2024
Please watch this!
At the heart of health care is the patient.
Remember that, and remember they are incredible.
We recently had the privilege of sharing the story of the founder of @LiverAwareness
at Hepatology Update hosted by @UHN Toronto Centre for Liver Disease.
Check this out: 👇🏽
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Jennifer Flemming retweeted
2 Sep 2024
People with cirrhosis are more likely to wind up in the emergency department and die after their ED visit than people with heart failure and lung disease
Important study in @AGA_CGH
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Jennifer Flemming retweeted
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The AASLD 2024 Women’s Leadership Program is accepting applications for its 12-month mentorship program, designed to empower and equip women in hepatology with leadership skills, knowledge, and confidence. Application deadline is August 16, so don't delay! survey.alchemer.com/s3/78757…
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Jennifer Flemming retweeted
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Jennifer Flemming retweeted
6 Mar 2024
Diabetes and glycemic control impact the risk of liver cancer
From two independent cohorts @HepCommJournal
1. UK Biobank: journals.lww.com/hepcomm/ful…
2. US veterans: journals.lww.com/hepcomm/ful…
Editorial from Chen and @Jenn_Flemming: journals.lww.com/hepcomm/ful…
#livertwitter
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Jennifer Flemming retweeted
13 Feb 2024
New: Do social factors affect hepatitis C screening in children exposed to the virus in utero? Read the study ices.on.ca/publications/jour… @Jenn_Flemming @queensu @PPE_Journal
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13 Feb 2024
So proud of @mfoleymed on this project! Also shoutout to @QueensUHealth MD program for supporting MD student projects!
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28 Nov 2023
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28 Nov 2023
According to data 📈 at #TLM23:
Female adolescents, young adults have higher rates of liver-related mortality and a 50% higher risk for cirrhosis and decompensation after surviving their first presentation of alcoholic #hepatitis.
@Jenn_Flemming
bit.ly/3GpsbCY
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2 Sep 2023
Great interview @TatyanaKushner!
1 Sep 2023
I spoke with @NBCNightlyNews to shed light on an often unrecognized women’s health issue @MountSinaiLiver @DOMSinaiNYC
nbcnews.com/nightly-news/vid…
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Jennifer Flemming retweeted
Congratulations to PhD Candidate Dr. Kristel Leung (@KristelLeung) on her receipt of a prestigious @CIHR_IRSC Vanier Scholarship to support her work on the epidemiology of autoimmune liver disease in Ontario
@ICESOntario @UHN @AutoImmuneLiver @Jenn_Flemming @DrAliyaMD @UofT_DoM
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10 Aug 2023
Important study by the TSwift of hepatology @ebtapper published in @AmJGastro
10 Aug 2023
Do PPIs cause harms in cirrhosis?
Observational data say yes.
But causality remains a question.
What about deprescribing?
How about a trial?
We emulated one: journals.lww.com/ajg/Abstrac…
1⃣Small benefits possible
2⃣Return to PPI common
3⃣Deprescibing is a continual process
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Jennifer Flemming retweeted
5 Jul 2023
So proud to see the @EASLnews Guideline for Liver Disease in Pregnancy is now out, chaired by @cathwilliamson5
Covering:
⭐️ Pre-existing liver disease
⭐️ Gestational liver disorders
⭐️ Drug Safety tables
⭐️ Management flowcharts
Link to full guideline: journal-of-hepatology.eu/act…
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Jennifer Flemming retweeted
8 Jun 2023
To support their work, we are providing them with up to $500,000 in additional funding to help expedite the update of the breast cancer screening guideline.
📰: canada.ca/en/public-health/n…
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Jennifer Flemming retweeted
8 Jun 2023
With 12% of women in 🇨🇦 expected to be diagnosed with #breastcancer in their lifetime, having breast cancer screening guidelines that are based on the latest science is essential. We support @cantaskforce expedited review process to release the draft guideline this fall.
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Jennifer Flemming retweeted
8 Jun 2023
KHSC has become North America’s premier centre for advanced endoscopy procedures. Known as ‘third space endoscopy,’ this type of minimally invasive care, lead by @RobertBechara, is changing the lives of patients in Southeastern Ont. More: kingstonhsc.ca/khscconnect/n… #onhealth #ygk
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