I sit down with Dr Aasma Shaukat, Gastroenterologist and Professor of Population Health, who is also trained in Epidemiology and Clinical Research, and Director of GI Outcomes Research at NYU Langone Health, Grossman School of Medicine. We talk about progress in healthcare fields including gastroenterology. We talk microbiome (I compared my digestive tract to the ocean). We did talk colonoscopy prep in quite a bit of detail. We also talk about screening rates in the NYC area< C5 and how fortunate we are to work and live in an area that really tries to be inclusive and proactive. Gastroenterology has incorporated AI tools, so far in polyp detection, but also summarizing patient history and creating a whole picture, which is also helpful in oncology and more. Note that this was originally recorded just after the New Year in early January.
