UCLA GI Chief Fellow | Health Policy & Advocacy researcher | @Kcollege and @umich med alum | maker, mover, lifelong learner. she/her
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We have intubated, banded, APC’d, retroflexed, clipped, injected, tattooed, decompressed, biopsied, hemosprayed, roth-netted, PEG’d, laughed and learned our way through our first two weeks of #GIfellowship and I’m just 😍🥹🥵😮💨😃🤓🤪🤩😱🤔💙💛👩🏼⚕️🙏🏻💩🩸@UCLAGIHep @JaniceOhMD
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Megan R.M. Aaronson (McLeod), MD MSc retweeted
#DDW2026 Poster on Sunday, May 3!
A Decade of Massive Patient Population Growth but Minimal Improvements in #CRC Screening Participation in U.S. FQHCs from 2014 to 2024
🖊️Megan McLeod Aaronson, MD, MSCR (@meganrmcleod)
🖊️ Senior: @drfolamay
👥 @MatthewYZhao @jbadmph
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Grateful to the wise, compassionate, and ever-inspiring @ElisaBodenIBDMD for joining us as #UCLAGI Visiting Professor! 🌿 Her insights on sustainable careers in GI, feedback, and group CBT in #IBD empowered us all. 🙏💬🧠
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Thank you @AmerGastroAssn for yet another amazing #DDW, packed with incredible science, discovery, and innovation.
Grateful for the camaraderie, particularly now.
See you in Chicago next year!
#MayLabUCLA
#DDW2025
@UCLAGIHep @UCLAHealthJCCC @UCLAHealth
@DDWMeeting #agagastrosquad
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Megan R.M. Aaronson (McLeod), MD MSc retweeted
#DDW2025 Poster! Monday, May 5
Impact of Updated #CRC Screening Guidelines in United States Federally Qualified Health Centers: A Cross-Sectional Analysis of National Data
🙌Megan Rose McLeod Aaronson, MD, MSCR @meganrmcleod
👤Senior: @drfolamay
👥@MatthewYZhao @jbadmph
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It’s always great to catch up with alumni and to take a moment to have some fun during the busy @DDWMeeting to celebrate the amazing work being presented at #DDW2025 by #UCLAGI and collaborating colleagues! Thank you to everyone (pictured/not pictured) who joined us 💙
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Inspired and uplifted by discussions today at @ScrubsNHeels about women finding and expressing our voices as leaders in medicine. So grateful for the opportunity to connect with this powerful community! The future is bright because we will shape it! #ScrubsNHeels25
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Day 1 of @ScrubsNHeels Summit, catching up with friends and mentors!
It’s going to be a great weekend ❤️
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#ScrubsNHeels25 Have you thought of your mission statement for professional advancement? @AasmaShaukatMD
🌟Define your why= passion+values+impact
🌟Define your niche
🌟Build your brand + allyship
⭕️If you get close to the center of your Ikigai= success- the way you define it!
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Megan R.M. Aaronson (McLeod), MD MSc retweeted
March is #ColorectalCancerAwarenessMonth and #StandUpToCancer scientists @DrFolaMay and @Dr_NJRodriguez share what you need to know! 💡 If you have a family history of colorectal cancer or are the age of 45 and older, talk to your doctor about getting screened today.
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Thrilled to share this work examining #ColorectalCancer screening AND modalities at Federally Qualified Health Centers! Huge thanks to @drfolamay and @HRSAgov for facilitating this rare examination of the patient perspective on screening.
Check it out 👉 doi.org/10.1016/j.pmedr.2025…
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Thanks to @jbadmph for her massive contributions to this work and to @UCLAGIHep for supporting us!!!
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Hanging at the @AmCollegeGastro #2ndyearfellowscourse practicing lifting and EMR with @DrBloodandGuts 🩸💉✂️
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ACG applauds Dr. @LinChangMD the @HealioGastro Clinical Disruptor awardee!
Grateful to partner with Healio on this particular award and to celebrate ALL the winners this year!!
#ACG2024
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What a Fall for @bahdi_firas & @PhilipKozanMD! Finished 1st & 2nd at @AmCollegeGastro EndoTitans competition & 2nd in ACG GI Jeopardy after having won @ASGEendoscopy Golden Scope competition w @selenazhou recently! Super proud of you all!
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💪@bahdi_firas & @PhilipKozanMD are on fire at @AmCollegeGastro #ACG2024! Congratulations!
🔥 Dr. Bahdi - 1st place (3rd year) EndoTitans
🔥 Dr. Kozan - 2nd place (3rd year) EndoTitans
🔥 Drs. Bahdi & Kozan - 2nd place GI Jeopardy
@LinChangMD @esrailian @DOM_UCLA #UCLAGI
What a blast was EndoTitans #ACG2024
Recording breaking duo Firas and Phil
I've always appreciated my GI Tech! Hope you do too 💙💜
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🙌 #UCLAGI fellows win @AmCollegeGastro Social Media Acumen Award for the 2024 @UCLAHealth Colorectal Cancer Awareness Campaign!
The campaign is led by UCLA GI under the direction of @drfolamay. Thank you Dr. May for your passion & leadership and @LinChangMD for your support.
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👏 Great job @bahdi_firas and @PhilipKozanMD! They placed second in the @AmerGastroAssn GI Jeopardy.
Our #UCLAGI team was there to cheer them on! @LinChangMD @drfolamay @NanceeJaffeRDN @DannyIssaMD @RobertTamai @selena_zhou @JessHaragaMD #ACG2024
This room couldn't be any crowder #jeopardy !! Cheering for my @UCLAHealth fellows and wishing luck to all these bright young gastroenterologists ⭐️⭐️
@AmCollegeGastro #ACG2024
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Megan R.M. Aaronson (McLeod), MD MSc retweeted
Celebrating another great poster session at #DDW2024!
Congrats to @BrandonCSmithMD @Jtuan24 @vidhixsingh @Timothy_A_Zaki and #SadieDeSilva on your research and posters in #colorectalcancer #screening.
Loving the foot traffic over here today @DDWMeeting!
#MayLabUCLA
@AmerGastroAssn @UCLAGIHep @DOM_UCLA @dgsomucla @uclaimchiefs #GITwitter #AGAGastroSquad
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First two days of poster presentations from #MayLabUCLA at #DDW2024.
Congratulations to @amarachi_erondu @AnthonyMyint @MatthewYZhao and for your fantastic abstracts and presentations! Additional kudos to @MatthewYZhao for his poster award!
@AmerGastroAssn @DDWMeeting @UCLAGIHep
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#DDW2024 May 20, 12:30pm, Hall A!
New Screening Tests, Same Challenge: An Early Look at Colonoscopic Follow-Up After Abnormal Blood-Based #CRC Screening Results in a Real-World Setting
👤@Timothy_A_Zaki
👥N Zhang VM Raymond N Ioannou SP Forbes A Das @drfolamay #MayLabUCLA
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