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Dear friends,
This is my last issue as editor-in-chief of The New Gastroenterologist (TNG). Over the past four years, I intentionally selected topics and experts to provide insight into managing patients who do not neatly fit within guidelines — such patients can be the most challenging for trainees and early-career GIs, before we accumulate enough experience to guide nuanced care. I have truly enjoyed learning alongside TNG, first as a trainee and then as junior faculty. I want to thank our readers — GI trainees, early-career GIs, and beyond — for allowing me to share this space with you.
In this issue's "In Focus," Drs. Isabelle S. Byers, Michelle Russin, and Sasha Deutsch-Link provide a guide for general gastroenterologists to assess and manage substance use disorders (SUDs) as they relate to gastroenterology and hepatology. They review not only the GI manifestations of SUDs but also fundamental interventions to treat them within the scope of GI practice. In the "Short Clinical Review" section, Drs. Leena Sai Penumalee and Leila Kia describe their approach to incorporating behavioral health principles into the care of patients with disorders of gut-brain interaction.
In the "Early Career" section, Drs. Mariam Naveed and Kathryn E. Hutchins highlight the role of professional coaching for early-career gastroenterologists and its impact on goal clarity, professional identity, and career satisfaction. Lastly, Keshav Desibhatla; Supriya Rao, MD; Jennifer Fijor, MSN, RN, FNP-BC; and Wendi LeBrett, MD, provide a framework for clinicians who use social media to share GI education, from ethical and legal perspectives.
If you are interested in contributing or have ideas for future TNG topics, please contact me (jtrieu23@gmail.com) or Danielle Kiefer (dkiefer@gastro.org), communications/managing editor of TNG.
For the last time, I leave you with a historical fun fact, because we would not be where we are now without appreciating where we were: In 1984, Dr. Barry Marshall drank a vial of H. pylori, developed an ulcer, and cured himself with antibiotics — pivotal evidence for the organism's role in peptic ulcer disease.
Yours truly,
Judy A. Trieu, MD, MPH
Editor-in-Chief
Assistant Professor of Medicine
Director of Therapeutic Endoscopy Research
Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
The New Gastroenterologist will continue publishing quarterly, and AGA will announce a new editor-in-chief in the coming months.