Dr. Veeral Oza - What the - chats with a gastroenterologist

Dr. Veeral Oza is an innovator, speaker, and medical contributor. He is a gastroenterologist and an interventional endoscopist and has a passion for therapeutic endoscopy, pancreatic diseases, and endoscopic removal of large colon polyps. He was the first physician in South Carolina to perform an endoscopic full-thickness resection on early colon cancer, which proved to be curative for the patient. He currently serves as medical director for therapeutic endoscopy at Prisma Health.

 

Things we chat about:

• Veeral's love for medicine
• What is Interventional Endoscopist?
• There is a lot of talk in pop culture nowadays about the connection between the gut and mind - What is this connection?
• What is some gut no-no's? What is the worst thing for your gut?
• IBS, Celiac disease and Crone's disease
• What are microvilli – how do you keep them protected?
• Are there any ways to decrease stress in the gut? What does a healthy gut look like?
• We talk about the notion of probiotics. Is it a FAD?
• What are some superfoods he recommends for everyday eating or diet-must haves?