Gastroenterology offers a unique and dynamic landscape for innovation and entrepreneurship but as providers we are often not aware of what steps we need to take. In today's episode, Dr. Parikh interviews Dr. Amitabh Chak, president of the American Society of Gastrointestinal Endoscopy. Dr. Chak shares his latest innovation trends in GI, key steps every GI entrepreneur should take, barriers we face, and how ASGE is creating the infrastructure to support this ecosystem. With this infrastructure in mind, they highlight ASGE's upcoming Festival of Innovation and EndoScopic Technology at ASGE (FIESTA) on November 14th and 15th. For those interested in learning more or registering for FIESTA, please visit www.ASGE.org/FIESTA.

With the increasing number of therapeutic options for fatty liver disease, elastography has become more of a mainstream diagnostic test. But what is elastography? In this episode of the Gut Doctor podcast, Dr. Parikh interviews Robert DeJong. Bob is a registered diagnostic medical sonographer and Director of Medical Education for Aegle Medical. He discusses the science of elastography and the role it plays in management of fatty liver disease. This episode is brought to you by Mindray and Aegle Medical, manufacturer and distributor of the Hepatus-series platform, which is a NexGen vibration-controlled elastography technology used to stage and monitor liver disease.

We are back in our fifth season on the Gut Doctor podcast and are going to launch this year with systemic mastocytosis. My guest today is Dr. Matthew Hamilton who is the lead gastroenterologist at Brigham's Mastocytosis Center and assistant professor of medicine at Harvard Medical School. The educational material for today's episode is made possible through a grant from Blueprint Medicines.