In this episode of the Gut Doctor podcast, Dr. Parikh interviews Dr. Jirapinyo, an interventional endoscopist who is triple boarded in bariatric endoscopy, obesity medicine and gastroenterology. She is Director of the Bariatric Endoscopy Fellowship program at Brigham and Women's Hospital, Assistant Professor at Harvard Medical School and Medical Director of Bariendo. They discuss the role of endobariatrics in weight optimization programs, the ideal candidates and the future of this rapidly burgeoning field. They wrap up the episode by highlighting Bariendo - a weight loss company whose mission is to standardize high quality endoscopic sleeve gastrectomy and endobariatrics across the country.

In this episode of the Innovation series, Dr. Parikh is back discussing virtual care platforms. Today he interviews Dr. Sahil Patel, gastroenterologist and Medical Director for SideBy Care, and Norah Candito, registered dietician and Director of Clinical Operations for SideBy Care. They discuss the origin of SideBy Care and delve into its mission to help patients with disorders of the gut-brain interaction.

Continuing with Esophageal Cancer awareness month, Dr. Parikh interviews Dr. Lishan Aklog, who is chairman and CEO of Lucid Diagnostics. They discuss esophageal cancer pathophysiology, prevalence and the current state of esophageal cancer screening. They then shift their focus to EsoGuard, a novel screening tool for Barrett's esophagus and esophageal cancer.

This episode is brought to you by Lucid Diagnostics maker of the EsoGuard test for early detection of esophageal precancer.