UoL G.I. Society

calling all fifth years !
Please sign up using link below
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Tomorrow is the first ever NATIONAL undergraduate gastroenterology and hepatology conference!
we're working with 7 other gastro socs across the UK to bring you an absolutely fantastic day, with fascinating talks and incredibly exciting afternoon workshops, as well as loads of goodies, a chance to win a surprise raffle and all proceeds going to GUTS UK and UNICEF for Ukraine relief.
This conference will be virtual, taking place on zoom to facilitate our amazing speakers from across the country. Tickets will be available on the Imperial College London Union website, get yours here!!: https://www.imperialcollegeunion.org/shop/csp/gastroenterology-hepatology/national-undergraduate-gastroenterology-conference-2022

‼️Content warning: wounds

This week, for the third and final part of our Black History Month series, we have decided to explore Systemic Lupus Erythematosus, a condition that black people, particularly women, have a higher risk of developing.

We hope you have enjoyed the series and have learnt something new about the importance of individualising medicine to cater to the needs of patients.

- GI Soc ✨

This week’s part of the Black History Month series is in collaboration with 💉💉💉

We have decided to focus this week on more of the general skin presentations of GI disease on dark skin, that you may come across while on placement ⭐️

✨THE BLACK HISTORY MONTH SERIES ✨

Last year for BHM, we decided to celebrate black gastroenterologists, whose contributions to the field have helped us progress to where we are today 🩺🌡

This year, we have decided to focus on some topics closer to home that will affect us all as we step into the medical field of a country with increasing diversity 👩🏻👨🏼👩🏽‍🦰👨🏾‍🦱👩🏿‍🦱

During the series, we will look at some of the gastrointestinal conditions that affect black & brown people, and how they may present differently on darker skin.

So enjoy Part 1: Cutaneous signs of liver disease on dark skin ✨

Thank you to everyone that attended the brilliant talk by Conor on G.I. surgery revision! Please find below the slides from the talk as well as a feedback link which we would be very grateful for if you could fill out.

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1L6hlUsJMp3krxppHNumS4qpenbAE5D4L/view?usp=sharing

https://forms.gle/zcrusofvLCR7GDpe7?fbclid=IwAR1FTnXJCytW-RvzHfsMihWBV1qnuAd6cIVlYCIASHRQb9KSxo0EYJQEpRM

YEAR 1 REP POSITION NOW OPEN!
Are you interested in joining the GI society committee starting next semester? Doing so will give you lots of experience with the workings of the university and guild; chances to host events that you are passionate about; grow as a medical student in the community and have contact with other years; a great look on your CV!

Email [email protected] to submit your application. Send in a few details about yourself and why you want to be in the society (between 100-250 words). Deadline is 7pm on 15th of November 2020!!!

Celebrating Black Gastroenterologists!

Born in 1941, Dr. Sayde Beatryce Curry was the first African American woman to become a gastroenterologist. Dr. Curry has chaired or co-chaired the Gastroenterology section of the National Medical Association for well over a decade, and recently became the first woman to be elected chair of the Internal Medicine Section, National Medical Association. She is a founding member and has served as president of the Leonidas Berry Society for Digestive Diseases ( a national organization of minority ethnic gastroenterologists, basic scientists, and general surgeons).

Speaking of the obstacles she faced in her career, she said that “Medicine is a very demanding career. And, of course, at the time of my training, it was considered to be a "man's profession" much more so than it is today. There were male physicians who expected the "girls" to be out sick once a month.
And, there were some black patients who thought that the white doctors had to be better than the black doctors. The racism surpassed the sexism. One can not go through life without facing obstacles of various types. We have to remain focused, barrel over the obstacles, see the light at the end of the tunnel, and by the Grace of God, keep moving”

Celebrating Black gastroenterologists ♥️

Leonidas Berry (1902-1995) was the first African-American gastroenterologist, and was considered to be the forerunner in endoscopy and gastroscopy. He was the first black physician at the Michael Reese Hospital in Chicago, the first black internist at Cook County Hospital, and was also one of the first black doctors to be admitted to the American Medical Association.

As he was very fascinated by gastroscopy, he began to learn this procedure. By 1937, Dr. Berry began his own gastroscopy clinic at Provident Hospital. It is likely that Dr. Berry was the first African American to practice gastroscopy during this time of segregated medicine. In 1955, Dr. Berry invented the Eder-Berry biopsy attachment for the Eder-Palmer gastroscope. This attachment made the gastroscope the first direct-vision suction instrument used for taking tissue samples during gastroscopic examination. During the 1950s–1970s, endoscope technology progressed, with Dr. Berry often at the forefront of advances.
Berry was also a published author, teacher, and was very dedicated to the community. His public service included work with the African Methodist Episcopal Church, civil rights, and was very involved with the racial problems of public health. In fact, Berry has even helped bring medical care to black communities in Illinois and Alabama that originally did not have any pre-existing medical centers.
He also served as the president of the National Medical Association from 1965 to 1966 and retired in 1975 as chief of endoscopy and senior attending physician.

Interested in boosting your CV and helping your peers with great events? Give us a message!

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