Science AMA series: Hi Reddit! We’re Dr. Mark Pimentel, Dr. Ali Rezaie, Dr. Nipaporn Pichetshote, and Dr. Ruchi Mathur. We’re 3 gastroenterologists and 1 endocrinologist from Cedars-Sinai Medical Center. We’ll be talking about the gut microbiome from irritable bowel syndrome to obesity. AMA!

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Hey Reddit – Great to be back (It’s Dr. Mark Pimentel). Last year, I responded to a request to do an AMA having never done one before and was amazed by the amount of questions (and a little unprepared for the response). We knew we had to answer more questions so I’ve teamed up with a group of my colleagues to answer your questions on the latest scientific research on the gut microbiome, as well as the work we are doing. While my research has focused on the association between food poisoning (gastroenteritis) and the disruption of gut flora, SIBO and the pathophysiology of IBS, our group here has researched links between the gut microbiome and diabetes and obesity to the role that the microbiome has affected our hormones.

More about us:

Dr. Mark Pimentel – Gastroenterologist – Executive Director of the Medically Associated Science and Technology (MAST) Program at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, Professor of Medicine (In-residence series) at UCLA David Geffen School of Medicine, and Associate Professor of Medicine at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center. I’m on twitter at: https://twitter.com/MarkPimentelMD

Dr. Ali Rezaie – Gastroenterologist, Epidemiologist – Director of GI Motility at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, Assistant Clinical Professor of Medicine at UCLA David Geffen School of Medicine, Assistant Professor of Medicine at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center and Adjunct Assistant Professor at the University of Calgary Cumming School of Medicine. Find my twitter at: https://twitter.com/AliRezaieMD

Dr. Nipaporn Pichetshote – Gastroenterologist – Assistant Director of GI Motility at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center and Assistant Professor of Medicine at UCLA David Geffen School of Medicine.

Dr. Ruchi Mathur – Endocrinologist –Medical Director of the Diabetes Outpatient Treatment and Education Center, Clinical Research and Operations Director of the MAST Program at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, Associate Professor of Medicine at UCLA David Geffen School of Medicine, and Associate Professor of Medicine at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center

*While we would love to answer all of your medical questions, we will not be answering any specific patient medical questions due to HIPAA violations. We can’t wait to hear from all of you – We will be back to answer questions at 1 pm ET, ask us anything!

">Science AMA series: Hi Reddit! We’re Dr. Mark Pimentel, Dr. Ali Rezaie, Dr. Nipaporn Pichetshote, and Dr. Ruchi Mathur. We’re 3 gastroenterologists and 1 endocrinologist from Cedars-Sinai Medical Center. We’ll be talking about the gut microbiome from irritable bowel syndrome to obesity. AMA!