Christopher C. Thompson
Brigham and Women's Hospital
Dr. Thompson is Professor of Medicine at Harvard Medical School (HMS), Director of Endoscopy and Co-Director of the Center for Weight Management and Wellness at Brigham and Women’s Hospital (BWH), Program Director for the Advanced Endoscopy Fellowship Program and is Principal Investigator of the Developmental Endoscopy Lab. He operates on the Governing Board of the American Society for Gastrointestinal Endoscopy (ASGE), and is Editor-in-Chief for iGIE, the society’s new open access journal.
Dr. Thompson’s academic and clinical efforts have consistently focused on three main areas (1) obesity and metabolic disease, (2) development of new endosurgical procedures and technologies, and (3) endoscopic training and assessment. He has invented numerous procedures, including Endoscopic Sleeve Gastroplasty (ESG), Transoral Outlet Reduction (TORe), and Gastroplasty with Endoscopic Myotomy (GEM), and he has led several US pivotal trials.
His twitter handle is @MetabolicEndo and Instagram is dr_thompson_md.
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DateMay 9, 2023BACKGROUND: Malnutrition is a complication of Roux-en-Y gastric bypass (RYGB) and can range from micronutrient deficiencies to protein-calorie malnutrition. Malignant neoplasms and certain surgical complications can increase this risk…Presenter
Basil I. Hirschowitz Endoscopic Center of Excellence, Division of Gastroenterology & Hepatology, Department of Internal Medicine, The University of Alabama at Birmingham Heersink School of MedicineSpeakers
University of Sao Paulo Medical SchoolBrigham and Women's HospitalNYU Langone Health- DateMay 9, 2023BACKGROUND: Malnutrition is a complication of Roux-en-Y gastric bypass (RYGB) and can range from micronutrient deficiencies to protein-calorie malnutrition. Malignant neoplasms and certain surgical complications can increase this risk…
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Brigham and Women's Hospital - DateMay 6, 2023BACKGROUND: There is a lack of data on training benchmarks to define competence in colorectal EMR (C-EMR) among advanced endoscopy trainees (AETs). Previous pilot data from our group demonstrated a relatively low proportion of AETs achieve competence on key cognitive and technical aspects of C-EMR…
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Weill Cornell Medical CenterSpeakers
University of ChicagoMayo ClinicBrigham and Women's HospitalMayo Clinic - DateMay 9, 2023BACKGROUND: To address the persistent ethnoracial and socioeconomic disparities in access to quality surgical cancer care, it is imperative to rigorously understand the role of clinician-level factors including clinician-to-clinician connectedness…
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- DateMay 6, 2023Laparoscopic fundoplication in patients with a history of lung transplant has an average length of stay (LOS) of 3 days with a 30-day readmission rate of 25%, which is significantly worse compared to the non-lung transplant population…
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Brigham and Women's Hospital - DateMay 6, 2023Laparoscopic fundoplication in patients with a history of lung transplant has an average length of stay (LOS) of 3 days with a 30-day readmission rate of 25%, which is significantly worse compared to the non-lung transplant population…
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Brigham and Women's Hospital NORMAL RANGE OF ENDOSCOPIC MUCOSAL OXYGEN SATURATION MEASUREMENTS IN POST-BARIATRIC SURGERY PATIENTS
DateMay 6, 2023Laparoscopic fundoplication in patients with a history of lung transplant has an average length of stay (LOS) of 3 days with a 30-day readmission rate of 25%, which is significantly worse compared to the non-lung transplant population…Presenters
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- DateMay 9, 2023BACKGROUND: Endoscopic Snare Papillectomy (ESP) is a minimally invasive option for the management of noninvasive ampullary adenomas…
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Brigham and Women's HospitalBrigham and Women's Hospital - DateMay 8, 2023Background: Transoral outlet reduction endoscopy (TORe) has been shown to be effective in managing weight regain after Roux-en-Y gastric bypass (RYGB), as has the glucagon-like peptide-1 agonist, liraglutide. However, the effect of adjunctive liraglutide after TORe has yet to be assessed…
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Brigham and Women's Hospital - DateMay 7, 2023Please note that this session requires an additional registration fee to attend…
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University of Colorado School of MedicineBrigham and Women's HospitalMayo Clinic - DateMay 7, 2023Please note that this session requires an additional registration fee to attend…
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Brigham and Women's Hospital - DateMay 7, 2023SOCIETY: ASGE
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Brigham and Women's Hospital - DateMay 8, 2023Training in interventional endoscopy is offered by interventional endoscopy fellowship programs (IEFPs) not accredited by the ACGME. The number of these programs has increased exponentially with a concurrent increase in the breadth and complexity of these procedures…
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The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer CenterSpeakers
University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer CenterBrigham and Women's HospitalBrigham and Women's HospitalBrigham and Women's Hospital - DateMay 6, 2023Background: Gastric sleeve stenosis (GSS) is an increasingly common adverse event following sleeve gastrectomy (SG) and thought to result from progressive rotation and/or scarring of the sleeve. Objective diagnostic criteria for this condition are lacking…
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Brigham and Women's Hospital - DateMay 6, 2023Background: Gastric sleeve stenosis (GSS) is an increasingly common adverse event following sleeve gastrectomy (SG) and thought to result from progressive rotation and/or scarring of the sleeve. Objective diagnostic criteria for this condition are lacking…
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Weill Cornell Medical CenterSpeakers
University of ChicagoMayo ClinicBrigham and Women's HospitalMayo Clinic - DateMay 6, 2023Endoscopic ultrasound-guided gastroejejunostomy (EUS-GJ) has gained popularity in treating malignant gastric outlet obstruction (GOO). EUS-GJ has also been used to manage benign GOO with promising technical and clinical success…
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- DateMay 6, 2023BACKGROUND: Hepatic encephalopathy (HE) is associated with increased mortality, falls, and frequent hospitalizations. Patient reported outcomes (PROs) are useful tools to assess health-related quality of life (HRQOL) measures such as impairment of sleep, cognition, or activity…
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Brigham and Women's Hospital - DateMay 7, 2023BACKGROUND: Despite the advances in the multidisciplinary treatment of gastric adenocarcinoma, the overall 5-year survival remains only 33.3% in North America. R0 resection with adequate lymphadenectomy remains the mainstay therapy…
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Brigham and Women's Hospital - DateMay 21, 2024
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Brigham and Women's Hospital - DateMay 19, 2024
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Brigham and Women's Hospital - DateMay 20, 2024Gastric leaks represent a formidable complication of bariatric surgery. The absence of a standardized algorithm for leak management, coupled with intricate anatomical factors like stenosis or angulation, renders leaks uniquely challenging to treat…
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Brigham and Women's Hospital - DateMay 20, 2024Background: Endoscopic Bariatric Therapy has emerged as an alternative minimally invasive treatment for patients with obesity. Endoscopic Sleeve Gastroplasty (ESG) can provide good weight loss outcomes with a low adverse event rate…
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Brigham and Women's Hospital - DateMay 19, 2024INTRODUCTION: Artificial Intelligence (AI) large language models (LLMs) show promise in medicine, however general-purpose AI models underperform on clinical tasks. Recognizing this potential, our team developed a specialty-specific multi-task clinical LLM: GastroGPT (Fig 1)…
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- DateMay 18, 2024Endoscopic closure techniques have a rapidly emerging role in the management of transmural gastrointestinal defects and have been shown to be effective and safe…
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- DateMay 21, 2024INTRODUCTION: Most endoscopists perform ERCP with only a side-viewing duodenoscope. We hypothesize significant gastrointestinal findings are missed due to the side-viewing design of the duodenoscope and that at least a subset of patients would benefit from concomitant forward-viewing exam (i.e…
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Brigham and Women's HospitalBrigham and Women's HospitalBoston Children's Hospital - DateMay 18, 2024Rapid weight loss following obesity surgery is a known risk factor for the development of cholelithiasis and, by extension, choledocholithiasis…
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Brigham and Women's Hospital - DateMay 18, 2024Roux-en-Y Gastric Bypass (RYGB) is a well-known safe and effective surgical option for weight loss in patients with obesity. However, RYGB has many complications, including gastro-gastric fistula (GGF) formation…
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Brigham and Women's Hospital - DateMay 21, 2024INTRODUCTION: Roux-en-Y gastric bypass (RYGB) is an effective treatment for patients suffering from obesity and concomitant type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM). Nevertheless, less than 2% of eligible patients choose to undergo the surgery…
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Brigham and Women's Hospital - DateMay 19, 2024BACKGROUND AND AIMS: The Primary Obesity Surgery Endoluminal 2.0 (POSE2.0) is an endoscopic gastric remodeling procedure that utilizes an incisionless operating platform (IOP, San Clemente, CA) to remodel the stomach and alter appetite (FIGURE 1)…
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Mayo ClinicMayo Clinic MinnesotaBrigham and Women's Hospital - DateMay 19, 2024Metabolic dysfunction-associated steatohepatitis (MASH) is traditionally treated with lifestyle modification. Nevertheless, most patients are unable to achieve the 10% total weight loss (TWL) threshold required for fibrosis regression…
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- DateMay 19, 2024Weight regain following sleeve gastrectomy (SG) is not uncommon. This condition is often treated with surgical re-sleeve (SRS) or conversion to Roux-en-Y gastric bypass (SG-GB), especially for patients with concomitant acid reflux…
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Brigham and Women's Hospital - DateMay 19, 2024
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Brigham and Women's Hospital - DateMay 19, 2024Endoscopic submucosal dissection (ESD) is becoming the preferred method for the management of early gastrointestinal (GI) malignancies…
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- DateMay 20, 2024The advent of laparoscopic surgery has led to the adoption of green overhead lighting in operating rooms. Green light is purported to minimize glare on video screens, while still facilitating other tasks in the room that are difficult to accomplish in dim light…
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Brigham and Women's Hospital - DateMay 20, 2024A novel, self-assembling peptide hydrogel (PuraStat, 3D Matrix, Tokyo, Japan) has recently been FDA-approved with dual indications for hemostasis and wound healing…
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- DateMay 20, 2024BACKGROUND: Benign and malignant gastric outlet obstruction (GOO) at the remnant stomach in patients with Roux-en-Y gastric bypass (RYGB) can potentially be life-threatening…
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Basil I. Hirschowitz Endoscopic Center of Excellence, Division of Gastroenterology & Hepatology, Department of Internal Medicine, The University of Alabama at Birmingham Heersink School of MedicineSpeakers
University of Alabama at BirminghamUniversity of Alabama at BirminghamNYU Langone HealthParkview HealthBrigham and Women's Hospital - DateMay 23, 2022
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Brigham and Women's Hospital - DateMay 23, 2022
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Weill Cornell Medical CenterBrigham and Women's Hospital 
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Brigham and Women's Hospital- DateMay 6, 2023BACKGROUND: There is a lack of data on training benchmarks to define competence in colorectal EMR (C-EMR) among advanced endoscopy trainees (AETs). Previous pilot data from our group demonstrated a relatively low proportion of AETs achieve competence on key cognitive and technical aspects of C-EMR…
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Brigham and Women's Hospital - DateMay 6, 2023SOCIETY: ASGE
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DateMay 18, 2024INTRODUCTION OF MULTIMODAL TREATMENTModerators
Case Werstern Reserve University - MetroHealth SystemUniversidad de los AndesMorehouse School of MedicineSpeakers
Brigham and Women's HospitalYale New Haven Health System- DateMay 3, 2025
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