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Shifa Umar, MD
@shifaumarMD
Interventional Gastroenterologist @bcm_gihep|VA Houston|Pancreas |Alumna @MayoClinicGIHep @AHNtoday| RT ≠ endorsements
Houston, TX
Joined October 2018
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    Shifa Umar, MD
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    Jul 5, 2025
    Milestone for Veteran care🎖️ @VAHouston becomes the first VA Pancreas Center of Excellence in 🇺🇸 Proud moment for #VeteransHealth 👏 ow.ly/JBCN50Wf6iL Grateful for the support & leadership @EndoscopyOthman @ruben_hernaez @SeragHashem @KanwalFasiha @BiykemB
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    Jun 23, 2025
    The Houston VA Pancreas Clinic has been designated by the National Pancreas Foundation as the first Center of Excellence for pancreas care within the VA system! ow.ly/JBCN50Wf6iL #HoustonVA
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    Shifa Umar, MD
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    Aug 14, 2023
    3️⃣Fellowships later my 8 yrs of training come to an end - GI, Pancreatologist & AdvancedEndoscopist 🎓 🙏support of my family, mentors & alma maters. Allhumdulliah Excited for the next chapter at @bcm_gihep @VAHouston under the leadership of @KanwalFasiha & @JasonHouMD
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    Shifa Umar, MD
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    Dec 31, 2020
    ⭐️Our GI fellowship has 6 female fellows (6/12 - 50%) ⭐️My co fellows are breast feeding , pregnant, married , single , saving lives & getting vaccinated 💉🦠 #GIjanes 👩🏻‍⚕️💩💕got vaccinated for science, lives lost & lives to be saved !#Stickittocovid #covid19 #Ladieswhoscope
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    Shifa Umar, MD
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    Jan 31, 2023
    Celebrating @UzmaSiddiquiMD - endoscopist , educator, mentor , physician leader and trail blaizer for #WomeninInterventionalGI 🔥 Congratulations on receiving the @ASGEendoscopy ⭐️MasterEndoscopistAward⭐️ @UChicagoGI @WomeninEndo @DDWMeeting #GITwitter #WomenInSTEM #DDW2023
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    Shifa Umar, MD
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    Jul 4, 2022
    👩‍🎓#Graduation2022 Honored to graduate from @MayoClinicGIHep & to be one of the few formally trained #Women Pancreatologist in the US! Grateful to faculty, nurses and fellows at @MayoClinicGIHep for all the love, kindness & teaching this past year! Next ➡️: #AdvancedEndoscopy
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    Shifa Umar, MD
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    Jul 12, 2021
    Excited & honored to have matched at @UChicagoGI for #AdvancedEndoscopy Fellowship ! Looking forward to the mentorship of #WiM role model @UzmaSiddiquiMD & @ChrisChapmanMD! Grateful to mentors @AHNGastro & others for their support! @TKapetanos @ShyamTMD @MajumderShounak
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    Shifa Umar, MD
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    Dec 16, 2021
    5 years of medical school ➕ 6 years of training ➡️ Gastroenterologist ! Allhumdullilah Grateful for the teaching of my mentors and support of my family @AHNIMres @AHNGastro @MayoClinicGIHep #GITwitter
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    Shifa Umar, MD
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    Apr 14, 2023
    Diff mucin vs muralnodule in #PancreasCyst🤔 Another observation to🔍when eval intracystic lesions “The Spearfishing Sign"🔱🐠 🔱intracystic lesion with FNA➡️mucin is mobile vs mural nod remains intact➕immobile 🙏@VinayChandraMD for the mentorship videogie.org/article/S2468-…
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    Shifa Umar, MD
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    Apr 23, 2022
    Honored to moderate the Interventional Pancreatology Session ⚒️🧰 @MayoClinicGIHep #IMPACTCourse2022 ⚡️ERCP for Chronic Pancreatitis by Master Endoscopist #BretPetersen ⚡️ Management of Pancreatic Fluid Collections @VinayChandraMD ⚡️ Endoscopy In Pan Can #MichelleAnderson
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    Shifa Umar, MD
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    Jan 8, 2020
    Navigating through 1st yr of #GIFellowship can be like a torturous colonoscopy. For all the first year GI fellows who are wondering if it’s #cecum yet ? Thank you to the @AmCollegeGastro #ACGMagzine for featuring our piece bit.ly/300Qm4J #GIFellowship #WomenInGI
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    Shifa Umar, MD
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    Sep 13, 2023
    Thrilled to receive the #YoungInvestigator #Grant from @apapancreas to support our research & presentation 🎓 Grateful for the continued support of mentors & co authors @MajumderShounak @VinayChandraMD @FergaGleeson @alianabofill & others @MayoClinicGIHep #APA2023 #SD ☀️🌊
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    Shifa Umar, MD
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    Aug 14, 2021
    Thrilled and honored to be accepted to the @AmCollegeGastro Young Physician Leadership Scholars Program and be part of this phenomenal group. Look forward to learning from leaders & peers ! 🎓👩‍⚕️🌟Grateful for the support of my mentors @AHNGastro @MayoClinicGIHep @AHNIMres #YPLSP
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    Shifa Umar, MD
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    May 26, 2021
    📣Excited to introduce the @AmCollegeGastro Magazine 'Trainee Hub' section ! Thank You to @LaurenFeldMD for contributing to our inaugural issue & sharing her personal insights on navigating through pregnancy and 👩‍⚕️ training...also a shout out to all the fans of compression🧦😃
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    Shifa Umar, MD
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    Jun 14, 2022
    Called patient to tell her she has pancreatic cancer Patient to me “Doc it must be hard on you to share this news with your patients” - Altruism beyond words can describe #Patientsteachme 🙏🏻 #Wecandobetter 🌎is full of kind of people