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Uma Mahadevan

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Uma Mahadevan

@UmaMahadevanIBD

Mother, Wife, IBD entrepreneur, 49er&Warrior fan. Professor of Medicine, UCSF. My tweets are my own. #PIANO #UCSFIBD

San Francisco, CA

ibd.ucsf.edu

Joined September 2019

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Uma Mahadevan
@UmaMahadevanIBD
Aug 28, 2025
GLOBAL CONSENSUS: MANAGEMENT OF PREGNANCY AND IBD NOW ONLINE! Free link: doi.org/10.1016/j.cgh.… Jointly published: @AGA_CGH @AmJGastro @Gut_BMJ @IBDJournals @JCC_IBD @APandT 🙏@HelmsleyTrust for the support & all the scientists & patients who participated! @PIANOIBD @MLongMD
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Uma Mahadevan
@UmaMahadevanIBD
Nov 21, 2020
PIANO Registry @AGA_Gastro! 13 yrs,1490 pregnant women w/ IBD. Bottom line: biologic, thiopurine, combination therapy in pregnancy does not increase adverse outcomes, but disease activity does. Don't stop biologics in pregnancy! @Bob_Wachter @EricTopol gastrojournal.org/article/S0016-… /1
Pregnancy and Neonatal Outcomes After Fetal Exposure to Biologics and Thiopurines Among Women With...
From gastrojournal.org
Uma Mahadevan
@UmaMahadevanIBD
Mar 9, 2023
Honored to have been appointed the Lynne and Marc Benioff Endowed Chair in Gastroenterology. A heartfelt thank you to @Benioff for the ongoing, generous and impactful support of @UCSFHospitals. @ucsfibd @Bob_Wachter
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Uma Mahadevan
@UmaMahadevanIBD
Mar 31, 2023
For the ULTIMATE review on all things pregnancy and IBD, check out this article in @NatRevGastroHep . Brilliant job by @brondfield @UCSFHospitals @ucsfibd rdcu.be/c8RIA
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Uma Mahadevan
@UmaMahadevanIBD
May 19, 2023
One World. One Guideline. In honor of World IBD Day, we announce a global GRADE Consensus conference for the management of IBD in pregnancy. Every continent, multiple disciplines, patient ambassadors, every major GI Journal. @PIANOIBD Follow the process➡️pianostudy.org/conference.php
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Uma Mahadevan
@UmaMahadevanIBD
Sep 12, 2024
insurance insanity! Just today: @OptumRx refusing Skyrizi b/c not @US_FDA approved (it is). @AnthemBCBS refusing weekly humira for pt on it for 4yrs b/c not continuation (it is). Peer to peer is PharmD( no it’s not). hours of time. Angry pts. No solution @mcuban @AmerGastroAssn
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Uma Mahadevan
@UmaMahadevanIBD
Dec 6, 2022
Wow, what an emotional day! It’s not often you stop and take stock of your life. Thank you to @ShermanPrize for the extraordinary honor and to my mentees for the nomination. @PDulaiMD we need you in this photo. @MikeKattahMD @RishikaChughMD @JustinFieldMD @DamieOdufaluMD
Uma Mahadevan
@UmaMahadevanIBD
Sep 27, 2022
So can we all agree to not deny pregnant IBD pts biologics now? First @Y_ECCO_IBD guidelines change & now great study @AnnalsofIM by French group (A. Meyer - 5293 TNF exposed pregnancies). Stopping drug by 24w lead to⬆️dx activity and⬆️preterm birth. Cont. tx➡️healthy 🤰 ➡️👶!
Uma Mahadevan
@UmaMahadevanIBD
Sep 21, 2022
So very honored to receive the @ShermanPrize. I am very grateful to my rockstar mentees @MikeKattahMD @KendallBeckMD @SaraLewinMD @DamieOdufaluMD @RishikaChughMD for the nomination and thrilled to share this with #MarlaDubinsky @PDulaiMD. TY to the Shermans & #IBDMoms.💕💕
Sherman Prize
@ShermanPrize
Sep 21, 2022
Congratulations to 2022 Sherman Prize recipients Dr. Marla Dubinsky, @UmaMahadevanIBD, & @PDulaiMD, whose relentless drive and transformational research have led to extraordinary advances in the care of people w/ #IBD. @NorthwesternMed @MountSinaiNYC @UCSF #crohns #colitis
Uma Mahadevan
@UmaMahadevanIBD
Jul 15, 2024
Hot of the press: Upadacitinib safety in pregnancy. 128 maternal pregnacies all exposed in the first trimester primarily. @MotherToBaby @JulsgaardMette @MLongMD
Pregnancy Outcomes in Patients Treated with Upadacitinib: Analysis of Data from Clinical Trials and...
From link.springer.com
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Uma Mahadevan
@UmaMahadevanIBD
May 24, 2022
Honored to receive the @AmerGastroAssn Research Mentor Award IMIBD. Thank you @MikeKattahMD for the eloquent speech and to all the @ucsfibd fellows for the JOY you bring me. I am so proud of every one of you and my life is richer for having you in it ❤️.
Uma Mahadevan
@UmaMahadevanIBD
Oct 24, 2023
Women with IBD are at increased risk of pre-eclampsia and should start low dose Asa around week 12 gestation. No increased risk of flare with use in pregnancy. Thank you for highlighting @JPAchkarMD
Jean-Paul Achkar
@JPAchkarMD
Oct 24, 2023
IBD Plenary session at #ACG2023. @UmaMahadevanIBD presenting results on low dose aspirin in pregnancy- no increased risk of IBD flares with aspirin use. Reassuring information. @MRegueiroMD @KatieFalloonMD @IBD_Afzali @DCharabaty @EdwardLoftus2 @shannonchangmd @ibdtweets @IBDMD
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Uma Mahadevan
@UmaMahadevanIBD
May 4, 2023
On our way to @DDWMeeting! @Realcecum chair of IMIBD picked great abstracts and symposia and as chair of postgrad course, I have a cool new format and awesome speakers. Look forward to seeing everyone. @UCSFHospitals @kpnorcal @AmerGastroAssn
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Uma Mahadevan
@UmaMahadevanIBD
Jul 28, 2022
What's the safety of new IBD tx in pregnancy? PIANO has answered these questions in the past and we're still enrolling. We are grateful for new funding to launch PIANO 2.0 so please consider enrolling pregnant patients on biologics and small molecules! gastroenterology.ucsf.edu/piano 1/3