Medically Associated Science and Technology Program @CedarsSinai A multidisciplinary team studying the human #microbiome and finding new ways to help patients

Los Angeles, CA
Joined March 2017
⛵️ No rest for MAST when we’re sailing the waters of innovation! 🌊 Next stop: Barcelona for UEG Week 2026! 🇪🇸 Gut health research knows no borders. Sharing our findings on the international stage sparks new conversations, fuels collaboration, and helps move scientific discoveries closer to the patients who need them. We’re excited to connect with gastroenterology professionals from around the world, exchange ideas, and share the latest from MAST. 🌍🧬 📍 Attending UEG Week 2026? Come find the MAST team, check out our research, and join the conversation about what’s next in gut health! Barcelona, we’re on our way! 🇪🇸 @my_ueg #UEGWeek2026 #GutHealth #Microbiome #Gastroenterology #DigestiveHealth #MASTProgram@
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Got questions about SIBO or IBS? 🦠 Dr. Mark Pimentel is answering them! Join Dr. Pimentel TODAY for a live Q&A webinar hosted by Gemelli Biotech, where he’ll discuss these complex digestive conditions and share insights into gut health. 👇 Register using the link in the comments. #SIBO #IBS #GutHealth #Gastroenterology #MASTProgram
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🎤 That’s a wrap on #ACG2026! 🧬 From sharing new findings to connecting with fellow gastroenterology professionals, the MAST team had a great time bringing our research to Nashville. Scientific progress doesn’t happen in a vacuum. Meetings like ACG create opportunities to exchange ideas, challenge assumptions, and move our understanding of the gut microbiome and digestive disease forward. A big thank you to everyone who stopped by, attended our presentations, and connected with our researchers! 🎥 Missed us in Nashville? Catch our short research video summaries on the MAST YouTube channel. We’re taking the conversations and connections from ACG with us as we continue working toward a deeper understanding of gut health. 🚀 #ACG2026 #MASTProgram #GutHealth #Microbiome #Gastroenterology #DigestiveHealth
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See you next year in San Antonio! #ACG2027
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🤠 One last day in Nashville, but we’re not done making moves! 🦠 It’s the final day of #ACG2026, and the MAST team is wrapping up an incredible few days of sharing research, connecting with fellow gastroenterology professionals, and exchanging ideas about the future of gut health. From new findings to new connections, meetings like these help keep scientific discovery moving forward. Missed our presentations? 🎥 Catch our short research video summaries on the MAST YouTube channel! Thanks, Nashville, for a great meeting. We’re heading out with plenty of new ideas—and our boots pointed toward what’s next. 👢 #ACG2026 #MASTProgram #GutHealth #Microbiome #Gastroenterology
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📍 We’re at #ACG2026 today! Check out the latest research from the MAST team as we share new findings advancing our understanding of the gut microbiome and digestive health. 🧬 Can’t catch a presentation? Watch our short video summaries on the MAST YouTube channel! #Gastroenterology #GutHealth #DigestiveHealth #MicrobiomeResearch #MASTProgram
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Congrats to Dr. Jonathan Busam on receiving the "Outstanding Poster Presenter" ribbon! Way to go!
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National survey of 2,000 subjects presented by Dr.Goodman, our advanced GI motility fellow: Gen Z & millennials report more GI symptoms than boomers (65% & 67% vs 47%) and more often felt dismissed by physicians (76% & 80% vs 46%). Different generations, different barriers. #ACG2026
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📍 MAST is heading to Nashville for ACG 2026! (@AmCollegeGastro) We’re bringing new research, new data, and plenty to talk about. 🧬 If you’re at the meeting, come check out the MAST team’s presentations and hear directly from our researchers about the latest work in gut microbiome research, digestive disease, and more. Can’t make it to every presentation? We’ve got you covered. 👀 🎥 We’ll be sharing short video summaries of our research on the MAST YouTube channel, so you can catch the key findings wherever you are. Come find us, hear the research, and see what’s next in gut health. #ACG2026  #ACG #Gastroenterology #GutHealth #Microbiome #DigestiveHealth #MASTProgram
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Your gut doesn’t stay the same as you age. 🦠 So… what actually changes? In the latest episode of Eating, Interrupted, @CynthiaMcFadden and @MarkPimentelMD dive into how the gut and its microbial ecosystem can change over time, and what those changes may mean for digestive health. From the microbiome to digestion, aging can bring changes that are worth understanding. 🎧 Tune in to Eating, Interrupted and hear the conversation. Link in the comments below #EatingInterrupted #MASTProgram #GutHealth #Microbiome #DigestiveHealth #Gastroenterology #Aging
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🌍 MAST takes the microbiome conversation to Lyon, France. This past weekend, @MarkPimentelMD joined the Microbiome 360 Congress as a keynote speaker, bringing the MAST perspective to one of the major international meetings focused on the human microbiome and digestive health. We’re grateful for the opportunity to participate in a conference bringing together clinicians, researchers, and experts from around the world for clinical training, scientific exchange, and the latest breakthroughs in human microbiome research. From understanding the microbiome to translating that knowledge into better care, these conversations are helping shape what comes next in digestive health. 🇫🇷 Thank you to the Microbiome 360 Congress for inviting Dr. Pimentel and MAST to be part of this important international conversation. #Microbiome360 #Microbiome #GutHealth #DigestiveHealth #Gastroenterology #MicrobiomeResearch #MASTProgram
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🧪🦠 TWO TRUTHS & A GUT CHECK Three gut facts. Two are true. One needs a gut check. Can you spot it? 👀 A. Hydrogen sulfide is one of the gases produced by microbes in the gut. B. Hydrogen, methane, and hydrogen sulfide are all produced directly by bacteria. C. Methane production in the gut is associated with slower intestinal transit and constipation. 🤔 Which one doesn’t pass the gut check? Look in the comments to see if you got it right. #TwoTruthsAndAGutCheck #GutHealth #Microbiome #GIResearch #BreathTesting #Gastroenterology #MASTProgram
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💗 Women’s health is more than one system. It’s all connected. This National Women’s Health & Fitness Day, we’re putting women’s health front and center. Hormones. Metabolism. Digestion. The microbiome. Each plays a role in health, and understanding how these systems interact is an important part of understanding women’s health. At MAST, our research is helping uncover how changes in the gut microbiome may intersect with conditions that disproportionately affect women, including PCOS, metabolic disease, and gastrointestinal disorders. Because women’s health deserves research that looks at the whole picture. 💬 What’s one aspect of women’s health you wish we talked about more? #MASTProgram #WomensHealth #WomensHealthAndFitnessDay #GutHealth #Microbiome #PCOS #MetabolicHealth #GIHealth
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☕️ Coffee doesn’t always wake you up. Sometimes… it wakes up your GUT. For some, it’s a peaceful morning ritual. For others, it’s: ☕️ → 🚽 → immediately. Coffee can stimulate activity in the GI tract, and caffeine isn’t the only thing that may be contributing to the effect. Your individual response can vary, too. So on National Coffee Day, we have one very important question: What does coffee do to YOUR gut? 👇 🅰️ ☕️ Nothing. We’re thriving. 🅱️ 🚽 Gets things moving 🅲️ 💨 Things get… interesting 🅳️ 😵 Absolutely not. My gut said NO. Drop your answer below 👇 #NationalCoffeeDay #GutHealth #GIHealth #Gastroenterology #Microbiome #MASTProgram
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Trust your gut. But first… let’s understand it. 🦠🔬 September 23rd is National Go With Your Gut Day, and we’re taking it literally. Your gut is home to a complex ecosystem of microbes that can interact with digestion, metabolism, immunity, and more. But there’s still so much we don’t know about what’s happening beneath the surface. At MAST, we’re working to uncover the answers: 🦠 Which microbes are there? 🔬 What are they actually doing? 💡 And what can they tell us about disease? From SIBO and IBS to metabolic and GI conditions, our research is exploring how the microbiome connects to health — and how a better understanding of the gut could lead to better ways to diagnose and treat disease. So this National Go With Your Gut Day, go with your gut… …and maybe get curious about what’s inside it. 👀 #GoWithYourGutDay #GutHealth #GutMicrobiome #MicrobiomeResearch #GutHealthResearch #Gastroenterology #MASTProgram
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Digestive disease doesn’t just affect your gut. 💬 It can change how you eat, travel, work, socialize, and even how comfortable you feel talking about what you’re going through. On the latest episode of Eating, Interrupted, @MarkPimentelMD joins @CynthiaMcFadden for an important conversation about the social side of digestive disease—the parts of living with these conditions that don’t always show up on a test result. 🏓 Professional pickleball player Rob Nunnery also opens up about his experience living with Crohn’s disease. Because gut health is about more than symptoms, it’s about living your life. 🎧 Listen to the episode - link in comments below #EatingInterrupted #MASTprogram #GutHealth #DigestiveHealth #IBD #CrohnsDisease #Gastroenterology #PatientExperience
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