The 2020 Healio Social Media Influencer is ...
During this year’s ACG 2020 Virtual meeting, Healio hosted its annual Disruptive Innovators Award ceremony.
These awards stem from the disruption that Healio caused in gastroenterology by using a Peer Tested concept to deliver in print what physicians read online. Using analytics, data and social media, what is trending online is delivered to your mailbox. The Healio Disruptive Innovators represent the revolutionary mindset of Healio Gastroenterology.
From social media giants to health equity, these Healio Disruptive Innovators are the ultimate in Peer Tested with more than 1,000 of our readers and followers voting.
The Healio Social Media Influencer
This award goes to a health care professional who makes a positive impact on social media and led the tidal change in health care professionals’ use within gastroenterology.
The awardee acts as a trusted resource for his or her peers amidst the din of social media. Previous winners David T. Rubin, MD, and Aline Charabaty, MD, are masterful in their wielding of the Twitter hashtag.
This year’s winner is:
- Anita Afzali, MD, MPH, FACG, @IBD_Afzali
Edging out some serious competition, Afzali proves honest engagement on tough topics has an impact on the gastroenterology community in social media.
Afzali contributes to the ongoing conversations of diversity by sharing her experiences as a woman of color in the medical community while maintaining her status as an expert in treating women with IBD and utilizing social media to continue collaborating with experts in other specialties for better care across the board.
She uses her social media platforms to truly improve patient care through conversation and continually supports her colleagues in their endeavors.