Key Note: The Screening No One Wants to Talk About

In our March episode, we marked Colorectal Cancer Awareness Month with Dr. Renee Williams, a Gastroenterologist and Associate Professor of Medicine at NYU Langone. Dr. Williams talked about the importance of preventive screening for colorectal cancer and walked us through the colonoscopy procedure. In this month’s Key Note, she explains what happens if polyps are found during a colonoscopy, what they are and how they’re treated.

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Guest Bio Renee Williams, MD, MHPE, is a Professor of Medicine in the Division of Gastroenterology at NYU Grossman School of Medicine. Within the Department of Medicine, she is the Associate Chair for Health Equity and the Director of the Saul Farber Program in Health Equity. Institutionally, she is Graduate Medical Education Pillar Lead for NYU Langone’s Institute for Excellence in Health Equity. Her interests include health disparities in colorectal cancer screening and medical education with a focus on simulation education. She is a member of the Association of American Medical Colleges’ MedEdSCHOLAR Steering Committee, Co-Chair of the New York Citywide Colorectal Cancer Coalition (C5) Risk assessment and Screening Committee, and section editor for the American Society for Gastrointestinal Endoscopy’s GESAP (Gastrointestinal Endoscopy Self-assessment Program). She also served on the Board of Trustees for the American College of Gastroenterology from 2018 to 2024.