This week we spoke to Michele Rubin! Michele is an advanced practice nurse and is the Associate APN Director of the IBD Center at the University of Chicago Medicine. She specializes in surgery for IBD and has helped to create a J-Pouch specific clinic. We talked to...
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Meet Michele Rubin, APN!
This week we spoke to Michele Rubin! Michele is an advanced practice nurse and is the Associate APN Director of the IBD Center at the University of Chicago Medicine. She specializes in surgery for IBD and has helped to create a J-Pouch specific clinic. We talked to...
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Meet Dr. David Choi!
This week we had such an informative conversation with Dr. David Choi! Dr. Choi is a Specialty Clinical Pharmacist and the Associate Director of the IBD Center at UChicago. We talked to him about his role as part of the IBD care team and how he plays an important part...
Meet Nicole and Luke!
This week we spoke to Nicole and Luke Pavlin! Nicole is living with Crohn's disease and Luke is her husband and care partner. We talked about the process for her to get diagnosed and the unusual birth defect she has that complicated her case. We talked about her...
Meet Nir S.!
This week we talked to Nir Salomon! Nir is the Founder and Director of the Integrative Gastroenterology unit at Sheba Medical Center in Israel. He's also the Co-Founder and Head of R&D at Evinature. Nir has done research for more than a decade on neutraceuticals...
Meet Dr. Mike Dolinger!
This week we talked to Dr. Michael Dolinger! Dr. Dolinger is an Assistance Professor of Pediatric Gastroenterology at the Icahn School of Medicine and Mount Sinai Kravis Children's Hospital. Dr. Dolinger leads the Henry and Elaine Kaufman intestinal ultrasound program...
Meet Lori P.!
This week we talked to Lori Plung! Lori has been living with Crohn's disease for more than 40 years and she has been living as fully and as well as possible. She's now been diagnosed with short gut syndrome and so we talk to her about what that is, what it's like, and...
Meet Kishore!
This week we met Kishore Pardasani! Kishore was diagnosed with UC when he was in college and struggled to find the right treatment for his disease. Eventually he decided to manage his disease through a permanent ostomy. As he was learning to navigate life with an...
Meet Dr. Abdul Elkadri!
This week Alicia had a guest host! She was joined by friend of the show and past guest- Lauren Erbach Barnfield and they spoke to Dr. Abdul Aziz Elkadri! Dr. Elkadri is an Assistant Professor at the Medical College of Wisconsin where he specializes in pediatric IBD....
Blueberry Basil Tea
For this week's beverage, I'm featuring a blueberry basil iced tea. There are lots of blueberry basil recipes on the interwebs. I think I might try this with green tea and maybe test it with different berries. Have fun and get creative! Without further ado - Blueberry...
Strawberry Tea
"On this beautiful Monday morning, I wish you a day full of adventure. May every day be such an adventure that you will cherish all your life.” ~ anonymous Mondays and adventure, what could be better? Today I give you fresh and crisp Strawberry Tea! INGREDIENTS 1 pint...
Earl Grey Tea
This morning we are featuring a classic cup of Earl Grey Tea. 🫖 Earl Grey Tea is typically a black tea base flavored with oil from the rind of bergamot orange. It is quintessentially British and in the UK they usually drink this particular tea with milk. Regular milk...
Meet Kajal P.!
This week we talk to Kajal Patel! Kajal is a 3rd year medical student originally diagnosed with UC but when she started to develop fistulas, her diagnosis was changed to Crohn's. We spoke to her about advocacy and a group she co-founded on campus for medical students...
Meet Dr. Alessandro Fichera- Colorectal Surgeon!
This week we talked to Dr. Alessandro Fichera! Dr. Fichera is the Division Chief of Colorectal Surgery at Baylor University Medical Center in Dallas, Texas and the Surgery Safety and Quality Officer since July 2020. His clinical and research interest include...
Meet Jackie Z.!
This week Robin had a fan girl moment while we talked to Jackie Zimmerman! Jackie is one of the founders of Girls with Guts and was one of the OG IBD bloggers with her blog called "Blood, Poop, & Tears." Robin was a big fan of her blog and got a lot of information...
Meet Francesca F.!
This week we talked to Francesca Ferraro! Francesca was diagnosed with UC in 2019 and just had the first part of a J-Pouch surgery in January 2023. She has been absolutely loving life with her ostomy and talks a lot about the pros and cons of continuing with the next...
Meet Dr. Jeremy Adler!
This week we had a great conversation with Dr. Jeremy Adler! Dr. Adler is the Director of the Pediatric IBD Program at CS Mott Children's Hospital at the University of Michigan. We talked to him about his research interests in quality of care improvements, health...