All Podcast Episodes

This week we talk to Dr. Jami A. Kinnucan! Dr. Kinnucan is a Senior Associate Consultant at Mayo Clinic in Florida (or as she calls it- the Sandy Mayo) and she is an IBD specialist. She has a special interest in and researches cannabis and IBD and so we spend a lot of...

This week we talked to Shawn Luna! Shawn was diagnosed with UC as an adult and it was a big surprise since he hadn't had any symptoms of it when he was younger. We talked about how quickly his UC came on, how scary it was to get diagnosed, and his struggles with...

This week we talk to Megan Starshak! Megan was diagnosed with UC in high school and, while it compromised her ability to do some of her favorite activities for a while, it didn't prevent her from finding new ways to enjoy her life and even led to her meeting some...

This week we talk to our friend Clayton Smith! Clayton is a self-described "autoimmune disease magnet" who lives with Crohn's, Celiac, Rheumatoid Arthritis, Lupus, a rare cardiac and soft tissue disease and who has also had 2 bouts with colon cancer. We...

This week we shared an Earl Gray tea with Sari Grossman! Sari has a very unique case of Crohn's disease and she has a family history of Crohn's as well.  We talk to her about growing up with Crohn's and also having a mother who is living with...

This week week we interview Jasmine Bouche- AKA JPouch Jasmine! She's the first guest we've had on that neither Robin or Alicia knew already! It was so fun to get to know her and to hear her story of getting diagnosed in college, navigating the social scene...

This week we talk to Stacey Calabro who has decided that makes her "Stacey C- The Deuce." Stacey has been living with IBD since she was in high school. She's been a social worker, probation officer, and finally her IBD prompted her to go to nursing...

This week's episode was SO FUN! Robin and I got to record in the same room after not getting to meet up for more that 2.5 years! AND we had the joy of talking with Eitan Kling-Levine! Eitan is a young professional living with NYC and working in healthcare...

This week we talk to Dr. Tim Ritter- Senior Medical Director and lead for Clinical Trials at the GI Alliance.  Dr. Ritter has been treating patients with IBD for more than 30 years and has a special interest in clinical trials. We talk to him about what's...

This week we talk to Nicole Williams- Licensed Professional Counselor! Nicole has more than 20 years of experience in providing therapy services and specializes in working with people living with chronic illness. We talk to her about the grief and loss wheel she...

https://opbmed.com/dr-tiffany-taft/cool video about Dr. Taft and what it's like to be a GI psychologist- https://www.facebook.com/ccfafb/videos/dr-tiffany-taft-a-clinical-psychologist-splits-her-day-to-day-life-between-seein/408156540306837/Working with a...

This week we had extra special guests- we welcomed Robin's daughters- Logan and Baylee! We discussed what is was like to grown up with a mom with IBD, how that may or may not have shaped their career choices, how Robin's parenting and their close...

This week we talk to Brittany Rogers (formerly Roman-Green)! Brittany is an IBD-focused registered dietitian nutritionist, certified personal trainer, and behavior change specialist. She's the the co-leader of the diet and nutrition national scientific advisory...

This week we talk to Dr. Smita Mehta, PT, DPT, PRPC! Dr. Mehta is a pelvic floor physical therapist and part of a multidisciplinary team for IBD at Brooke Army Medical Center in San Antonio, TX. She clarified what pelvic floor PT is, how it can help people living with...

Meet Kim K! Alicia had to miss this recording so you'll hear an intimate conversation between long time friends Robin and Kim. Kim was diagnosed with Crohn's disease when she was very, very young and before there were really any treatments for kids. They...

This week we're joined by a couple of our past guests- Dr. Anish Patel and Dr. Ashish S. Patel- to discuss what's new in IBD research and what's coming down the pipeline! We had a great discussion about biosimilars, predicting colectomy risk in kids...

In this episode you'll meet Dr. Sunanda V. Kane! Dr. Kane is a professor of medicine at the Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minnesota; physician chair of the Mayo Clinic Quality Academy’s Fellow Subcommittee; and assistant chair of patient experience in the...

This week we share a tequila cocktail with Josie McGarva! We talk about her Crohn's disease and her struggle with fistulas and abscesses. We also spend quite a bit of time talking about mental health and IBD and Josie's graduate work in health psychology....

This week we talk to Hannah Cramer! We talked a lot about surgeries, waking up with an unexpected ostomy, how the world could be more accessible for people living with ostomies, her challenging career and how her IBD influenced her career choice, and trauma and IBD....

This week we talk to Caroline Perry on being diagnosed with Crohn's disease very young, growing up with IBD, and what is was like to have a sibling with IBD as well as one without IBD. We also talk about establishing boundaries when we you have IBD and also work...

In this episode you meet Dr. Lukasz Kwapisz! Dr. Kwapisz is an Assistant Professor and IBD Specialist at the Inflammatory Bowel Disease Center at Baylor College of Medicine in Houston, TX.  We discuss how he chose to specialize in IBD and his passion for treating our...

In this episode you meet Dr. Bincy P. Abraham! Dr. Abraham is a Distinguished Professor and Director of the Fondren Inflammatory Bowel Disease Program at the Underwood Digestive Diseases Center at Houston Methodist Hospital. We discuss her career in GI, her research...

This week we talk to Crohn's patient Jodie Delay who also has a brother and son with Crohn's. We discussed accepting and feeling all emotions, how empowering and exciting advocacy can be, and  how you can choose to live joyfully even in the face of adversity...

This week we talk to Amy Btiebet Washington on living well with Crohn's disease, self-care options, finding the right provider and the right tribe, how vulnerability can create connections, and how sometimes you just got to have that craft beer even if you pay...

In this episode you'll meet Lt. Colonel Dr. Anish Patel! Dr. Patel is the head of GI and an IBD Specialist at Brooke Army Medical Center in San Antonio, TX. We talk to him about why he chose IBD, how an IBD diagnosis works in the military, the importance of...

As you hopefully heard in our last episodes, both Co-Host Robin and last week's guest Stacey Collins were having J-Pouch surgery. Their surgeries were quite close together and so they became surgery/recovery buddies. Unfortunately they had vastly different...

We had so much fun talking to our friend Stacey Collins in this episode! Stacey is a Dietitian who lives with UC and we talked about the field of Dietetics, diet research for IBD,  what you can find out in your bloodwork, surgery as a treatment option, road-tripping...