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About
Gastroenterologist, internal medicine physician, educator, and content creator also known online as @socalgastrodoc and known for a double board-certified GI doctor who creates easy-to-understand videos about IBS, reflux, bloating, constipation, hemorrhoids, fatty liver disease, iron deficiency, and gut-brain health. She is also known for being the founder of the platform ModernGut and along with being featured as a medical expert in outlets such as TIME, Self, Business Insider, Prevention, Real Simple, Well+Good, Yahoo Lifestyle, and the New York Post.
Before fame
She earned her bachelor's degree in economics from Stanford University, then went on to earn her M.D. from UC San Diego School of Medicine in 2018. She completed both her Internal Medicine residency and Gastroenterology fellowship at UCLA where she also worked on digital health and hospital-based quality projects. She began sharing GI education online while she was still getting her medical degree after seeing how confused patients were by viral gut health hacks and eventually building a large online presence as SoCalGastroDoc.
Trivia
Her medical research has been published in leading journals including Gastroenterology, The American Journal of Gastroenterology, and Clinical Gastroenterology & Hepatology. She was named Healio Gastroenterology's Social Media Influencer of the Year in 2023. She appeared as a guest in an episode of the The Allsorts Podcast in 2024. She has been on a couple episodes of the IBS Nutrition Podcast.
Family life
She has lived and trained in California for much of her life before moving to Idaho to practice gastroenterology.
Associated with
She and Dr. Benjamin Schmidt are both gastroenterologists known for making online content.
