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Gastroenterology Nurse Practitioner who specializes in motility and hereditary GI cancer.

Featured on NPR "Science Friday", King 5 New day Northwest, Seattle Times

10/29/2026

What is a normal 💩, do you have to go every day? What color is it supposed to be?

We don’t talk about this $ #*+ enough, so let’s start the conversation now. Break the and share this with anyone who needs to hear it!

Drop your 2️⃣ in the comments along with questions!

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10/28/2026

But wait….there’s more!

I’m excited to share work at the upcoming CGA-IGC Annual Meeting- in poster form!

📌 Poster P-211
📅 Monday, October 26 🕔 5:10–6:10 PM | Poster Session

Improving hereditary gastrointestinal cancer care requires more than identifying risk…it requires effective, collaborative models that connect patients with the specialized care they need.

I’m looking forward to sharing our work, exchanging ideas with colleagues, and discussing opportunities to improve how we deliver hereditary cancer care in clinical practice.

If you’re attending CGA, please stop by Poster P-211.

I’d love to connect!

10/26/2026

The hereditary GI space is rapidly evolving, and need is starting to outpace the availability. How do we help meet this growing need? Advanced Practice Providers (APP) may be a part of this equation.

How do we define, expand, and adapt our roles to meet the growing demands of hereditary cancer care?

I am incredibly excited to dive into this multi-faceted question with colleagues at the upcoming CGA-IGC Annual Meeting!

🎤 How We Do It: Defining APP Roles in Hereditary Cancer Care — Models, Challenges, and Real-World Practice

📅 Monday, October 26
🕓 4:40–5:00 PM | Scientific Session III: Oncology

Whether you work in a high-volume academic hub, a community clinic, or a specialized high-risk GI practice, your day-to-day looks different. Our training, baseline resources, and institutional models vary wildy; but our ultimate target is identical: transforming outcomes for families at high risk.

This session is about breaking down the real-world barriers we all encounter, from navigating complex guidelines to streamlining direct testing workflows. More importantly, it is a space to map out actionable opportunities for deeper, multidisciplinary collaboration.

Let’s share our collective experiences and design the future of APP-driven genetics care together. If you are attending in Denver, I hope you’ll join the conversation!

10/16/2026

If you have chronic GI symptoms and hyper flexibility, discuss the with your

A screening score is not a diagnosis.

Positive screen: Consider a comprehensive clinical assessment.

Negative screen, but strong clinical suspicion: Need to consider historical context and joints that are not assessed by the Beighton score.

Next steps:
Clinical evaluation for hEDS, HSD, or another relevant condition is pertinent. This is not meant as a means self-diagnosis.

10/15/2026

Constipation isn’t always the same traffic issue…

Which one is your gut dealing with?

10/08/2026

Tortuous or redundant colon on your colonoscopy report? It can contribute to constipation, but it doesn’t automatically explain it.

Shape ≠ function.

09/30/2026

When you’re having a bowel movement, you need to create enough pressure to move stool forward while your pelvic floor and sphincter relax.

A long, low vocalization encourages a slow, open-glottis exhale rather than holding your breath and bearing down hard. That breathing pattern may make it easier to avoid the reflexive tightening that can happen when you strain.

It’s hard to think about breathing when you’re trying to go! Think of this as a simple cue to help coordinate “breathe out + relax” rather than “hold your breath + squeeze.”

If you regularly feel like you can’t relax or empty completely, that’s worth discussing with your GI clinician or a pelvic floor physical therapist. 🐮💩

09/18/2026

As a GI provider, that statement always makes me ask a few more questions.

Because “I haven’t p**ped in a month” can mean very different things clinically.

Are you:
Not having a spontaneous bowel movement without medication?

Passing small amounts but never feeling like you fully emptied?

Having liquid stool that you don’t consider a “real” bowel movement?

Or truly having no stool AND no gas?

That last scenario is called obstipation and can be a sign of a bowel obstruction, particularly when someone is acutely ill or has symptoms such as significant abdominal pain, distension, vomiting, or worsening illness.

The words we use to describe our bowel movements matter. “I’m constipated” isn’t always enough information to figure out what is actually happening.

If you’re struggling with bowel movements, talk with your healthcare provider about exactly what you’re experiencing.

08/26/2026

Pyloric Botox isn’t the gastroparesis treatment that everyone may make it sound like.

The theory makes sense.

The problem is what happens when we test that theory in controlled trials. Unfortunately the data just isn’t there.

And this is an important reminder that “it improved my gastric emptying” and “it improved my gastroparesis” are not necessarily the same thing. This isn’t to say that some haven’t found it helpful!

The pylorus is still an important area of research. We just don’t yet have a reliable way to identify every patient who might benefit.

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Lynnwood, WA
98026, 98036, 98037, 98046, 98087

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