Exploring Food Fear in IBD Patients

I’m proud to share this podcast on Food Fear in IBD with @clevelandclinic.bsky.social Butts and Guts: open.spotify.com/episode/4phl...

Urogynecologic Symptoms Are Not Specific to Anatomic Region of Digestive Symptoms Urogynecologic symptoms are common in patients with DGBIs, regardless of the affected area of the GI tract. We recommend screening for these symptoms in all patients with chronic GI symptoms.

New publication- here we show equal prevalence of urinary and gynecologic symptoms regardless of anatomic region affected in the digestive tract. We suggest when 4+ symptoms are present (~25% of pts), it is worth additional exploration w/ GYN/URO 🩸

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Are you guys looking at serum levels of GD15? I see a lot of gastroparesis patients and this seems relevant for them too, but frankly have not been familiar with this line of inquiry

Super interesting, thanks for sharing!!

From Food Fears to Food Freedom: How Do We Best Manage Restrictive Eating in IBD? Abstract. Prior research has estimated the rates of Avoidant/Restrictive Food Intake Disorder (ARFID) to be between 10-54% in patients with Inflammatory Bo

Proud to share our new publication on food fear in IBD. We outline the neuroscience behind how fear of food develops in patients with GI symptoms and set the stage for a compassionate approach to reintroduction.

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Thanks to @gidietitian.bsky.social for initiating!!

You went to the doctor and came out feeling worse — Harvard Gazette Psychologist who studied medical gaslighting explains how caseload contributes to the problem and when we should call it something else.

Excited to share the interview I did for the Harvard Gazette on the research I published with @drjagielski.bsky.social and Dr.Tiffany Taft on medical gaslighting is out! Many thanks to Al Powell for taking an interest in our work.

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New publication ✨✨ The Role of Psychlogists in Treating Pelvic Pain Conditions

In it we cover…
✨Brain gut connection in pelvic pain
✨Nutrition and pelvic pain
✨Psychological interventions for pelvic pain
✨PTSD and pelvic pain

DM me if you’d like a PDF copy

Excited to share I’ll be presenting our research on glycemic variability and symptom severity in #IBD and the relationship between nighttime eating and myoelectric activity of the gut at #DDW2025 #diet #gastropsych @romegastropsych.bsky.social

Thanks!!

This sample was highly motivated (in agreeing to a dietary trial). I anticipate if replicated in different sample, you would likely still find minimal between group differences (ARFID vs not), but there might be more global deficiencies in consumption

Tonight I had the chance to present our research on diet in #IBD. We found those who screened positive for ARFID still met/exceeded RDAs of all macro+micronutrients (except vit D). We propose food related QoL may be the more appropriate treatment target @romegastropsych.bsky.social

Transitioning from X to Bluesky! I’m a GI psychologist at the Cleveland Clinic and I specialize in treating motility based GI conditions. I tend to post about eating behavior, especially the neurophysiology of food avoidance, and the overlap between gynecologic conditions and digestive disease.