Patient’s Experience with Disorders of Gut-Brain Interaction with Dr. Doug Drossman & Johannah Ruddy

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The Patient’s Experience with Disorders of Gut-Brain Interaction

Dr. Drossman and Johannah Ruddy, join us again today to talk about their newly released book. Gut Feelings: The Patient’s Story- Personal Accounts of the Illness Journey.

Dr. Drossman received his M.D. degree at Albert Einstein College of Medicine and subspecialized in biopsychosocial medicine and Gastroenterology. He received his gastroenterology training at the University of North Carolina where he founded the UNC for Functional GI and Motility Disorders. Currently he is Professor Emeritus of Medicine and Psychiatry in Gastroenterology at UNC. He is a Fellow of the American College of Physicians, a Master of the American College of Gastroenterology, Past-President of the American Psychosomatic Society (1997). Dr. Drossman is founder and Past-President of the Rome Foundation for 29 years. He currently serves as the CEO and President Emeritus. In addition, he founded the Drossman Center for the Education and Practice of Biopsychosocial Care as an entity to help train physicians in relationship-centered biopsychosocial care with an emphasis on communication skills and enhancing the patient-doctor relationship.

Johannah Ruddy is a national expert, researcher, and writer on teaching communications skills to patients and providers. Johannah currently serves as the COO and Executive Director of the Rome Foundation. She has 22 years of executive leadership experience working with a variety of non-profit organizations nationwide and a strong background in writing for patients as well as a speaker at GI practices, medical centers, and conferences in the area of provider communication and patient advocacy. She holds a Bachelor of science degree from the University of New Mexico in Political Science, a Master of Education from New Mexico Highlands University and is a doctoral student at Campbell University. She lives in Wake Forest, North Carolina with her husband of 22 years and their two sons.

Dr. Drossman and Johannah Ruddy talk about:

Dr. Drossman’s and Mrs. Ruddy’s backgrounds and how they came to work together
A brief description of their first book and what Disorders of Gut Brain Interaction are
Typical patient experiences with these diagnoses and the reasons why they hold so much stigma
-How patients advocate for themselves to feel heard in their journey
-Discuss their new book and share video/audio clips of real patient experiences with Disorders of Gut-Brain Interaction
Each of their biggest learnings as practitioner and patient in doing these interviews
Common mistakes/pitfalls practitioners experience in working with patients and how this may be a disservice to our patients
The key things clinicians can take away from this book, with a focus on patient centered care.

You can find their new book: Gut Feelings: The Patient's Story Personal Accounts of the Illness Journey A Guide for Patients and Doctors Gut Feelings: A Patient’s Story; Available here: https://romedross.video/patient-story

You can find their previous book: Gut Feelings- Disorders of Gut-Brain Interactions, A Guide for Patients and Doctors; Available here: https://romedross.video/GutFeelingsWe...

You can watch their first presentation on my channel here:
   • What is the Gut-Brain Connection? | I...  

Here is their first book:
https://www.amazon.com/dp/0578759683?...