Two previous guest of our Let's Gut Real Podcast, 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 A Guide for Patients and Doctors Gut Feelings: A Patient's Story. Now available on Amazon.

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) and Founder and President of the Rome Foundation for 29 years. 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.

Dr. Drossman is joined today by co-author Johannah Ruddy who is a national expert, researcher, and writer on teaching communications skills to patients and providers. Johannah currently serves as the 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 Masters 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 21 years and their two sons.

Dr. Drossman, Johannah Ruddy and I talk about:

- Dr. Drossman's and Mrs. Ruddy's backgrounds and how they came to work together

- Disorders of gut brain interaction

- Typical patient experiences with these diagnoses and the reasons why they hold so much stigma

- 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 centred care.

- How patients advocate for themselves to feel heard in their journey

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

which is also available on Amazon: https://romedross.video/patient-story

You can find their previous book: Gut Feelings- Disorders of Gut-Brain Interactions, A Guide for Patients and Doctors which is available on Amazon: https://romedross.video/GutFeelingsWebsite

Check out the video version of the audio recording excerpt featured in this presentation: https://romedross.video/LesleyGutFeelings4X

Connect with Johannah on Instagram @johannahruddy on Twitter @JohannahRuddy or on LinkedIn.

Learn more about the Theromefoundation.org or here: https://romeonline.org

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