Scoping Out the Issues in Crohn's Disease
At the inaugural APP Institute Inflammatory Bowel Disease, IBD specialist APPs Kimberly Kearns, Kim Orleck, Abigail Meyers, and Angelina Collins presented a case study illustrating the challenges of diagnosing and treating Crohn's disease.
Kimberly Kearns, MS, ANP-BC, specializes in adult gastroenterology for DULY Health and Care in Hoffman Estates, Illinois. Kimberly Orleck, PA-C, is a nurse practitioner at Atlanta Gastroenterology Associates Associates and director of Advanced Practice Providers at United Digestive in Atlanta, Georgia. Abigail Meyers, MPAS, PA-C, is assistant director of student success and development and an assistant professor at the Medical College of Wisconsin in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. Angelina Collins, MSN, ANP-BC, is a specialist in inflammatory bowel disease at the University of California San Diego Inflammatory Bowel Disease Center.
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