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Highlights from ACG 2024: SAIA’s IBDesis’ Patient Experience

Highlights from ACG 2024: SAIA’s IBDesis’ Patient Experience

By: Madhura Balasubramaniam, Sharan Khela & Tina Aswani-Omprakash Our patient advocate team, SAIA’s IBDesis, were honoured to participate in the American College of Gastroenterology’s (ACG) Annual Scientific Meeting in Philadelphia, PA, USA, between October 25th...
HealtheVoices 10-Year Anniversary (A Reminder of Why We Advocate)

HealtheVoices 10-Year Anniversary (A Reminder of Why We Advocate)

Originally published by The Insighters® on October 18th, 2024: https://theinsighters.com/blog-posts/13 As I reflect on my HealtheVoices experience this year on the conference’s 10-year anniversary, I see a bastion of hope, of love, and of support for years to come....
How Ostomy Surgery Impacted My Life

How Ostomy Surgery Impacted My Life

How ostomy surgery gave Tina Aswani-Omprakash her life back and the impact these surgeries can have in IBD treatment. Originally published on IBD Social Circle’s Blog It is estimated that approximately three-quarters of Crohn’s disease patients and a third of...
Managing Crohn’s Disease and Going Back to School

Managing Crohn’s Disease and Going Back to School

In the summer of 2023, I graduated from Mount Sinai’s Icahn School of Medicine with a Master of Public Health (MPH) degree. In 2018 and 2019, as I was considering supplementing my patient advocacy work with a formal education in health, it was daunting to think how I...