In the spirit of Black History month, Dr. Parikh interviews Dr. Travelle Ellis to discuss the increased risk of colorectal cancer in the African American community and what we can do about it.

This episode is sponsored by Exact Sciences whose purpose is to help eradicate cancer by preventing it, detecting it earlier, and guiding personalized treatment. Exact Sciences is the maker of the Cologuard® test, a stool-based screening test for average risk adults ages 45 and over.

In this episode in the Food as Medicine series, Dr. Parikh is joined by Dr. Gwenn Rosenberg Wildman who is clinical director at the New London Natural Health Center. They dive into the health perks of cabbage - a surprisingly powerful yet underappreciated ally for gut health.

Chris Burns was a successful cinematographer and director of photography for multiple Emmy-winning projects. Then he developed significant alcohol-associated liver disease which eventually led him to a liver transplant. He is now two years post transplant and is working on a documentary to raise awareness for both liver disease and liver transplantation. We discuss his journey and his advocacy work in today's episode of the Gut Doctor Podcast. This episode is brought to you by Mindray and Aegle Medical, manufacturer and distributor of the Hepatus-series platform, which is a NexGen vibration-controlled elastography technology used to stage and monitor liver disease.