Are we more human or bacteria? The Gut Microbiome
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Read more…Meet Dr. Shustina
Dr. Shustina is a board certified Gastroenterologist and Internist. She completed her medical degree from New York College of Osteopathic Medicine where she learned all the best western medicine has to offer. She also studied Osteopathic Manipulative Medicine, a holistic approach emphasizing the connection between structure of the body and its function and dysfunction. She completed her Internal Medicine residency in St. Vincent’s hospital, a historic hospital in downtown Manhattan and did her Gastroenterology training in Garden City Hospital in Michigan.
She worked in many hospitals in New York City and around the country teaching young physicians, taking care of the critically ill and has performed thousands of colonoscopies and endoscopies. During her training and hospital work, she was disappointed that she was not able to help her patients with chronic illnesses with the standard methodology she was taught. She then completed additional advanced training in functional medicine, visceral manipulation, cranial osteopathy, lymphatic drainage, herbology, and energy medicine.
She also has an advanced research degree in Molecular Biology and uses her scientific background and critical thinking skills to get to the root of the problem. She is passionate about a natural approach to chronic illness and has a particular interest and in Crohn’s Disease and Ulcerative Colitis.