Clinicians Who Care

Chronic IllnessComplex Medical CasesListens & Believes PatientsShared Decision MakingThorough & InvestigativeWeight-Neutral CareProf. Shitrit succeeded in identifying the cause of the terrible abdominal pain I had been suffering from for about three years—a condition no other doctor had diagnosed, dismissing it instead as IBS. She managed to pinpoint a very rare variant of Crohn's disease that manifests only in the middle layer of the colon wall—meaning inflammatory markers remain normal. She persisted until she diagnosed the illness and provided a solution; she also documented my condition to ensure that, should I need to visit the emergency room, the medical staff would understand my situation.