Amy Foxx-Orenstein,
D.O.,
FACG is an American
gastroenterologist. She is an associate professor of medicine at the
Mayo Clinic College of Medicine
The Mayo Clinic College of Medicine and Science (MCCMS; formerly known as Mayo Clinic College of Medicine) is a private graduate-only research university based in Rochester, Minnesota, United States. It trains physicians, scientists, and allied ...
a former president of the
American College of Gastroenterology
The American College of Gastroenterology (ACG) is a Bethesda, Maryland–based medical association of gastroenterologists.
The association was founded in 1932 and holds annual meetings and regional postgraduate continuing education courses, est ...
(2007–2008).
Dr. Foxx-Orenstein is a fellow of the
American College of Physicians as well as a fellow of the American College of Gastroenterology. She attended medical school at
Des Moines University in
Des Moines, Iowa
Des Moines is the List of capitals in the United States, capital and List of cities in Iowa, most populous city in the U.S. state of Iowa. It is the county seat of Polk County, Iowa, Polk County with parts extending into Warren County, Iowa, Wa ...
. She completed
internal medicine
Internal medicine, also known as general medicine in Commonwealth nations, is a medical specialty for medical doctors focused on the prevention, diagnosis, and treatment of diseases in adults. Its namesake stems from "treatment of diseases of ...
residency training at
Geisinger Health System in Pennsylvania and gastroenterology fellowship at
Virginia Commonwealth University Health System.
Dr. Foxx-Orenstein is the author of numerous scholarly articles on
gastroenterology
Gastroenterology (from the Greek gastḗr- "belly", -énteron "intestine", and -logía "study of") is the branch of medicine focused on the digestive system and its disorders. The digestive system consists of the gastrointestinal tract, sometime ...
.
References
External links
Amy E. Foxx-OrensteinD.O. Mayo Clinic researcher website. Accessed March 15, 2008.
About ACG American College of Gastroenterology website. Accessed March 15, 2008.
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American osteopathic physicians
Year of birth missing (living people)
Living people
American gastroenterologists
Des Moines University alumni
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