Eosinophils are a type of white blood cell that play a role in immune responses and help fight off infections. When these cells build up and cause inflammation in the digestive system, tissues, organs, and/or bloodstream, without a known cause, it may be the result of an eosinophil-associated disease. Join the American Partnership for Eosinophilic Disorders (APFED) for a series of conversations with researchers, clinicians, patients, and other community members as we discuss practical strate ...
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New Findings from the EGID Partners Registry with Dr. Elizabeth Jensen
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Description: Co-hosts Ryan Piansky, a graduate student and patient advocate living with eosinophilic esophagitis (EoE) and eosinophilic asthma, and co-host Holly Knotowicz, a speech-language pathologist living with EoE who serves on APFED’s Health Sciences Advisory Council, have a conversation about the latest findings from the EGID Partners Regist…
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Live from EOS Connection 2024, Ryan Piansky and Mary Jo Strobel
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Description: Co-hosts Ryan Piansky, a graduate student and patient advocate living with eosinophilic esophagitis (EoE) and eosinophilic asthma, and Mary Jo Strobel, APFED’s Executive Director, have a conversation about EOS Connection 2024, live at the conference. In this episode, Ryan and Mary Jo discuss highlights of EOS Connection 2024 including …
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Artificial Intelligence and Patient Education
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Co-host Ryan Piansky, a graduate student and patient advocate living with eosinophilic esophagitis (EoE) and eosinophilic asthma, and co-host Holly Knotowicz, a speech-language pathologist living with EoE who serves on APFED’s Health Sciences Advisory Council, have a conversation about artificial intelligence (AI) and patient education, with guest …
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Food-induced Immediate Response and Eosinophilic Esophagitis
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Co-host Ryan Piansky, a graduate student and patient advocate living with eosinophilic esophagitis (EoE) and eosinophilic asthma, and co-host Holly Knotowicz, a speech-language pathologist living with EoE, who serves on APFED’s Health Sciences Advisory Council, have a conversation about food-induced immediate response in eosinophilic esophagitis (E…
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The Spoon Theory and Eosinophilic Disorders
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Co-host Ryan Piansky, a graduate student and patient advocate living with eosinophilic esophagitis (EoE) and eosinophilic asthma, and co-host Holly Knotowicz, a speech-language pathologist living with EoE, who serves on APFED’s Health Sciences Advisory Council, have a conversation about the Spoon Theory. In this episode, Ryan and Holly discuss the …
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Gastro Girl and GI Diseases: Conversation With Jacqueline Gaulin
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Description: Co-host Ryan Piansky, a graduate student and patient advocate living with eosinophilic esophagitis (EoE) and eosinophilic asthma, and co-host Holly Knotowicz, a speech-language pathologist living with EoE, who serves on APFED’s Health Sciences Advisory Council, speak with Jacqueline Gaulin, the Founder of Gastro Girl, a source of infor…
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The Family Risk of Eosinophilic Gastrointestinal Diseases
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Description: Co-host Ryan Piansky, a graduate student and patient advocate living with eosinophilic esophagitis (EoE) and eosinophilic asthma, and co-host Mary Jo Strobel, APFED’s Executive Director, speak with Dr. Kathryn Peterson, MD, MSCI, a Professor of Gastroenterology at the University of Utah Health. In this episode, Ryan and Mary Jo intervi…
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Remodeling and Eosinophilic Esophagitis (EoE)
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Description: Co-host Ryan Piansky, a graduate student and patient advocate living with eosinophilic esophagitis (EoE) and eosinophilic asthma, and co-host Holly Knotowicz, a speech-language pathologist living with EoE, who serves on APFED’s Health Sciences Advisory Council, speak with Dr. Amanda Muir, an Assistant Professor of Pediatrics at the Chi…
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Journey to an Eosinophilic Esophagitis (EoE) Diagnosis
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Description: Co-host Ryan Piansky, a graduate student and patient advocate living with eosinophilic esophagitis (EoE) and eosinophilic asthma, and co-host Holly Knotowicz, a speech-language pathologist living with EoE, who serves on APFED’s Health Sciences Advisory Council, speak with Moises Velasquez-Manoff, a health and science writer living with…
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Community Perspective: Eosinophilic Gastritis (EoG)
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Description: Co-host Ryan Piansky, a graduate student and patient advocate living with eosinophilic esophagitis (EoE) and eosinophilic asthma, and co-host Mary Jo Strobel, APFED’s Executive Director, speak with Dr. Jenny Huang, an allergy and immunology fellow at Scripps Clinic, who has a unique perspective of also living with eosinophilic gastriti…
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Community Perspective: Eosinophilic Esophagitis
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Description: Co-host Ryan Piansky, a graduate student and patient advocate living with eosinophilic esophagitis (EoE) and eosinophilic asthma, and Holly Knotowicz, a speech-language pathologist and feeding specialist living with EoE, who serves on APFED’s Health Sciences Advisory Council, talk with Declan, a teenager living with eosinophilic esopha…
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Esophageal String Test: Monitoring Tool Use and Development
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Description: Co-host Ryan Piansky, a graduate student and patient advocate living with eosinophilic esophagitis (EoE) and eosinophilic asthma, and Holly Knotowicz, a speech-language pathologist and feeding specialist living with EoE who serves on APFED’s Health Sciences Advisory Council, talk with Drs. Robin Shandas and Steven Ackerman, are scienti…
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Description: Ryan Piansky, a college student and patient advocate living with eosinophilic esophagitis (EoE) and eosinophilic asthma, and Holly Knotowicz, a speech pathologist living with EoE who specializes in feeding therapy and serves on APFED’s Health Sciences Advisory Council recorded this episode live at APFED’s annual patient education confe…
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Description: Co-host Mary Jo Strobel, APFED’s Executive Director, is joined by co-host Holly Knotowicz, a speech-language pathologist and feeding specialist living with eosinophilic esophagitis (EoE) who serves on APFED’s Health Sciences Advisory Council. They talk with guest Dr. James Franciosi, Chief of the Division of Gastroenterology, Hepatolog…
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A Global Look at Eosinophilic Disorders: Unmet Needs
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Co-hosts Ryan Piansky, a graduate student and patient advocate living with eosinophilic esophagitis (EoE) and eosinophilic asthma, and Holly Knotowicz, a speech-language pathologist and feeding specialist living with EoE who serves on APFED’s Health Sciences Advisory Council talk with guest Florence Roufosse, MD, PhD, Professor of Medicine, Interni…
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Community Perspective: Eosinophilic Duodenitis and National Eosinophil Awareness Week
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Co-hosts Ryan Piansky, a graduate student and patient advocate living with eosinophilic esophagitis (EoE) and eosinophilic asthma, and Holly Knotowicz, a speech-language pathologist and feeding specialist living with EoE who serves on APFED’s Health Sciences Advisory Council talk with guest Jess Seidel, a patient advocate impacted by eosinophilic d…
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Description: Co-hosts Ryan Piansky, a graduate student and patient advocate living with eosinophilic esophagitis (EoE) and eosinophilic asthma, and Holly Knotowicz, a speech-language pathologist and feeding specialist living with EoE who serves on APFED’s Health Sciences Advisory Council talk with guest Ashley Spencer, patient advocate, a young adu…
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Community Perspective: EoE and Unsedated Transnasal Endoscopy
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Description: Co-hosts Ryan Piansky, a graduate student and patient advocate living with eosinophilic esophagitis (EoE) and eosinophilic asthma, and Holly Knotowicz, a speech-language pathologist and feeding specialist living with EoE who serves on APFED’s Health Sciences Advisory Council talk with guest Eliana, a child living with EoE, about her ex…
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Pediatric Unsedated Endoscopy: Diagnostic Tool Use and Development
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Description: Co-hosts Ryan Piansky, a graduate student and patient advocate living with eosinophilic esophagitis (EoE) and eosinophilic asthma, and Holly Knotowicz, a speech-language pathologist and feeding specialist living with EoE who serves on APFED’s Health Sciences Advisory Council talk with guest Joel Friedlander, DO, about the development a…
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Transition of Care from Pediatric to Adult Providers
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Description: Host Ryan Piansky is joined by co-host Mary Jo Strobel, APFED’s Executive Director, to talk with guest, Girish Hiremath, MD, MPH, about the transition of care for people living with eosinophilic disorders from pediatric to adult providers. Dr. Hiremath is a pediatric gastroenterologist at Monroe Carell Jr. Children’s Hospital at Vander…
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Starting An Elimination Diet for Children With Eosinophil-Associated Diseases Such as Eosinophilic Esophagitis (EoE)
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Description: Host Holly Knotowicz, a speech-language pathologist who serves on APFED’s Health Sciences Advisory Council, talks with guest Laura Gearman, MS, RD, LD, CNSC about the use of dietary therapy to treat eosinophilic esophagitis (EoE). Laura is a Registered Dietitian who specializes in pediatric nutrition. She is the Clinical Nutrition Mana…
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Being Diagnosed With Eosinophilic Esophagitis (EoE) as an Adult and Cooking With a Limited Diet
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Co-hosts Ryan Piansky and Holly Knotowicz, a speech-language pathologist who serves on APFED’s Health Sciences Advisory Council, talk with guest Stephanie Ulrich, NTP. Stephanie Ulrich is a Nutritional Therapy Practitioner, allergy-friendly recipe developer, and patient advocate, living in Brooklyn, NY. Being diagnosed with eosinophilic esophagitis…
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Access to Specialty Care for Eosinophilic Esophagitis (EoE)
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Description: Co-hosts Ryan Piansky and Mary Jo Strobel, APFED’s Executive Director, talk with guest Emily McGowan, MD, PhD, about access to specialty care for eosinophilic esophagitis (EoE). Emily McGowan MD, PhD, is an Associate Professor in the Division of Allergy & Clinical Immunology at the University of Virginia School of Medicine. Her primary…
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Longitudinal Research Studies of Eosinophilic Disorders
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Description: Co-hosts Ryan Piansky and Holly Knotowicz, MS, CCC-SLP, talk with guest Kara Kliewer, RD, PhD, about longitudinal research studies. Dr. Kliewer is a clinical research manager at Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center in the Division of Allergy and Immunology. She has a doctorate in nutrition and has teamed up with other research…
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Genetics and Eosinophilic Colitis (EOC)
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Description: Co-hosts Ryan Piansky and Holly Knotowicz talk with guest Nicole Arva, MD, PhD, about genetics and eosinophilic colitis. Dr. Arva is a pediatric pathologist at Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children’s Hospital of Chicago. She is also an Associate Professor in the Department of Pathology at Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine. S…
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Aeroallergens and EoE with Dr. Amal Assa’ad
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Host Ryan Piansky and co-host Mary Jo Strobel, talk with guest Dr. Amal Assa’ad about aeroallergens, food allergies, and eosinophilic esophagitis. Dr. Assa’ad is a pediatric allergist. She is a Professor at the University of Cincinnati in the Department of Pediatrics, as well as the Director of Clinical Services and Associate Director of the Divisi…
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Growing Up with EGIDs with Kayla Abramowitz
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Growing up with an eosinophilic gastrointestinal disorder (EGID) can be a challenge. In this episode, host Ryan Piansky, and guest host Mary Jo Strobel, talk to 19-year-old Kayla Abramowitz to discuss her journey living with eosinophilic colitis. Kayla Abramowitz started having symptoms of an EGID at the age of six but was not diagnosed until many …
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Co-morbidity of Eosinophilic Esophagitis (EoE) and Food Allergy with Ruchi Gupta, MD, MPH
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Many patients diagnosed with eosinophilic esophagitis (EoE) are initially diagnosed with food allergies. What is the relationship between food allergies and EoE, and what is the research available on this topic? In this episode, host Ryan Piansky, guest host Mary Jo Strobel, and Dr. Ruchi Gupta discuss the co-morbidity of EoE and food allergies. Dr…
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Drug Development and Approval: A Conversation with the FDA
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For many subsets of eosinophilic associated disease, there is not yet an FDA-approved therapy available. There are several therapies in various stages of development for eosinophilic esophagitis, but what exactly are the steps that need to be taken to bring a therapy to market and what is the role of the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) in m…
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History of Eosinophils with Dr. Gerald Gleich
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Eosinophil-related diseases are a relatively recent discovery in the medical field, and patient advocacy in this area has an even shorter history. In this episode, host Ryan Piansky, guest host Beth Allen, and world-renowned expert Dr. Gerald Gleich discuss eosinophils, the evolution of patient advocacy, and progress within this field. Dr. Gerald G…
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Research Advances in Identifying EoE-causal Foods with Dr. David Hill
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Recent findings from research co-funded by APFED and the American Academy of Allergy, Asthma & Immunology could have a major impact on food allergy testing for people with eosinophilic esophagitis (EoE). In this episode, co-hosts Dawn McCoy and Ryan Piansky discuss the research that could better identify food triggers that cause EoE symptoms with t…
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Understanding and Managing Eosinophilic Granulomatosis with Polyangiitis (EGPA) with Dr. Peter Merkel
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Eosinophilic Granulomatosis with Polyangiitis (EGPA), formerly known as Churg-Strauss Syndrome, is a rare condition that can be challenging to diagnose. In this episode, co-hosts Dawn McCoy and Ryan Piansky explore the topic of EGPA and how it can be managed with expert Peter A. Merkel, MD, MPH. Dr. Merkel is the Chief of Rheumatology and a Profess…
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Understanding and Managing Eosinophilic Asthma with Dr. Ravi Viswanathan
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There has been a growing awareness of eosinophilic asthma in recent years, and thereare increasingly more treatment options for people with this type of asthma. In thisepisode, co-hosts Ryan Piansky and Mary Jo Strobel explore the topic of eosinophilicasthma, triggers, treatment options, and more with Ravi Viswanathan, MD. Dr. Viswanathan is a boar…
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EGID Elimination Diets: Creative Strategies to Make Mealtimes More Engaging with Holly Knotowicz
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There is no denying that mealtime can be a challenge for those with eosinophilic gastrointestinal diseases (EGIDs) who are on elimination diets. In this episode, co-hosts Dawn McCoy and Ryan Piansky discuss some creative strategies that can help make mealtimes easier with Holly Knotowicz, MS, CCC-SLP. Holly Knotowicz is a Speech-Language Pathologis…
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Self-Advocating With an Eosinophil-Disease
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Hypereosinophilic Syndromes (HES) are a rare, chronic group of diseases and there are many unanswered questions as to the cause and prevention. Living with HES can be challenging, and in this episode, Debbie Alves shares insights about what it is like to live with HES, her road to getting diagnosed and treated, and what she has learned from her jou…
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The Impact of Chronic Illness on Relationships with Barbara Kivowitz
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Living with a chronic illness can take a toll not just on the patient, but also on their partner, and their relationship. Whether it is a relationship between a couple, a parent and a child, family members, or even friends, living with chronic illness significantly changes the dynamic. In this episode, Barbara Kivowitz, MSW, shares insights about w…
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Patient-Powered Research in Eosinophilic Diseases with Dr. Evan Dellon
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In recent years, there has been a greater focus on infusing the patient voice in clinical research in the space of eosinophilic disorders. In this episode, co-hosts Dawn McCoy and Ryan Piansky discuss the shift toward patient-led research for eosinophilic diseases with Evan Dellon, MD, MPH. Dr. Dellon is an adult gastroenterologist with a clinical …
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TRAILER - Real Talk: Eosinophilic Diseases
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Eosinophils are a type of white blood cell that play a role in immune responses and help fight off infections. When these cells build up and cause inflammation in the digestive system, tissues, organs, and/or bloodstream, without a known cause, it may be the result of an eosinophil-associated disease. Join the American Partnership for Eosinophilic …
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