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<v ->Hi.</v>

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I am Eric Snyder.

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I'm a gastroenterologist.

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I've always had a longstanding intellectual curiosity

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and love of science, but I really wanted to be able to apply

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that in a way that was going to help people.

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I went to medical school in New York at Columbia University.

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I went to internal medicine residency at the University

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of Washington, as well

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as my gastroenterology fellowship

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at the University of Washington.

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It was a field that I discovered a lot

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of enjoyment about early on in medical school.

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I really enjoy the mix of doing procedures, being able

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to take care of things with my hands,

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while also seeing patients in the office being able to talk

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to them, hopefully find solutions

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for their gastrointestinal problems.

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As a gastroenterologist, I see adult patients of all ages.

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I take care of their gastrointestinal problems

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and their intestines and liver.

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I also do procedures and upper endoscopy and colonoscopy.

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About half my time is spent doing procedures.

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About half my time is spent in clinic.

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I have a particular interest in treating inflammatory bowel

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disease, so that's ulcerative colitis and Crohn's disease.

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These are complex inflammatory conditions that can lead

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to a lot of suffering in patients,

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but also have great treatments

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that can both have patients feel better,

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and also hopefully prevent other

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complications like colon cancer in the long term.

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I really love making a connection

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with patients, and I love applying my intellectual curiosity

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and my love of science to use great new cutting edge medical

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technologies and treatments in order

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to help people feel better as we work together.