Achieving Microbiota Restoration Education and resources on the treatment and reduction of recurrent C. difficile.

Dr. Barto was born and raised in Cheshire, CT. She completed her medicine residency and gastroenterology fellowship at Lahey Clinic in Burlington, MA in 2006. She practiced IBD at the Lahey Clinic for an additional 12 years until she moved to North Carolina in 2018 to join the IBD Clinic at Duke Health. She specializes in both IBD and fecal microbiota transplantation for recurrent/refractory C. difficile colitis.

Dr. Feuerstadt attended the University of Pennsylvania where he earned his Bachelor of Arts degree graduating Summa Cum Laude. He attended the Weill Medical College of Cornell University in New York where he earned his Medical Doctor degree and stayed at New York Presbyterian Hospital for his residency in Internal Medicine. His clinical gastroenterology training was completed at Montefiore Medical Center in the Bronx, New York.

Throughout Dr. Feuerstadt’s career he has been involved in research and other academic pursuits. His research focuses include Clostridioides difficile infection, irritable bowel syndrome and ischemic bowel disorders. He has presented his research extensively and has authored and co-authored many manuscripts and textbook chapters. Another passion of Dr. Feuerstadt’s is teaching, frequently giving lectures locally, regionally, nationally and internationally and mentoring the fellows in the Division of Digestive Disease at Yale-New Haven Hospital where he is an Assistant Clinical Professor of Medicine.

Dr. Sahil Khanna is an Associate Professor of Medicine in the Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology at Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN. He is directing the Comprehensive Gastroenterology Interest group, C. difficile Clinic, Fecal Microbiota Transplantation program and C. difficile related Clinical Trials at Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN. He completed Medical School at the All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi; followed by Post Doctoral Research at University of California San Diego, CA; residency in Internal Medicine and Fellowship in Gastroenterology and Hepatology at Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN before joining the Faculty. He also completed Masters in Clinical and Translational Sciences during his fellowship. His research and clinical interests include Epidemiology, Outcomes and Emerging Therapeutics for Clostridium difficile infection, an arena in which he has had numerous publications and presentations. He has over 100 peer-reviewed publications and serves as reviewer and on the editorial board of several journals. He has won numerous awards including the Miles and Shirley Fiterman Award, Mayo Brothers Distinguished Fellowship Award, Donald C. Balfour Mayo Clinic Alumni Association Research Award, Hartz Foundation Young Investigators' Scholarship and the Most Distinguished Resident Physician Award from the American Association of Physicians of Indian Origin.

Kelly Osborne is the Clinical Nurse Specialist in the Division of Gastroenterology at Duke University Health System in North Carolina. Kelly graduated with her Bachelors of Science in Nursing from Western Connecticut State University in 1995 and East Carolina University in 2016 with her Masters in Nursing as an Advanced Practice Nurse. Kelly achieved her CGRN in 2010, her Adult-Gerontology Board Certification in 2016, and CFER certification in 2019. Kelly is currently pursuing her Doctorate of Nursing Practice at East Carolina University. Kelly has been a nurse for over 25 years and has held many positions in Gastroenterology since 2002 - Staff Nurse, Nurse Manager, and Administrator.