Amy Foxx-Orenstein,

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, FACG is an American

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. She is an Associate Professor of Medicine at the

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a former president of the

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(2007-2008). Dr. Foxx-Orenstein is a fellow of the

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as well as a fellow of the American College of Gastroenterology. She attended medical school at

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. She completed internal medicine residency training at

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in Pennsylvania and gastroenterology fellowship at

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Health System. Dr. Foxx-Orenstein is the author of numerous scholarly articles on

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Amy E. Foxx-Orenstein
D.O. Mayo Clinic researcher website. Accessed March 15, 2008.
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