Amy is a Crohn’s disease and IBD specialist dietitian with extensive experience. She has worked in the NHS and research settings, focusing on high-quality, evidence-based care. She is now undertaking a PhD at King’s College London, focusing on dietary analysis in IBD. Her research will investigate the role of diet and the microbiome in IBD activity and response to medical treatment.
Amy has expertise in developing and implementing the low-emulsifier diet for dietary treatment in Crohn’s disease and, from her PhD research, has critical dietary analysis skills in this patient group. During her time in the NHS, she gained experience managing patients with cancer before and after upper gastrointestinal surgery and developed expertise in handling pre- and post-operative complications in this group.
Amy received a first-class honours master’s qualification in Nutrition and a first-class honours Postgraduate Diploma in Dietetics from King’s College London. She started her dietetic career at Imperial College Healthcare Trust, where she worked for four years and ultimately specialised as an upper-gastrointestinal surgical dietitian. Amy then transitioned from the clinical to the research setting, becoming a research dietitian in the pioneering ADDapt Trial at King’s College London. The ADDapt Trial is a randomised controlled trial investigating the role of a low-emulsifier diet in Crohn’s disease.
Furthermore, she is keenly interested in women’s health and fertility and completed the Fertility Nutrition Course for Healthcare Professionals by the Fertility Dietitian. Amy is highly skilled in motivational interviewing techniques and personalising treatments to ensure each patient gets the most out of their sessions.
