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Presenter: Dr. Cristine Velazco the Chief Peds Surgery Fellow

At the end of this presentation, participants should be able to:

• Define bowel movement

• Provide details on how to manage bowel movement

• Explain the process of a bowel movement program

Meet the presenter:

Dr. Velazco, is a board-certified General Surgeon. She is currently the Chief Pediatric Surgery Fellow at Phoenix Children’s Hospital/Mayo Clinic Graduate School of Medical Education. She completed a master’s degree in Anatomy and Neurobiology at Virginia Commonwealth University School of Medicine and earned her MD at the University of Vermont College of Medicine. Cristine completed her residency at Mayo Clinic Arizona in General Surgery. During her residency she was an Instructor of Surgery and completed a Research Fellowship at Harvard University/Boston Children’s Hospital, working in the Center for Advanced Intestinal Rehabilitation on short bowel syndrome and intestinal failure, as well as working with the Vermont Oxford Network. She also was a member of the Mayo Clinic Education Committee for both Arizona and Mayo Clinic’s tri-site committee. After residency, she completed a fellowship at Cincinnati Children’s Hospital in Pediatric Colorectal Surgery prior to returning to Phoenix to start her fellowship in Pediatric Surgery. Cristine has written numerous peer-reviewed publications and book chapters.