Kathleen Sullivan, MA, MSN, NP is a Gastroenterology Nurse Practitioner at Boston Medical Center and Assistant Professor of Gastroenterology at Chobanian and Avedisian School of Medicine. Ms. Sullivan attended nursing school at the MGH Institute of Health Professions and she has a Master of Arts in Clinical Mental Health Counseling from Lesley University in Cambridge, MA. She is the 2019 recipient of a Boston University Faculty Development and Diversity Committee Grant to attend Stress Management and Resiliency Training (SMART) at the Benson-Henry Institute for Mind Body Medicine at Massachusetts General Hospital. Her clinical interests include non-pharmacological approaches to the management of functional gastrointestinal disorders such as IBS. She is particularly interested in the use of stress reduction techniques, nutritional changes, dietary supplements, exercise, and the use of complementary medical treatments such as acupuncture in order to help her patients improve their overall health and sense of well-being.