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Expertise

Inflammatory bowel disease (Crohn's disease, ulcerative colitis), digestive disease, and rare disease

Education

Michigan State University

Highlights

  • Speaker, moderator, and advisory board member focused on patient advocacy

  • Professional podcast host and producer

  • Key opinion leader in the inflammatory bowel disease community

My role is to help patients become educated about their health and learn how to become empowered in their disease journey. I do this through distilling complex medical topics into the parts that patients really need to know to live their best quality of life.

— Amber J. Tresca

Experience

Amber is a speaker, facilitator, and advocate for people with inflammatory bowel disease as well as a freelance writer and editor for medical websites and publications. She was previously a copy editor and staff writer for a medical publishing house that produced specialty medical journals for physicians. She also served as group web producer for the same publisher, working on several websites that provided clinical information for healthcare providers. 

Education

Amber graduated with a bachelor's degree in environmental science from Michigan State University. She also has a background in programming from Norwalk Community College.