Christina Sands

Christina Sands, APRN, FNP-C is a gastroenterology nurse practitioner with specialty focus in inflammatory bowel disease, practicing at the University of Chicago's Inflammatory Bowel Disease Center. She manages patietnts with complex Crohn's disease and ulcerative colitis, with expertise in biologic therapy management, treatment optimization, and multidisciplinary chronic disease care.

Christina has a professional interest in emerging therapeutic targets, immnologic mechanisms in IBD, and improving patient outcomes through evidence-based and patient-centered approaches. She regularly participates in educational and collaborative initiatives focused on advances in gastroenterology and immune-mediated disease treatment.

Christina Sands, APRN, FNP-C is a gastroenterology nurse practitioner with specialty focus in inflammatory bowel disease, practicing at the University of Chicago's Inflammatory Bowel Disease Center. She manages patietnts with complex Crohn's disease and ulcerative colitis, with expertise in biologic therapy management, treatment optimization, and multidisciplinary chronic disease care.

Christina has a professional interest in emerging therapeutic targets, immnologic mechanisms in IBD, and improving patient outcomes through evidence-based and patient-centered approaches. She regularly participates in educational and collaborative initiatives focused on advances in gastroenterology and immune-mediated disease treatment.

Tenzin Choden is an Assistant Professor of Medicine at the Inflammatory Bowel Disease Center at the University of Chicago. She completed her residency and general gastroenterology fellowship at Georgetown University, and subsequently finished advanced training in Inflammatory Bowel Disease at the University of Chicago. She joined the faculty at the University of Chicago in the fall of 2022. Her research focuses on understanding and improving outcomes in older adults with IBD. She is a former ACG Young Physicians Leadership Scholar.

Christina Sands, APRN, FNP-C is a gastroenterology nurse practitioner with specialty focus in inflammatory bowel disease, practicing at the University of Chicago's Inflammatory Bowel Disease Center. She manages patietnts with complex Crohn's disease and ulcerative colitis, with expertise in biologic therapy management, treatment optimization, and multidisciplinary chronic disease care.

Christina has a professional interest in emerging therapeutic targets, immnologic mechanisms in IBD, and improving patient outcomes through evidence-based and patient-centered approaches. She regularly participates in educational and collaborative initiatives focused on advances in gastroenterology and immune-mediated disease treatment.