Gail Cresci is an accomplished researcher, clinician and teacher. She is Staff at the Cleveland Clinic in Pediatric Gastroenterology. Her research spans the translational spectrum with a focus on the gut microbiome and nutrition support topics. Dr. Cresci received her PhD from the Medical College of Georgia, where she was also a clinician known for her nutrition support expertise, writing a textbook and teaching dietitians, to placing feeding tubes. At the Cleveland Clinic since 2010, she is active in the education of physicians and dietitians, and has helped many dietitians gain expertise in research through her role as Chair of the CCF Human Nutrition Research Committee. Dr. Cresci is a leader in DNS and ASPEN, where she recently received the prestigious Stanley J. Dudrick Research Scholar Award. GCAND is proud to claim Dr. Cresci for our district!