Dr. Supriya Rao is a board-certified physician in internal medicine, gastroenterology, obesity medicine and lifestyle medicine who focuses on digestive disorders, gut health, obesity medicine, and women's health and wellness. Dr. Rao runs the motility program, which focuses on disorders of the esophagus, irritable bowel syndrome and anorectal disorders. She is passionate about empowering people to improve their health through sustainable changes in their lifestyle. Dr. Rao is very active on Instagram @gutsygirlmd and can be reached for a referral via the website myigic.com.   In our conversation, Dr. Rao describes how patients should come prepared for their meeting about their symptoms. With a focus on women’s health, she explains how validation of symptoms is important and something that is often dismissed for women when seeing their physician.   Find Jeffrey Roberts and IBS Patient Support Group at: Website: https://www.ibspatient.org Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/groups/ibspatient Twitter: https://twitter.com/ibspatient Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/ibspatient  Music: Werq Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 Licensehttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/