Other Interests:

Dr. Spanier-Stiasny specializes in providing comprehensive management within the full spectrum of gastroenterology. She offers everything from routine screening colonoscopies to advanced hepatobiliopancreatic procedures such as ERCP (endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography and EUS (endoscopic ultrasound). Clinical interests also include irritable bowel syndrome, inflammatory bowel disease, GERD, celiac disease, gastrointestinal cancers, and management of liver diseases. In addition to clinical care, she has authored many academic articles and presentations. She has educated many Chicago area students and residents as a long-term internal medicine faculty member. Using her wide breadth of experience, she passionately engages in carefully tailored individualized care that is up-to-date and evidence based. Dr. Spanier-Stiasny emphasizes disease prevention, patient education, and values the establishment of long-lasting partnerships with patients based on respect, trust, and open communication

Education:

• Undergraduate Education: Bachelor of Science (Life Science Major/Psychology Minor),Pennsylvania State University 2002
• Medical Education: Doctor of Osteopathic Medicine, Kansas City University of Medicine and Biosciences 2006

Post-Graduate Training:

• Residency – Internal Medicine, McLaren Macomb, McLaren Health Care, affiliated with the Michigan State College of Osteopathic Medicine 2006-2009
• Fellowship – Gastroenterology, St. John Macomb-Oakland Hospital, St. John Providence Health System, affiliated with the Michigan State College of Osteopathic Medicine 2009-2012

Board Certifications:

• American Osteopathic Board of Internal Medicine
• American Osteopathic Board of Internal Medicine – Gastroenterology

Medical Societies:

• American Osteopathic Association
• American College of Osteopathic Internists
• American College of Gastroenterology
• American Gastroenterological Association
• American Society for Gastrointestinal Endoscopy

Languages:

• English
• Spanish (Medical)

Practice: GI Alliance of Illinois