Dr. Sara Horst MD, MPH, FACG is a Professor in the division of Gastroenterology, Hepatology, & Nutrition at Vanderbilt University Medical Center. Dr. Horst completed her medical school and residency training at The Ohio State University and then went to Vanderbilt University Medical Center for Gastroenterology Fellowship and to obtain her Masters of Public Health. She joined the faculty at Vanderbilt University Medical Center in 2011. She is involved in clinical care of complex IBD care, complex amyloid care, clinical research, and teaching and mentoring medical students and housestaff. She is the medical director for VUMC Specialty Pharmacy, VUMC Ambulatory Telehealth director, and VUMC Associate Vice Chair of Digital Health Operations for Dept of Medicine. Her research interests involve psychosocial outcomes in IBD, telehealth in IBD, and medication adherence in IBD. She has extensively published in peer reviewed journals. She is also involved in clinical care improvement as an EPIC Physician Builder and is the Chair of the National EPIC GI Steering Board. She is an associate editor for American Journal of Gastroenterology.