Kelly Issokson is the Clinical Nutrition Coordinator of Digestive Diseases at Cedars-Sinai, and is Director of the Advanced Dietary IBD Education and Training (DIET) Program. Kelly graduated magna cum laude from Johnson & Wales University in Providence, Rhode Island and earned her M.S. degree in Family and Consumer Sciences and Nutrition and completed her dietetic internship at California State University in Northridge, California. Kelly is an IBD-focused dietitian, and her research focus is on the impact of perioperative nutrition optimization in patients with IBD undergoing surgery.