Having celiac disease and a thyroid condition sent her on a quest to become an empathetic doctor Isabella Cueto By Isabella Cueto Aug. 18, 2023

Having celiac disease and a thyroid condition sent her on a quest to become an empathetic doctor Isabella Cueto By Isabella Cueto Aug. 18, 2023 https://www.statnews.com/2023/08/18/celiac-hashimoto-thyroiditis-living-with-autoimmune-disease/?utm_campaign=morning_rounds&utm_medium=email&_hsmi=270760454&_hsenc=p2ANqtz-_v8q6c7kLaKY-2_tAl6Q6AaxubU7O2tpaZueiXLVu5UtlTVSPXLFLWMki2i31yLeYuX_u3o7XO4PHuLp6kJi7P_o8YtA&utm_content=270760453&utm_source=hs_email Third-year med school student Brianna Celix has the challenge of managing two autoimmune conditions: Hashimoto’s thyroiditis and celiac disease. She chatted with STAT’s Isabella Cueto about how her chronic conditions led her to study medicine and how she works with the dietary restrictions required of her celiac disease. How did your thyroid disease show up? And celiac? The first pediatric endocrinologist I met with essentially told me, “You’re an unhealthy, fat kid and you need to get it together.” It probably took about a month and a half for us to figure out what was really going on. How did these twin diagnoses affect your career choice? That’s my “why” for medicine. I usually disclose it right away: I’ve got this and I’ve got this, and I want to help folks with it and figure it out with them.