Assistant Professor, Digestive Diseases
Emory University School of Medicine

Jennifer Christie is an assistant professor of medicine in the Division of Digestive Diseases at the Emory School of Medicine and Director of Gastrointestinal Motility. Dr. Christie received her undergraduate degree in biology from the University of Michigan and her medical doctor degree from Howard University College of Medicine. She completed her internal medicine residency at the Beth Israel Medical Center, NY,NY and her fellowship in gastroenterology at The University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey. Dr. Christie’s first faculty position was at the Mount Sinai School of Medicine, NY. She served as chief of the Gastroenterology Clinics at Mount Sinai. She was also the Director of Women’s Gastrointestinal Health & Motility Center while at the Mount Sinai School of Medicine. At the Emory University School of Medicine she takes care of a broad range of patients with gastrointestinal problems but has a keen interest in colon cancer screening as well as cancer outcomes particularly as it relates to gender and ethnic disparities. Dr. Christie’s clinical interests include women’s gastrointestinal health issues, irritable bowel syndrome, and gastrointestinal motility disorders.

Dr. Christie’s research and clinical focus is in creating and testing interventions to reduce racial/ethnic disparities with regard to colon cancer screening. Furthermore, she is interested in understanding the impact that functional bowel disorders such as chronic constipation and irritable bowel syndrome have on men and women and also, identifying treatment for these disorders.

Emory Department of Medicine

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