Tina Aswani-Omprakash

Tina Aswani-Omprakash, MPH is a multi award-winning women’s health advocate based out of New York City. Tina pivoted from Wall Street to a path of impactful change in healthcare after her own Crohn’s disease diagnosis and life-saving ostomy surgery. Due to the stigmas and disparities she faced in her own journey, she started a blog and social media advocacy platform called Own Your Crohn’s, which brought to light cultural determinants related to GI care and access and went viral across patient communities. Her pathbreaking advocacy brought together multiple patient advocates and clinicians, eventually leading to the formation of South Asian IBD Alliance, a patient-clinician led non-profit organization working to improve education and awareness in the growing South Asian IBD community.