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Carmen Fong, MD, FACS, is a Chinese American writer and colorectal surgeon. She’s a New York City transplant who now lives in Atlanta, Georgia, with her wife, daughter, and two cats. Fong is co-director of the Hemorrhoid Centers of America and specializes in office-based proctology, and most recently was an assistant professor at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai. She sees patients with constipation every single day. During her training, Fong won multiple awards and presented at national meetings. She’s a member of the Society of Gastrointestinal and Endoscopic Surgeons, where she sits on the Ethics and Health Advocacy Committees, and she’s a member of the American Society of Colon and Rectal Surgeons, where she’s active on the Young Surgeons Committee. She has been an ambassador for Fight Colorectal Cancer!, a national advocacy group.
Dr. Carmen Fong makes talking about poop fun! This easy-to-read, helpful book is packed with medically backed information that helps patients poop better, start conversations with their doctors, and break the stigmas that keep so many silent. --Danielle Ripley-Burgess, vice president of Disease Awareness, Fight Colorectal Cancer, and author of Blush: How I Barely Survived 17 Dr. Fong has written an extraordinarily comprehensive book on a pervasively common concern--that of constipation. Her encyclopedic approach to this subject is truly remarkable. As a colon and rectal surgeon, myself, I learned considerably more about bowel evacuatory dysfunction than I had heretofore believed I understood. While written for a lay audience, it is at once a scientific, yet personal approach and is accompanied by an extensive bibliography. The author is to be congratulated on providing a worthy medical text for all individuals troubled by this condition. --Marvin L. Corman, professor of Surgery, Renaissance School of Medicine at Stony Brook University, M.D.
