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Trusted digestive health education, expert insights, and innovative tools designed to help patients feel informed, empowered, and supported.

What is Gastro Girl?

Gastro Girl is a leading digestive health patient education and engagement company dedicated to empowering people with trusted, evidence-based information that helps them better understand digestive symptoms, conditions, procedures, and treatment options.

As the Official Patient Education Partner of the American College of Gastroenterology (ACG), Gastro Girl collaborates with leading gastroenterologists, healthcare organizations, professional societies, and industry partners to develop educational initiatives that improve health literacy, foster patient engagement, and support informed healthcare decisions.

Through expert-led educational programs, podcasts, videos, digital education hubs, articles, social media, and innovative AI-powered tools, Gastro Girl translates complex medical information into accessible, patient-friendly resources that help individuals navigate their digestive health journey with greater confidence.

Our educational approach extends beyond raising awareness—we empower patients and caregivers to ask informed questions, better understand their healthcare options, and engage in meaningful conversations with their healthcare providers. By supporting shared decision-making, we help patients become active participants in their care.

Our mission is simple: to ensure no patient feels alone, unheard, or uninformed throughout their digestive health journey.

Ask Gastro Girl App: Evidence-Based Digestive Health Guidance

Trusted digestive health education designed to help you better understand symptoms, conditions, testing, and treatment options — so you can make more informed decisions with your healthcare provider.

Why Ask Gastro Girl® Is Different

Evidence-Based Digestive Health Guidance—Powered by Expert Knowledge + AI

Ask Gastro Girl® is an innovative digestive health education platform designed to help patients better understand digestive symptoms, conditions, diagnostic testing, procedures, and treatment options through trusted, evidence-based guidance.

Unlike generic AI tools or internet searches, Ask Gastro Girl® is built on a curated digestive health knowledge platform developed with leading gastroenterologists, clinical guidelines, peer-reviewed literature, and trusted educational resources.

Powered by expert knowledge + AI, the platform delivers reliable, easy-to-understand education that helps patients prepare for appointments, better understand their options, and support more informed conversations and shared decision-making with their healthcare providers.

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From the Founder of Gastro Girl

Gastro Girl began as a blog, born out of a need to break the silence around digestive health—at a time when few were talking about it, leaving patients searching for answers on their own. From those early days, our mission has grown, but our focus remains the same: to provide patients with the support, information, and resources they need to thrive.

We believe true transformation in digestive health begins with listening. We hear you—the frustrations, the challenges, the need for answers—because that’s where our journey started too. Your journey is unique, but you are never alone. Our mission is to empower patients as active partners in their care through shared decision-making and genuine collaboration with their GI clinicians and other healthcare providers.

By providing evidence-based resources, personalized guidance, and direct access to GI expertise, we’re helping to improve quality of life and building a future where every individual can confidently navigate their path to optimal health and wellness with a trusted ally by their side.

— Jacqueline Gaulin

“Gastro Girl provides all the elements needed for individuals with chronic digestive health symptoms and conditions to obtain up-to-date information, to take control and be coached in the process.”

Douglas A. Drossman, MD

President, Drossman Center for the Education and Practice of Biopsychosocial Care LLC; Founder and President, Rome Foundation;