TOP DOCTORS 2024: Gastroenterology Q&A

Dr. Danielle Culbert, gastroenterologist, hepatologist and president of Tidewater-Suffolk division, Capital Digestive Care, Suffolk

Education: Bachelor’s degree, William & Mary; master’s of biomedical science and medical degree, Eastern Virginia Medical School; internal medicine internship and residency, Virginia Commonwealth University; gastroenterology, hepatology and nutrition fellowship, Ohio State University Medical Center

Family: Married for 22 years to David Culbert, with three children. Oldest son, Dylan, is 18 and a freshman at Savannah College of Art and Design, and our 13-year-old twins, Austin and Addison, are in eighth grade at Nansemond Suffolk Academy in Suffolk. Also, a 3-year-old golden retriever named Bocephus

Career mentors: The late Dr. Fred Thomas, Ohio State University Medical Center, and Dr. Todd Stravitz, VCU

Which TV shows about doctors get it really right or wrong? They all get it so incredibly wrong. The fact that residents go into work and leave work with the sun shining is in itself absurd!

How would you change patient behavior? It would be for patients to be kinder to themselves. Especially as women, we expect too much from ourselves, and sometimes we just need a break. We cannot be everything to everyone all the time without that taking a tremendous toll on our health, particularly our gastrointestinal health.

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