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Francesca Hartmann

A nurse practitioner specializing in digestive diseases for 26 years, Francesca Hartmann, AGPCNP-BC, FNP-BC, treats patients at an inflammatory bowel disease center in Las Cruces, New Mexico. Hartmann oversees biologic therapy regimens for a large clinical panel and helps adolescent patients move into adult specialty care. Before finishing her master’s training, she spent years as an inpatient gastrointestinal nurse on hospital wards, monitoring acute flare-ups and post-surgical recovery.

What Infections Cause High Calprotectin?
Is Crohn’s Disease Autoimmune or Autoinflammatory?
Is Eosinophilic Esophagitis an Autoimmune Disease?
Is Microscopic Colitis an Autoimmune Disease?
Is Lymphocytic Colitis an Autoimmune Disease?
Is Cyclic Vomiting Syndrome an Autoimmune Disease?
Can Crohn’s Disease Cause Swollen Lymph Nodes in Neck?
Does Eosinophilic Esophagitis Make You Immunocompromised?
Is Collagenous Colitis an Autoimmune Disease?
Crohn’s Disease and COVID: Risks & Vaccine Information
High CRP and Crohn’s Disease: What’s the Connection?