Dr Hope Tiffany Jackson is an assistant professor of surgery at the GW School of Medicine and Health Sciences. Dr Jackson completed her fellowship in minimally invasive foregut and bariatric surgery at the University of Washington in Seattle, Washington. She completed her undergraduate and medical studies at Emory University and the George Washington University respectively. During that time, she developed an interest in health projects that inform, engage and excite children and adults about leading healthy lives. This interest led her to complete internships during medical school and residency at the Center on Media & Child Health in Boston and the medical unit at ABC News in New York City.