Elizabeth Reznikov, DO, Ph.D.

Albion College (2009)
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign (2014)
Kansas City University of Medicine (2018)

Born in Belarus and raised in a Russian-speaking family, Lizzy came to the US when she was just 2 years old. While she has a lifelong love of medicine, her primary interests in mucosal immunology developed during her PhD in nutritional sciences at Illinois. There she gained an appreciation for how nutrition affects our mucosal and systemic immune responses through the gut microbiota. Aside from being a major immunology fan, her hobbies also include gymnastics, hiking, rock climbing, kayaking, traveling, hanging out with her 3 cats (Leila, Milo and Sadie) and all things with pineapple print – Aloha!