Mount Pleasant Magazine Nov/Dec 2018

61 www.MountPleasantMagazine.com | www.ILoveMountPleasant.com | www.BestofMP.com K nown more casually as “Dr. B,” Dr. Will Bulsiewicz, MD, MSCI, is a gastroenterologist with Lowcountry Gastroenterology, the only exclusively based GI practice in Mount Pleasant. He is an expert in gut health and has inadvertently become a social media sensation, racking up over 20,000 real Instagram followers because he simply wanted to spread trustworthy information about good health for free. “There is so much more about health that I want to say than I can’t in a 15-minute visit behind closed doors with one patient at a time,” he explained. “I wanted to communicate this information even to people who weren’t or will never be my patients because they deserve to hear proper nutritional guidance from someone who knows it.” Admittedly not social media savvy, he started an Instagram account called “TheGutHealthMD” to do just that, and it wildly exceeded his expectations. It has spilled over into TheGutHealthMD.com website, where he provides podcasts, short video series and collaborations, all of which he manages while still working full-time. Dr. Bulsiewicz has been featured in Reader’s Digest, Women’s Health, Men’s Health, the Huffington Post, Vice News and more. “I feel a tremendous responsibility for people’s good health now,” he said. “People see my number of followers, and so they take what I say seriously. I hope it motivates people to make positive changes in their lifestyles. If a person changes [his or her] diet based on what I say, that’s the biggest impact I can have as a doctor.” . t l s t i . | .IL t l asa t.c | . estO . Photo by Jess Wood.