Meet Dr. Carmen Fong: Surgeon, Storyteller, and Chief Medical Officer
At Bummed, we’re redefining what gut and butt health looks like—and we’re proud to have Dr. Carmen Fong at the helm of that mission. As our Chief Medical Officer, Dr. Fong brings more than a decade of clinical and surgical experience, along with a deeply human, no-nonsense approach to one of the most misunderstood issues in healthcare: constipation.
She’s not just a colorectal surgeon. She’s Your Friendly Neighborhood Colorectal Surgeon™—and the author of Constipation Nation: What to Know When You Can’t Go, a book that has become essential reading for anyone who’s ever suffered in silence, sat too long on the toilet, or been told “it’s just in your head.”
Leading a New Kind of Care
As Chief Medical Officer, Dr. Fong leads all research efforts at Bummed and is responsible for ensuring that everything we offer—especially our medications—is grounded in clinical evidence, safety, and patient-first thinking. She’s built a multidisciplinary panel of advisors including OB/GYNs, gastroenterologists and pelvic floor specialists. Together, this team reviews, formulates, and approves every product we bring to market.
This means nothing gets the green light without Dr. Fong’s sign-off—and without rigorous input from the full range of specialties that intersect with gut health. It’s part of our commitment to treating the whole person, not just one symptom at a time.
Science, With a Side of Real Talk
Dr. Fong doesn’t believe in sugar-coating, shame, or vague instructions. She believes in science, clarity, and telling you what’s actually going on in your body—whether that’s pelvic anatomy, poop physics, or the reason why your hemorrhoids flared after that keto diet.
In her writing and in her work at Bummed, she blends surgical expertise with cross-disciplinary insight. She reads far beyond the scope of her own specialty because, as she puts it, “someone needs to have a comprehensive overview of constipation across all disciplines”. That’s the standard she’s set for Bummed: evidence-based, interdisciplinary, and always explainable.
The Doctor You Wish You’d Seen Sooner
Dr. Fong built her career treating the consequences of constipation—fissures, hemorrhoids, incontinence, and the surgeries that often follow when prevention fails. But prevention is exactly what she’s working toward now.
At Bummed, she’s turning that experience into action. From product development to patient education, Dr. Fong ensures that everything we do is practical, medically sound, and actually relatable. Because yes, everyone poops—and everyone deserves a doctor who knows what they’re talking about and actually listens.
With Dr. Fong leading the way, Bummed is more than a place to get treatment—it’s a place to finally get answers.
Ready to take your gut and butt health seriously? You’re in expert hands.
