Faculty

Anita Afzali MD, MPH

Associate Professor of Medicine
Director of Clinical Operations
Medical Director, OSU Inflammatory Bowel Disease Center
Abercrombie & Fitch Endowed Chair in Inflammatory Bowel Disease
Division of Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition
The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center
Columbus, Ohio

David Binion, MD

Co-Director, IBD Center
Director, Translational IBD Research
Director, Nutrition Support Service
Division of Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition
UPMC Presbyterian Hospital
Professor of Medicine, Clinical and Translational Science
University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

William Chey, MD

Professor of Medicine
Director, GI Physiology Laboratory
Co-Director, Michigan Bowel Control Program
H. Marvin Pollard Institute Scholar
Division of Gastroenterology
University of Michigan Health System
Ann Arbor, Michigan

Hashem El-Serag, MD, MPH

Professor and Department of Medicine Chair
Margaret M. and Albert B. Alkek Department of Medicine
Baylor College of Medicine
Houston, Texas

Francis A. Farraye, MD, MSc

Senior Associate Consultant
Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology
Director, Inflammatory Bowel Disease Center
Mayo Clinic
Jacksonville, Florida

Ronnie Fass, MD

Professor
Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine
Cleveland, Ohio

Gary Lichtenstein, MD

Professor of Medicine
Raymond and Ruth Perelman School of Medicine of the University of Pennsylvania
Director, Center for Inflammatory Bowel Disease
Department of Medicine
Division of Gastroenterology
Perelman Center for Advanced Medicine
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Marlyn Mayo, MD

Professor of Internal Medicine
Division of Digestive & Liver Diseases
UT Southwestern Medical Center
Dallas, Texas

Craig McClain, MD

Professor, Departments of Medicine and Pharmacology & Toxicology
Distinguished University Scholar
Associate Vice President for Health Affairs/Research
Associate Vice President for Translational Research
Director, Gastroenterology, Louisville VAMC
Director, Clinical and Translational Sciences Institute
Louisville, Kentucky

Mack Mitchell, MD

Nancy and Jeremy Halbreich Professor of Gastroenterology
University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center
Dallas, Texas

Santiago Munoz, MD

Director of Hepatology
Medical Director, Liver Transplantation
The Donald Berkowitz Professor of Medicine
Drexel College of Medicine
Tower Health System
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Nancy Reau, MD

Professor of Medicine
Chief of Hepatology
Rush University Medical Center
Chicago, Illinois

Lawrence Schiller, MD

Program Director, Gastroenterology Fellowship
Baylor University Medical Center
Dallas, Texas

Rushikesh Shah, MD

Digestive Health Associates of Texas
Baylor University Medical Center
Dallas, Texas

Brennan Spiegel, MD, MSHS

Professor of Medicine and Public Health
Director of Health Services Research, Cedars-Sinai
Director, Master's Degree Program in Health Delivery Science
Cedars-Sinai Site Director, Clinical and Translational Science Institute (CTSI)
Assistant Dean, David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA
Co-Editor-in-Chief, American Journal of Gastroenterology
Los Angeles, California

Michael Vaezi, MD, PhD, MSc

Professor of Medicine and Otolaryngology
Associate ChiefDivision of Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition
Director, Clinical Research and Esophageal Center
Vanderbilt University Medical Center
Nashville, Tennessee