FACULTY

AGA CPF Steering Committee

David A. Schwartz, MD

Professor of Medicine Director, Inflammatory Bowel Disease Center Director, McClain Family Directorship in Gastroenterology Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, Tennessee

Dr. David A. Schwartz is a Professor of Medicine in the Division of Gastroenterology, Hepatology, and Nutrition at Vanderbilt University in Nashville, Tennessee

Amy L. Lightner, MD

Professor of Surgery, Department of Surgery, Scripps Clinic, San Diego, CA Chief Medical Officer, Direct Biologics, LLC

Dr. Amy L. Lightner is a Professor of Surgery in the Department of Surgery at Scripps Clinic in San Diego, CA and Chief Medical Officer of Direct Biologics, LLC a biotechnology company in Regenerative Medicine and Chief Medical Officer of Boomerang Medical in Fogarty Innovations

Tina Aswani-Omprakash, MPH

Patient Advocate Executive Director & Co-Founder, South Asian IBD Alliance

Tina Aswani-Omprakash is a multi-award-winning Crohn’s disease and ostomy advocate based out of New York City.

Session Chairs

Paulo G. Kotze, MD, MSc, PhD

Catholic University of Paraná (PUCPR), Curitiba, PR, Brazil

Dr. Paulo Gustavo Kotze is Assistant Professor of Surgery and Head of the Colorectal Surgery Unit at Cajuru University Hospital of the Catholic University in Curitiba, Paraná, Brazil.

Jeffrey D. McCurdy, MD, PhD, FRCPC

Assistant Professor of Medicine, University of Ottawa Clinical Investigator, The Ottawa Research Institute

Dr. Jeffrey D. McCurdy received his PhD in Immunology from Dalhousie University and his MD from the University of Ottawa.

Speakers

Jeremy Adler, MD, MSc

Interim Director, Susan B. Meister Child Health Evaluation and Research Center Clinical Professor, Department of Pediatrics, Division of Pediatric Gastroenterology Director, Pediatric IBD Program University of Michigan

Dr. Jeremy Adler is a Clinical Professor in the Division of Pediatric Gastroenterology at the University of Michigan and serves as the Interim Director of the Susan B. Meister Child Health Evaluation and Research (CHEAR) Center.

Ailsa L. Hart, BA (Hons), BMBCh, FRCP, PhD

St Mark’s Hospital and St Mark’s Academic Institute, London

Dr. Ailsa Hart is Consultant Gastroenterologist at St Mark’s Hospital and Dean of St Mark’s Hospital Academic Institute, London, UK.

Gary Jacobson

Patient Advocate

Gary has worked with the Crohn’s & Colitis Foundation as a past president of the chapter, board member, layperson of the National Scientific Review Committee, and a patient advocate.

Gursimran S. Kochhar, MD

Assistant Professor of Medicine, Division of Gastroenterology, Hepatology & Nutrition, Drexel University, Allegheny Health Network

Dr. Gursimran S. Kochhar is a gastroenterologist and Division Chief of the Department of Gastroenterology and Hepatology at Allegheny Health Network, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.

Julián Panés, MD, PhD

Senior Consultant in Gastroenterology and Senior Investigator, IDIBAPS, Spain

Dr. Julian Panés is Senior Investigator at Institut Investigacions Biomèdiques August Pi i Sunyer, and formerly the head of the IBD Unit at Hospital Clínic de Barcelona from 1996 – 2022.

Alyssa M. Parian, MD

Associate Professor of Medicine, Johns Hopkins University

Dr. Alyssa Parian received her Internal Medicine training at New York Presbyterian – Weill Cornell in New York City. Her Gastroenterology training was completed at The Johns Hopkins Hospital.

Jordi Rimola, MD, PhD

IBD unit, Radiology Department, Hospital Clínic Barcelona, IDIBAPS, Spain

Dr. Jordi Rimola is consultant in Abdominal Radiology in the Abdominal Imaging Unit of the Department of Radiology at the Hospital Clinic Barcelona in Spain, and member of the IBD unit of the same institution.

Doron Schneider, MD

Vice President Population Health and Clinical Strategy, Tandigm Health

Dr. Doron Schneider is Vice President for Population Health and Clinical Strategy at Tandigm Health.

Janindra Warusavitarne, BMed, FRACS, PhD, F EBSQ (colo)

Consultant Colorectal Surgeon, St Mark’s Hospital, London

Dr. Janindra Warusavitarne is a consultant colorectal surgeon who joined St Mark’s Hospital in 2010.

Discussants

Stacy Dylan

Executive Director, Connecting To Cure Crohn’s and Colitis (CtoC)

Stacy Dylan Co-founded Connecting To Cure Crohn’s and Colitis (CtoC) in 2012. She has made it her mission to educate people about how debilitating IBD and chronic illness can be.

Jonathan A. Leighton, MD

Professor of Medicine, Division of Gastroenterology, Mayo Clinic Arizona

Dr. Jonathan A. Leighton is Professor of Medicine in the Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology at the Mayo Clinic in Arizona.

Michele Rubin BSN, MSN, APRN-CNS-BC, CGRN

Department of Colorectal Surgery, University of Chicago Hospitals

Michele Rubin is an Advanced Practice Nurse certified as a Clinical Nurse Specialist in Gastroenterology Nursing.

Margot Savoy, MD, MPH, FAAFP, FABC, CPE, CMQ, FAAPL

Associate Professor (adj), Family & Community Medicine and Urban Bioethics & Population Health, Lewis Katz School of Medicine Associate Professor (adj), Maurice Kornberg School of Dentistry, Temple University

Dr. Margot Savoy is Associate Professor (adj) of Family & Community Medicine and Urban Bioethics & Population Health at the Lewis Katz School of Medicine, and Associate Professor (adj) at the Maurice Kornberg School of Dentistry at Temple University

Laura D. Wingate

Executive Vice President, Education, Support, & Advocacy, Crohn’s & Colitis Foundation

Laura D. Wingate is an experienced non-profit professional who began her career at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center (MSKCC), where she worked on quality improvement initiatives and patient experience redesign.

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