2026 Faculty

 

Course Chair & Co-Chairs

Uma Mahadevan, MD
Chair
Lynne and Marc Benioff Professor of Gastroenterology,
Director, UCSF Colitis and Crohn’s Disease Center
University of California, San Francisco
https://www.ucsfhealth.org/providers/dr-uma-mahadevan 

Rishika Chugh, MD
Co-Chair
Assistant Professor of Medicine
Division of Gastroenterology
https://www.ucsfhealth.org/providers/dr-rishika-chugh

Fernando S. Velayos, MD, MPH
Co-Chair
Professor of Medicine,
University of California, San Francisco
Director of Inflammatory Bowel Disease,
Northern California Kaiser
https://mydoctor.kaiserpermanente.org/ncal/providers/fernandovelayos

 

 

UCSF Faculty

Kendall Beck, MD 
Associate Professor of Medicine,
Division of Gastroenterology
https://www.ucsfhealth.org/providers/dr-kendall-beck

Max Brondfield, MD 
Assistant Professor of Medicine,
Division of Gastroenterology
https://www.ucsfhealth.org/providers/max-brondfield

Justin Field, MD
Assistant Professor of Medicine
Division of Gastroenterology
https://www.ucsfhealth.org/providers/dr-justin-field

Emily Finlayson, MD, MPH, MS
Professor of Surgery, Medicine, and Health Policy
https://www.ucsfhealth.org/providers/dr-emily-finlayson

Ryan M. Gill, MD, PhD
Professor, Department of Pathology
Director, Anatomic Pathology Laboratories, Helen Diller Medical Center at Parnassus Heights
https://pathology.ucsf.edu/about/faculty/ryan-m-gill-md-phd

Sarah Guelfi, PharmD
Gastroenterology Clinical Pharmacist

Priya Kathpalia, MD
Associate Professor of Medicine
Division of Gastroenterology
https://www.ucsfhealth.org/providers/priya-kathpalia

Sara Lewin, MD
Associate Professor of Medicine
Division of Gastroenterology
https://www.ucsfhealth.org/providers/dr-sara-lewin

Ruzbeh Mosadeghi, MD, PhD
Rainin Scholar in IBD
Assistant Professor of Medicine
Division of Gastroenterology
https://www.ucsfhealth.org/providers/ruzbeh-mosadeghi

Sarah Setoudeh, PharmD
GI Ambulatory Care Pharmacist

Guest Faculty

Dawn B. Beaulieu, MD, IFM-CP, FACG, AGAF
Professor of Medicine, 
Director, Functional Medicine IBD Clinic 
Associate Director, Advanced IBD Fellowship 
Faculty College Mentor, 
Gabbe College (Vanderbilt SOM) Vanderbilt Inflammatory Bowel Disease Center 

Parambir S. Dulai, MD
Associate Professor of Medicine 
Director of Precision Medicine 
Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology 
Feinberg School of Medicine 
Northwestern University 

Bruce E Sands, MD, MS
Dr. Burrill B. Crohn Professor of Medicine, 
Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai System 
Chief, Division of Gastroenterology 
Mount Sinai Health System New York, NY