Course Chairs
Uma Mahadevan, MD
Lynne and Marc Benioff
Professor of Gastroenterology,
Director, UCSF Colitis and
Crohn’s Disease Center
University of California, San Francisco
Fernando S. Velayos, MD, MPH
Professor of Medicine,
University of California, San Francisco
Chief of Gastroenterology,
Kaiser San Francisco
UCSF Faculty
Kendall Beck, MD
Assistant Professor of Medicine, Division of Gastroenterology
Rishika Chugh, MD
Assistant Professor of Medicine, Division of Gastroenterology
Justin Field, MD
Assistant Professor of Medicine, Division of Gastroenterology
Emily Finlayson, MD, MS
Professor of Surgery, Medicine, and Health Policy
Ryan M. Gill, MD, PhD
Professor of Medicine, Department of Pathology;
Director of Surgical Pathology;
Medical Director, Anatomic Pathology Laboratories,
Moffitt-Long Hospital
Michael Kattah, MD, PhD
Assistant Professor of Medicine, Division of Gastroenterology
Sara Lewin, MD
Assistant Professor of Medicine, Division of Gastroenterology
Neha Shah, MPH, RD, CNSC
Registered Dietitian and Health Education Specialist
Guest Faculty
Maria T. Abreu, MD
Professor of Medicine; Professor of Microbiology and Immunology; Director Crohn's and Colitis Center; Martin Kalser Chair in Gastroenterology; Vice Chair of Research, Department of Medicine; Chair, International Organization for the Study of Inflammatory Diseases University of Miami Miller School of Medicine, Miami, FL
Gilaad G. Kaplan, MD, MPH
Professor of Medicine, Gastroenterologist and Epidemiologist, Cumming School of Medicine and Department of Community Health Sciences, University of Calgary, Calgary, AB
David T. Rubin, MD
Professor of Medicine; Chief, Section of Gastroenterology, Hepatology, and Nutrition;
Co-Director, Digestive Diseases Center; University of Chicago Medicine, Chicago, IL