Steering Committee
The members of the CDWG Steering Committee participate actively in determining the overall direction and content of this website. They also review all the contributions for scientific accuracy and clinical content.
The members of the Steering Committee and their roles are as follows:
Chair: Stephen B. Hanauer, MD
Course Director: E-slide library
Professor of Medicine and Clinical Pharmacology
Chief, Section of Gastroenterology and Nutrition
University of Chicago
Chicago, IL
Biography
Marla C. Dubinsky, MD
Course Director: Hot Topics
Director, Pediatric IBD Center
Cedars Sinai Medical Center
Los Angeles, CA
Biography
Bret A. Lashner, MD
Course Director: Clinical Decision Maps
Director, Center for Inflammatory Bowel Disease
Cleveland Clinic
Cleveland, OH
Biography
Gary R. Lichtenstein, MD
Professor of Medicine
University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine
Director, Center for Inflammatory Bowel Diseases
Philadelphia, PA
Biography
Edward V. Loftus Jr., MD
Professor of Medicine
Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology
Mayo Clinic
Rochester, MN
Biography
Scott E. Plevy, MD
Course Director: Journal Update
Associate Professor of Medicine
University of North Carolina School of Medicine
Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology
Inflammatory Bowel Disease Center
Chapel Hill, NC
Biography
David T. Rubin, MD
Assistant Professor of Medicine
University of Chicago
Department of Medicine
Chicago, IL
Biography
Corey A. Siegel, MD
Course Director: Journal Update
Director, Inflammatory Bowel Disease Center
Section of Gastroenterology and Hepatology
Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center
Lebanon, NH
Biography
Jean-Frédéric Colombel, MD
Professor of Hepatogastroenterology
Centre Hospitalier Universitaire (CHU) de Lille
Lille, France
Biography
Jean-Frédéric Colombel received his medical degree from the University of Medicine in Amiens, France, and he completed his internship, residency, and a fellowship in gastroenterology at the University Hospital (CHU) in Lille, France. He joined the Faculty at the University Hospital in Lille, becoming an Assistant Professor of Medicine then a Professor of Medicine. Dr. Colombel is currently Professor of Hepatogastroenterology at Centre Hospitalier Universitaire (CHU) de Lille, where he is also the Head Scientific Council of CHU.
Dr. Colombel's research interests focus on inflammatory bowel diseases (IBD). He is a member of the governing staff of Registre des Maladies Inflammatoires du Nord Ouest de la France (supported by INSERM and Health Ministry) which has developed studies to investigate environmental and genetic factors in IBD. He is also a member of the Groupe d’Etudes Therapeutiques des Maladies Inflammatorires Digestives (GETAID), a multi-center French group involved in therapeutic trials in IBD.
The author or co-author of more than 370 peer-reviewed articles, books, and book chapters, Dr. Colombel serves as associate editor of Gut and as an editorial board member or a reviewer for several other specialist journals, including Inflammatory Bowel Disease Monitor, Inflammatory Bowel Diseases, Clinical Gastroenterology and Hepatology, and Nature Gastroenterology and Hepatology.
Dr. Colombel is currently the president-elect of ECCO (European Crohn’s and Colitis Organization). He is also a member of the French Society of Gastroenterology, the Belgian Royal Society of Gastroenterology, the European Association for Gastroenterology and Endoscopy, the American Gastroenterological Association, and the International Organization for Inflammatory Bowel Disease (IOIBD).
In accordance with Policy, the Steering Committee members have indicated if they have any conflict of interest, and if so, it has been resolved.
