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
Corey A. Siegel attended both college and medical school in Boston, MA, at Tufts University before moving to New Hampshire to complete his residency in internal medicine at the Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center. After serving as a chief medical resident, he stayed at Dartmouth for a fellowship in gastroenterology, then he returned to Boston to complete a fellowship in inflammatory bowel disease at the Massachusetts General Hospital. Dr. Siegel has now returned to New Hampshire where he is the Director of the Inflammatory Bowel Disease Center at the Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center.
Dr. Siegel's research interests include understanding the risk: benefit trade offs in inflammatory bowel disease and improving risk communication for patients.
He is a section editor for Inflammatory Bowel Diseases and serves as a reviewer for Clinical Gastroenterology and Hepatology and Gastroenterology.
Dr. Siegel is an active member of the Crohn's and Colitis Foundation of America (CCFA) at both local and national level. He currently serves as a member of the New England chapter medical advisory committee and is also a member of the national physician education committee.
Jean-Frédéric Colombel, MD
Professor of Hepatogastroenterology
Centre Hospitalier Universitaire (CHU) de Lille
Lille, France
Biography
In accordance with Policy, the Steering Committee members have indicated if they have any conflict of interest, and if so, it has been resolved.
