The Foundation for Clinical Research in IBD is pleased to welcome to its Scientific Advisory Committee Fabrizio Michelassi, MD, FACS, Lewis Atterbury Stimson Professor and Chairman, Department of Surgery at Weill Medical College of Cornell University in New York City.

Stephen B. Hanauer, MD, Chairman
Professor of Medicine and Clinical Pharmacology at the University of Chicago, Dr. Hanauer also serves as the Director of The Logan Center for GI Clinical Research, Co-Director of the Outpatient Gastroenterology Clinic, as well as the Inflammatory Bowel Disease Research Center and First Gastroenterology Research Foundation Professor of Medicine.

Dr. Hanauer has published numerous articles and abstracts and authored "Guidelines for the Clinical Evaluation of Drugs for Patients with Inflammatory Bowel Disease" for the Food and Drug Administration. He serves on the editorial boards of "Alimentary Tract Pharmacology and Therapeutics," "Inflammatory Bowel Diseases," "Timely Topics in Medicine," "Illustrated Case Reports in Gastroenterology," and the "American Journal of Medicine." He is also a reviewer for "Gastroenterology," "Annals of Internal Medicine," "American Journal of Gastroenterology," and the "New England Journal of Medicine."

He currently is Co-Chair of Infection, Immunology, IBD Committee for the American Gastroenterological Association Council and a member of the Ad Hoc Committee on FDA Related Matters for the American College of Gastroenterology. He also is a member of the American College of Physicians, the Society of Mucosal Immunology, and the International Organization for Inflammatory Bowel Disease. During his tenure on the National Scientific Advisory Committee for the Crohn's & Colitis Foundation of America, he served as Chairman of the Clinical Affairs/Professional Education Committee, the IBD Forum, and the Clinical Alliance. He also served as a member and Chairman of the FDA Gastrointestinal Drugs Advisory Committee.

Dr. Hanauer received his medical degree with honors from the University of Illinois and completed his internship, residency and gastroenterolgy fellowship at the University of Chicago.

Marla C. Dubinsky, MD
Director of the Pediatric Inflammatory Bowel Disease Center at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles, Dr. Dubinsky is a member of the American Gastroenterology Association, the American College of Gastroenterology, the North American Society of Pediatric Gastroenterology and Nutrition, Canadian Association of Gastroenterology, the American Academy of Pediatrics, and the Crohn's & Colitis Foundation of America (CCFA).

Dr. Dubinsky is an Ad Hoc reviewer for "Gastroenterology," "American Journal of Gastroenterology," "Journal of Pediatric Gastroenterology and Nutrition," "Inflammatory Bowel Diseases," "American Journal of Pharmacogenomics" and section editor for "Inflammatory Bowel Diseases." She has published many peer-reviewed research papers, numerous abstracts, and several book chapters and currently serves as chairperson of CCFA's Clinical Research and Clinical Trials Sub-committee, Pediatric Affairs Committee.

She received her Doctor of Medicine from Queen's University, Canada, in 1993. Dr. Dubinsky completed her Pediatric Residency (I-III) at Alberta Children's Hospital in Calgary and her Pediatric Residency IV, Clinical Fellow, Gastroenterology and Nutrition at Sainte-Justine Hospital, University of Montreal. In addition, she was a research fellow in pediatric gastroenterology and nutrition at Sainte-Justine Hospital and a research fellow in inflammatory bowel disease and health services research at the IBD Center, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, UCLA, Los Angeles.

Dr. Dubinsky is co-founder and president-elect of WE CARE, an organization for women in the field of IBD.

James F. Marion, MD
Associate Clinical Professor of Medicine at Mount Sinai School of Medicine of New York University and attending physician at Mount Sinai-New York University Health System, Dr. Marion is a member of the American Gastroenterological Association, the Celtic Medical Society, and the Crohn's & Colitis Foundation of America where he serves on the Scientific Advisory Committee and the Patient Education Committee of the Foundation's New York Chapter.

Dr. Marion has published many peer-reviewed reports, articles and abstracts and has contributed to several textbook chapters and lay publications. He was a Rudin Scholar, Columbia College of Physicians and Surgeons, and University of California Undergraduate Presidents Research Fellow.

He received his Doctor of Medicine from Columbia College of Physicians and Surgeons, completed his residency in Internal Medicine at Presbyterian Hospital of New York, and took his gastroenterology fellowship at Mount Sinai Hospital.

Fabrizio Michelassi, MD, FACS
Lewis Atterbury Stimson Professor of Surgery and Chairman of the Department of Surgery at Weill Medical College of Cornell University, Dr. Michelassi, also serves as the Surgeon-in-Chief at the New York Presbyterian Hospital-Weill Cornell Medical Center.

A gastrointestinal surgeon with expertise in the surgical treatment of gastrointestinal cancers and inflammatory bowel disease, Dr. Michelassi also is prolific author of more than 150 papers, book chapters and abstracts that have contributed new insight on the surgical treatment of pancreatic and colorectal cancers and inflammatory bowel disease. He has edited a book on operative strategies in inflammatory bowel disease and produced ten instructional movies for surgeons on the surgical treatment of complications of Crohn's disease and ulcerative colitis.

A pioneer in the development of new techniques that ensure better outcomes and improved quality of life for patients with digestive diseases, his expertise with Crohn's disease led him to develop a new bowel-sparing procedure known as the side-to-side isoperistaltic strictureplasty, designed to avoid sacrificing large amounts of bowel at the time of surgery.

Dr. Michelassi is summa cum laude graduate of the University of Pisa School of Medicine, Italy. He completed his internship and surgical residency at New York University and his research fellowship at Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard University. In 1984, he joined the faculty of the Department of Surgery at the University of Chicago, where he became Section Chief of General Surgery and the Thomas D. Jones Professor of Surgery and Vice Chair of the Surgery Department.

Daniel H. Present, MD
Clinical Professor of Medicine at Mount Sinai School of Medicine and an attending physician at Mt. Sinai Medical Center, Dr. Present is a diplomate of the American Board of Internal Medicine and the American Board of Gastroenterology and a member of the American Gastroenterological Association and the IOIBD, and a Master of the American College of Gastroenterology.

Dr. Present has published more than 120 articles and many abstracts on inflammatory bowel disease. He has served on the editorial board of the "Journal of Clinical Aspects of Autoimmunity," as editor of "IBD News," and as section editor for the "Journal of Inflammatory Bowel Disease." He serves as an ad hoc reviewer for the "New England Journal of Medicine," the "Annals of Internal Medicine," "Gastroenterology," the "American Journal of Gastroenterolgy," and "Gut."

During his years of service to the profession, Dr. Present has served as Co-Chairman of the Clinical Alliance of the Crohn's & Colitis Foundation of America, Chair of the Research Committee of the American College of Gastroenterology, and course director and faculty for the American College of Physicians, the American Gastroenterological Association, and the American College of Gastroenterology post graduate courses.

He graduated with honors from the State University of New York Downstate Medical Center in Brooklyn in 1959 and took his Internal Medicine internship, residency, and gastroenterology fellowship at Mount Sinai Medical Center in New York City. He has received the American Gastroenterological Association's Distinguished Clinician Award, the Janssen Outstanding Achievement in Clinical Gastroenterology Award, and CCFA's Lifetime Achievement Award.

Bruce E. Sands, MD
Assistant Professor of Medicine at Harvard Medical School, Associate Physician at Massachusetts General Hospital, Co-Director of the Inflammatory Bowel Disease Center at Massachusetts General Hospital, Dr. Sands also serves as Director of Clinical Research for the Gastrointestinal Unit at Massachusetts General Hospital in Boston. Dr. Sands is a member of the American Gastroenterological Association, where he serves as a councilor on the Inflammatory Bowel Disease subsection of the Immunology, Microbiology and IBD section. In the past, he has served on the National Scientific Advisory Committee as Chairman of the Professional Education Committee. He is also currently Vice-Chair of the Clinical Alliance of the CCFA and chair of the New England CCFA Chapter Medical Advisory Committee.

Dr. Sands is an ad hoc reviewer for "Gastroenterology," "American Journal of Gastroenterology," "Gut," "New England Journal of Medicine," and serves as a section editor and member of the editorial board for "Inflammatory Bowel Diseases." He has published many peer-reviewed articles, abstracts, and textbook chapters on the etiology, diagnosis, prognosis, and treatment of IBD.

Dr. Sands received his medical degree at Boston University School of Medicine in 1987. His postgraduate training included an internship and residency in internal medicine at the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania in Philadelphia. He also completed clinical and research fellowships at Massachusetts General Hospital. In addition, Dr. Sands was awarded a Master of Science degree in Epidemiology at the Harvard School of Public Health in 2001.

Lloyd R. Sutherland, MD
Professor in the Department of Medicine at the University of Calgary, Director for the Heritage Medical Research Clinic, and Fellow of the American College of Physicians, Dr. Sutherland became Head of the Division of Gastroenterology in 1991. He has served as Head of Community Health Sciences at the University of Calgary and Director of the Centre for the Advancement of Health at the Calgary Health Region. He was the Founding Director for the Centre for Health and Policy Studies from 1999-2001.

Dr. Sutherland has published more than 200 peer-reviewed papers and abstracts. He is editor in chief of the "Canadian Journal of Gastroenterology" and has served as member of the Editorial Board of "Gastroenterology" and the section editor of "Inflammatory Bowel Diseases." In addition, he has served as the Scientific Secretary of the International Association for the study of Inflammatory Bowel Disease. Dr. Sutherland is also President and CEO of the Lloyd Sutherland Group.

He received his Doctor of Medicine from McGill University in 1973, his Fellow of the Royal College Physicians of Canada in 1978 and his MSc (epidemiology) in 1991 from the University of Toronto.

William J. Tremaine, MD
Professor of Medicine at Mayo Clinic College of Medicine in Rochester, Minnesota, Dr. Tremaine was named the Director of the Mayo Foundation Office of Human Research Protection in 2002 and also is a consultant for Internal Medicine and Gastroenterology at the Mayo Clinic Medical School and Foundation. He serves on the editorial boards of "Inflammatory Bowel Disease," "Mayo Clinic Proceedings," "Mayo Health Oasis," and "Alimentary Pharmacology & Therapeutics," and is an ad hoc reviewer for "Gastroenterology," "Journal of the American Medical Association," "American Journal of Gastroenterology," "Southern Medical Journal," "Journal of Laboratory and Clinical Medicine," "European Journal of Gastroenterology Disease of the Colon and Rectum," and "Gut."

Dr. Tremaine has published some 210 peer-reviewed articles and abstracts. He also has contributed chapters to 16 books. He is Chairman of the IBD Forum and a member of the Crohn's & Colitis Foundation's Grants Review Committee. In addition, Dr. Tremaine is a ad hoc reviewer of grant applications for the Veterans Administration, The Wellcome Trust ( London, England), and Broad Medical Research Program.

A graduate of the University of Mississippi School of Medicine, Dr. Tremaine took his Internal Medicine internship, residency, and gastroenterology fellowship at Mayo Clinic in Rochester. Among his honors and awards are the Henry S. Plummer Distinguished Physician Award, Department of Medicine (2002), Fellow of the American College of Gastroenterology (2002), and Fellow of The American College of Physicians (1988).