Biographies Stephen B. Hanauer, MD Professor of Medicine and Clinical Pharmacology Chief, Section of Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition University of Chicago Pritzker School of Medicine Chicago, Illinois Stephen B. Hanauer completed a medical degree, with honors, at the University of Illinois in Chicago. His postdoctoral training included an internship and residency in internal medicine, as well as a fellowship in gastroenterology, at The University of Chicago. In addition to his positions at the University of Chicago Pritzker School of Medicine, Dr. Hanauer also serves as Director of the Logan Center for Gastrointestinal Research and Co-Director of the Inflammatory Bowel Disease Research Center at The University of Chicago. Dr. Hanauer is board certified in internal medicine and gastroenterology by the American Board of Internal Medicine and the American Board of Gastroenterology, respectively. He holds membership in several professional societies and is a Fellow of both the American College of Gastroenterology and the American College of Physicians. His involvement at The University of Chicago includes serving on numerous committees. In connection with the American Gastroenterological Association (AGA), Dr. Hanauer served as chair for the Inflammation, Immunology, and Inflammatory Bowel Disease Section, subsequently also serving as Councilor for Clinical Research on the governing board and as chair of the Clinical Practice Section. Among his many honors, Dr. Hanauer received the AGA Fiterman Foundation Joseph B. Kirsner Award in Gastroenterology in 2001 and the Janssen Award for Clinical Excellence in 2004. Dr. Hanauer has authored hundreds of peer-reviewed journal articles, books and book chapters, abstracts, monographs, and editorials. He also designed and maintains a 6,000-patient database for the Inflammatory Bowel Disease Registry. Dr. Hanauer is Editor-in-Chief of Nature Clinical Practice Gastroenterology & Hepatology and serves on the editorial boards of numerous journals, including the American Journal of Gastroenterology, American Journal of Medicine, and Inflammatory Bowel Diseases. He is the outgoing chairman of the International Organization for Inflammatory Bowel Disease. Asher A. Kornbluth, MD Clinical Professor of Medicine The Inflammatory Bowel Disease Center The Henry D. Janowitz Division of Gastroenterology Mount Sinai School of Medicine New York, New York Asher A. Kornbluth completed a medical degree at Downstate Medical Center in New York and completed his postgraduate training in internal medicine as both Resident and Chief Resident at the Albert Einstein College of Medicine in the Bronx. He was a gastroenterology fellow at Mount Sinai Hospital Medical Center. A Diplomate of the National Board of Medical Examiners and the American Board of Internal Medicine (gastroenterology subspecialty), Dr. Kornbluth holds membership in the American Gastroenterological Association, the American College of Gastroenterology, the American Society of Gastrointestinal Endoscopy, and the Alpha Omega Alpha Honor Medical Society. Dr. Kornbluth also serves on the Crohn’s & Colitis Foundation of America’s Clinical Research Alliance and the Foundation’s Clinical Research Agenda Task Force. He has received numerous awards as a medical educator, including the Teacher of the Year for six years at the Mt. Sinai School of Medicine. Dr. Kornbluth has published more than 100 articles, abstracts, and book chapters and is the principal author of Ulcerative Colitis Practice Guidelines in Adults, published by the American College of Gastroenterology. He has published in, and is a reviewer for, many peer-reviewed journals, including The New England Journal of Medicine, Annals of Internal Medicine, American Journal of Gastroenterology, Journal of Clinical Gastroenterology, Alimentary Pharmacology and Therapeutics, and Gastroenterology. Currently, he is a principal investigator on a number of clinical trials examining novel interventions in inflammatory bowel disease. As an educator, Dr. Kornbluth has taught and lectured extensively in the United States and internationally William J. Sandborn, MD Dorothy A. Adair Professor of Gastrointestinal Research Vice Chair, Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology Mayo Clinic Rochester, Minnesota William J. Sandborn received a medical degree and completed a residency in internal medicine at Loma Linda University in Loma Linda, California. His postdoctoral training also included a gastroenterology fellowship at the Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minnesota. In addition to his positions as professor of medicine at the Mayo Clinic College of Medicine and Vice Chairman of the Mayo Clinic Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Dr. Sandborn currently serves as the Associate Director of Research at the Mayo Clinic and Mayo Foundation. Board certified in gastroenterology, Dr. Sandborn holds membership in several professional societies, including the American Gastroenterological Association, American College of Gastroenterology, and the Crohn's & Colitis Foundation of America. Additionally, he is the Chair of the Immunology, Microbiology and Inflammatory Bowel Disease Section of the American Gastroenterological Association and Chairman of the International Organization of Inflammatory Bowel Disease. Among his many honors, Dr. Sandborn was elected to the International Organization for Inflammatory Bowel Disease. Dr. Sandborn is a Fellow of the American Gastroenterological Association Institute, the American College of Gastroenterology, and the American College of Physicians. Dr. Sandborn has published over 300 articles in peer-reviewed journals, including Lancet, New England Journal of Medicine, Annals of Internal Medicine, Gastroenterology, and Gut. Dr. Sandborn's research interests are clinical trials and clinical pharmacology related to inflammatory bowel disease. He is the principal investigator on several clinical studies focusing on the management of Crohn's disease and ulcerative colitis.