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Ira M. Jacobson, MD Vincent Astor Professor of Clinical Medicine Chief, Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology Weill Medical College of Cornell University Attending Physician New York Presbyterian Hospital New York, New York |
Ira M. Jacobson received his medical degree from Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons in New York. He completed an internship and residency in internal medicine at the University of California, San Francisco and a fellowship in gastroenterology and hepatology at Massachusetts General Hospital and Harvard Medical School in Boston. In addition to his position as Chief of the Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology at Weill Cornell, Dr. Jacobson currently serves as Medical Director of the Center for the Study of Hepatitis C at Rockefeller University, Weill Medical College of Cornell University, and New York-Presbyterian Hospital.
A Past President of the New York Gastroenterological Association and the New York Society for Gastrointestinal Endoscopy, Dr. Jacobson is a Fellow of the American College of Gastroenterology and the American College of Physicians. He currently serves on both the gastroenterology subspecialty board and the transplant hepatology board of the American Board of Internal Medicine.
Dr. Jacobson has an active practice and has served as a principal investigator on many important trials involving antiviral therapy for hepatitis B and hepatitis C. He was the national principal investigator for the WIN-R Trial, the largest trial yet done on hepatitis C treatment. He is a frequent speaker on viral hepatitis throughout the country and has published many journal articles, chapters, reviews, and abstracts on gastroenterology and hepatology. He has published two textbooks on pancreaticobiliary endoscopy: ERCP and Its Applications and ERCP: Diagnostic and Therapeutic Applications. Additionally, Dr. Jacobson holds various editorial positions, including reviewer for Gastroenterology, Hepatology, American Journal of Gastroenterology, and Annals of Internal Medicine, and is on the editorial board of the Journal of Hepatology.
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John G. McHutchison, MD Associate Director, Duke Clinical Research Institute Director, GI/Hepatology Research Program Professor of Medicine Division of Gastroenterology Duke University Medical Center Durham, North Carolina |
John G. McHutchison earned a medical degree at the University of Melbourne, Australia, and completed his internship, residency, and gastroenterology fellowship at the Royal Melbourne Hospital in Australia. He completed an advanced fellowship in hepatology at the University of Southern California in Los Angeles.
Board certified in internal medicine and gastroenterology, Dr. McHutchison holds membership in the American Gastroenterological Association (AGA) and the American Association for the Study of Liver Diseases (AASLD). Additionally, Dr. McHutchison is a member of several advisory committees, including the AGA Research Policy Committee, the AASLD NIH Liaison Committee, and the AASLD Clinical Research Committee, for which he serves as Chairman. He is a Fellow of the Royal Australasian College of Physicians.
Dr. McHutchison has published worldwide on the topic of liver diseases and has authored numerous articles and book chapters on chronic hepatitis C infection. He serves on the editorial boards for several publications, including Hepatology, Hepatitis–Index & Reviews, and Hepatology Reviews. He is a reviewer for the New England Journal of Medicine, Lancet, Gastroenterology, Journal of Infectious Diseases, American Journal of Gastroenterology, and several other journals. Dr. McHutchison serves as Associate Editor for Journal of Hepatology. His clinical interests include hepatitis B and C, ascites, noninvasive fibrosis markers, and steatosis; his research interests include chronic viral hepatitis, immunopathogenesis, predictive biomarkers, and translational research initiatives.
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Bruce R. Bacon, MD James F. King, MD Endowed Chair in Gastroenterology Professor of Internal Medicine Director, Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology Saint Louis University School of Medicine St. Louis, Missouri |
Bruce R. Bacon earned a medical degree at Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine. He completed his internal medicine residency and fellowship training in gastroenterology and hepatology at the Cleveland Metropolitan General Hospital in Cleveland, Ohio. Prior to his current appointments, Dr. Bacon served as Associate Professor of Medicine at Case Western Reserve University and Chief of the Section of Gastroenterology and Hepatology at Louisiana State University School of Medicine in Shreveport, Louisiana.
A Diplomate of the National Board of Medical Examiners and the American Board of Internal Medicine (ABIM), Dr. Bacon has held leadership positions with several advisory and professional bodies. He was Vice Chair for Medical Affairs on the Board of Directors of the American Liver Foundation, a member of the National Institutes of Health (NIH) Study Section, and Chairman of the Grants Review Committee for the American Liver Foundation. He served as President of the American Association for the Study of Liver Diseases in 2004. In 1993, he was elected into the American Society for Clinical Investigation.
Dr. Bacon has written more than 300 original articles, reviews, and book chapters. He coauthored Essentials of Clinical Hepatology (1992) and coedited Liver Disease: Diagnosis and Management (2000) and Comprehensive Clinical Hepatology (2005). Dr. Bacon holds or has held editorial roles for several journals, including on the editorial board of Hepatology, as Senior Associate Editor for the Liver Disease Section of the American Journal of Gastroenterology, and currently as Associate Editor for clinical hepatology for Gastroenterology. Dr. Bacon’s basic research has been funded by a grant from the NIH to examine signaling pathways in hepatic stellate cells. He was a member of a research team that discovered the gene that is abnormal in patients who have hereditary hemochromatosis.
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Kimberly A. Brown, MD Chief, Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology Henry Ford Hospital and Health System Detroit, Michigan |
Kimberly A. Brown completed a medical degree at Wayne State Medical School in Detroit, Michigan. She completed a residency in internal medicine at the University of Michigan Hospital, Ann Arbor, where she also completed a fellowship in gastroenterology. Current appointments held by Dr. Brown include Chief of the Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology at Henry Ford Hospital in Detroit.
Board certified in gastroenterology, Dr. Brown holds membership in several professional societies, including the American Gastroenterology Association, American College of Gastroenterology, American Association for the Study of Liver Diseases, and the International Liver Transplant Society. She currently serves as a referee for Gastroenterology, Transplantation,and Journal of Clinical Gastroenterology. Dr. Brown is Past Secretary of the Michigan Society of Gastrointestinal Endoscopy.
Dr. Brown is well published in the areas of liver transplantation and complications of liver transplantation related to chronic hepatitis C viral infection. She has authored chapters for several books, and she is past section editor for “Biliary Tract, Abdominal Cavity/Miscellaneous” in Textbook of Gastroenterology: Self-Assessment Review. Dr. Brown’s clinical interests include viral hepatitis, cirrhosis, liver failure, liver cancer, variceal bleeding, and ascites.
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Stuart C. Gordon, MD Associate Professor, Internal Medicine Wayne State University Director, Division of Hepatology and Hepatology Research Henry Ford Hospital and Health System Detroit, Michigan |
Stuart C. Gordon received a medical degree from Wayne State University School of Medicine in Detroit, Michigan. He completed a residency in internal medicine and a fellowship in gastroenterology at William Beaumont Hospital in Royal Oak, Michigan, and he trained in clinical hepatology at the University of Miami School of Medicine under Drs. Leon and Eugene Schiff. Dr. Gordon is Clinical Associate Professor of Medicine at Wayne State University School of Medicine and Director of the Division of Hepatology and Hepatology Research at Henry Ford Health Systems in Detroit, Michigan.
An American Board of Internal Medicine Diplomate in internal medicine, gastroenterology, and transplant hepatology, Dr. Gordon is a member of the International Association for the Study of the Liver, American Association for the Advancement of Science, American Society for Gastrointestinal Endoscopy, and several other professional societies. He is a Fellow of the American College of Physicians, American College of Gastroenterology, and the American Gastroenterological Association. Dr. Gordon was listed among Best Doctors, Inc.’s “Best Doctors in America” and named among the “Best Doctors in Michigan” by Hour Magazine. In 2004, he was the recipient of the Distinguished Alumni award from Wayne State University School of Medicine.
Dr. Gordon has authored or coauthored over 100 scientific publications, book chapters, editorials, and abstracts, and he is the editor of the textbook Management of Chronic Viral Hepatitis (2002). He is an ad hoc reviewer for the Study Section at the National Institutes of Health (NIH) and for numerous peer-reviewed publications, including Gastroenterology and Hepatology. Dr. Gordonis on the abstract selection committee for the American Association for the Study of Liver Disease. |
Stephen A. Harrison, MD Chief of Hepatology Associate Program Director, GI Fellowship Brooke Army Medical Center Fort Sam Houston, Texas |
Stephen A. Harrison completed a medical degree at the University of Mississippi School of Medicine in Jackson, Mississippi. He completed an internship and residency in internal medicine and a gastroenterology fellowship at the Brooke Army Medical Center. He also completed a hepatology fellowship at Saint Louis University. He currently serves in the US Army, stationed at Brooke Army Medical Center in San Antonio where he is the Chief of Hepatology. He also is on staff at the University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio as Assistant Professor in the Department of Medicine, Division of Gastroenterology.
A Diplomate of the American Board of Internal Medicine (ABIM) and the ABIM Subspecialty Board in Gastroenterology, Dr. Harrison holds membership in several professional societies, including the American Gastroenterology Association, American College of Gastroenterology, and the American Association for the Study of Liver Diseases. Among his many honors, Dr. Harrison received the William Beaumont Clinical Research Award (2003) and the Research Excellence in GI and Liver (REGAL) award (2006).
Dr. Harrison has published numerous articles in peer-reviewed journals. He currently serves as a reviewer for American Journal of Gastroenterology, Hepatology, Gastroenterology, Liver International, Journal of Hepatology, and several other journals, and he is a member of the editorial boards of Hepatology, Clinical Gastroenterology and Hepatology and Journal of Clinical Gastroenterology. Dr. Harrison is a frequent invited lecturer on the topics of chronic hepatitis C and insulin resistance, and nonalcoholic fatty liver disease. He has been the lead investigator on several studies.