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.