Expert Team

Stephan R. Targan MD
Director, Inflammatory Bowel Disease Center
Director, Division of Gastroenterology
Feintech Family Chair in Inflammatory Bowel Disease

Moshe Arditi MD
Executive Vice Chair, Research, Department of Pediatrics
Director, Division of Pediatric Infectious Diseases, Allergies and Immunology

Marla C. Dubinsky MD
Director, Pediatric Inflammatory Bowel Disease Program
Abe and Claire Levine Chair in Pediatric Inflammatory Bowel Disease

Phillip Fleshner MD
Program Director, Colorectal Surgery Fellowship
Shierley, Jesslyne, and Emmeline Widjaja Chair in Colorectal Surgery

Helen S. Goodridge PhD
Research Scientist-Regenerative Medicine; Biomedical Sciences
Phone: 310-248-8577

Andrew F. Ippoliti MD
Director of Administration and Clinical Affairs, Division of Digestive Diseases

Gislaine Martins PhD
Research Scientist, Inflammatory Bowel and Immunobiology Research Institute

George Yen-Hsi Liu MD, PhD
Pediatric Infectious Diseases

Dermot McGovern MD, PhD
Director, Translational Medicine, Inflammatory Bowel Disease Center and Immunobiology Research Institute
Joshua L. and Lisa Z. Greer Chair in Inflammatory Bowel Disease Genetics

Y. Gil Melmed MD
Director, Clinical Trials, Inflammatory Bowel Disease Center
Phone: 310-652-8031

Kathrin Michelsen PhD
Research Scientist, Inflammatory Bowel Disease Center
Phone: 310-423-0539

Jerome Rotter MD
Director of Research and Co-Director, Medical Genetics Institute
Director, Division of Medical Genetics
Board of Governors Chair in Medical Genetics

David Shih MD, PhD
Assistant Director, Basic Research, Inflammatory Bowel and Immunobiology Research Institute
Gastroenterology
Phone: 310-423-7722

Kent Taylor PhD
Laboratory Operations Director, Phenotyping / Genotyping Laboratory

David Underhill PhD
Director, Graduate Program in Biomedical Sciences and Translational Medicine
Phone: 310-423-7654

Eric Vasiliauskas MD
Associate Clinical Director, Inflammatory Bowel Disease Center