Becker's ASC Review

77 13th Annual Spine, Orthopedic and Pain Management-Driven ASC Conference + The Future of Spine – Call (800) 417-2035 west Clinical Research Associates and Regional Surgicenter. Robert Neidich, MD, is a gastroenterologist with Gastro-Intestinal Associates in Lima, Ohio. He is also a former chief of staff at St. Rita's Medical Center in Lima. Mark Noar, MD, MPH, practices at Endoscopy Mi- crosurgery Associates in Towson, Md. Dr. Noar was the first clinical adopter of the Stretta procedure for the treatment gastroesophageal reflux disease. Crystal North, DO, performs procedures at the Pinnacle III-affiliated Skyline Endoscopy Center and practices with Centers for Gastroenterology, both in Loveland, Colo. M. Bishr Omary, MD, PhD, is chair of the depart- ment of molecular and integrative physiology and H. Marvin Pollard Professor of Gastroenterology at the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor. Bergein F. Overholt, MD, FACP, MACG, practices with Gastrointestinal Associates in Knoxville, Tenn. Paulo Pacheco, MD, practices with Manhattan Endoscopy in New York. Daniel J. Pambianco, MD, practices with Char- lottesville (Va.) Gastroenterology Associates and is director of endoscopy at Martha Jefferson Hos- pital. He is past president of the Virginia Gastro- enterological Society. Henry P. Parkman, MD, is a professor of medi- cine and director of the GI Motility service at Temple University School of Medicine in Phila- delphia. Richard Peek Jr., MD, is director of the gastroen- terology division, the Mina Cobb Wallace Chair in Immunology and a professor of cancer biology at Vanderbilt University Medical Center in Nash- ville, Tenn. John L. Petrini, MD, FACP, is a past president of the American Society of Gastrointestinal Endosco- py. Dr. Petrini practices at Sansum Clinic's Pueblo Multi-Specialty Clinic in Santa Barbara, Calif. Irving Pike, MD, FACG, is the CMO of John Muir Health in Walnut Creek, Calif., and president of the Gastroenterology Quality Improvement Con- sortium. He is treasurer of the American College of Gastroenterology. Mark Pimentel, MD, FRCPC, is the director of the gastrointestinal motility program and laboratory at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles. Benoit Pineau, MD, FRCP, joined the Borland- Groover Clinic in St. Augustine, Fla., in 2008. Dr. Pineau earned his medical degree from the Uni- versity of Ottawa in Ontario, Canada. Scott E. Plevy, MD, is an associate professor of medicine at the University of North Carolina School of Medicine at Chapel Hill. Daniel K. Podolsky, MD, has been the president of University of Texas Southwestern Medical Cen- ter in Dallas since 2008. D. Brent Polk, MD, is the chair of the pediatrics department at Children's Hospital Los Angeles and chair of pediatrics and vice dean for Child Health at the Keck School of Medicine of the Uni- versity of Southern California in Los Angeles. John W. Popp Jr., MD, has been director of Am- Surg since 2009. He served as medical director for Johnson & Johnson biomedicines unit Centocor and chief of the Division of Digestive Diseases and Nutrition at the University of South Carolina School of Medicine in Charleston. Daniel H. Present, MD, is a clinical professor of medicine and gastroenterology at Mount Sinai Hospital, where he founded the Foundation for Clinical Research in Inflammatory Bowel Disease at Mount Sinai. Douglas Rex, MD, FACG, is the chief of endosco- py at Indiana University Hospital in Indianapolis. He is also a distinguished professor of medicine and the Chancellor's Professor of Medicine. David T. Rubin, MD, is the Joseph B. Kirsner Pro- fessor of Medicine, co-director of the Digestive Diseases Center and section chief of the gastroen- terology, hepatology and nutrition division at The University of Chicago. Moshe Rubin, MD, is director of gastroenterol- ogy and program director of the gastroenterology fellowship training program, and the director of the Digestive Disease Service Line at New York Hospital Queens. Raymond Rubin, MD, is the chief scientific officer of the Transplant Institute at Piedmont Healthcare in Atlanta. Dr. Rubin founded Piedmont Health- care's liver transplant institute in 2004. Anil K. Rustgi, MD, AGAF, is chief of the division of gastroenterology at the Perelman School of Medi- cine in Philadelphia, and director of its Center for Molecular Studies in Digestive and Liver Diseases. Robert Sable, MD, FACP, FACG, AGAF, co- founded Riverdale Gastroenterology and Liver Diseases in the Bronx, N.Y., in 1981. Julio A. Salcedo, MD, practices at Capital Di- gestive Care's Washington Gastroenterology in Washington, D.C., and Chevy Chase, Md. Syed A. Samad, MD, FACP, FACG, FASGE, AGAF, is the founder and medical director of Ar- kansas Surgery & Endoscopy Center in Pine Bluff and Little Rock. William J. Sandborn, MD, AGAF, is chief of the gastroenterology division at UC San Diego School of Medicine. Dr. Sandborn directs a large clinical research unit focused on clinical trials in IBD. Robert S. Sandler, MD, MPH, is chief emeritus of the division of gastroenterology and hepatol- ogy at the University of North Carolina School of Medicine at Chapel Hill. Bruce E. Sands, MD, MS, AGAF, FACG, is the Dr. Burrill B. Crohn Professor of Medicine at Mount Sinai Hospital in New York. Harry Sarles Jr., MD, FACG, is a private practice gastroenterologist with the Digestive Health As- sociates of Texas in Dallas. Mark A. Schattner, MD, FACP, CNSP, practices at the Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center in New York. Dr. Schattner is a past president of the New York Society for Gastrointestinal Endoscopy. Lawrence Schiller, MD, FACG, is a member of the board of directors and a Quality Assurance and Credentialing Committee member at Digestive Health Associates of Texas in Dallas. James Schlais, MD, practices with GastroIntesti- nal Associates in Wausau, Wis., and performs pro- cedures at the Pinnacle III-affiliated Northwoods Surgery Center in Woodruff, Wis. Colleen M. Schmitt, MD, MHS, FASGE, was the 2013-2014 president-elect of the American Soci- ety for Gastrointestinal Endoscopy. She assumed the ASGE presidency in May 2014. Kenneth Schoenig, MD, practices with Digestive Disease Consultants and performs procedures at the Digestive Disease Endoscopy Center, both in Normal, Ill. Konrad S. Schulze, MD, is a professor of internal medicine-gastroenterology and hepatology at the University of Iowa Carver College of Medicine in Iowa City. James Scolapio, MD, is the chief of the gastroen- terology division and associate chair of the de- partment of medicine at the University of Florida in Jacksonville. March Seabrook, MD, FACG, practices with Consultants in Gastroenterology in West Colum- bia, S.C. Dr. Seabrook is a founding member and past president of the South Carolina Gastroenter- ology Association. Stephen Sears, MD, practices with the Centers for Gastroenterology and performs procedures at the Pinnacle III-affiliated Skyline Endoscopy Center, both in Loveland, Colo. Srinivas Seela, MD, practices with Digestive and Liver Center of Florida in Orlando. Thomas Sepe, MD, FACG, AGAF, is a clinical as- sociate professor of medicine at Brown University in Providence, R.I. Nicholas Shaheen, MD, is a professor of medicine and epidemiology and director of the Center for Esophageal Disease and Swallowing at the Uni- versity of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Helen M. Shields, MD, is a professor in the de- partment of medicine at Harvard Medical School and a gastroenterologist at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, both in Boston. Corey A. Siegel, MD, MS, is director of the In- flammatory Bowel Disease Center at Dartmouth- Hitchcock Medical Center in Lebanon, N.H. Leonard B. Stein, MD, is medical director of the Long Island Center for Digestive Health in Gar- den City, N.Y. He holds an academic appointment at State University of New York at Stony Brook. Ann Marie Stephenson, DO, MBA, is a gastroen- terologist at Capital Digestive Care's Associates in Gastroenterology in Silver Spring, Md. Lewis Strong, MD, performs procedures at Sky- line Endoscopy Center, affiliated with Pinnacle III, and practices with the Centers for Gastroen- terology, both in Loveland, Colo. Patrick Takahashi, MD, is the chief medical in- formation officer and chief of the gastroenterol- ogy section at St. Vincent Medical Center in Los Angeles.

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