Becker's ASC Review

74 13th Annual Spine, Orthopedic and Pain Management-Driven ASC Conference + The Future of Spine – Call (800) 417-2035 G astroenterology is a broad specialty that ranges from colonoscopy and endoscopy to liver disease and inflammatory bowel disease. The field offers many opportunities for physicians to shine in clinical, business, research and academic roles. Edgar Achkar, MD, MACG, serves in the department of gastroenterology and hepatology at Cleveland Clinic. He is a past president of the American College of Gastroen- terology and past director of the ACG Institute. Jean-Paul Achkar, MD, FACG, is the Kenneth Rainin Endowed Chair in IBD Research at Cleveland Clinic. He is on staff in the pathology department of Cleve- land Clinic's Lerner Research Institute. Paul Akerman, MD, FACG, performs procedures at Bayside Endoscopy Center in Providence, R.I., and East Greenwich (R.I.) Endoscopy Center. John I. Allen, MD, MBA, AGAF, is the clinical chief of gastroenterology and hepatology at Yale Medical Group and a professor at Yale School of Medicine in New Hav- en, Conn. He has previously served as quality advisor for Minnesota Gastroenterology, based in the Twin Cities. Saket K. Ambasht, MD, performs procedures at the Surgery Center of Anchorage (Alaska), which is af- filiated with Regent Surgical Health. Dr. Ambasht also practices with Pioneer GI Clinic in Anchorage. Ashwin Ananthakrishnan, MD, practices at Massa- chusetts General Hospital in Boston. He won the 2011 American Gastroenterological Association research scholar award for a prospective study of diet and risk of Crohn's disease and ulcerative colitis. Kevin Ashby, MD, practices at Saddleback Medical Group Gastroenterology in Laguna Hills, Calif. He also performs procedures at the groups' Digestive Disease Center in Laguna Hills. The center is affiliated with Surgical Care Affiliates. Peter A. Banks, MD, is the director of the Center for Pancreatic Disease and director of the Clinical Research Track at Brigham and Women's Hospital in Boston. He is a past president of the American Pancreatic Associa- tion and International Association of Pancreatology. Christopher Bartolone, MD, is a physician with Gas- troenterology Associates in Williamsville, N.Y. He is on staff at Millard Fillmore Suburban Hospital in Wil- liamsville and Sisters of Charity Hospital in Buffalo. David Becker, MD, practices with Gastroenterology Consultants of Clearwater (Fla.), a division of West Central Gastroenterology. Dr. Becker performs proce- dures at West Coast Endoscopy Center in Clearwater. Rudolph A. Bedford, MD, is president of the South- ern California Society of Gastroenterology. Dr. Bed- ford practices with Southern California Gastroenter- ology Group in Santa Monica. J. Sumner Bell III, MD, AGAF, is a professor of clini- cal internal medicine at Eastern Virginia Medical School in Norfolk, and has practiced gastroenterology in southeastern Virginia for more than 20 years. He previously served as president of the Eastern Virginia Medical School. Fernando Bermudez, MD, FACG, FACP, is medical director and a board member of Eastside Endoscopy Center, a partnership with Physicians Endoscopy. He is a member of G.I. Medicine Associates. Jody Berner, MD, practices with Bay Area Gastroin- testinal Endoscopy and Liver Disease Specialists in Clearwater, Fla. Dr. Berner completed his medical de- gree at the University of Rochester (N.Y.). Brett Bernstein, MD, is the medical director of East- side Endoscopy in Manhattan, N.Y. He is also Chief Quality Officer of Beth Israel Ambulatory Endoscopy Services and director of endoscopy at Mount Sinai Beth Israel in New York. Faisal M. Bhinder, MD, is a gastroenterologist at Capital Digestive Care's Birns, Gloger & Witten, MD, based in Rockville, Md. He previously served as chief of the gastroenterology division and director of en- doscopy at Calvert Memorial Hospital in Prince Fred- erick, Md. Priti Bijpuria, MD, is a gastroenterologist at Capital Digestive Care's Ellicott City-based Maryland Diges- tive Disease Center. Henry J. Binder, MD, is a professor emeritus and se- nior research scientist in medicine at Yale School of Medicine in New Haven, Conn. He won the 2005 Dis- tinguished Achievement Award from the American Gastroenterological Association. Ronald Boisen, MD, has been practicing medicine in Anchorage, Alaska since 1986. He performs procedures at Alaska Digestive Center, affiliated with Nueterra. C. Richard Boland, MD, is a physician in the divi- sion of gastroenterology at Baylor University Medical Center in Dallas. Dr. Boland is a past president of the American Gastroenterological Association. Geoffrey L. Braden, MD, FACP, FACG, AGAF, is the founding editor of Medscape Gastroenterology. Dr. Braden has been the chief of internal medicine at Aria Health in Philadelphia since 1993. Steven Ross Brant, MD, is the director of the Balti- more-based Johns Hopkins Meyerhoff Inflammatory Bowel Disease Center and Meyerhoff Inflammatory Bowel Disease Genetics Laboratory. Aaron Brzezinski, MD, is a physician in the gastroen- terology and hepatology department at the Cleveland Clinic. He focuses heavily on inflammatory bowel disease, microscopic colitis and celiac disease. Carol Burke, MD, FACG, is a member of the profes- sional staff of Cleveland Clinic's department of gas- troenterology and hepatology, as well as director of its Center for Colon Polyp and Cancer Prevention and 190 Gastroenterologists to Know | 2015 By Carrie Pallardy 190 Gastroenterologists to Know Sponsored by:

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