Becker's ASC Review

36 GI & ENDOSCOPY SECTION: GI Leaders in the Spotlight 170 GI Physicians Making Headlines in 2015 So Far By Anuja Vaidya Here are 170 gastroenterologists making head- lines in the first half of the year. July David Perlmutter, MD, was named dean of the Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis. Sean Koppe, MD, was tapped to lead Edward-El- mhurst (Ill.) Healthcare's new Walter Payton Liver Center Outreach Clinic in Naperville, Ill. Kenneth Brown, MD, developed Atrantil, a plant-based nutraceutical designed to relieve bloating, abdominal discomfort and constipation. Michael Pezzone, MD, PhD, AGAF, returned to River Valley Physicians in East Liverpool, Ohio, aer a leave of absence. Mercy Clinic Gastroenterology in Washington, Mo., added gastroenterologist Sheetal Sharma, MBBS. Tadataka Yamada, MD, PhD, rejoined Frazier Healthcare as a member of the company's life sci- ences team. June e American Society of Gastrointestinal Endos- copy named its board members for 2015 to 2016: • Douglas O. Faigel, MD, FASGE, will now serve as president through May 2016. e other governing board member appoint- ments include: • President-elect: Kenneth R. McQuaid, MD, FASGE, VA Medical Center (San Francisco) • Vice President: Karen L. Woods, MD, FASGE, Houston Methodist Hospital • Secretary: John J. Vargo II, MD, MPH, FASGE, Cleveland Clinic • Treasurer: Steven A. Edmundowicz, MD, FASGE, Washington University School of Med- icine (St. Louis) • Past president: Colleen M. Schmitt, MD, MHS, FASGE, Galen Medical Group (Chattanooga, Tenn.) • Past President: Kenneth K. Wang, MD, FASGE, Mayo Clinic (Rochester, Minn.) e newly appointed councilors include: • Ian M. Gralnek, MD, MSHS, FASGE, Bruce and Ruth Rappaport Faculty of Medicine, Tech- nion-Israel Institute of Technology, Rambam Health Care Campus (Haifa, Israel) • Brian C. Jacobson, MD, MPH, FASGE, Boston University Medical Center • John Martin, MD, FASGE, Mayo Clinic (Roch- ester, Minn.) • Douglas K. Rex, MD, FASGE, Indiana Univer- sity Medical Center (Indianapolis) • Sarah A. (Betsy) Rodriguez, MD, Oregon Clin- ic (Portland) • Prateek Sharma, MD, University of Kansas Medical Center (Kansas City) Gastroenterologist Sunbal Zafar, MD, joined USMD Affiliated Services in Irving, Texas. Gastroenterologist Tim Ridgway, MD, was elect- ed the new president of the South Dakota Medical Association. e American Society for Gastrointestinal Endos- copy appointed Douglas O. Faigel, MD, FASGE, as its president. U.S. Senator Bill Cassidy, MD, introduced his proposed replacement to the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act. e Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is offering a continuing medical education course on colonoscopy, which was developed by physi- cians and leaders in the GI field. e physicians involved in developing the course are: • Lynn Butterly, MD, medical director, New Hampshire Colorectal Cancer Screening Pro- gram; Director of Colorectal Cancer Screening at Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center (Leba- non, N.H.) • Diane Dwyer, MD, former medical director, Center for Cancer Prevention and Control, Pre- vention and Health Promotion Administration, Maryland Department of Health and Mental Hygiene (Baltimore) • David Lieberman, MD, professor of medicine and chief, division of gastroenterology and hep- atology, Oregon Health and Science University (Portland) • Michael B. Potter, MD, professor, department of family and community medicine, University of California (San Francisco) • Paul C. Schroy, MD, MPH, professor of medi- cine, Boston University School of Medicine • Richard Wender, MD, chief cancer control of- ficer, American Cancer Society (Atlanta) and professor, family and community medicine, omas Jefferson University (Philadelphia) Klaus Gottlieb, MD, FACG, joined Synthetic Biologics as its vice president of clinical and regu- latory affairs. Peter Cotton, MD, a gastroenterologist with the Medical University of South Carolina in Charles- ton, is designing a national study to determine which patients are candidates for gall bladder re- moval surgery. May e American Gastroenterological Association honored nine gastroenterologists with its Annual Recognition Awards at Digestive Disease Week in Washington, D.C.: • Robert Sandler, MD, MPH, AGAF, University of North Carolina (Chapel Hill) • C. Richard Boland, MD, AGAF, Baylor Univer- sity Medical Center (Dallas) • Patrick Kamath, MD, Mayo Clinic (Rochester, Minn.) • Charles Melbern Wilcox, MD, MSPH, Univer- sity of Alabama at Birmingham • Susan Henning, PhD, AGAF, University of North Carolina (Chapel Hill) • M. Bishr Omary, MD, PhD, University of Michigan (Ann Arbor) • William Chey, MD, AGAF, University of Mich- igan (Ann Arbor) • Louis Y. Korman, MD, Metropolitan Gastroen- terology Group (Washington, D.C.) • Jay Hoofnagle, MD, National Institutes of Health (Bethesda, Md.) Michael Camilleri, MD, MPhil, MRCP, FACP, AGAF, became the president of the American Gastroenterological Association. SonarMD, LLC, released its SonarMD platform, a population health management tool for inflam- matory bowel disease, the brainchild of gastroen- terologist Lawrence Kosinski, MD, MBA, AGAF, FACG, managing partner of Illinois Gastroenter- ology Group in Elgin. Yvette Tache, PhD, received the 2014 Middleton Award for her research on peripheral autonomic pathways influencing GI function. Anu K. Mathew, MD, received the Compassion- ate Doctor Award from Vitals. e American Society for Gastrointestinal En- doscopy honored several gastroenterologists with the ASGE Awards: • Robert H. Hawes, MD, Florida Hospital Or- lando • Robert A. Ganz, MD, Minnesota Gastroenter- ology, St. Paul

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