Becker's ASC Review

40 GI & ENDOSCOPY SECTION: GI Leaders in the Spotlight Carol Morris, DO, joined Bayhealth Gastroen- terology in Milford, Del. Akron (Ohio) General Partners Physician Group added gastroenterologist Jeffrey Neher, MD. Lesley Rhee, MD, joined Maywood, Ill.-based Loyola University Health System. Cape Regional Health System plans to open a new endoscopy center in Cape May Court House, N.J., which will be staffed by gastroenterologists Antho- ny Masciarelli, DO, and Renjy Vattasseril, MD. John I. Allen, MD, MBA, AGAF, president of the American Gastroenterological Association Insti- tute, travelled to Capitol Hill to discuss some of the most pressing issues in gastroenterology. e American Gastroenterological Association named its inaugural class of the Future Leaders Program. e class members include: • Rotonya M. Carr, MD, assistant professor of medicine, University of Pennsylvania in Phila- delphia • Neelendu Dey, MD, instructor of medicine, di- vision of gastroenterology, Washington Univer- sity School of Medicine in St. Louis • Nelson Garcia, Jr., MD, associate gastroenter- ologist, GastroHealth in Miami • Avlin B. Imaeda, MD, PhD, assistant professor of medicine, section of digestive diseases, Yale University School of Medicine in New Haven, Conn. • Gilaad G. Kaplan, MD, assistant professor, Uni- versity of Calgary in Alberta, Canada • Sonia S. Kupfer, MD, assistant professor of medicine, University of Chicago Medicine • Benjamin Lebwohl, MD, instructor in clinical medicine, New York Presbyterian Hospital • David J. Levinthal, MD, PhD, assistant profes- sor of medicine, University of Pittsburgh Medi- cal Center • Kara Gross Margolis, MD, assistant professor of pediatrics, Columbia University in New York • Silvio de Melo, Jr., MD, director of endoscopy; program director GI fellowship, University of Florida College of Medicine Jacksonville • Walter G. Park, MD, assistant professor of med- icine, Stanford University Medical Center in Los Altos, Calif. • Andrew D. Rhim, MD, assistant professor, in- ternal medicine, University of Michigan in Ann Arbor • Jatin Roper, MD, gastroenterologist; assistant professor, Tus Medical Center in Boston • Brijen J. Shah, MD, assistant professor of medi- cine, gastroenterology, Mount Sinai School of Medicine in New York • Aasma Shaukat, MD, MPH, associate professor, department of medicine, gastroenterology divi- sion, University of Minnesota in Minneapolis • Savita Srivastava, MD, gastroenterologist, Uni- versity of Virginia Physician's Group in Cul- peper • Tram T. Tran, MD, medical director, liver trans- plantation, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles, Calif. • Elizabeth C Verna, MD, MS, associate program director, New York Presbyterian Hospital Gastroenterologist Heidi Huck, MD, joined the medical team at Sarah Bush Lincoln Health Sys- tem, based in Mattoon. Ill. Mount Sinai Beth Israel in New York named gas- troenterologist Ira Jacobson, MD, chairman of the department of medicine. Mississippi Governor Phil Bryant named four members to the State Institutions of Higher Learning board of trustees. One of the four ap- pointees is Alfred McNair Jr., MD, owner of Di- gestive Health Center in Ocean Springs, Miss. Gastroenterologist Amar S. Naik, MD, joined Loyola University Health System, based in May- wood, Ill. Michael Nathanson, MD, PhD, was named the Gladys Phillips Crofoot Professor of Internal Medicine at Yale School of Medicine in New Ha- ven, Conn. Microfi ber Endoscopic Channel Brush

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