IFFGD's Junior Academicians Program

Program Goal

IFFGD’s Junior Academicians program was created to engage junior clinicians and researchers in order to increase their interest in functional GI and motility disorders. We hope that this will help to invigorate the field, raise awareness of IFFGD resources, and develop thought leaders for the future. 

2024 IFFGD Junior Academicians

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Dilpesh Agarwal

  • Medical College of Wisconsin
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Nitin Ahuja

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Cara Axelrod

  • Nova Southeastern University 
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Elizabeth Barba Orozco

  • Hospital Clínic, Barcelona, Spain
  • 5 Minutes in GI: Abdomino-phrenic Dyssynergia
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Kenneth Barshop

  • Massachusetts General Hospital
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Justin Brandler

IFFGD's Junior Academician Program: Sophia Brigstocke

Sophia Brigstocke

  • Northwestern Memorial Hospital
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Helen Burton

  • Massachusetts General Hospital
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David Cangemi

  • Mayo Clinic: Jacksonville, Florida
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Soojong Hong Chae

  • University of South Florida
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Walter Chan

  • Brigham and Women’s Hospital
  • IBS Education Update Committee
Bianca Chang

Bianca Chang

  • Cedars-Sinai, Los Angeles
  • IFFGD Microbiome Fact Sheet Project
Victor Chedid

Victor Chedid

  • Mayo Clinic, Rochester
Austin Chiang

Austin Chiang

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Bruno Chumpitazi

  • Duke Health
  • Pediatric Education Update Committee
Bryan Curtin

Bryan Curtin 

  • Mercy Medical Center
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Ann Davis

  • University of Kansas School of Medicine
Saam Dilmaghani

Saam Dilmaghani

  • Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN
  • 5 Minutes in GI: Diet for Gastroparesis
  • 5 Minutes in GI: Common GI Disorders Associated with the Disruption of GI Motility
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Francis Edeani

  • Medical College of Wisconsin
Rosita Frazier

Rosita Frazier

  • Mayo Clinic, Scottsdale/Phoenix, Arizona
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Jeanetta Frye

  • University of Virginia Health System
  • You and Constipation
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Amanda Glinky

  • Children’s Hospital of New Orleans
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Luis Alcalá González

  • Vall d’Hebron, Barcelona, Spain
  • 5 Minutes in GI: What Causes Gas in the Intestines?
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Kimberly Harer

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John Hollier

  • Baylor College of Medicine
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Kayla Hopkins

  • Atrium Health
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Lisa Jones

  • University of Wisconsin
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Gorav Kalra

  • University of Seattle
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Kendra Kamp

  • University of Washington
Jacqueline Khalil

Jacqueline Khalil

  • Case Western Reserve University/ Metro Health Medical Center

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Michael Kingsley

  • VA and U Pitt
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David Kunkel

  • University of California, San Diego
  • IBS Education Update Committee

 

 
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Muriel Larauche

  • University of California, Los Angeles
  • IFFGD Research Awards Committee
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Allen Lee

  • Michigan Medicine
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 Lisa Lin
 
  • University of California, Los Angeles
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Joy Liu

  • McGraw Medical Center of Northwestern University
  • IFFGD “5 Minutes in GI” Series- Diet and Diverticulitis
Benjamin Liu

Benjamin Lui

  • Case Western Reserve/ MetroHealth
  • 5 Minutes in GI: Cannabinoid Hyperemesis Syndrome Part 1 and 2
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Alejandro Llanos-Chea

  • University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center
  • 5 Minutes in GI: What are the Most Common Tests to Determine Motility of the GI Tract?
  • IFFGD ” Clostridiodes Difficile Infection” Factsheet
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Ling Mei

  • Clement J Zablocki VA Medical Ctr, Froedtert Hospital
Stacy Menees

Stacy Menees

  • University of Michigan
  • IBS Education Update Committee
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Mulugeta Million

  • University of California, Los Angeles
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Sarvee Moosavi

  • University of British Columbia
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Johanna C. Iturrino Moreda

  • Harvard Medical School

 

Judy Nee

Judy Nee

  • Harvard Medical School
  • 2022 Research Grant Winner
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Leila Neshatian

  • Stanford
  • IBS Education Update Committee
  • Consultant: CoRDS Registry- Anal Fistulas
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Borko Nojkov

  • Michigan Medicine
  • IFFGDs 2025 Research Grant Winner
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Colleen Parker

  • University Health Network, University of Toronto
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Dan Patel

  • Vanderbilt University Medical Center
  • Co-Chair and Author: GERD Reporter’s Guide
  • Consultant: CoRDS Registry- Achalasia
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Alice Jiang Van Pelt

  • Rush University Medical School
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Mythili Pathipati

  • Massachusetts General Hospital
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Michael Potter

  • John Hunter Hospital
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Erin Ruether

  • Pediatric Psychologist Ochsner Children’s Health Center
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Neha Santucci

  • Cincinnati Children’s Hospital
  • IFFGD Research on the Road
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Patrick Sanvanson

  • Medical College of Wisconsin
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Eric Shah

Amol Sharma

Amol Sharma

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Daruish Shahsavari

  • Emory Healthcare
  • 5 Minutes in GI: LPR vs. GERD
  • 5 Minutes in GI: Asthma and GERD
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LeAnne Sherwin

  • The University of Missouri
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Prashant Singh

  • Michigan Medicine
  • 2024 IFFGD Research Grant Winner
Lalitha Sitaraman

Lalitha Sitaraman

  • University of Chicago
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Kyle Staller

  • Harvard Medical School
  • IFFGD 2020 Research Award Clinical Science Investigator
  • IBS Education Update Committee
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Andrew Su

  • University of California, Los Angeles
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Brian Surjanhata

  • Harvard Medical School
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Elyse Thakur

  • Atrium Health
Sanskriti Varma

Sanskriti Varma

  • Harvard Medical School
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Dipesh Vasant

  • Manchester University
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Chris Velez

  • Massachusetts General Hospital
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Priya Vijayvargiya

  • Erlanger Gastroenterology
  • IFFGD “Role of Bile Acid Diarrhea in Chronic Functional Diarrhea” factsheet
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Thomas Wallach

  • SUNY Downstate Health Sciences University, Brooklyn NY
  • Pediatric Education Update Committee
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Xiao Jing Wang

  • Mayo Clinic Rochester, MN
  • 5 Minutes in GI:Risk Factors of GERD
  • 5 Minutes in GI: Pelvic Floor Dysfunction
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Shamaila Waseem

  • Indiana University
Jennifer Wellington

Jennifer Wellington

  • Atrium Health
Ting Zheng

Ting Zheng

  • Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN
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