Junior Academicians

Program Goal

IFFGD created the Junior Academicians program 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. 

2021 IFFGD Junior Academicians

Dilpesh Agarwal

  • Medical College of Wisconsin
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Nitin Ahuja

  • University of Pennsylvania
  • IFFGD 2020 Virtual Advocacy Event: “How to Prepare for Seeing Your Doctor” Presentation
  • IBS Education Update Committee

Cara Axelrod

  • Nova Southeastern University 
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Elizabeth Barba Orozco

  • Hospital Clínic, Barcelona, Spain

Kenneth Barshop

  • Massachusetts General Hospital
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Justin Brandler

  • Virginia Mason Franciscan Health
  • IFFGD 2020 Michigan Norton Education Series, “Living Your BEST IBS Life: Practical Tools to Beat the Battle with your Bowels” Presentation
Sophie Brigstocke

Sophia Brigstocke

  • Northwestern Memorial Hospital
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Helen Burton

  • Massachusetts General Hospital
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Daniel Bushyhead

  • Houston Methodist Hospital

David Cangemi

  • Mayo Clinic: Jacksonville, Florida

Soojong Hong Chae

  • University of South Florida

Walter Chan

  • Harvard Medical School
  • IBS Education Update Committee

Bianca Chang

  • Cedars-Sinai, Los Angeles
Victor Chedid

Victor Chedid

  • Mayo Clinic, Rochester
Austin Chiang

Austin Chiang

  • Thomas Jefferson University
  • IFFGD 2021 Virtual Advocacy Event: “Best Practices for Finding a Facebook Support Group” Presentation
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Bruno Chumpitazi

  • Baylor College of Medicine
Bryan Curtin

Bryan Curtin 

  • Mercy Medical Center

Ann Davis

  • University of Kansas School of Medicine
Saam Dilmaghani

Saam Dilmaghani

  • Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN

Francis Edeani

  • Medical College of Wisconsin
Rosita Frazier

Rosita Frazier

  • Mayo Clinic, Scottsdale/Phoenix, Arizona

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

  • Hospital Universitari Vall d’Hebron, Barcelona, Spain
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Kimberly Harer

  • Michigan Medicine
  • IFFGD 2020 Michigan North Education Series: Diet, Nutrition and Digestive Health “Constipation: Symptoms, evaluation, causes, and treatment” Presentation
  • IBS Education Update Committee

John Hollier

  • Baylor College of Medicine

Kayla Hopkins

  • Atrium Health
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Mackenzie Jarvis

  • Atrium Health

Lisa Jones

  • University of Wisconsin

Gorav Kalra

  • University of Seattle
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Kendra Kamp

  • University of Washington

Su Bin Kim

  • Cleveland Clinic Westin
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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

 

 

Muriel Larauche

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

Allen Lee

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

  • McGraw Medical Center of Northwestern University
Benjamin Liu

Benjamin Liu

  • Case Western Reserve/ MetroHealth
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Alejandro Llanos-Chea

  • University of Miami`
  • `IFFGD ” Clostridiodes Difficile Infection” Factsheet

Ling Mei

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

Stacy Menees

  • University of Michigan
  • IBS Education Update Committee

Mulugeta Million

  • University of California, Los Angeles

Sarvee Moosavi

  • University of British Columbia

Johanna C. Iturrino Moreda

  • Harvard Medical School

 

Judy Nee

Judy Nee

  • Harvard Medical School
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Leila Neshatian

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

  • University of Michigan
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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

Michael Potter

  • John Hunter Hospital

Neha Santucci

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

Patrick Sanvanson

  • Medical College of Wisconsin
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Eric Shah

  • Michigan Medicine
  • IBS Education Update Committee
  • IFFGD’s 2022 Advocacy Event: “Advocating for Yourself in the Doctor’s Office”
Amol Sharma

Amol Sharma

  • Augusta University
  • IFFGD 2020 Virtual Advocacy Event, “Leveraging Live Stream: Getting the Most from a GI Telehealth Appointment” Presentation
  • IBS Education Update Committee Co-Chair 
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Daruish Shahsavari

  • Augusta University
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LeAnne Sherwin

  • The University of Missouri
Prashant Singh

Prashant Singh

  • Michigan Medicine
Lalitha Sitaraman

Lalitha Sitaraman

  • Mount Sinai Hospital and Holy Cross Hospital
Kyle Stellar

Kyle Staller

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

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

Chris Velez

  • Massachusetts General Hospital
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Priya Vijayvargiya

  • Mayo Clinic, Rochester
  • IFFGD “Role of Bile Acid Diarrhea in Chronic Functional Diarrhea” factsheet
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Thomas Wallach

  • SUNY Downstate Health Sciences University, Brooklyn NY
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Xiao Jing Wang

  • Mayo Rochester, MN
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Shamaila Waseem

  • Indiana University

Jennifer Wellington

  • Atrium Health
Ting Zheng

Ting Zheng

  • Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN
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