William J. Sandborn, MD, is a gastroenterologist and chief of the division of gastroenterology at the University of California San Diego School of Medicine.
Dr. Sandborn directs a large clinical research unit devoted to the conducting clinical trials in inflammatory bowel disease, where he supervises a multi-investigator team of physicians, research fellows, nurses and study coordinators. He is internationally recognized for his contributions in the fields of biotechnology therapy, clinical pharmacology, diagnosis and treatment of pouchitis, epidemiology and natural history and endoscopic and radiographic imaging techniques.
Dr. Sandborn has published more than 408 articles, including articles in the New England Journal of Medicine, The Lancet, JAMA, Annals of Internal Medicine and Gastroenterology.
Dr. Sandborn earned his medical degree from Loma Linda (Calif.) University and completed his residency at Loma Linda (Calif.) Medical Center. He also completed a fellowship in gastroenterology at the Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minn.