AGA names inaugural class of Future Leaders Program

The American Gastroenterological Association has named its inaugural class of the Future Leaders Program.

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The class members include:

•    Rotonya M. Carr, MD, assistant professor of medicine, University of Pennsylvaniain Philadelphia
•    Neelendu Dey, MD, instructor of medicine, division of gastroenterology, Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis
•    Nelson Garcia, Jr., MD, associate gastroenterologist, GastroHealth in Miami
•    Avlin B. Imaeda, MD, PhD, assistant professor of medicine, section of digestive diseases, Yale University School of Medicine in Guilford, Conn.  
•    Gilaad G. Kaplan, MD, assistant professor, University 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 professor of medicine, University of Pittsburgh Medical 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 medicine, Stanford University Medical Center in Los Altos, Calif.  
•    Andrew D. Rhim, MD, assistant professor, internal medicine, University of Michigan in Ann Arbor
•    Jatin Roper, MD, gastroenterologist; assistant professor, Tufts Medical Center in Boston
•    Brijen J. Shah, MD, assistant professor of medicine, gastroenterology, Mount Sinai School of Medicine in New York
•    Aasma Shaukat, MD, MPH, associate professor, department of medicine, gastroenterology division, University of Minnesota in Minneapolis
•    Savita Srivastava, MD, gastroenterologist, University of Virginia Physician’s Group in Culpeper
•    Tram T. Tran, MD, medical director, liver transplantation, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Pacific Palisades, Calif.  
•    Elizabeth C Verna, MD, MS, associate program director, New York Presbyterian Hospital

The Future Leaders Program is designed to identify GI physicians who will lead their specialty and provide a pathway for career development.

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