The American Gastroenterological Association named 18 physicians for its third class of Future Leaders.
What you should know:
1. AGA's Future Leaders Program develops early leaders who, "have potential to make a significant impact on the specialty."
2. AGA named 18 to the class of 2020:
- Christen Klochan Dilly, MD, Indiana University School of Medicine and Roudebush VA Medical Center (Indianapolis)
- Daniel Freedberg, MD, Columbia University (New York City)
- Wendy A. Henderson, PhD, National Institutes of Health (Bethesda, Md.)
- Ruben Hernaez, MD, PhD, Baylor College of Medicine and Michael E. DeBakey VA Medical Center (Waco, Texas)
- Animesh Jain, MD, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
- Avinash Ketwaroo, MD, Baylor College of Medicine and Michael E. DeBakey VA Medical Center
- Bharati Kochar, MD, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
- David Leiman, MD, Duke University Medical Center (Durham, N.C.)
- James Lin, MD, City of Hope National Medical Center in Duarte (Calif.)
- Michelle Long, MD, Boston Medical Center
- Aimee Lucas, MD, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai (New York City)
- Miguel Malespin, MD, Tampa (Fla.) General Hospital
- Simon C. Mathews, MD, Johns Hopkins Medicine (Baltimore)
- Karthik Ravi, MD, Mayo Clinic at Rochester (N.Y.)
- Florian Rieder, MD, Cleveland Clinic Foundation
- Kyle Staller, MD, Harvard Medical School (Cambridge, Mass.)
- Christina Twyman-Saint Victor, MD, University of Pennsylvania Perelman School of Medicine (Philadelphia)
- Ryan Ungaro, MD, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai
3. AGA Future Leaders Co-program Chair Darrell S. Pardi, MD, said, "The 2020 class of AGA Future Leaders represents the next generation of leaders in our field. Along with my co-chair, Sheryl Pfeil, MD, and the esteemed mentors and faculty participating in this program, we look forward to cultivating these rising stars who stand out for their current achievements, commitment to advancing the field, and potential for future success."