The award recipients were nominated by the medical and research community for their dedication to the field of inflammatory bowel diseases. The winners are as follows:
- Richard J.Grand, MD, Boston Children’s Medical Center — Henry D. Janowitz Lifetime Achievement Award
- Jeffrey S. Hyams, MD, Connecticut Children’s Medical Center — Achievement in IBD Clinical Research Award
- Richard S. Blumberg, MD, Brigham and Women’s Medical Center, Boston — Achievement in IBD Basic Research Award
The winners will be acknowledged at CCFA’s annual Advances in Inflammatory Bowel Diseases conference in Hollywood, Fla.
“It is our privilege to recognize these trailblazers at this year’s Advances conference,” said James Lewis, MD, MSCE, chair of CCFA’s national scientific advisory committee and professor of medicine and clinical epidemiology at the University of Pennsylvania, in the release. “These physicians join the illustrious ranks of medical leaders we honor each year for their efforts to aid Americans suffering from these debilitating, incurable diseases.”
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