Here’s what you should know.
1. The AGA created the Future Leaders Program in 2015 to identify early career gastroenterologists who have potential.
2. The AGA provides those selected with a pathway to support the gastroenterology profession, advance their careers, connect with mentors and develop leadership skills.
The 2017-18 class includes:
- Arthur Beyder, MD, PhD. Assistant Professor of Physiology and Medicine at Rochester, Minn.-based Mayo Clinic;
- Brigid S. Boland, MD. Assistant Adjunct Professor at UC San Diego;
- Lea Ann Chen, MD. Assistant Professor of Medicine at New York City-based New York University School of Medicine;
- Bruno P. Chumpitazi, MD, Director of the Neurogastroenterology and Motility Program at Houston-based Texas Children’s Hospital/Baylor College of Medicine, Houston;
- Matthew A. Ciorba, MD. Assistant Professor of Medicine at Washington University in St. Louis;
- Katherine S. Garman, MD, Assistant Professor of Medicine at Durham, N.C.-based Duke University Medical Center;
- Christina Y. Ha, MD. Assistant Professor of Medicine at UC Los Angeles’ David Geffen School of Medicine;
- Bryson W. Katona, MD, PhD. Instructor of Medicine at Philadelphia-based University of Pennsylvania;
- Peter S. Liang, MD, Instructor at New York City-based New York University/Manhattan VA;
- Folasade P. May, MD, PhD. Assistant Professor of Medicine, at UC Los Angeles;
- Marty M. Meyer, MD. Gastroenterologist at Columbus-based The Ohio State University;
- Susan N. Ramdhaney, MD. Gastroenterologist at Manhasset, N.Y.-based President Comprehensive Digestive Care;
- Jonathan A. Rosenberg, MD. Gastroenterologist at Highland Park-based Illinois Gastroenterology Group;
- N. Jewel Samadder, MD. Assistant Professor of Medicine at Salt Lake City-based Huntsman Cancer Institute;
- Siddharth Singh, MD. Assistant Professor of Medicine at UC San Diego;
- Maria I. Vazquez-Roque, MD. Gastroenterologist at Jacksonville, Fla.-based Mayo Clinic;
- Sachin B. Wani, MD. Associate Professor of Medicine at Aurora-based University of Colorado;
- Jennifer Weiss, MD. Assistant Professor at Madison-based University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health.
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