Governing Board
President

Ian L. Taylor, MD, PhD, AGAF
SUNY Downstate Medical Center
Brooklyn, NY
Learn more about Dr. Taylor:
- Profile of education, career and accomplishments
- Press release announcing goals for presidential year
President Elect
C. Richard Boland, MD, AGAF
Baylor Univ. Medical Center
Internal Medicine
Dallas, TX
Vice President
Loren Laine, MD, AGAF
USC School of Medicine
Los Angeles, CA
Secretary/Treasurer
J. Sumner Bell III, MD, AGAF
Gastroenterology, Ltd
Norfolk, VA
Past President
Gail A. Hecht, MD, MS, AGAF
University of Illinois at Chicago
Chicago, IL
Councillors
Community Private Practice Councillor
John I. Allen, MD, MBA, AGAF
Minnesota Gastroenterology PA
Minneapolis, MN
Basic Research Councillor
Eugene B. Chang, MD, AGAF
Martin Boyer Professor of Medicine
University of Chicago Medical Center
Chicago, IL
Councillor-At-Large
Sheila E. Crowe, MD, AGAF
University of Virginia
Charlottesville, VA
Clinical Research Councillor
Francis M. Giardiello, MD
Johns Hopkins University
Baltimore, MD
FDHN Chair
Nicholas F. LaRusso, MD, AGAF
Mayo Clinic College of Medicine
Rochester, MN
Education & Training Councillor
Helen M. Shields, MD, AGAF
Harvard Medical School
Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center
Boston, MA
Community Private Practice Councillor
F. Taylor Wootton III, MD, AGAF
Digestive & Liver Disease Specialists
Norfolk, VA