Governing Board

President

Taylor

Ian L. Taylor, MD, PhD, AGAF
SUNY Downstate Medical Center
Brooklyn, NY

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President Elect

C. Richard Boland, MD, AGAFC. Richard Boland, MD, AGAF
Baylor Univ. Medical Center
Internal Medicine
Dallas, TX
 

Vice President

Loren Laine, MD, AGAF, AGA Institute Vice PresidentLoren Laine, MD, AGAF
USC School of Medicine
Los Angeles, CA

 

 

Secretary/Treasurer

J. Sumner Bell III, MD, AGAF, AGA Institute Secretary/TreasurerJ. Sumner Bell III, MD, AGAF
Gastroenterology, Ltd
Norfolk, VA

 

 

Past President

Gail A. Hech, MD, MS, AGAF, AGA Institute Past PresidentGail A. Hecht, MD, MS, AGAF
University of Illinois at Chicago
Chicago, IL

 

 

Councillors

John I. Allen, MD, MBA, AGAFCommunity 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

 

 

Sheila E. Crowe, MD, AGAFCouncillor-At-Large

Sheila E. Crowe, MD, AGAF
University of Virginia
Charlottesville, VA

  

 

Francis M. Giardiello, MDClinical Research Councillor

Francis M. Giardiello, MD
Johns Hopkins University
Baltimore, MD

  

 

Nicholas F. LaRusso, MD, AGAFFDHN Chair

Nicholas F. LaRusso, MD, AGAF
Mayo Clinic College of Medicine
Rochester, MN

 

 

 

Helen M. Shields, MD, AGAFEducation & 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