FACULTY
Noa Krugliak Cleveland, MD
Director, Intestinal Ultrasound Program
Amelia Kellar, MD, MSc
Director, Pediatric Intestinal Ultrasound Program
Benjamin McDonald, MD, PhD
David Choi, PharmD
Associate Director, IBD Center
RESIDENTS AND FELLOWS
Yusuke Miyatani, MD
Advanced IBD Fellow
Joëlle St-Pierre, MD, PhD
Advanced IBD Fellow
Dr. St-Pierre completed her PhD in immunology at the University of Alberta (Canada). She completed her medical training and gastroenterology fellowship at the University of Calgary (Canada). Outside of clinical and academic work, she enjoys sharing outdoor adventures with her family.
Jeremy Klein, MD
Internal Medicine Resident
Jeremy was born in Evanston and grew up in Highland Park, IL. He is a recent Temple Medical School (LKSOM) graduate, Class of 2022 and current UChicago Internal Medicine Resident interested in healthcare equity and extra-intestinal manifestations of IBD.
Adar Zinger, MD, PhD
Advanced IBD Fellow
Ross McMillan, MD
General GI Fellow
Alvin George, MD
General GI Fellow
RESEARCH STAFF
Alex Mathew
Research Director
Alex Mathew holds an Honors Bachelor of Science Degree in Biological Sciences and Business Administration from Drexel University ’22 and a Master of Bioethics (Medical Ethics and Health Policy) Degree from the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine ’24. He has over 4 years of experience in clinical trial management, focusing on various areas of medicine & research such as but not limited to; Oncology, Neurology, Sleep Medicine, Geriatrics, Radiology & more. Outside of research, Alex enjoys spending time with family and friends, traveling, hiking and tapping into his musical interests cultivated at a young age.
Evan Fear
Clinical Research Coordinator
Evan attended Northeastern University studying biochemistry and competing for the Division I ice hockey team as a goaltender. A passion for gardening and a research experience studying nutrition microbiology at the University of Wisconsin led him to the Rubin Lab to contribute to inflammatory bowel disease research and pursue medical school.
Zach Fine
Clinical Research Coordinator
Zach is a graduate of Washington University in St. Louis with a B.A. in Neuroscience. As an undergraduate, he worked as a research assistant at Cao Lab, Washington University Pain Center, and as a teaching assistant for the Laboratory of Neurophysiology. In his spare time, he enjoys weightlifting and omelette making. His passion for research and specifically his interest in the role of the brain-gut connection in IBD brought him to Rubin Lab and the Department of Gastroenterology.
Alexandra McDermott
Clinical Research Coordinator
Allie McDermott graduated from the University of South Carolina Honors College with a Bachelor of Science in Public Health. In South Carolina, she developed a passion for community outreach and event planning through numerous opportunities that promoted the health and well-being of target populations, launching the University’s first-ever Cancer Prevention Week to improve student awareness of cancer risk. As an aspiring MD, Allie continues gaining research experience as a Clinical Research Coordinator for the Rubin Lab, supporting many projects, including those related to mental health and holistic well-being.
Medical Students
Amani Allen
Medical Student (MS4)
ALUMNI – Where Are They Now?
Max Ackerman, MD
Pritzker Medical Student
Anesthesiology Resident at the University of Chicago (Chicago, Illinois)
Arthur Aelvoet
Research Intern, 2016
PhD Candidate at the Academic Medical Center (Amsterdam, Netherlands)
Shintaro Akiyama, MD, PhD
Advanced IBD Fellow 2019-2021
Lecturer in the Department of Gastroenterology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Tsukuba (Tsukuba, Japan)
Adjoa Anyane-Yeboa, MD, MPH
Gastroenterology Fellow, 2016-2019
Gastroenterologist at Massachusetts General Hospital (Boston, Massachusetts)
Fares Ayoub, MD
Gastroenterology Fellow
Assistant Professor of Medicine at Baylor College of Medicine (Houston, Texas)
Matangi Priyasri Bala, MD
Research Assistant, 2000
Anesthesiologist at AMITA Health (Hinsdale, Illinois)
Lauren Bowling, MS, CGC
Research Assistant, 2006
Cancer Genetic Counselor at the University of California San Francisco
Rahul Chhablani, MD
Research Assistant, 1998
Gastroenterologist at Providence Medical Institute (Torrance, California)
Nathaniel Cohen, MD
Advanced IBD Fellow
Gastroenterologist and IBD Specialist at Tel Aviv Medical Center (Tel Aviv, Israel)
Ruben Colman, MD, PhD
Post-Doctoral Research Assistant, 2013-2015
Instructor of Pediatric Gastroenterology at Stanford Medicine (Palo Alto, California)
Angie Djordjevic LoSavio, MD
2003-2007
Gastroenterologist at Duly Health and Care, Northwestern Medicine School of Medicine (Hinsdale, Illinois)
Katia El Jurdi, M.D.
Clinical Research Coordinator 2017-2019
Gastroenterology Fellow at Ascension Providence Hospital/Michigan State University (Southfield, Michigan)
Amarachi Erondu, MD, MS
Medical Student at Pritzker School of Medicine, 2019-2021
Resident Physician at UCLA Medical Center (Los Angeles, California)
David Fenton
Medical Student at Pritzker School of Medicine
Medical Student at Pritzker School of Medicine (Chicago, Illinois)
Nicole Garcia
Clinical Research Coordinator, 2021 - 2023
Medical Student at the University of California San Francisco (San Francisco, California)
Samuel Gavzy, M.D., M.S.
Undergraduate Research Assistant, 2006-2009
Resident Physician in General Surgery at the University of Maryland School of Medicine (Baltimore, Maryland)
Sarah Goeppinger
Undergraduate Research Assistant, 2011-2015
Alex Gonsalves
High School Research Assistant, 2015
Frank Hoentjen, M.D., PhD
Gastroenterology Fellow, 2010-2011
Gastroenterologist at Radboud University (Nijmegen, Netherlands)
Adam Kaufman, M.D.
IBD Fellow, 2009-2011
Gastroenterologist at Jefferson Torresdale Hospital (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania)
Robert Kavitt, M.D., MPH
Medical Student at the University of Chicago Pritzker School of Medicine, 2003
Assistant Professor of Medicine and Director of the Center for Esophageal Diseases at the University of Chicago (Chicago, Illinois)
Jami Rothe Kinnucan, M.D.
IBD Fellow, 2013-2015
Gastroenterologist at the University of Michigan (Ann Arbor, Michigan)
Vani Konda, M.D.
2005-2009
Gastroenterologist at Baylor Scott and White Surgical Specialists (Waxahachie Texas)
Gabriel Lang, M.D.
2010-2011
Assistant Professor of Medicine in the Division of Gastroenterology at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis (St. Louis Missouri)
Julia Marks, P.A.
Undergraduate Research Assistant, 2010-2012
Physician Assistant at Northwestern Memorial Hospital (Chicago, Illinois)
Marissa Miller, D.O.
Undergraduate Research Assistant, 2004
Family Medicine Physician at Sparrow Health System (Lansing, Michigan)
Inessa Normatov, M.D.
Pediatric Gastroenterology Fellow, 2018-2019
Attending Physician in Pediatric Gastroenterology at The Children’s Hospital at Montefiore (Bronx, New York)
Sudarshan Paramsothy, M.D., PhD
Gastroenterology Fellow, 2016-2017
Gastroenterologist at Strathfield Private Hospital (Strathfield, Australia)
Joel Pekow, M.D.
Gastroenterology Fellow, 2007-2010
Assistant Professor of Medicine in Gastroenterology at the University of Chicago
Victoria Rai
Clinical Research Coordinator, 2018-2020
PhD in Molecular Medicine, Physiology, and Pharmacology Candidate at Yale University (New Haven, Connecticut)
Dylan Rodriquez
Undergraduate Research Assistant, 2011-2017
Master of Science in Computer Science Candidate at Purdue University (West Lafayette, Indiana)
Joe Runde, M.D.
Pediatric Gastroenterology Fellow, 2019-2020
Attending Physician, Gastroenterology, Hepatology & Nutrition at Lurie Children’s Hospital and Instructor of Pediatrics (Gastroenterology, Hepatology, and Nutrition) at Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine (Chicago, Illinois)
Miriam Sauer, M.D.
2004
Gastroenterologist at Wilmington Gastroenterology (Wilmington, North Carolina)
Seth Shaffer, M.D.
Advanced IBD Fellow, 2019-2020
Assistant Professor of Gastroenterology at the University of Manitoba (Manitoba, Canada)
Jorie Singer
Clinical Research Coordinator, 2019-2021
Philip Sossenheimer, M.D.
Medical Student at the Pritzker School of Medicine, 2018-2021
Internal Medicine Resident at Stanford University (Stanford, California)
Josh Steinberg, MD
Advanced IBD Fellow 2019-2021
Director of Inflammatory Bowel Disease, Gastroenterology of the Rockies (Denver, Colorado)
Alex Ulitsky, M.D.
2007
Gastroenterologist at GI Associates (Oak Lawn, Illinois)
Roni Weisshof, M.D.
Gastroenterology Fellow, 2016-2018
Jeffrey Winterfield, M.D., PhD
Medical Student at the University of Chicago Pritzker School of Medicine, 1997-2001
Hank and Laurel Greer Endowed Chair in Cardiac Electrophysiology at the Medical University of South Carolina (Charleston, South Carolina)
Nicole Yadron, PharmD
Clinical Research Coordinator, 2002-2006
Yangtian Yi
Medical Student at Pritzker School of Medicine, 2019-2021
Medical Student at Pritzker School of Medicine
Timothy Zisman, M.D., MPH
Gastroenterology Fellow, 2006-2009
Assistant Professor in the Division of Gastroenterology at the University of Washington (Seattle, Washington)
Clara Aeder
Undergraduate Researcher, 2021-2022
Joseph Ahn, MD, MS
2000-2003
Professor of Medicine and Director of Clinical Hepatology at Oregon Health and Science University (Portland, Oregon)
Michael Andersen, MD
Medical Student at Pritzker School of Medicine, 2018-2021
Resident Physician
Andrew Aronsohn, MD
2005-2007
Associate Professor of Medicine in Hepatology and Transplant at the University of Chicago (Chicago, Illinois)
Samuel Becker, MD
Undergraduate Research Assistant, 2010-2012
Director of Rhinology at the Becker ENT Center and Clinical Assistant Professor in the Department of Otolaryngology at the University of Pennsylvania (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania)
Alana Bunnag, MD
Undergraduate Research Assistant, 2005-2008
Child, Adolescent, and Adult Psychiatrist and Assistant Clinical Professor of Psychiatry at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai (New York City, New York)
Audrey Calderwood, MD, MS
Medical Student at the University of Chicago Pritzker School of Medcine, 2003-2005
Director of the Comprehensive Gastroenterology Center and Associate Professor of Medicine at the Geisel School of Medicine, Dartmouth (Lebanon, New Hampshire)
Christopher Chapman, MD
2010-2011
Assistant Professor of Medicine and Director of Bariatric and Metabolic Endoscopy at the University of Chicago (Chicago, Illinois)
Tenzin Choden, MD, MS
Advanced IBD Fellow
Assistant Professor of Medicine at the University of Chicago (Chicago, Illinois)
Britt Christensen, MBBS, MPH, PhD
Advanced IBD Fellow, 2013-2015
Head of IBD at The Royal Melbourne Hospital (Melbourne, Australia)
Amish Dave, MD, PhD
Research Assistant, 2007
Associate Professor of Cardiology at Houston Methodist (Houston, Texas)
Emma Dyer
Clinical Research Coordinator
PhD Candidate in Computational Biology at the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health (Boston, Massachusetts)
Jeanne Farnan, MD, MHPE
2005-2007
Professor of Medicine at the University of Chicago (Chicago, Illinois)
Scott Friedberg, MD
Gastroenterology Fellow
Gastroenterologist at Capital Digestive Care (Rockville, Maryland)
Rishi Gandhi, M.D.
Undergraduate Research Assistant, 2004-2005
Founder/Owner, Ohio Skin Center. Board Certified Dermatologist and Mohs Micrographic Surgeon. (Dayton, Ohio)
Laura Glick, M.D.
Medical Student at the University of Chicago Pritzker School of Medicine, 2016-2019
Internal Medicine Resident at Yale School of Medicine (New Haven, Connecticut)
Maya Aharoni Golan, M.D.
2016-2017
Jeremy Hetzel
Undergraduate Research Assistant, 2004-2007
Amanda Israel, M.D.
Advanced IBD Fellow, 2018-2019
Jordan Karpin
Undergraduate Researcher, 2019-2021
Post Baccalaureate Student at Columbia University (New York, New York)
Kian Keyashian, M.D.
Advanced IBD Fellow, 2011-2013
Clinical Assistant Professor of Medicine in Gastroenterology and Hepatology at Stanford University (Palo Alto, California)
Delaney Koehler, M.D.
High School Research Assistant, 2002
Family Medicine Physician at Silver Cross Hospital (New Lenox, Illinois)
Rachel Lawton, PhD
Undergraduate Research Assistant, 2007
Assistant Professor in the Division of Behavioral Medicine and Clinical Psychology at Cincinatti Children’s Hospital Medical Center (Cincinatti, Ohio)
Yvette Leung, M.D.
Gastroenterology Fellow, 2009-2010
Gastroenterologist in the Division of Gastroenterology at the University of British Columbia (Vancouver, British Columbia)
Adam Mikolajczyk, M.D.
Medical Student at the University of Chicago Pritzker School of Medicine, 2007-2010; Gastroenterology Fellow, 2010-2018
Hepatologist at the University of Illinois Hospital (Chicago, Illinois)
Veena Nannegari, M.D.
Gastroenterology Fellow, 2013-2014
Gastroenterologist at Amita Health Resurrection Medical Center (Chicago, Illinois)
Jacob Ollech, M.D.
Advanced IBD Fellow, 2018-2019
Talia Pearl
Student Research Assistant, 2018
Medical Student at Washington University in St. Louis (St. Louis, Missouri)
Mora Puertolas, MBBS
Pediatric Gastroenterology Fellow
Jason Poston, M.D.
Medical Student at the University of Chicago Pritzker School of Medicine, 2007
Associate Professor of Medicine in Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine at the University of Chicago (Chicago, Illinois)
Anita Rao, MD
Pediatric Gastroenterology Fellow
Alexa Silfen
Undergraduate Researcher
Tina Rodriguez
Lab Manager (2020-2021)
Daniel Rubin
Student Research Assistant, 2018
Bachelor of Industrial and Operations Engineering Candidate at the University of Michigan (Ann Arbor, Michigan)
Atsushi Sakuraba, M.D., PhD
Gastroenterology Fellow, 2011-2013
Mina Sedrak, M.D., M.S.
Premedical Student, 2003-2006
Assistant Professor in the Department of Medical Oncology and Therapeutics Research at City of Hope (Duarte, California)
Corey Siegel, M.D., M.S.
Gastroenterology Fellow, 2004-2005
Director of the Inflammatory Bowel Disease Center at the Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center (Lebanon, New Hampshire)
Anthony Sofia, M.D.
Gastroenterology Fellow, 2015-2018
Assistant Professor of Gastroenterology at Oregon Health and Science University (Portland, Oregon)
Adam Stein, M.D.
Gastroenterology Fellow, 2010-2014
Assistant Professor of Medicine in Gastroenterology and Hepatology at Northwestern Medical Center (Chicago, Illinois)
Cindy Traboulsi, M.D.
Lab Research Coordinator, 2019-2021
Internal Medicine Resident at the University of Pittsburg (Pittsburg, Pennsylvania)
Julie Voelker, M.D.
Undergraduate Research Assistant, 2003
Paula Williams, M.D., M.S.
Medical Student at the University of Chicago Pritzker School of Medicine, 2003
Assistant Professor of Pediatrics and Director of Fetal Cardiology at the University of Chicago (Chicago, Illinois)
Gordon Wood, M.D.
Medical Student at the University of Chicago Pritzker School of Medicine, 2005
Associate Professor of Medicine at Northwestern Memorial Hospital (Chicago, Illinois)
Andres Yarur, M.D.
Advanced IBD Fellow, 2014-2015
Assistant Professor of Medicine in Gastroenterology at the Medical College of Wisconsin (Milwaukee, Wisconsin)
Olivia Yvellez
Clinical Research Coordinator, 2017-2019
Nada Zmeter, M.D.
Clinical Research Coordinator, 2016-2018
Internal Medicine Resident at Saint Louis University (St. Louis, Missouri)