Medical Advisory Council
Rita Balice-Gordon, PhD
Chief Executive Officer
Muna Therapeutics
Adjunct Professor of Neuroscience
Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania
Rachel Begun, MS, RDN, CDN
Founder & CEO
Rachel Begun Coaching and Culture
Keith Berkowitz, MD
Founder and Medical Director
Center for Balanced Health
Craig J. Brown, MD, FACS
Ophthalmologist, Founding Partner
The Eye Center
Sheila E. Crowe, MD, FRCPC, FACP, FACG, AGAF
Past President & Julius M. Friedenwald Medal Recipient
American Gastroenterological Association (AGA)
Anthony J. DiMarino, Jr., MD
Director, Digestive Health Institute
Dorrance H. Hamilton Professor of Medicine
Thomas Jefferson University Hospital
Nancy Patin Falini, MA, RD, LDN
Registered Dietitian, Private Practice (Celiac)
Consultant, Author, Lecturer
Paolo Fortina, MD, PhD
Director, Cancer Genomics and Bioinformatics Core at the Sidney Kimmel Cancer Center
Professor, Department of Cancer Biology and Medical Oncology
Thomas Jefferson University
Marla J. Gold, MD
Professor and Dean Emerita, Health Management and Policy
Drexel University Dornsife School of Public Health
Edward J. Hoffenberg, MD
Professor of Pediatrics-Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition
University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus
Director, Center for Pediatric Inflammatory Bowel Diseases
Children’s Hospital Colorado
Ciarán P. Kelly, MD
Professor of Medicine
Harvard Medical School
Director, Celiac Center
Associate Director, Gastroenterology Training Fellowship
Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center
Daniel A. Leffler, MD, MS, AGAF
Senior Medical Director, Gastroenterology
Takeda Pharmaceuticals
Director of Clinical Research at the Celiac Center
Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center
Associate Professor of Medicine
Harvard Medical School
Robert H. Lerman, MD, PhD
Functional Medicine Research Center
MetaProteomics, Inc.
Ted Malahias, DDS
Dentist
Bridgeworks Family Dental Center
Robert A. Mangione, EdD, RPh
Executive Director of Educational Programs and Curriculum, School of Professional Development
Faculty Director & Lecturer, Higher Education Administration Program
Stony Brook University
Adjunct Faculty, Doctoral Program in Educational Leadership, School of Education
Manhattanville College
Stanton B. Miller, MD, MPH
Clinical Associate Professor of Surgery
Clinical Associate Professor of Emergency Medicine
Clinical Associate Professor of Population Health
Executive Director, Jefferson Center for Injury Research and Prevention (JCIRP)
Editor-in-Chief, Evanescent
Director, Eakins Writers’ Workshop
Thomas Jefferson University
Stephen D. Miller, PhD
Professor Emeritus of Microbiology-Immunology
Northwestern University
Gerard E. Mullin, MD
Director, JHH Integrative GI Nutrition Services
Director, JHH Capsule Endoscopy Program
Chair, JHH Nutrition Advisory Committee
Associate Professor of Medicine
The Johns Hopkins Hospital
Joseph A. Murray, MD
Gastroenterologist, Internist
Professor of Medicine
Mayo Clinic
Michelle Pietzak, MD
Assistant Professor of Clinical Pediatrics
USC Keck School of Medicine
Global Therapeutic Area Head, Gastroenterology
Parexel
Ludvig M. Sollid, MD
Professor of Medicine (Immunology)
University of Oslo
Warren Strober, MD
Chief, The Mucosal Immunity Section
National Institutes of Health
Ritu Verma, MD
Professor of Pediatrics
Chief, Section of Pediatric Gastroenterology, Hepatology, and Nutrition
Medical Director, Celiac Disease Center
The University of Chicago Medicine
NIH Liaison
Stephen P. James, MD
Director, Division of Digestive Diseases & Nutrition
National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases
National Institutes of Health