Jan Tack, MD, PhD | President
Professor of Medicine
Head, Department of Clinical and Experimental Medicine
Head of Clinic, Department of Gastroenterology
University Hospital KU Leuven
Translational Research Center for Gastrointestinal Disorders (TARGID)
Leuven, Belgium
Douglas A. Drossman, MD | President Emeritus and COO
Professor Emeritus of Medicine and Psychiatry
UNC Center for Functional GI and Motility Disorders
University of North Carolina
Center for Education and Practice of Biopsychosocial Patient Care and
Drossman Gastroenterology
Chapel Hill, NC, USA
Members of the Board
Giovanni Barbara, MD
Associate Professor
Department of Medical and Surgical Science
University of Bologna
Bologna, Italy
William D. Chey, MD, AGAF, FACG, FACP
Timothy T. Nostrant Professor of Gastroenterology & Nutrition Sciences
Director, GI Nutrition & Behavioral Wellness Program
Co-Director, Michigan Bowel Control Program
Division of Gastroenterology
University of Michigan Health System
Ann Arbor, MI, USA
Laurie Keefer, PhD
Associate Professor of Gastroenterology and Psychiatry
Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai
New York, NY, USA
Samuel Nurko, MD, MPH
Professor of Pediatrics
Harvard Medical School
Center for Motility and Functional Bowel Disorders
Boston Children’s Hospital
Boston, Massachusetts, United States
Magnus Simrén, MD, PhD
Professor of Gastroenterology
University of Gothenburg
Senior Consultant, Department of Internal Medicine
Sahlgrenska University Hospital
Gothenburg, Sweden
Lin Chang, MD
Professor of Medicine
Oppenheimer Center for Neurobiology of Stress
Division of Digestive Diseases
David Geffen School of Medicine at University of California, Los Angeles
Los Angeles, CA, USA
Xiucai Fang, MD
Professor of Medicine
Department of Gastroenterology
Peking Union Medical College Hospital
Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences and Peking Union Medical College
Beijing, China
Brian E. Lacy, MD, PhD, FACG
Senior Associate Consultant
Mayo Clinic
Jacksonville, FL, USA
Max J. Schmulson W., MD
Professor of Medicine
Facultad de Medicina
Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México (UNAM)
Laboratorio de Hígado, Páncreas y Motilidad (HIPAM)
Unidad de Investigación en Medicina Experimental
Hospital General de México
Mexico City, D.F., Mexico
Ami Sperber, MD, MSPH
Emeritus Professor of Medicine
Faculty of Health Sciences
Ben-Gurion University of the Negev
Beer-Sheva, Israel
Former Members of the Board
John Kellow, MD, FRACP
New South Wales, Australia
2007-2020
Nicholas J. Talley, MD, PhD
Callaghan, Australia
1990-2011
William E. Whitehead, PhD
Chapel Hill, NC, USA
1992-2018
Enrico Corazziari, MD
Rome, Italy
1989-2010
Fernando Azpiroz, MD, PhD
Barcelona, Spain
2008-2017
W. Grant Thompson, MD
Ottowa, Canada
1989-2008
Robin C. Spiller, MD, MSC
Nottingham, England
2000-2014
Michel Delvaux, MD, PhD
Nancy, France
1999-2006