Editor in Chief:
John I. Allen, MD, MBA, AGAF
Dr. John I. Allen
In 1980, Dr. Allen completed training at the University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, and then spent 10 years on their faculty. In 1991, he joined a private gastroenterology practice in Minneapolis and helped build this single-specialty GI practice into Minnesota Gastroenterology, one of the largest GI practices in the country. In 2013, he left practice to become clinical chief of digestive diseases and professor of medicine at Yale University School of Medicine. In September, 2016, he joined the faculty at the University of Michigan Medical Center, Ann Arbor. He currently remains on the Board of Directors of Allina Health, a large integrated health system in Minnesota.
Dr. Allen has served the American Gastroenterological Association (AGA) in multiple roles. He chaired the Clinical Practice Committee and led development of most quality measures currently in Medicare’s value-based payment system. Dr. Allen serves on the GI Specialty Board of the American Board of Internal Medicine and from May 2014 until May 2015, was president of the AGA Institute.
Associate Editors:
Megan A. Adams, MD, JD, MSc
Dr. Megan A. Adams
Dr. Adams is a general gastroenterologist at the Ann Arbor VA and investigator in the VA Ann Arbor Center for Clinical Management Research, with an academic appointment as a clinical lecturer in the division of gastroenterology at the University of Michigan. As a gastroenterologist, attorney, and health services/policy researcher, her primary area of interest lies in improving GI health care delivery. Her current work focuses on improving our understanding of the drivers of inappropriate use of endoscopic resources in order to devise mechanisms to deliver higher-value care. She also has expertise in medicolegal issues in gastroenterology, as well as patient safety and quality improvement. She has served various roles in the AGA over the past 4 years, including as a previous member of the Trainee and Young GI Committee and Future Leaders Program Advisory Board. She currently serves as chair-elect of the AGA Quality Measures Committee.
Ziad F. Gellad, MD, MPH
Dr. Ziad F. Gellad
Dr. Gellad is an associate professor of medicine in the division of gastroenterology at Duke University Medical Center, Durham, N.C., and a faculty member of the Duke Clinical Research Institute. He is also a VA Career Development Awardee and holds an appointment in the Health Services Research and Development Center of Innovation at the Durham VA Medical Center. Dr. Gellad received his MD and MPH degrees from Johns Hopkins University. He completed a residency in internal medicine and a fellowship in gastroenterology at Duke University Medical Center. Dr. Gellad’s research is focused on the implementation of systems engineering methods, including discrete event simulation, to improve the value of health care delivery. He is the director of quality for the division of gastroenterology and director of clinical improvement for the department of medicine at Duke University Medical Center. He also serves as chair of the AGA Quality Measures Committee.
Kim L. Isaacs, MD, PhD, AGAF
Dr. Kim L. Isaacs
Dr. Isaacs is professor of medicine in the division of gastroenterology and hepatology at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. She is codirector of the UNC Center for Inflammatory Bowel Disease and associate program director of the gastroenterology fellowship program at the university. She received her MD and PhD at the State University of New York at Stony Brook and completed her internship, residency, and fellowship in gastroenterology at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. She is active in the clinical care of patients with inflammatory bowel disease and is an investigator in numerous clinical studies in the management and treatment of gastrointestinal disorders including ulcerative colitis, pouchitis, and Crohn’s disease. She has served on the AGA’s constitution and bylaws committee and the Education and Training Committee.
Gyanprakash A. Ketwaroo MD, MSc
Dr. Gyanprakash A. Ketwaroo
Dr. Ketwaroo is an assistant professor in the division of gastroenterology and hepatology at Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, and an advanced endoscopist at the Michael E. Debakey VA Medical Center in Houston. After graduating with a degree in chemical physics from Brown University, he studied at Oxford University on a Rhodes Scholarship. He attended Harvard Medical School and completed an internal medicine residency at the Massachusetts General Hospital. This was followed by gastroenterology and advanced endoscopy fellowship training at the Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center. He is chair of the AGA Trainee and Young GI Committee. His research interests include Barrett’s esophagus, chronic pancreatitis, and advanced imaging of gastrointestinal disease.
