REACH-IBD: Rising Educators Academics and Clinicians Helping IBD
REACH-IBD is the Crohn's & Colitis Foundation's network for junior faculty, fellows, and post-doctoral scientists: the future of IBD expertise.
Mission
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Facilitate networking and career development
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Foster collaborative research and increase active participation in the clinical, educational and scientific research programs within the Crohn’s & Colitis Foundation
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Create and implement educational programs
Vision
Create and maintain a group of friends that forms a dynamic basis for IBD leadership.
Early-Career Membership
Through Professional Membership, emerging IBD pros can network, educate, collaborate, and advance professionally.
Benefits
- Join the Foundation community of Professional Members
- Form strategic connections through networking and career development programs at the Crohn’s & Colitis Congress® and Digestive Diseases Week
- Learn from professional mentors
- Raise your profile by contributing to the Inflammatory Bowel Diseases Journal
- Collaborate on research projects
- Access expert guidance and peer community through the IBD Circle, a forum provided in partnership with the American College of Gastroenterology
Quarterly Newsletters
Resources
- IBD Careers
- Educational videos
- REACH MD podcasts and audio abstracts
- CC360 Journal Fellows Initiative
- CC360 Reviewer Guide
- Trainee needs assessment publications:
REACH-IBD Committee
REACH-IBD initiatives are steered by the REACH-IBD Committee, a subset of the National Scientific Advisory Committee (NSAC).
2021-2024
Ryan Ungaro, MD | Mount Sinai |
Kelly Cushing, MD | University of Michigan |
Oriana Damas, MD | Miami Health |
Laura Hart, MD | McGill University |
Taha Qazi, MD |
Cleveland Clinic |
Jennifer Seminerio, MD | University of South Florida |
Rachel Winter, MD | Brigham and Women's Hospital |
Poonam Beniwal-Patel, MD | Medical College of Wisconsin |
David Fudman, MD | UT Southwestern |
Adam Faye, MD | NYU Langone Health |