REACH-IBD: Rising Educators Academics and Clinicians Helping IBD

 

REACH-IBD is the Crohn's & Colitis Foundation's IBD-focused platform for junior faculty, fellows, and post-doctoral scientists.

Our mission:

  • To facilitate networking and career development 
  • To foster collaborative research and increase active participation in the clinical, educational and scientific research programs within the Crohn’s & Colitis Foundation
  • To create and implement educational programs

Our vision:

Create and maintain a group of friends that forms a dynamic basis for IBD leadership.

Membership eligibility:

Through professional membership, emerging IBD pros can network, educate, collaborate, and advance professionally.
 

Join/renew as an Early Career Physician ($150) For physicians, post-doctoral scientists and junior faculty from the medical and surgical specialties with an interest in inflammatory bowel disease who are no more than 7 years post-fellowship or doctoral training

 

Join as a Trainee Member (Free) For students, residents, and fellows in a relevant training program or gastroenterology/IBD fellowship

 

Membership 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

 

 

Opportunities/Resources:

Meet the REACH-IBD Committee, a subset of the Foundation's National Scientific Advisory Committee (NSAC):

 

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