David Fudman

David Fudman, MD attended Brandeis University and completed medical school at UT Southwestern Medical Center. He trained in internal medicine at Columbia University/New York Presbyterian and completed a fellowship in gastroenterology, including advanced training in inflammatory bowel disease, at Beth Israel Deaconess/Harvard Medical School. He is a member of the faculty at UT Southwestern, where he directs the Inflammatory Bowel Disease Clinic and serves as the quality officer for the Division of Digestive and Liver Disease. His research has centered on quality improvement and novel strategies when using advanced therapies to treat IBD. He co-chairs the Crohn’s and Colitis Foundation REACH-IBD (Rising Educators Academics and Clinicians Helping IBD) Committee, serves on committees for the American Gastroenterological Association and the American College of Gastroenterology, and was named Physician of the Year by the North Texas and Oklahoma Chapter of the Crohn’s and Colitis Foundation in 2024.

Dr. Jennifer Cao completed her medical degree at Baylor College of Medicine, followed by an Internal Medicine internship at Carolinas Medical Center, and ophthalmology residency at the University of Colorado. She then completed a fellowship in Uveitis and Ocular Immunology at the Massachusetts Eye and Surgery Institution (MERSI) with Dr. Stephen Foster, who is widely regarded as the “father” of modern uveitis care.
Dr. Cao is a board certified ophthalmologist and is an Associate Professor in the Department of Ophthalmology at the University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center in Dallas, Texas. She is one of the rare uveitis specialists whose practice is 100% comprised of uveitis and ocular inflammatory disease patients, and who also manages the full spectrum of immunomodulatory therapies for her patients.

David Fudman, MD attended Brandeis University and completed medical school at UT Southwestern Medical Center. He trained in internal medicine at Columbia University/New York Presbyterian and completed a fellowship in gastroenterology, including advanced training in inflammatory bowel disease, at Beth Israel Deaconess/Harvard Medical School. He is a member of the faculty at UT Southwestern, where he directs the Inflammatory Bowel Disease Clinic and serves as the quality officer for the Division of Digestive and Liver Disease. His research has centered on quality improvement and novel strategies when using advanced therapies to treat IBD. He co-chairs the Crohn’s and Colitis Foundation REACH-IBD (Rising Educators Academics and Clinicians Helping IBD) Committee, serves on committees for the American Gastroenterological Association and the American College of Gastroenterology, and was named Physician of the Year by the North Texas and Oklahoma Chapter of the Crohn’s and Colitis Foundation in 2024.

Hannah Rodriguez, MPAS, PA-C is a dermatology Physician Assistant (PA) working outside of Philadelphia at Pennsylvania Dermatology Group. Hannah completed her undergraduate studies at The University of Kentucky, and received her Master of Physician Assistant Studies at The University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center in 2014.

Hannah previously served as President of the Pennsylvania Dermatology Physician Assistants, and prior to this role she served as Secretary/Treasurer for 4 years. She has also been on the Board of Directors for the National Society of Dermatology Physician Assistants (SDPA) serving as Director at Large. In 2019 she was voted “Committee Chair of the Year” by the SDPA after serving as Legislative Committee Chair where she organized a day on Capital Hill for Dermatology PAs.

She has been published in academic journals, lectured for national conferences and educational podcasts, as well as developing a regional CME Conference to educate the Advanced Practice Dermatology Providers of the Tri-State area of Philadelphia.