Laurie Powers Yopp

Marina Ivanov, Pharm.D., BCACP, BCPS, is an Assistant Professor of Medicine at the Mayo Clinic College of Medicine and Science and an Inflammatory Bowel Disease Clinical Pharmacist Specialist at Mayo Clinic–Arizona. She is a clinical leader within a multidisciplinary IBD care team, practicing under a Collaborative Practice Agreement and specializing in the management of complex and severe IBD, with a focus on treat‑to‑target strategies and expanding patient access to advanced therapies. Dr. Ivanov plays a key role in graduate medical education as a residency program developer and preceptor and was recognized with the 2023 Joe L. Rogers Allied Health Teacher of the Year Award. Locally and nationally, she is actively engaged in advancing the role of pharmacists in IBD care, promoting their integration within IBD teams to enhance medication safety, and patient outcomes.

Dr Nayantara Coelho-Prabhu is Professor of Medicine at the Mayo Clinic in Rochester MN. She also currently serves as the ACG Governor for MN. Her research and clinical interests are in the detection and management of dysplasia in inflammatory bowel disease including advanced endoscopic imaging and resection techniques. She has extensive experience in management of gastrointestinal bleeding and advanced endoscopic therapies in the management of complications of IBD. She has published extensively in this field and mentored mutliple trainees. She also co-leads the artificial intelligence in endoscopy program at the Mayo Clinic Rochester, and is actively involved in the development and validation of endoscopy AI algorithms. The team she leads has developed a first-of its-kind digital endoscopy platform upon which further internal and external projects will exist. One of these already developed is a CADe for dysplastic lesions in IBD. She has spoken at multiple national and international meetings on these topics.

Laurie Powers Yopp is a Registered Nurse in the role of Inflammatory Bowel Disease Nurse Coordinator at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill where she has held that role since 2007. She graduated from the University of North Carolina with a BSN and Highest Honors in 2004. She also hold B.A. degrees in psychology and communications from UNC Chapel Hill. For fun she enjoys early morning exercise, tennis, baking, and family time.

David Gardinier is a registered dietitian with the Cleveland Clinic Center for Human Nutrition. He specializes in inflammatory bowel disease and is a part of the Cleveland Clinic IBD medical home. David's research interests include peri-operative nutrition in elective Crohn's disease and use of computed tomography as a monitoring tool for nutrition interventions.

Marina Ivanov, Pharm.D., BCACP, BCPS, is an Assistant Professor of Medicine at the Mayo Clinic College of Medicine and Science and an Inflammatory Bowel Disease Clinical Pharmacist Specialist at Mayo Clinic–Arizona. She is a clinical leader within a multidisciplinary IBD care team, practicing under a Collaborative Practice Agreement and specializing in the management of complex and severe IBD, with a focus on treat‑to‑target strategies and expanding patient access to advanced therapies. Dr. Ivanov plays a key role in graduate medical education as a residency program developer and preceptor and was recognized with the 2023 Joe L. Rogers Allied Health Teacher of the Year Award. Locally and nationally, she is actively engaged in advancing the role of pharmacists in IBD care, promoting their integration within IBD teams to enhance medication safety, and patient outcomes.

Laurie Powers Yopp is a Registered Nurse in the role of Inflammatory Bowel Disease Nurse Coordinator at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill where she has held that role since 2007. She graduated from the University of North Carolina with a BSN and Highest Honors in 2004. She also hold B.A. degrees in psychology and communications from UNC Chapel Hill. For fun she enjoys early morning exercise, tennis, baking, and family time.

Jordan E. Axelrad, MD, MPH, FACG, is Co- Director of the Inflammatory Bowel Disease Center at NYU Langone Health, and an Associate Professor of Medicine in the Division of Gastroenterology, Department of Medicine, at NYU Grossman School of Medicine. Dr. Axelrad also directs the Clostridioides difficile and immunotherapy- related bowel diseases programs at NYU Langone Health. He received his medical and public health degrees from Tufts University School of Medicine. He completed his internal medicine training at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai and fellowship training in gastroenterology at Columbia University Medical Center, serving as chief fellow. Dr. Axelrad is involved in inflammatory bowel disease guideline development and educational programs, and serves on the editorial board of multiple journals. His current research, funded by the Crohn’s and Colitis Foundation, the Colton Center for Autoimmunity, and the National Institutes of Health, focuses on inflammatory bowel disease epidemiology, malignant and infectious complications of inflammatory bowel disease, triggers of inflammatory bowel disease onset and flare, and models for predicting responsiveness to inflammatory bowel disease therapies. Dr. Axelrad has also received several awards for his work including the Auxiliary of the American College of Gastroenterology Award, the Dr. Philip Moskowitz Prize in Autoimmunity, and the Sherman Emerging Leader Prize for Excellence in Crohn’s and Colitis.

Laurie Powers Yopp is a Registered Nurse in the role of Inflammatory Bowel Disease Nurse Coordinator at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill where she has held that role since 2007. She graduated from the University of North Carolina with a BSN and Highest Honors in 2004. She also hold B.A. degrees in psychology and communications from UNC Chapel Hill. For fun she enjoys early morning exercise, tennis, baking, and family time.