Faculty

Laura Raffals

MD, MS
Vice Chair, Department of Medicine
Mayo Clinic

Laura Raffals, MD, MS, FACG is Professor of Medicine, Vice Chair, Department of Medicine at Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN. She received her Masters in Health Studies and completed her gastroenterology fellowship training at the University of Chicago, and for six years was a member of the faculty. In 2011, she joined the Gastroenterology and Hepatology Division at Mayo Clinic. Dr. Raffals’ clinical and research interests have focused on inflammatory bowel disease with a focus on pouch disorders, exploring the intersection of pouch motility disorders and pouch inflammation. She is the co-principal investigator for the Crohn’s and Colitis Foundation SPARC IBD, a national prospective adult research cohort with IBD study and has published broadly on topics in inflammatory bowel disease.

2026 Sessions

Managing the acute flare

  • Presenter
    • Laura Raffals

Q&A

  • Moderator
    • David Choi
  • Panelist
    • Laura Raffals
    • Remo Panaccione

Problems Beyond Pouchitis: The Dysfuctional Pouch

  • Presenter
    • Laura Raffals

Q&A

  • Co-Moderator
    • Miguel Regueiro
    • Corey Siegel
  • Panelist
    • Sara Horst
    • Edward Loftus
    • Laura Raffals
    • Bruce Sands
    • Bridget Shields

Inflammatory Conditions of the Pouch

  • Invited Co-Team Leader
    • Laura Raffals
    • Hans Herfarth
  • Panelist
    • Edward Barnes
    • Alessandro Fichera
    • Bincy Abraham

Inflammatory Conditions of the Pouch

  • Invited Co-Team Leader
    • Laura Raffals
    • Hans Herfarth
  • Panelist
    • Edward Barnes
    • Alessandro Fichera
    • Bincy Abraham
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