Faculty

David Schwartz

MD, FACG
Professor of Medicine
Vanderbilt University Medical Center

David A. Schwartz, MD is a Professor of Medicine in the Division of Gastroenterology, Hepatology, and Nutrition at Vanderbilt University in Nashville, Tennessee. He founded and currently serves as the Director of the Inflammatory Bowel Disease Center at Vanderbilt University Medical Center.

He received his postgraduate training at the Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minnesota, where he completed a fellowship in Gastroenterology and Hepatology, and advanced training in Inflammatory Bowel Disease and Endoscopic Ultrasound. He is a Fellow of the American College of Gastroenterology and the American Gastroenterological Association.

His editorial experiences include serving as a Section Editor for the IBD journal (2006-2014) , Associate Editor for Gastrointestinal Endoscopy (2014-2015), and currently serves as the Select Summary Editor for Gastroenterology. His research has focused on clinical trials for inflammatory bowel disease, imaging of inflammatory bowel disease, the multidisciplinary care of the IBD patient, and the treatment of perianal Crohn’s disease. He has lectured extensively throughout the United States and has written more than 300 articles, book chapters, and abstracts.

2026 Sessions

Update on Therapies: Crohn's Disease

Speaker

Saturday, June 13 9:00–9:20 AM
Faculty

David Schwartz

MD, FACG
Professor of Medicine
Vanderbilt University Medical Center

David A. Schwartz, MD is a Professor of Medicine in the Division of Gastroenterology, Hepatology, and Nutrition at Vanderbilt University in Nashville, Tennessee. He founded and currently serves as the Director of the Inflammatory Bowel Disease Center at Vanderbilt University Medical Center.

He received his postgraduate training at the Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minnesota, where he completed a fellowship in Gastroenterology and Hepatology, and advanced training in Inflammatory Bowel Disease and Endoscopic Ultrasound. He is a Fellow of the American College of Gastroenterology and the American Gastroenterological Association.

His editorial experiences include serving as a Section Editor for the IBD journal (2006-2014) , Associate Editor for Gastrointestinal Endoscopy (2014-2015), and currently serves as the Select Summary Editor for Gastroenterology. His research has focused on clinical trials for inflammatory bowel disease, imaging of inflammatory bowel disease, the multidisciplinary care of the IBD patient, and the treatment of perianal Crohn’s disease. He has lectured extensively throughout the United States and has written more than 300 articles, book chapters, and abstracts.

Q&A Panel Discussion

Panelist

Saturday, June 13 9:40–10:00 AM
Faculty

David Schwartz

MD, FACG
Professor of Medicine
Vanderbilt University Medical Center

David A. Schwartz, MD is a Professor of Medicine in the Division of Gastroenterology, Hepatology, and Nutrition at Vanderbilt University in Nashville, Tennessee. He founded and currently serves as the Director of the Inflammatory Bowel Disease Center at Vanderbilt University Medical Center.

He received his postgraduate training at the Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minnesota, where he completed a fellowship in Gastroenterology and Hepatology, and advanced training in Inflammatory Bowel Disease and Endoscopic Ultrasound. He is a Fellow of the American College of Gastroenterology and the American Gastroenterological Association.

His editorial experiences include serving as a Section Editor for the IBD journal (2006-2014) , Associate Editor for Gastrointestinal Endoscopy (2014-2015), and currently serves as the Select Summary Editor for Gastroenterology. His research has focused on clinical trials for inflammatory bowel disease, imaging of inflammatory bowel disease, the multidisciplinary care of the IBD patient, and the treatment of perianal Crohn’s disease. He has lectured extensively throughout the United States and has written more than 300 articles, book chapters, and abstracts.

Faculty

Frank Scott

MD MSCE AGAF
Associate Professor of Medicine
University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus

Frank I. Scott, MD, MSCE, is an Associate Professor of Medicine in the Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology at the University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus. He is an expert in inflammatory bowel disease, with a particular interest in the risk-benefit balance of biologic and immunosuppressive therapies in Crohn's disease and ulcerative colitis. Dr. Scott received his undergraduate degree from the University of Pennsylvania and medical degree from Temple University in Philadelphia. After completing his internal medicine residency at Weill Cornell Medical Center, Dr. Scott returned to Philadelphia for his gastroenterology fellowship at the University of Pennsylvania, also completing an advanced fellowship in inflammatory bowel diseases in 2013 as well as a Masters' of Science in Clinical Epidemiology (MSCE). After several years on faculty at the University of Pennsylvania, Dr. Scott joined the faculty at the University of Colorado in 2016.
Dr. Scott's research interests include using both quantitative and qualitative methods to better understand the risk benefit balance and medication positioning in IBD and how to best optimize the use of current therapies while reducing delays in care. He has significant experience in epidemiologic methods including decision analyses, Markov modeling, cost-effectiveness analysis, study design using large secondary and EMR-derived data, and disease risk and propensity score adjustment in such data. He serves as Co-Director for IBD Qorus, the Crohn's and Colitis Foundation's premier quality improvement network, and also serves on the American Gastroenterological Association's Clinical Guidelines Committee.

IL-23 Inhibitors in IBD: Incorporating New Evidence and Updated Guidelines into Clinical Practice

Supported by an educational grant from Johnson & Johnson.

Speaker

Saturday, June 13 10:30–11:15 AM
Faculty

David Schwartz

MD, FACG
Professor of Medicine
Vanderbilt University Medical Center

David A. Schwartz, MD is a Professor of Medicine in the Division of Gastroenterology, Hepatology, and Nutrition at Vanderbilt University in Nashville, Tennessee. He founded and currently serves as the Director of the Inflammatory Bowel Disease Center at Vanderbilt University Medical Center.

He received his postgraduate training at the Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minnesota, where he completed a fellowship in Gastroenterology and Hepatology, and advanced training in Inflammatory Bowel Disease and Endoscopic Ultrasound. He is a Fellow of the American College of Gastroenterology and the American Gastroenterological Association.

His editorial experiences include serving as a Section Editor for the IBD journal (2006-2014) , Associate Editor for Gastrointestinal Endoscopy (2014-2015), and currently serves as the Select Summary Editor for Gastroenterology. His research has focused on clinical trials for inflammatory bowel disease, imaging of inflammatory bowel disease, the multidisciplinary care of the IBD patient, and the treatment of perianal Crohn’s disease. He has lectured extensively throughout the United States and has written more than 300 articles, book chapters, and abstracts.

Perianal Crohn's

Speaker

Saturday, June 13 11:35–11:55 AM
Faculty

David Schwartz

MD, FACG
Professor of Medicine
Vanderbilt University Medical Center

David A. Schwartz, MD is a Professor of Medicine in the Division of Gastroenterology, Hepatology, and Nutrition at Vanderbilt University in Nashville, Tennessee. He founded and currently serves as the Director of the Inflammatory Bowel Disease Center at Vanderbilt University Medical Center.

He received his postgraduate training at the Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minnesota, where he completed a fellowship in Gastroenterology and Hepatology, and advanced training in Inflammatory Bowel Disease and Endoscopic Ultrasound. He is a Fellow of the American College of Gastroenterology and the American Gastroenterological Association.

His editorial experiences include serving as a Section Editor for the IBD journal (2006-2014) , Associate Editor for Gastrointestinal Endoscopy (2014-2015), and currently serves as the Select Summary Editor for Gastroenterology. His research has focused on clinical trials for inflammatory bowel disease, imaging of inflammatory bowel disease, the multidisciplinary care of the IBD patient, and the treatment of perianal Crohn’s disease. He has lectured extensively throughout the United States and has written more than 300 articles, book chapters, and abstracts.

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