Francis A. Farraye, MD, MS, is the director of the Inflammatory Bowel Disease Center at the Mayo Clinic in Jacksonville, Florida, and a professor of medicine at the Mayo Clinic School of Medicine. A gastroenterologist and clinical investigator who has been practicing for 33 years, he runs an academic practice managing patients with IBD. A frequent speaker on the diagnosis and management of the disease, he has authored or coauthored more than 450 scientific manuscripts, chapters, reviews, and abstracts. He is editor in chief of the Inflammatory Bowel Disease Journal Scan published weekly by the American Society of Gastrointestinal Endoscopy. He coedited Curbside Consultation in Inflammatory Bowel Disease and GI Emergencies. The New England Crohn’s and Colitis Foundation named him their humanitarian of the year (2003) and gave him their lifetime achievement award (2020). In 2009, he received the William Carey Award from the American College of Gastroenterology for service to the college. A fellow of the American Society of Gastrointestinal Endoscopy and the American Gastroenterological Association and a master in the American College of Gastroenterology, Dr. Farraye lives in Jacksonville, Florida.

 

Sunanda V. Kane, MD, MSPH, is a professor of medicine at the Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minnesota; physician chair of the Mayo Clinic Quality Academy’s Fellow Subcommittee; and assistant chair of patient experience in the Gastroenterology and Hepatology Division of the Mayo Clinic. Dr. Kane, who has been practicing medicine for 22 years, served as president of the American College of Gastroenterology from 2018 to 2019 and recently completed a five-year term on the Gastroenterology Specialty Council of the American Board of Internal Medicine. She also chaired the National Patient Education Committee for the Crohn’s and Colitis Foundation. She runs a clinical practice that reflects her expertise in IBD, and her research focuses on new therapies, gender-specific issues, and medication adherence. In addition to the first two editions of this book, she has written more than 200 chapters, articles, and reviews. She was the first woman associate editor of Alimentary Pharmacology & Therapeutics, is IBD section editor for UpToDate, and serves in various editorial roles for other journals. Dr. Kane lives in Rochester, Minnesota.