Clinical Research Alliance (CRA)
In 1990 the National Scientific Advisory Committee (the “NSAC”) charged a working group to develop a “Research Agenda” which was updated in 1993. In 1995 the NSAC requested a companion “Clinical Research Agenda”, in which a subcommittee on Clinical Networking was charged “to develop and implement the mechanism for performing future clinical trials including: establishment of networks of medical centers, private practitioners who are members of the CCFA and other organizations, and encouragement of clinical researchers to enter the field of inflammatory bowel disease.” To pursue the clinical research agenda in IBD in 1996 the Clinical Research Alliance (CRA)… read more
Current Members
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Location |
Primary Contact |
Atlanta Gastroenterology Associates5671 Peachtree Dunwoody Rd, Suite 600 |
Douglas C. Wolf, MD | m4desk@aol.com |
Baylor College of Medicine1709 Dryden St, Suite 800 |
Bincy Abraham, MD | bincya@Bcm.edu |
Beth Israel Deaconess Medical CenterCenter for Inflammatory Bowel Disease |
Alan Moss, MD | amoss@bidmc.harvard.edu |
Beth Israel Medical CenterDivision of Digestive Diseases |
David Hudesman, MD | DHudesma@chpnet.org |
Boston Medical CenterSection of Gastroenterology |
Francis A. Farraye, MD, MSc | francis.farraye@bmc.org |
Brigham and Women’s HospitalGastroenterology Division |
Sonia Friedman, MD | sfriedman1@partners.org |
Carle Physicians Group602 West University Ave |
Eugene Greenberg, MD | eugene.greenberg@carle.com |
Cedars-Sinai8635 W 3rd Street #960 W http://www.cedars-sinai.edu/Patients/Programs-and-Services/Inflammatory-Bowel-Disease-Center/ |
Gil Melmed, MD |
Center for Women’s GI Medicine/Brown University146 West River St, 2nd floor |
Silvia Degli Esposti, MD | sdegliesposti@lifespan.org |
Children’s Hospital Boston300 Longwood Avenue |
Athos Bousvaros, MD | athos.bousvaros@childrens.harvard.edu |
Cleveland Clinic9500 Euclid Ave./A30 |
Bret Lashner, MD | Lashneb@ccf.orgBo Shen, MD | shenb@ccf.org |
Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center1 Medical Center Drive |
Corey Siegel, MD | corey.a.siegel@hitchcock.org |
Essentia Health400 E 3rd St |
Robert Erickson, MD | robert.erickson@essentiahealth.org |
Gastroenterology Associates44 West River Street |
Samir Shah, MD | samir@brown.edu |
Gastroenterology Associates of Central Georgia, LLC610 Third Street, Ste. 204 |
Shahriar Sedghi, MD | gisedghi@aol.com |
Lenox Hill Hospital100 East 77th St. 6th Floor, Black Hall |
Burton I. Korelitz, MD | bkorelitzmd@yahoo.com |
Massachusetts General HospitalGastroenterology Assoc/Digestive Health Center http://www.massgeneral.org/gastroenterology/doctors/doctor.aspx?ID=17808 |
Deanna Nguyen, MD |
Mayo Clinic Rochester200 1st St SW, 200 1st St SW |
Edward Loftus, MD | loftus.edward@mayo.edu |
Mayo Clinic Florida4500 San Pablo Road |
John Cangemi, MD | cangemi.john@mayo.edu |
Mayo Clinic in Arizona13400 E. Shea Blvd |
Jonathan A. Leighton, MD | leighton.jonathan@mayo.edu |
Medical University of South CarolinaDigestive Disease Center |
Nilesh Lodhia, MD | lodhia@musc.edu |
Minnesota Gastroenterology15700 37th Avenue North Suite 300 |
Robert McCabe, MD | RMcCabe@mngastro.com |
Mt. Sinai School of MedicineMount Sinai School of Medicine |
Bruce Sands, MD | Bruce.sands@mssm.edu |
Penn State College of MedicinePenn State Milton S. Hershey Medical Center http://www.pennstatehershey.org/web/gi/patientcare/services/inflammatoryboweldiseases |
Andrew Tinsley, MD | atinsley@hmc.psu.edu |
Rhode Island Hospital (Brown Med)University Gastroenterology |
Sheldon Lidofsky, MD |
Shafran Gastroenterology Center701 West Morse Boulevard |
Ira Shafran, MD | Iranita@aol.com | Ira@shafran.net |
University Hospitals Case Medical Center11100 Euclid Ave. http://www.uhhospitals.org/services/gastroenterology/institute |
Jeffry A. Katz, MD |
University of California, San Francisco2330 Post Street, #610 |
Uma Mahadevan, MD | uma.mahadevan@ucsf.edu |
University of Chicago5841 S. Maryland Ave, MC 4076 |
Stephen Hanauer, MD | shanauer@uchicago.edu |
University of Cincinnati College of Medicine231 Albert Sabin Way, ML 0595 |
Richard P. Rood, MD | richard.rood@uc.edu |
University of Colorado Anschutz Medical CampusDivision of Gastroenterology & Hepatology |
Mark Gerich, MD |
University of Florida1600 SW Archer Road/Box 100214 |
Sarah Glover, MD | Sarah.Glover@medicine.ufl.edu |
University of Iowa200 Hawkins Dr – 4574 JCP |
Steven Polyak, MD | steven-polyak@uiowa.edu |
University of Kentucky Medical Center800 Rose Street, Room MN 649 |
Willem J. S. de Villiers, MD | willem.devilliers@uky.edu |
University of Maryland100 North Greene Street |
Raymond Cross, MD, MS | rcross@medicine.umaryland.edu |
University of MichiganSPC 5682 |
Peter Higgins, MD | phiggins@umich.edu | http://www.med.umich.edu/higginslab/ |
University of Minnesota2450 Riverside Ave, |
Boris Sudel, MD | bsudel@umn.edu |
University of North CarolinaDivision of Gastroenterology and Hepatology |
Kim Isaacs, MD | klisaacs@med.unc.edu |
University of Oklahoma Health Sciences CenterWP 1345. 920 SL Young Blvd. |
Tauseef Ali, MD | Tauseef-Ali@ouhsc.edu |
University of PA School of Medicine9th Floor Penn Tower |
Gary Lichtenstein, MD | grl@uphs.upenn.edu |
University of Pittsburgh Medical Center200 Lothrop Street |
Jason Swoger, MD | swogerjm@upmc.edu |
University of UtahDivision of Gastroenterology |
John Valentine, MD | John.Valentine@hsc.utah.edu |
University of Vermont67 Maeck Farm RD |
James Vecchio, MD | james.vecchio@vtmednet.org |
University of WisconsinSchool of Medicine and Public Health |
Sumona Saha, MD | ssaha@medicine.wisc.edu |
Vanderbilt University1211 21st Ave S, Suite 220 |
David Schwartz, MD | david.a.schwartz@vanderbilt.edu |
VCUHS Center for IBD1200 E Broad St |
Stephen J. Bickston MD, AGAF | sbickston@mcvh-vcu.edu |
Wake Forest University School of MedicineMedical Center Boulevard |
Richard Bloomfeld, MD | rbloomfe@wfubmc.edu |
Wake Research Associates3100 Duraleigh Road, Suite 304 |
Charles F. Barish, MD | cfbgastro@aol.com |