Photo above: The reception to honor the appointment of Dr. Randy Longman. Pictured (L to R): Dr. Randy Longman, Jill Roberts, Dr. Anthony Hollenberg, Dr. Ellen Scherl, Dr. Charles Maltz, Dr. David Cohen, Dr. Dana Lukin, Dr. Julie Blander and Dr. David Artis.
Photo below: Dr. Randy Longman speaking at the reception. Photo credit: Tina Aswani Omprakash
On June 11, 2019, the WCM Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology hosted a reception to congratulate Dr. Randy Longman, the newly appointed Director of the Jill Roberts Center for Inflammatory Bowel Disease (JRC), and honor the Center’s Founding Director, Dr. Ellen Scherl.
The JRC is one of the premier IBD centers for patient care and clinical research, and is composed of a team of gastroenterologists, surgeons, rheumatologists and hepatologists. Dr. Randy Longman joined the JRC in 2013. His role at the Center includes directing JRC activities, providing patient care and developing clinical and translational research that Dr. Longman passionately champions as a key approach to finding new treatments for IBD patients.
Dr. Longman is also a member of the Jill Roberts Institute for Research in IBD (JRI), where he leads a basic and translational IBD research program. He also contributes to JRI research activities including the WCM Microbiome Initiative and the JRC-JRI IBD Live Cell Bank.
Dr. David Cohen, the GI Division Chief, provided opening remarks, followed by Dr. David Artis, the Director of the JRI, Dr. Fabrizio Michelassi, Chair of Surgery at WCM, Dr. Anthony Hollenberg, Chair of Medicine at WCM, and Dr. Ellen Scherl, the Founding Director of JRC who all spoke warmly about Dr. Longman’s contributions and achievements.
The reception marks a new chapter in the JRC-JRI partnership in basic, clinical and translational IBD research and care, which could have never been possible without the unwavering support and vision of Jill Roberts, who attended the reception.
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