Bruce E. Sands, MD, MS, is the Dr. Burrill B. Crohn Professor of Medicine at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, New York. Dr Sands was awarded his BA and MD from Boston University and trained in internal medicine at the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania. After completing a GI fellowship at the Massachusetts General Hospital, he joined the faculty of Harvard Medical School and served as the Acting Chief of the Gastrointestinal Unit at MGH before moving to Mount Sinai in 2010 as Chief of the Dr. Henry D. Janowitz Division of Gastroenterology. Dr Sands is widely recognized for his clinical investigations of new therapeutics for the inflammatory bowel diseases and has published more than 250 original manuscripts. He was the lead investigator of the landmark studies ACCENT 2, UNIFI, and VARSITY, published in the New England Journal of Medicine.

Sunanda Kane, MD, MSPH, is a Professor of Medicine at the Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minnesota. She has a busy clinical practice that reflects her expertise in IBD, which is also the focus of her research work encompassing new therapies, gender-specific issues, and medication adherence. She is a prolific researcher and writer, having published more than 200 original articles, reviews, and book chapters, along with the first 2 editions of a book for patients on self-management of IBD. She is a passionate teacher not only to students in the medical school, trainees, and colleagues, but also to patients in her previous role as Chair of the National Patient Education Committee for the Crohn’s and Colitis Foundation. She was the first female Associate Editor for Alimentary Pharmacology & Therapeutics and serves in editorial roles for other journals. In addition, Dr Kane is the Section Editor for IBD for UpToDate. Among the many leadership positions she holds within the Mayo Clinic is Associate Chair of Patient Experience within the Department of Gastroenterology and Hepatology and Physician Chair of the Mayo Quality Academy Fellow Subcommittee. The pinnacle of Dr Kane’s leadership journey was being President of the American College of Gastroenterology in 2018-2019. She also recently completed a 5-year service on the Gastroenterology Specialty Council of the American Board of Internal Medicine.