Adam S. Cheifetz graduated magna cum laude from Brown University before earning his M.D. from Cornell University Medical College. Dr. Cheifetz completed his internship and residency in Internal Medicine at Yale-New Haven Hospital and his fellowship in Gastroenterology at Yale University before serving as the Present-Levinson Fellow in Inflammatory Bowel Disease at the Mount Sinai Medical Center in New York City. Dr. Cheifetz is Director of the Center for Inflammatory Bowel Disease at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center and Associate Professor of Medicine at Harvard Medical School. He is Director of the Harvard Medical School Gastroenterology Clerkship Elective and Assistant Director of the Advanced Fellowship in Inflammatory Bowel Disease at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center. Dr. Cheifetz specializes in the treatment of Crohn’s disease, ulcerative colitis, and other inflammatory bowel diseases. For the last eight years, Dr. Cheifetz has been cited in Boston Magazine as one of Boston’s Top Doctors. In addition to his clinical work, he is involved in multiple research projects relating to IBD and has published over 100 articles and chapters on the subject. His research currently focuses on optimizing the use of biologics through the proactive use of drug concentrations and antibodies. Dr. Cheifetz lectures nationally and internationally on IBD. Dr. Cheifetz is also actively involved with teaching and mentoring medical students, residents, and fellows and is proud to have trained numerous physicians who now specialize in IBD. In addition, he serves on numerous editorial boards including Inflammatory Bowel Diseases, Journal of Clinical Gastroenterology, Journal of Crohn’s and Colitis, and the World Journal of Gastroenterology. Dr. Cheifetz has been involved with the CCFA for over 10 years on both a regional and national level. He is a long-time member of the New England Chapter Medical Advisory Committee and is the immediate past Chairman. He was recently named the NE Chapter CCFA 2015 Humanitarian of the Year. In addition, he serves on the National Scientific Advisory Committee and at this time is Co-Chairman of the CCFA Membership Committee.