Adam S. Cheifetz MD

Dr. Adam Cheifetz the Director of the Center for Inflammatory Bowel Disease at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center and Professor at Harvard Medical School. He 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 currently the Director of the Center for Inflammatory Bowel Disease at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center and Professor at Harvard Medical School. He specializes in the diagnosis and treatment of Crohn’s disease, ulcerative colitis, and other forms of inflammatory bowel diseases. In addition to his clinical work, he is involved in multiple research projects relating to IBD and has published numerous articles on the subject.

Dr. Cheifetz is an active member of the Crohn's and Colitis Foundation of America (CCFA) and serves as a member of the New England chapter medical advisory committee He is also actively involved with teaching and mentoring of medical students, residents, and fellows and runs a monthly inter-departmental Inflammatory Bowel Disease Conference. He is also Director of the Gastroenterology Clerkship Elective at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center.