Axel Dignass MD, PhD

Axel Dignass, MD, PhD, is Head of the Department of Medicine and Professor of Medicine and Gastroenterology at the Agaplesion Markus Hospital, Goethe University in Frankfurt. He is a Deputy Secretary of the International Organisation for the Study of Inflammatory Bowel Diseases and Honory Member of ECCO. He has been a Governing Board Member of ECCO and a treasurer and governing board member of the German GI society. He is the past President of UEG. His research interests focus on inflammatory bowel disease (IBD), anti-inflammatory, immunosuppressive, and biologic therapy in IBD, anaemia in IBD, molecular mechanisms of intestinal wound healing, medical guidelines, and medical education.