Gary Lichtenstein MD, FACP, FACG, AGAF

Gary R. Lichtenstein, MD, FACP, FACG, AGAF is the Director of the Inflammatory Bowel Disease Center and a Professor of Medicine in the Gastrointestinal Division of the Department of Medicine at the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania and the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

Dr. Lichtenstein earned his medical degree from the Mount Sinai School of Medicine, in New York, New York. He then completed his internship and residency in Internal Medicine at Duke University Medical Center, in Durham, North Carolina. He also served a fellowship in Gastroenterology at the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine. His current research interests encompass investigational therapies for the treatment of ulcerative colitis and Crohn's disease. Dr. Lichtenstein has received numerous research grants focusing on these areas and has served as the national/ international principal investigator evaluating novel agents for therapeutic trials in the treatment of Ulcerative Colitis and Crohn's disease.

Dr. Lichtenstein has received numerous awards including the award for the top specialist in the University of Pennsylvania Health system- the Louis A. Duhring Award. He is the recipient of the Christina and Marie Lindback award- the top teaching award in the entire University of Pennsylvania. He has received the medical school teaching award the "Penn Pearls Award". He has received the Department of Medicine Housestaff teaching award- the "Donald B. Martin Teaching Award". He has received the Gastroenterology Division teaching award - the Sidney Cohen Teaching Award. He is listed in "The Best Doctors in America"- Inflammatory Bowel Disease and in Philadelphia Magazine-Listed top Gastroenterologists for elderly in Philadelphia and Listed among top Gastroenterologists in Philadelphia (Special Focus: Inflammatory Bowel Disease). He is the recipient of the CCFA- Physician of the Year Award: Philadelphia and Delaware Valley Chapters.