Jean-Frédéric Colombel

Jean-Frédéric Colombel, M.D. currently serves as a Professor of Medicine and Director of the Leona and Harry B. Helmsley Charitable Trust Inflammatory Bowel Disease, Icahn School of Medicine, New York, positions he has held since 2013. Since 2013, Dr. Colombel has also served as the Co-Director of the Susan and Leonard Feinstein Inflammatory Bowel Disease Center, Icahn School of Medicine, New York. Dr. Colombel has served as a member of the Committee on Appointments, Promotions and Tenure at the Icahn School of Medicine, New York, since 2017, has served as an associate editor of Gastroenterology since 2016, and has been a member of the National Scientific Advisory Committee at the Crohn’s & Colitis Foundation of America since 2015. Dr. Colombel holds an HDR (Habilitation a Diriger les Recherches) from Universite Lille II, France, a DEA (Diplome d’Etudes Approfondies) from Universite Paris VII, France, and an M.D. from Université Lille II, France. During his career he has mentored hundreds of top Gastroenterologists worldwide. As a leading world-renowned Gastroenterologist, Dr. Colombel’s pioneering and highly innovative research in IBD has shaped the field of therapeutic development for over 30 years. He has published nearly 600 articles in top peer-reviewed journals. He has been a member of the Landos CAB since its inception in 2017.