R. Balfour Sartor

Dr. Sartor is the Director of the Multidisciplinary Center for IBD Research and Treatment at the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, where he holds the Midgett Distinguished Professorship in Medicine, Microbiology and Immunology. He is a nationally and internationally recognized authority on mucosal immunology and Inflammatory Bowel Disease. His research has focused for over two decades on the role of the gastrointestinal flora in health and disease and his work has shaped the field's understanding of the interplay of the bacterial flora with the epithelial mucosa specifically in the context of IBD. He directs the National Gnotobiotic Rodent Resource Center of the NIH, providing research support for national and international researchers, and he is the Chief Medical Advisor to the Crohn's and Colitis Foundation of America (CCFA). Dr. Sartor is the Head of ViThera's Scientific Advisory Board and he is a close advisor to the ViThera team in all questions relating to the treatment of IBD.