
David T. Rubin
· Joseph B Kirsner Professor In Medicine of MedicineUniversity of Chicago · Gastroenterology and Hepatology
Active 1932–2026
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About
David T. Rubin is the Joseph B. Kirsner Professor of Medicine, Professor of Pathology, Chief of the Section of Gastroenterology, Hepatology & Nutrition, and Director of the Inflammatory Bowel Disease Center at the University of Chicago Medicine. He earned his medical degree with honors from The University of Chicago Pritzker School of Medicine, where he also completed his residency in internal medicine and fellowships in gastroenterology and clinical medical ethics. Rubin is an associate faculty member at the MacLean Center for Clinical Medical Ethics, an associate investigator at the University of Chicago Comprehensive Cancer Center, and a member of the University of Chicago Committee on Clinical Pharmacology and Pharmacogenomics. He has served as the immediate past Chair of the National Scientific Advisory Committee of the Crohn’s & Colitis Foundation and is the current Chair of the International Organization for the Study of IBD. His research focuses on disease modification in inflammatory bowel disease (IBD), including clinical trial designs, novel measures of inflammation, prevention of adverse outcomes, and quality of life in IBD. Rubin has received multiple awards for his clinical research and contributions to the field, including the Sherman Prize for Excellence in Crohn’s and Colitis, the UChicago Michael Reese Lectureship Award, and the Arthur H. Rubenstein Mentorship in Academic Medicine Award. He is also the Editor-in-Chief of the ACG On-Line Education Universe…
Research topics
- Internal medicine
- Medicine
- Gastroenterology
- Intensive care medicine
- Surgery
- Physical therapy
- Computer Science
- Immunology
- Biology
- Physical medicine and rehabilitation
Selected publications
Gastroenterology · 2021 · 2570 citations
Gastroenterology · 2021 · 795 citations
Senior authorCorrespondingThe Lancet · 2022 · 373 citations
Gastroenterology · 2020 · 233 citations
1st authorCorrespondingGastroenterology · 2020 · 199 citations
Frequent coauthors
- 182 shared
Joel Pekow
University of Chicago
- 174 shared
Laurent Peyrin‐Biroulet
Université de Lorraine
- 174 shared
David Choi
University of Chicago
- 173 shared
Julián Panés
Centro de Investigación Biomédica en Red de Enfermedades Hepáticas y Digestivas
- 165 shared
Remo Panaccione
- 162 shared
Séverine Vermeire
- 158 shared
Russell D. Cohen
- 156 shared
Silvio Danese
Vita-Salute San Raffaele University
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Education
- 1994
M.D.
University of Chicago Pritzker School of Medicine
- 1997
Other, Internal Medicine
University of Chicago Pritzker School of Medicine
- 2001
Other, Gastroenterology
University of Chicago Pritzker School of Medicine
- 1990
B.S., Honors Biology
University of Illinois
Awards & honors
- ACG’s Governor’s Award of Excellence in Clinical Research (2…
- Sherman Prize for Excellence in Crohn’s and Colitis (2020)
- UChicago Michael Reese Lectureship Award (2023)
- Arthur H. Rubenstein Mentorship in Academic Medicine Award (…
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