Samir A. Shah, MD, FACG (he/him/his)

Clinical Professor of Medicine, Alpert Medical School of Brown University; Chief of Gastroenterology, The Miriam Hospital
Gastroenterology Associates, Inc.
Providence, RI

Samir A. Shah, MD, FACG, is a Clinical Professor of Medicine at the Alpert Medical School of Brown University, Chief of Gastroenterology at the Miriam Hospital, and a partner with Gastroenterology Associates Inc in Providence, RI. Dr. Shah earned his BA in Biochemistry magna cum laude at Brown, and his MD at Harvard Medical School in Boston, MA. He did a residency in Internal Medicine at the Harvard-affiliated Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center and stayed on for a fellowship in Gastroenterology, where he was awarded a Howard Hughes Postdoctoral Fellowship for Physicians and spent two years in the laboratory studying murine models of Inflammatory Bowel Disease. Dr. Shah is the recipient of Brown University's Teaching Recognition Award, The Dean's Teaching Excellence Certificate, Brown University's Excellence in Teaching Award for Clinical Faculty, the Beckwith Family Award for Outstanding Teaching, the ACG's Freshman Governor's Award, and the William D. Carey Award. The New England Chapter of the Crohn's and Colitis Foundation of America named him Humanitarian of the Year for 2009 and co-recipient of the Joan Cutler Lifetime achievement award in 2020. In 2023, he recieved the Lifetime Achievement Award from the DDNC. Rhode Island Monthly magazine consistently names him among the Top Doctors in Rhode Island. He serves as the Physician Lead for his groups' participation in IBD QORUS, is a Past President of the Digestive Diseases National Coalition (DDNC), faculty for the ACG's online IBD Circle, and Immediate Past President of the ACG. He has participated in several multi-center clinical trials of cutting-edge therapies for IBD and was co-principal investigator for OSCCAR (Ocean State Crohn's and Colitis Area Registry).

Presentation(s):

• Introduction of the David Sun Lecturer

  Saturday, October 22, 2022
  10:00 AM – 10:05 AM ET

• Learning Luncheon 24: Updates in Dysplasia Surveillance in IBD

  Sunday, October 23, 2022
  12:20 PM – 1:35 PM ET

• Opening Remarks

  Monday, October 24, 2022
  7:50 AM – 8:00 AM ET

• Presidential Plenary Session 1

  Monday, October 24, 2022
  8:00 AM – 9:00 AM ET

• President's Address

  Monday, October 24, 2022
  9:05 AM – 9:30 AM ET

• Introduction of the J. Edward Berk Distinguished Lecture

  Tuesday, October 25, 2022
  10:05 AM – 10:10 AM ET

• Introduction of the Emily Couric Memorial Lecture

  Tuesday, October 25, 2022
  4:30 PM – 4:35 PM ET

• Introduction of the David Y. Graham Lecture

  Wednesday, October 26, 2022
  10:20 AM – 10:25 AM ET