Gil Melmed

Gil Y Melmed, MD, MS, is the Co-Director of the Inflammatory Bowel Disease Center at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles, CA, USA. He earned his medical degree from Albert Einstein College of Medicine in the Bronx, New York, and master of science in clinical research from the University of California, School of Medicine (UCLA), Los Angeles. He completed his gastroenterology fellowship at UCLA also.

Dr Melmed has authored or co-authored more than 150 articles in peer-reviewed journals and several book chapters. Dr Melmed has served as Associate Editor of the American Journal of Gastroenterology, and clinical research editor for Inflammatory Bowel Disease. His interests include clinical outcomes and quality of care in inflammatory bowel disease (IBD), as well as translational prognostic and therapeutic strategies to improve inflammation and clinical outcomes. He has led or participated in the development of quality indicators for IBD with the American Gastroenterology Association, the Crohn’s and Colitis Foundation, the National Quality Forum, and the Canadian Crohn’s and Colitis organizations.