Inflammatory Bowel Disease Pathogenesis, Diagnosis and Management

Ramona Rajapakse, MD, FRCP(UK), FACG,Program Director,Mather Gastroenterology Fellowship,Associate Professor of Medicine, Zucker School of Medicine at Hofstra/Northwell HealthPort Jefferson, NY, USA. Dr Rajapakse earned her medical degree from the Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland. She did her residency and Gastroenterology fellowship at Lenox Hill Hospital in Manhattan before joining faculty at Stony Brook University Medical Center where she taught and practiced clinical Gastroenterology with a special interest in Inflammatory Bowel Disease (IBD) for 20 years. At Stony Brook University Hospital she initiated a dedicated IBD service and a multidisciplinary IBD center, of which she was director. She has conducted research and published on IBD, taught several generations of medical students, residents and fellows and has directed IBD CME programs for community physicians. In December 2019 , she became a founding member of Mather Gastroenterology and initiated a new Gastroenterology fellowship for Mather/Northwell. She has been an avid advocate for her patients, is on the advisory board of the Crohn’s and Colitis Foundation in Long Island and was honored with their Distinguished Physician award in November 2020. She lives in Long Island with her husband and twins