Clinical Practice Guidelines

The Clinical Practice Guidelines Committee is responsible for creating and updating practice guidelines to assist physicians in caring for patients. CPGs begin with reviewing the results of a comprehensive, transparent, reproducible literature search which allows for formulation of recommendation statements which are then graded by the committee according to their strength and quality level. In order to be finalized and published, CPGs are vetted and approved by the ASCRS Executive Council and by the editorial board of DCR. Completed guidelines are published in ASCRS's official journal,<em> Diseases of the Colon and Rectum</em>. While serving on the committee, members research and contribute to several different guidelines. The committee actively collaborates with other professional organizations on joint definitions and practice guidelines when appropriate. Committee members serve a three-year term of service, renewable for a second three-year term.

Wolfgang B. Gaertner, MD - Chair, Current Term: 2024-2027
Traci L. Hedrick, MD - Vice Chair, Current Term: 2024-2027
Kelly Marion Tyler, MD - Council Rep, Current Term: 2024-2025
Ian Matthew Paquette, MD - Advisor, Current Term: 2024-2025
Fawaz Abdulraheem, MD - Member, Current Term: 2024-2027
Jennifer M. Ayscue, MD - Member, Current Term: 2023-2026
Dr. Anuradha Rani Bhama, MD - Member, Current Term: 2024-2027
Vladimir Bolshinsky, MD - Member, Current Term: 2024-2027
Pamela Lynn Burgess, MD - Member, Current Term: 2024-2027
Brandon Chapman, MD - Member, Current Term: 2023-2026
Kyle Graham Cologne, MD - Member, Current Term: 2022-2025
Thomas Curran, MD, MPH - Member, Current Term: 2023-2026
Bradley Rice Davis, MD, MBA - Member, Current Term: 2023-2026
Aaron J. Dawes, MD, PhD - Member, Current Term: 2024-2027
Michael Deutsch, MD - Member, Current Term: 2024-2027
Sandy Hwang Fang, MD - Member, Current Term: 2023-2026
Adina E. Feinberg, MD - Member, Current Term: 2022-2025
Seth Ian Felder, MD - Member, Current Term: 2024-2025
Joel Edward Goldberg, MD, MPH - Member, Current Term: 2023-2026
Lindsey Evin Goldstein, MD - Member, Current Term: 2022-2025
Michael John Grieco, MD - Member, Current Term: 2023-2026
Imran Hassan, MD - Member, Current Term: 2024-2027
Alexander Tharrington Hawkins, MD, MPH - Member, Current Term: 2024-2027
Traci L. Hedrick, MD - Member, Current Term: 2024-2027
Dr. Mehraneh Dorna Jafari, MD - Member, Current Term: 2022-2025
Mukta Katdare Krane, MD - Member, Current Term: 2022-2025
Sean Joseph Langenfeld, MD - Member, Current Term: 2023-2026
Ira Lewis Leeds, MD - Member, Current Term: 2024-2027
Amy Lee Lightner, MD - Member, Current Term: 2024-2027
Nathalie Mantilla, MD MPH - Member, Current Term: 2023-2026
David James Maron, MD - Member, Current Term: 2022-2025
Michael Francis McGee, MD - Member, Current Term: 2024-2027
Craig Alan Messick, MD - Member, Current Term: 2023-2025
Arden Marie Morris, MD - Member, Current Term: 2022-2025
Melissa Monique Murphy, MD, MPH - Member, Current Term: 2024-2027
Sunil V. Patel, MD - Member, Current Term: 2022-2025
Carrie Yvonne Peterson, MD, MS - Member, Current Term: 2024-2027
Virginia Oliva Shaffer, MD - Member, Current Term: 2023-2026
Benjamin Daniel Shogan, MD - Member, Current Term: 2022-2025
Vlad Valentin Simianu, MD MPH - Member, Current Term: 2024-2027
Mark Y. Sun, MD - Member, Current Term: 2022-2025
Larissa K F Temple, MD - Member, Current Term: 2022-2025
Amy Jeanne Thorsen, MD - Member, Current Term: 2023-2026
Gino Thomas Trevisani, MD - Member, Current Term: 2022-2025
Erica Flynn - Staff, Current Term: 2024-2040