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.

Ian Matthew Paquette, MD - Chair, Current Term: 2021-2024
Glenn Thomas Ault, MD, MSEd - Council Rep, Current Term: 2022-2025
Karim S. Alavi, MD - Advisor, Current Term: 2023-2024
Marylise Boutros, MD - Advisor, Current Term: 2023-2024
Jennifer Suzanne Davids, MD - Advisor, Current Term: 2023-2024
Daniel Lawrence Feingold, MD - Advisor, Current Term: 2021-2024
Craig Alan Messick, MD - Advisor, Current Term: 2023-2024
Jon Douglas Vogel, MD - Advisor, Current Term: 2023-2024
Jennifer M. Ayscue, MD - Member, Current Term: 2023-2026
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: 2021-2024
Michael Deutsch, MD - Member, Current Term: 2021-2024
Sandy Hwang Fang, MD - Member, Current Term: 2023-2026
Adina E. Feinberg, MD - Member, Current Term: 2022-2025
Garrett George Friedman, MD - Member, Current Term: 2021-2024
Wolfgang B. Gaertner, MD - Member, Current Term: 2021-2024
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: 2021-2024
Traci L. Hedrick, MD - Member, Current Term: 2021-2024
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
Nathalie Mantilla, MD MPH - Member, Current Term: 2023-2026
David James Maron, MD - Member, Current Term: 2022-2025
Arden Marie Morris, MD - Member, Current Term: 2022-2025
Sunil V. Patel, MD - Member, Current Term: 2022-2025
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: 2021-2024
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
Steffanye Hawbaker Mack - Staff, Current Term: 2020-2040