AGA Medical Position Statement on the Diagnosis and Management of Colorectal Neoplasia in Inflammatory Bowel Disease

Abstract

The AGA Institute Medical Position Panel consisted of the authors of the technical review, a community-based gastroenterologist (Robert P. McCabe, MD, Minnesota Gastroenterology), academic-based gastroenterologists (Themistocles Dassopoulos, MD, James D. Lewis, MD, and Thomas A. Ullman, MD), an insurance provider representative (Tom James III, MD Physician Advisor, Strategic Advisory Group, Humana), a colon and rectal surgeon (Robin McLeod, MD, Mount Sinai Hospital-Canada), a pathologist (Lawrence J. Burgart, MD, Minnesota Gastroenterology), chair of the AGA Institute Clinical Practice and Quality Management Committee (John Allen, MD, Minnesota Gastroenterology), and chair of the Practice Management and Economics Committee (Joel V. Brill, MD, Predictive Health, LLC). © 2010 AGA Institute.