Clinical Practice Guidelines

The Clinical Practice Guidelines Committee is responsible for creating and updating practice guidelines to assist physicians in caring for patients. For each CPG, committee members begin with reviewing the results of a comprehensive, transparent, reproducible literature search, which allows them to formulate recommendation statements. These recommendations are then graded by the committee according to their strength and quality level. Before finalization and publication, each CPG is vetted and approved by the ASCRS Executive Council and by the editorial board of Diseases of the Colon and Rectum, ASCRS's official journal, where the completed guidelines are published. While serving on this 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, MS - Chair, Current Term: 2024-2027
Traci L. Hedrick, MD - Vice Chair, Current Term: 2024-2027
Benjamin Allar, MD, MPH - Member, Current Term: 2025-2028
Fawaz Alnaqi, MD - Member, Current Term: 2024-2027
Dr. Anuradha Rani Bhama, MD - Member, Current Term: 2024-2027
Vladimir Bolshinsky, MD - Member, Current Term: 2024-2027
Marylise Boutros, MD - Member, Current Term: 2024-2027
Pamela Lynn Burgess, MD - Member, Current Term: 2024-2027
Dr. Christy Elaine Cauley, MD, MPH - Member, Current Term: 2025-2028
Dr. Antonio Caycedo-Marulanda, MD MSc - Member, Current Term: 2026-2029
Kyle Graham Cologne, MD - Member, Current Term: 2025-2028
Thomas Curran, MD, MPH - Member, Current Term: 2026-2029
Aaron J. Dawes, MD, PhD - Member, Current Term: 2024-2027
Michael Deutsch, MD - Member, Current Term: 2024-2027
Samuel G. Eisenstein, MD - Member, Current Term: 2025-2028
Seth Ian Felder, MD - Member, Current Term: 2024-2027
Richard Garfinkle, MD - Member, Current Term: 2025-2028
Dr. Paolo Goffredo, MD - Member, Current Term: 2025-2028
Lindsey Evin Goldstein, MD - Member, Current Term: 2022-2027
Imran Hassan, MD - Member, Current Term: 2024-2027
Alexander Tharrington Hawkins, MD, MPH - Member, Current Term: 2024-2027
Susanna Hill, MD, MS - Member, Current Term: 2025-2028
Dr. Mehraneh Dorna Jafari, MD - Member, Current Term: 2025-2028
Mukta Katdare Krane, MD - Member, Current Term: 2025-2028
Audrey Stokes Kulaylat, MD - Member, Current Term: 2025-2028
Ron Gerald Landmann, MD - Member, Current Term: 2025-2028
Hanjoo Lee - Member, Current Term: 2025-2028
Ira Lewis Leeds, MD - Member, Current Term: 2024-2027
Amy Lee Lightner, MD - Member, Current Term: 2024-2027
David Liska, MD - Member, Current Term: 2025-2028
Nathalie Mantilla, MD MPH - Member, Current Term: 2026-2029
David James Maron, MD - Member, Current Term: 2025-2028
Michael Francis McGee, MD - Member, Current Term: 2024-2027
Evangelos Messaris, MD, PhD - Member, Current Term: 2025-2028
Craig Alan Messick, MD - Member, Current Term: 2023-2027
Emily Jean Miraflor, MD - Member, Current Term: 2025-2028
Arden Marie Morris, MD - Member, Current Term: 2022-2027
Melissa Monique Murphy, MD, MPH - Member, Current Term: 2024-2027
Terrah Jean Paul Olson, MD - Member, Current Term: 2025-2028
Sunil V. Patel, MD - Member, Current Term: 2022-2027
Dr. William Richard George Perry, MD - Member, Current Term: 2025-2028
Carrie Yvonne Peterson, MD, MS - Member, Current Term: 2024-2027
Rocco Ricciardi, MD - Member, Current Term: 2025-2028
Virginia Oliva Shaffer, MD - Member, Current Term: 2023-2027
Benjamin Daniel Shogan, MD - Member, Current Term: 2022-2027
Vlad Valentin Simianu, MD MPH - Member, Current Term: 2024-2027
Pasithorn Amy Suwanabol, MD - Member, Current Term: 2026-2029
Larissa K F Temple, MD - Member, Current Term: 2022-2027
Gino Thomas Trevisani, MD - Member, Current Term: 2022-2027
Megan C. Turley, MD - Member, Current Term: 2025-2028
Erin Wolf Horrell, MD, PHD - Member, Current Term: 2025-2028
Zhaomin Xu, MD, MPH - Member, Current Term: 2025-2028
Elizabeth Moran - Staff, Current Term: 2025-2040