Dr. Hyman received his BA from the University of Pennsylvania in 1980 and his M.D. from the University of Vermont College of Medicine in 1984. He completed his surgical internship and residency at the Mount Sinai Medical Center in New York, New York, and his colon and rectal fellowship at the Cleveland Clinic Foundation in Cleveland, Ohio. Dr. Hyman is currently Professor of Surgery, Chief of the Section of Colon and Rectal Surgery and Codirector of the Center for Digestive Diseases at the University of Chicago Medicine. He has authored more than 200 peer-reviewed original articles or textbook chapters. Dr. Hyman serves on many regional and national committees, and is a member of numerous national organizations and societies. He has been President of the Vermont Chapter of the American College of Surgeons, Associate Editor of Diseases of the Colon and Rectum, and Chaired the ACS Advisory Council for Colon and Rectal Surgery and the Council for Advisory Council Chairs. He is presently Vice President of the American Society of Colon and Rectal Surgeons, Director of the American Board of Colon and Rectal Surgery, serves on the Editorial Board of the Annals of Surgery, as Co-Editor of Journal of Gastrointestinal Surgery and as the Co-chair for the Crohn's and Colitis Surgery Research Alliance. He was also designated as Master Clinician at the Bucksbaum Institute for Clinical Excellence of the University of Chicago.

Dr. Scott A. Strong is the James R. Hines Professor of Surgery and Chief of GI Surgery at Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, and Surgical Director of the Digestive Health Center at Northwestern Medicine. His surgical practice and research focus on patients afflicted with inflammatory bowel disease. He has authored numerous peer-reviewed articles, clinical practice guidelines, and book chapters related to Crohn's disease and ulcerative colitis. He is also on the editorial board of Annals of Surgery and Inflammatory Bowel Diseases. Dr. Strong serves on many committees for national organizations including the American Society of Colon and Rectal Surgeons' IBD Committee and Research Foundation Board of Trustees as well as the Crohn's and Colitis Foundation's Patient Education Committee. He received his BS from Iowa State University and MD from the University of Iowa College of Medicine prior to training at Michigan State University - Butterworth Hospital and Cleveland Clinic. He was previously appointed as staff in the Departments of Colorectal Surgery and Pathobiology at Cleveland Clinic.

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Nutritional Repletion in the Surgical Patient.- Preoperative Bowel Prep.- Extended Venous Thromboembolism Prophylaxis after Surgery for Inflammatory Bowel Diseases.- The Use of Enhanced Recovery Pathways in Patients Undergoing Surgery for Inflammatory Bowel Disease.- Perioperative Steroid Management in IBD Patients Undergoing Colorectal Surgery.- Managing ImmunomodulatorsPerioperatively.- Managing Biologics Perioperatively.- Management of Perianal Skin Tags.- Management of Chronic Anal Fissures in Patients with Crohn's Disease.- Management of Simple Anoperineal Fistulas.- Management of Severe Anoperineal Disease.- Management ofAno/Rectovaginal Fistula.- Proctectomy in Patients with "Watering Can"Perineum.- Management of Isolated Proctitis/Proctosigmoiditis.- Role of IPAA for Crohn's Disease.- Surgical Options for Neoplasia Complicating Crohn's Disease of the Large Intestine.- The Role of Segmental Resection for Colon Disease.- Role of Percutaneous Drainage for Disease-related Abscesses.- Management After Successful Percutaneous Drainage of Disease-Related Abscess.- Intraoperative Detection of Upper Gastrointestinal Strictures.- Management of long segment small bowel Crohn's disease.- Construction of the Ideal Ileocolic Anastomosis in Crohn's Disease.- Management of Enteroenteric Fistula.- Preventing Postoperative Crohn's Disease Recurrence.- Role of Minimally Invasive Reoperative Surgery.- Extent of mesenteric resection.- Role of Endoscopic Management in Ulcerative Colitis Patients with Dysplasia.- Surgical Options for Endoscopically Unresectable Dysplasia in Ulcerative Colitis.- Management of Ulcerative Colitis in Patients with Rectal Cancer.- Surgical Approach to the Older Ulcerative Colitis Patient.- Role of Minimally Invasive Surgery in Pouch Surgery.- How Many Stages Should We Use in Pouch Surgery?.- Optimal Design for Ileal-Pouch Anal Anastomosis.- Failed pouch-pouch excision vs redo.- Mucosectomy versus stapled ileal pouch-anal anastomosis.- Transanal Proctectomy and Ileoanal Pouch Procedure (ta-J Pouch).- Use of Antiadhesive Barriers in Pouch Surgery.- Optimal management of Pelvic Abscess after Pouch Surgery.- Management of Chronic Pouchitis.- Management of Ileal Pouch Vaginal Fistulas.- Management of IPAA-Associated Persistent Presacral Sinus.- The Management of Patients with Dysplasia in the Anal Transitional Zone.- Pouch excision versus diversion for the failed pouch.- Pouch Excision vs. Redo IPAA After a Failed Pouch.- Continent Ileostomy after Removal of a Failed IPAA.