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Amar Naik MD

Amar S. Naik MD

Founding Partner and Director, Inflammatory Bowel Disease Program, Midwest Digestive Health & Nutrition, Des Plaines, Illinois

Amar Naik is a board-certified gastroenterologist and medical director of the Inflammatory Bowel Disease program as well as a Founding Partner of Midwest Digestive Health & Nutrition www.mdhngi.com in DesPlaines, IL. He graduated from the University of Illinois College of Medicine at Chicago, and his postgraduate training was in Milwaukee at the Medical College of Wisconsin. Dr. Naik is an active member of the American Gastroenterological Association, the American Society for Gastrointestinal Endoscopy, and the Crohn’s and Colitis Foundation. He is devoted to multifaceted aspects of IBD patients’ care through development of a multidisciplinary clinical program to *Improve access to high quality care, *Maintain longterm treatment efficacy with high health related quality of life, and *Perform research with a goal to improve IBD treatment outcomes in unique patient populations. Dr. Naik has presented his research in international GI meetings as well as published in peer-reviewed journals in the field of Gastroenterology. Additionally, he has a special interest in IBD education, with involvement in physician and patient education programs.

Disclosures

Dr. Naik is on the speakers' bureaus for Abbvie, Takeda, Pfizer, and Bristol Meyers Squibb.

Recent Contributions to PracticeUpdate:

  1. Ulcerative Colitis: General Disease Management
  2. Ulcerative Colitis: Treatment Overview
  3. Ulcerative Colitis: Diagnosis, Patient Population and Possible Contributing Factors
  4. Ulcerative Colitis: An Overview and History
  5. Crohn’s Disease: General Disease Management
  6. Crohn’s Disease: Treatment Overview
  7. Crohn’s Disease: Diagnosis, Patient Population, and Possible Contributing Factors
  8. Crohn’s Disease: An Overview and History
  9. Scoring System to Determine Colectomy Risk for Patients With Acute Severe Ulcerative Colitis
  10. Validation and Update of the Lémann Index to Measure Cumulative Structural Bowel Damage in Crohn's Disease

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