Sharmeel Kaur Wasan, MD
Course Director
Clinical Associate Professor of Medicine
Gastroenterology Fellowship Program Director
Boston Medical Center
Associate Professor of Medicine
Boston University Chobanian and Avedisian School of Medicine
Boston, MA 

Sharmeel K Wasan, MD, FACG is a clinician-educator with an expertise in Inflammatory Bowel Diseases (IBD) and a Clinical Associate Professor of Medicine at Boston University. She completed her clinical training at Boston Medical Center, the Brigham and Women’s Hospital, and the University of Maryland. She received her BS in Biological Sciences and BA in Anthropology from Stanford University in Palo Alto, CA and received her MD from Albert Einstein College of Medicine in New York.

As the Gastroenterology Fellowship Program Director at Boston Medical Center, she is actively involved in the training of fellows, residents, and medical students. Her research focuses on advancing health equity in IBD by addressing disparities and improving access to clinical trials and emerging therapies for underserved populations. Other research interests include vaccination strategies, health care maintenance in patients with IBD, and educational strategies in endoscopy training. She has received research and educational grants from BU and from industry supported funding.

Dr. Sharmeel Wasan has no relevant financial relationships to disclose.

Off-Label Discussion: The speaker does not plan on discussing unlabeled/investigational uses of a commercial product.

Planning Committee

The following planning committee members have no relevant financial relationships to disclose.

• Linda Baer, MSPH, CHCP; BU CCE Associate Director
• Juanita Belton, PA; BU CCE’s Physician Associate Accreditation Reviewer
• Michael Burk, BS; BU CCE Senior Operations Manager
• Elizabeth Drury, BA, BU CCE Assistant Director, Compliance
• Amy Donegan, APRN, CPNP-PC; Member of the BU Hub Team and Nursing Accreditation Advisor
• Sharmeel Wasan, MD; Program Course Director

Dr. Spiewak, PharmD, MCSR-RPh, MSCS; ACPE Accreditation Advisor, discloses that he is a speaker, consultant, and on the advisory panels for Abbvie, Celltrion, and Johnson & Johnson.

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