Charles Elson, MD

University of Alabama at Birmingham
Birmingham, AL
USA
Biographical Sketch: Dr. Elson received his M.D. from Washington University in St. Louis, trained in Internal Medicine at New York Hospital/Cornell, then did his Gastroenterology fellowship at the University of Chicago. After doing full-time research in immunology at N.I.H., he joined the Faculty of the Division of Gastroenterology at the Medical College of Virginia. He moved to the University of Alabama at Birmingham to become Director of the Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, and subsequently served as Vice-Chair for Research in the Department of Medicine. He holds the Basil I. Hirschowitz Chair in Gastroenterology and is an active consultant in immune-mediated intestinal disorders. The author of numerous peer-reviewed manuscripts, reviews, and book chapters, Dr. Elson as held major positions in national organizations, and has served on a number of advisory boards, including the Advisory Council of the National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases. He has been elected to many professional societies in the field of academic medicine and has a long history of service to the Society for Mucosal Immunology for which he is a co-founder and past president.

Any personal financial relationships? No

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Signed on 06/10/2015 by Charles Elson

Papers:
Keynote Lectures
Microbiota
F.92 CBirTox Selectively Induces CD4⁺Foxp3⁺ T Cells to Microbiota Flagellin
F.107 The Role of Microbiota in CT Induction of Intestinal Homeostatic Th17 Cells

	I have disclosed to ICMI all relevant financial relationships, and hereby allow ICMI to disclose this information to learners in print.
	1. I will insure balance, independence, objectivity, and scientific rigor in my role in the planning, development or presentation of this CME activity.
	2. I will comply with the requirements to protect health information under the Health Insurance Portability & Accountability Act of 1996 (HIPAA).
	3. I will disclose any discussion or reference to unapproved or unlabeled uses of therapeutic agents or products.
	4. I have input my full name below as attestation of agreement with declaration statements. Marking the check box and indicating my name is in lieu of signature and is considered an "e-signature".