Professor of Medicine, UCLA; Director, Basic and Translational Pancreas Research, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center;

President of the American Pancreatic Association from 2013-2014; Chief Editor for Frontiers in Gastrointestinal Sciences,

past Associate Editor for the American Journal of Physiology,

Author of over 200 publications, including “The Exocrene Pancreas”, and 5 patents.