Jean-Pierre Raufman is the gastroenterology and hepatology division head at the Baltimore-based University of Maryland School of Medicine. He is board-certified in Internal Medicine and Gastroenterology. He graduated from Albert Einstein College of Medicine, with postdoctoral training at the University of Michigan and the National Institutes of Health. He is an elected member of the American Society for Clinical Investigation, has chaired several NIH Study Sections and FDA Advisory Panels, and serves on the Editorial Board of the Journal of Clinical Investigation. Since 2005, he has been PI on a unique University of Maryland/NIH GI and Liver Scholars Fellowship Training Program, and Program Director for an NIDDK T32 Training Grant, Training in Gastroenterology and Hepatology Research. He is a member of the Molecular and Structural Biology Program within the University of Maryland Marlene and Stewart Greenebaum Cancer Center Program in Oncology.