In what most would agree has been a year fraught with difficulties, the Crohn’s & Colitis Foundation’s Greater New York Chapter turned its spotlight on a positive force of nature at its 2020 annual gala by honoring Ellen J. Scherl, MD, with the Rosenthal Humanitarian Award.
“I am delighted to be a part of this great tradition,” Scherl, the Jill Roberts Professor of Inflammatory Bowel Disease at Weill Cornell Medicine, in New York City, said.
Scherl, who established the IBD Center at NewYork-Presbyterian/Weill Cornell Medicine in 2002 and became the founding director of the Jill Roberts Center in 2006, is known in New York City and beyond for her pursuit of clinical and translational research in IBD, and for her commitment to patients and their families.