Rex Leads National Gastroenterology Group

INDIANAPOLIS - Douglas K. Rex, M.D., professor of medicine at the Indiana University School of Medicine, has been elected president of the American College of Gastroenterology.

Rex, who also directs the endoscopy program at Indiana University Hospital, will serve a one-year term as president of the ACG, an 8,000-member organization of physicians and researchers with the shared interest of caring for patients with digestive diseases. He was elected Oct. 13 at the College’s annual meeting in Baltimore.

The Fort Wayne-born physician focuses his clinical interests on endoscopy, colorectal polyps, inflammatory bowel disease, gastrointestinal bleeding and colorectal cancer screening. He is board-certified in gastroenterology and internal medicine.

Rex has been cited for his expertise in endoscopic procedures in America’s Best Doctors, a recognized source for finding the nation's top specialists, and often has been recognized as among Indianapolis’ Top Doctors by Indianapolis Monthly Magazine.

He has been the recipient of numerous professional and academic awards, including: Outstanding Teacher at IU School of Medicine, the Distinguished Teacher Award (IU Medical Center), William D. Carey Award from the American College of Gastroenterology and the Master Endoscopist Award from the American Society for Gastrointestinal Endoscopy.

A past governor of the Indiana Chapter of the American College of Gastroenterology, Rex has served as an associate editor and on the editorial board of American Journal of Gastroenterology, Gastrointestinal Endoscopy, the Journal of Clinical Gastroenterology, World Journal of Gastroenterology and GI Journal Watch.

Rex received his undergraduate degree from Harvard College in 1976 and his medical degree from the IU School of Medicine in 1980. He completed an internship, residency training and a fellowship at the School and was chief resident at IU Hospital in 1984-85.

For more information about the School’s gastroenterology clinical and research programs go to http://medicine.iupui.edu/gandh.html. More details about the American College of Gastroenterology can be found at www.acg.gi.org/index.html.

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