David T. Rubin

  • Title: Joseph B. Kirsner Professor of Medicine; Chief, Section of Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition
  • Education: MD, The University of Chicago Pritzker School of Medicine
  • Joined UChicago Medicine faculty: 1994
  • drubin@medicine.bsd.uchicago.edu
  • @IBDMD

David T. Rubin

Departmental website:
https://www.uchicagomedicine.org/find-a-physician/physician/david-t-rubin

David T. Rubin, MD, is a renowned gastroenterologist who specializes in the treatment and assessment of digestive diseases. His clinical expertise includes inflammatory bowel diseases (Crohn’s disease and ulcerative colitis) and high-risk cancer syndromes.

Dr. Rubin also performs clinical research related to outcomes in inflammatory bowel diseases, with particular interest in prevention of cancer associated with these gastrointestinal diseases. He is also interested in new therapies for inflammatory bowel diseases, better screening tools for colorectal cancer and the genetics of inflammatory bowel diseases.

Media Contacts

Ashley Heher

Director of Media Relations, University of Chicago Medical Center

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Expertise

Crohn's disease, Diseases, Gastroenterology, Inflammatory Bowel Disease (IBD), Liver disease, Ulcerative Colitis

Rubin Stories

New research charts sharp global rise in inflammatory bowel disease A doctor examines a model of the large intestine with a magnifying glass

New research charts sharp global rise in inflammatory bowel disease

UChicago experts aim to use worldwide findings to help local patients

Could Viruses Attacking The Microbiome Be Responsible For Inflammatory Bowel Disease? Virus

Could Viruses Attacking The Microbiome Be Responsible For Inflammatory Bowel Disease?

<p>Prof. David Rubin discusses new study suggesting a relationship between the human microbiome and inflammatory bowel disease</p>


Patients with bowel disease eager to test ‘fecal’ therapy

Patients with bowel disease eager to test ‘fecal’ therapy