See highlights from our 2017 Awards Event and hear perspectives on the prize from our 2017 recipients.

2017 Awards Event – September 15, 2017

Opening Remarks by Bruce Sherman

2017 Awards Event – September 15, 2017

“Getting to know more about the IBD community through this process is an incredible gift to myself and my family … it’s our sincere hope that this Prize becomes a legacy that will last for generations.”

Bruce Sherman

The Bruce and Cynthia Sherman Charitable Foundation

Remarks by Dr. David Rubin

2017 Awards Event – September 15, 2017

“We’ve made incredible progress in our fight to understand these conditions and can thank some amazing people who are, as Teddy Roosevelt described, in the arena, whose face is marred by dust and sweat and blood, fighting the good fight.”

Dr. David Rubin 2017

Selection Committee Chair

Introducing Dr. Stephan R. Targan

2017 Awards Event – September 15, 2017

Cynthia Sherman

The Bruce and Cynthia Sherman Charitable Foundation

Sherman Prize Acceptance: Stephan R. Targan, MD

2017 Awards Event – September 15, 2017

Stephan R. Targan, MD

Director of the Inflammatory Bowel and Immunobiology Research Institute, Cedars-Sinai, Los Angeles, CA

Introducing Dr. Lee A. Denson

2017 Awards Event – September 15, 2017

Lori Shaer

The Bruce and Cynthia Sherman Charitable Foundation

Sherman Prize Acceptance: Lee A. Denson, MD

2017 Awards Event – September 15, 2017

Lee A. Denson, MD

Director, Schubert-Martin IBD Center, Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati, OH

Sherman Emerging Leader Prize Acceptance: Heidi Drescher, MMS, PA-C

2017 Awards Event – September 15, 2017

Heidi Drescher, MMS, PA-C

Physician Assistant, Community Physician Group, Community Medical Center, Missoula, MT

Closing Remarks by Cynthia Sherman

2017 Awards Event – September 15, 2017

“It’s so important to support and recognize the pioneers like our Sherman Prize laureates tonight who bring a renewed sense of hope to patients and their families through their brilliance, dedication and hard work.”

Cynthia Sherman

The Bruce and Cynthia Sherman Charitable Foundation