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Dr. David E. Elliott, MD, PhD., is the James A. Clifton Chair of Gastroenterology and Director of the Division of Gastroenterology & Hepatology at the University of Iowa Carver College of Medicine. He serves as Director of the Inflammatory Bowel Disease Center at the University of Iowa. Dr. Elliott's key interests and expertise are immunology, immunoregulation of inflammation, helminth/host interaction and inflammatory bowel diseases.

Dr. Elliott's research interest focuses on the mechanisms that control inflammatory reactions in the mucosa.  In the laboratory, he studies how helminths influence the immune system to suppress inflammation. In the clinic, he cares for patients with immune-mediated inflammatory diseases of the stomach and intestine.