ABOUT US

Marci Reiss, LCSW
President

Marci Reiss, LCSW has been working for almost a decade on assisting patients and their families manage the psychosocial impact of illness.  Several years ago, Marci established a program for children with Crohns’ Disease and Ulcerative Colitis at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles – a program which has become an international model for comprehensive medical care.  Marci’s experiences with IBD, both personally and professionally have led to her consulting with physicians and hospitals internationally to assist them in creating psychosocial programs.  She also lectures internationally on coping with illness and the impact of illness on the individual and family.

Marci has served on the Medical Advisory Committee for the Crohn's and Colitis Foundation of America and is a frequent lecturer at their education symposia.  She has also lectured extensively for leading pharmaceutical companies including Shire and UCB.

Adam Sadowsky
Vice President

Adam Sadowsky has been an extraordinary volunteer facilitator for Pediatric IBD Support Groups for the last 4 years.  He is a mentor and has helped countless people, young and old, live productive, happy lives while coping with their disease. In late 2006, he helped Marci Reiss start the IBD Support Foundation.

Adam has been an Ulcerative Colitis patient himself since 1984, and has used his personal and professional  experiences with IBD to guide, advise and support others with IBD in the most caring and humorous manner.

In addition to his work with IBDSF, Adam volunteers as a camp counselor at camps for children with Crohn's Disease and Ulcerative Colitis annually.  Adam was the 2007 Honoree at the IBD Support Foundations first Evening of Inspiration for his contributions to those who suffer from IBD and their families.

Board of Directors

• Sharon Farkas, Esq.
• Nina Genauer
• Lynda Levin
• Michael Mamroth
• Tina Pomerance
• Marci Reiss, LCSW
• Adam Sadowsky
• Judi Sadowsky

Medical Advisory Board

• Maria T. Abreu, MD
  University of Miami – Miami
• Edward Feldman, MD
  Cedars-Sinai Medical Center – Los Angeles
• Erin Feldman, RD
  Cedars-Sinai Medical Center – Los Angeles
• Phillip Fleshner, MD
  Cedars-Sinai Medical Center – Los Angeles
• Gil Melmed, MD
  Cedars-Sinai Medical Center – Los Angeles
• Nimisha K. Parekh, MD, MPH
  H.H. Chao Comprehensive Digestive Disease Center
  University of California – Irvine
• David Rubin, MD
  University of Chicago Medical Center – Chicago
• Laurie Silverberg, MD
  Etobicoke General Hospital – Toronto, Canada
• Mark S. Silverberg, MD, PhD
  Mount Sinai Hospital – Toronto, Canada
• Heidi Sulman-Smith, MD
  Thalians Mental Health Center
  Cedars-Sinai Medical Center – Los Angeles
• Eva Szigethy, MD, PhD
  UPMC/Children’s Hospital Pittsburgh – Pittsburgh
• Eric A. Vasiliauskas, MD
  Cedars –Sinai Medical Center – Los Angeles
• David Ziring, MD
  University of California, Los Angeles – Los Angeles