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Ciar�n P. Kelly, M.D. is Associate Professor of Medicine at Harvard Medical School and Chief of the Herrman L. Blumgart Internal Medicine Firm, Director of Gastroenterology Training and Medical Director of the Celiac Center at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Boston, Massachusetts. He earned his doctor of medicine degree from Trinity College in Dublin, Ireland where he was a Foundation Scholar and recipient of numerous academic awards. Dr Kelly has also received postgraduate clinical and research awards from the Crohn's and Colitis Foundation of America, the American Gastroenterological Association and the National Institutes of Health. He is a current Fellow of the American College of Gastroenterology and a past Fellow of the Royal College of Physicians of Ireland. Dr Kelly has longstanding clinical and research interests in intestinal infection and inflammation and has studied the pathogenesis and management of celiac disease for over 20 years. He is a committee member of the National Institutes of Health, Center for Scientific Review and leads NIH-funded research programs on C. difficile colitis and inflammatory bowel disease. He also heads clinical, research and educational programs in celiac disease as Medical Director of the Celiac Center at BIDMC. Dr Kelly is the author of more than 100 clinical and basic research book chapters, invited reviews, and peer-reviewed publications appearing in such journals as Infection & Immunity, American Journal of Physiology, Gastroenterology, Journal of Biological Chemistry, Journal of Clinical Investigation, The Lancet and New England Journal of Medicine. | 