Fabio Cominelli, MD, PhD, is chief of the division of gastroenterology and liver disease and director of the Digestive Health Institute at University Hospitals Case Medical Center in Cleveland. He is also the Hermann Menges Jr. Chair in Internal Medicine and a professor at Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine in Cleveland.
Dr. Cominelli has a professional interest in Crohn's disease, GI cancer, inflammatory bowel disease and ulcerative colitis. He is a member of the American Society for Clinical Investigation and Association of American Physicians. He has previously earned a NIH Merit Award. His work has been published in a number of peer-reviewed journals, such as Inflammatory Bowel Diseases and The Journal of Immunology.
Dr. Cominelli earned his medical degree at Universita Degli Studi di Firenze in Florence, Italy, where he also completed his internal medicine residency. He completed his gastroenterology fellowship Harbor-UCLA Medical Center in Torrance, Calif.