Stefan David Holubar, MD, MS, FACS, FASCRS is the Section Chief of the Inflammatory Bowel Disease Section and Director of Research for the Department of Colon & Rectal Surgery at the Digestive Disease & Surgery Institute. He is also the National Surgical Quality Improvement Surgeon Champion for the Cleveland Clinic Foundation. Background: Dr. Stefan Holubar was born and raised on Long Island. Stefan is a first generation American as his mother immigrated to New York from Stockholm Sweden, and his father family was of Ukrainian descent; Stefan has working knowledge of Swedish and German languages. Stefan’s wife is also a first generation (German)-American and is fluent in French. During medical school Stefan overcame stage 3 colon cancer related to long-standing ulcerative colitis treated with a modified 2-stage IPAA (J-pouch). Specialty/Clinical Interests: Inflammatory Bowel Disease (IBD), Crohn’s disease, ulcerative colitis, ileoanal pouches including pouch revision and salvage, complex/redo/re-operative colorectal surgery, advanced laparoscopy, robotics, and 2nd opinions including virtually. Education and Training: Dr. Holubar received his Medical Degree from the University of Vermont College of Medicine in Burlington VT in 2002. After medical school, he completed his residency at North Shore Long Island Jewish Health System, where he served as Chief Resident in 2007. He continued his clinical training with a clinical fellowship in Colon & Rectal Surgery from Mayo Clinic, Rochester MN where he also completed a 2-year special fellowship during which he earned a Master of Science degree in Clinical & Translational Science, with a focus on Biostatistics and Epidemiology from Mayo Clinic in 2010. During these three years, he published over 30 peer reviewed manuscripts and dozens of national scientific presentations. Throughout his academic training, Dr. Holubar was honored for academic excellence has received several teaching awards. After Mayo, he joined Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center and was eventually appointed Chief of the Division of Colon & Rectal Surgery.