Maria T. Abreu, M.D., Elected President of AGA

Maria T. Abreu, M.D., a renowned gastroenterologist at the University of Miami Miller School of Medicine, has been selected as president of the American Gastroenterological Association (AGA). Dr. Abreu, who is the fifth female vice president and first Latina to be in line to lead the 125-year-old AGA, understands the importance of diversity in the specialty, having chaired the organization’s Diversity Committee. She has also served as the former chair of the AGA Institute Council, which plans AGA’s programming for Digestive Disease Week (DDW), an iconic weeklong meeting attracting some 14,000 attendees annually.