Dr. Uma Mahadevan

Uma Mahadevan, MD, FACG, AGAF, is a gastroenterologist specializing in inflammatory bowel disease. She is the Lynne and Marc Benioff Professor of Gastroenterology at the University of California, San Francisco (UCSF), where she serves as Director of the UCSF Colitis and Crohn’s Disease Center and Director of the Advanced IBD Fellowship. Her clinical focus includes complex inflammatory bowel disease management, reproductive and perinatal care for patients with chronic gastrointestinal inflammation, and individualized treatment planning with an emphasis on medication safety and risk–benefit decision-making. Dr. Mahadevan’s research interests center on pregnancy outcomes and therapeutic safety in gastroenterology, emerging pharmacologic and dietary strategies for immune-mediated intestinal inflammation, and digital health approaches for patient monitoring and longitudinal outcomes. She is the founder and principal investigator of the PIANO Registry, chairs the American Gastroenterological Association National IBD Parenthood Initiative, and founded the GUILD Conference. Her honors include the Sherman Prize, the AGA Research Mentor Award, and the Crohn’s & Colitis Foundation Catalyst for Mission Advancement award. She earned her MD at SUNY Downstate Health Sciences University, completed an internal medicine residency at Mount Sinai Medical Center, a gastroenterology fellowship at UCSF, and advanced training in inflammatory bowel disease at Mayo Clinic.