UChicago Medicine Faculty Physicians
David T. Rubin, MD
David T. Rubin, MD
UChicago Medicine Faculty Physicians
Joseph B Kirsner Professor In Medicine
Chief, Section of Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition
Director, Inflammatory Bowel Disease Center
Specialties
- Gastroenterology
- Hepatology (Liver Diseases)
Locations
- Hinsdale - Salt Creek Lane
- Chicago - River East
- Northbrook
- About
- Specialties & Areas of Expertise
- Locations & Patient Information
- Education & Research
- Accepted Insurance
- External Professional Relationships
Meet Dr. Rubin, Section Chief of Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition
David T. Rubin, MD, is a renowned gastroenterologist who specializes in the treatment and assessment of inflammatory bowel diseases (Crohn’s disease and ulcerative colitis).
Dr. Rubin performs clinical and translational research investigating disease modification for inflammatory bowel diseases. His work is focused on new clinical trial designs, novel measures and metrics for evaluating inflammation, prevention methods for poor outcomes and quality of life in IBD patients. He has published over 600 articles on managing IBD, including the 2019 and 2025 American College of Gastroenterology (ACG) guidelines for ulcerative colitis.
Specialties
Areas of Expertise
- Colon Cancer Prevention
- Crohn's Disease
- Inflammatory Bowel Disease Surgery
- Inflammatory Bowel Disease (IBD)
- Medical Ethics
- Ulcerative Colitis
- Intestinal Ultrasound for Inflammatory Bowel Disease
Board Certifications
- Gastroenterology
Practicing Since
- 1994
Languages Spoken
- English
Medical Education
- University of Chicago Pritzker School of Medicine
Residency
- University of Chicago Medicine
Fellowship
- University of Chicago Medicine
Awards & Distinctions
- ACG’s Governor’s Award of Excellence in Clinical Research (2003 and 2013)
- Sherman Prize for Excellence in Crohn’s and Colitis (2020)
- UChicago Michael Reese Lectureship Award (2023)
- UChicago Arthur H. Rubenstein Mentorship in Academic Medicine Award (2023)
Memberships & Medical Societies
- "Crohn's and Colitis Foundation"
- American College of Gastroenterology
- American College of Physicians
- American Gastroenterological Association
- American Society for Gastrointestinal Endoscopy
News & Research
Insurance
- Aetna Better Health *see insurance page
- Aetna HMO (specialists only)
- Aetna Medicare Advantage HMO & PPO
- Aetna POS
- Aetna PPO
- BCBS Blue Precision HMO (specialists only)
- BCBS HMO (HMOI) (specialists only)
- BCBS Medicare Advantage HMO & PPO
- BCBS PPO
- Cigna HMO
- Cigna POS
- Cigna PPO
- CountyCare *see insurance page
- Humana Medicare Advantage Choice PPO
- Humana Medicare Advantage Gold Choice PFFS
- Humana Medicare Advantage Gold Plus HMO
- Medicare
- Multiplan PPO
- PHCS PPO
- United Choice Plus POS/PPO
- United Choice HMO (specialists only)
- United Options (PPO)
- United Select (HMO & EPO) (specialists only)
- United W500 Emergent Wrap
- University of Chicago Health Plan (UCHP)
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UChicago Medicine is committed to fostering a corporate culture of ethical behavior and integrity in all matters related to compliance with the laws and regulations that govern the delivery of healthcare. This aspiration is central to supporting patient care, research, and teaching at UChicago Medicine.
Some of our physicians and health professionals collaborate with external pharmaceutical, medical device, or other medical related entities to develop new treatments and products to improve clinical outcomes for patients. In some instances, the physician has ownership interests in the external entity and/or is compensated for advising or speaking about the entity’s products or treatments. These payments may include compensation for consulting and speaking engagements, equity, and/or royalties for products invented by our physicians. To assure objectivity and integrity in patient care, UChicago Medicine requires all physicians and health professionals to report their relationships and financial interests with external entities on an annual basis. This information is used to review relationships and transactions that might give rise to potential financial conflicts of interest, and when considered to be significant a management plan to mitigate any biases is created.
If you are a patient at UChicago Medicine and would like more information about your physician’s external relationships, please talk with your physician. You may also visit the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) Open Payments website at https://openpaymentsdata.cms.gov/ . CMS Open Payments is a national disclosure program that promotes a more transparent and accountable health care system. It houses a publicly accessible database of payments that reporting entities, including drug and medical device companies, make to covered recipients like physicians and hospitals.
Information in the CMS Open Payments database could potentially contain inaccurately reported and out of date payment information. All information is open to personal interpretation, if there are questions about the data, patients and their advocates should speak directly to their health care provider for a better understanding.
Some of our physicians and health professionals collaborate with external pharmaceutical, medical device, or other medical related entities to develop new treatments and products to improve clinical outcomes for patients. In some instances, the physician has ownership interests in the external entity and/or is compensated for advising or speaking about the entity’s products or treatments. These payments may include compensation for consulting and speaking engagements, equity, and/or royalties for products invented by our physicians. To assure objectivity and integrity in patient care, UChicago Medicine requires all physicians and health professionals to report their relationships and financial interests with external entities on an annual basis. This information is used to review relationships and transactions that might give rise to potential financial conflicts of interest, and when considered to be significant a management plan to mitigate any biases is created.
If you are a patient at UChicago Medicine and would like more information about your physician’s external relationships, please talk with your physician. You may also visit the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) Open Payments website at https://openpaymentsdata.cms.gov/ . CMS Open Payments is a national disclosure program that promotes a more transparent and accountable health care system. It houses a publicly accessible database of payments that reporting entities, including drug and medical device companies, make to covered recipients like physicians and hospitals.
Information in the CMS Open Payments database could potentially contain inaccurately reported and out of date payment information. All information is open to personal interpretation, if there are questions about the data, patients and their advocates should speak directly to their health care provider for a better understanding.