Voted by patients and peers around the country to be named the Crohn's & Colitis Foundation's first-ever recipient of the organization's prestigious Healthcare Hero Award, Tauseef Ali, MD, FACP, FACG is board-certified in gastroenterology and internal medicine. Dr. Ali is chief of the gastroenterology medical staff section at SSM Health St. Anthony Hospital in Oklahoma City, leads the hospital's Crohn's and colitis program and facilitates monthly CCFA IBD support groups. He specializes in inflammatory bowel disease and has clinical interests in Crohn's disease and ulcerative colitis, colorectal screening, hemorrhoid banding and general gastroenterology. He is an assistant clinical professor at the University of Oklahoma College of Medicine and author of the book, "Crohn's & Colitis for Dummies."