In Memoriam: Edmund J. Bini, MD, MPH (1967–2010)

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Digestive Diseases and Sciences has lost a member of its editorial family, with the untimely death of associate editor Edmund J. Bini, MD, MPH on March 13, 2010. Dr. Bini was an Associate Professor of Medicine and the Director of Gastroenterology and Hepatology Research in the Division of Gastroenterology at New York University School of Medicine. He was also Chief of Gastroenterology and Hepatology at the Manhattan campus of the VA New York Harbor Health Care System. Dr. Bini graduated summa cum laude from Fordham University and received his medical degree at New York University and his master of public health at Johns Hopkins University. He completed residency training in internal medicine at the Mount Sinai Medical Center, and fellowship in gastroenterology and hepatology at New York University Medical Center. In addition to his service as associate editor for Digestive Diseases and Sciences, he served on the editorial boards of Gastroenterology and Gastrointestinal Endoscopy as well as on the Hepatitis C Treatment Advisory Committee of the US Department of Veterans Affairs. …