Sonia Friedman, MD Sonia Friedman, MD is the Director of Clinical Research at the Center for Inflammatory Bowel Diseases at Brigham and Women's Hospital in Boston and is also Instructor of Medicine at Harvard Medical School. In February of 2004, Dr. Friedman was named best "Up and Coming Gastroenterologist in Boston" by Boston Magazine, an award based on peer review. Dr. Friedman's current research interests include pregnancy and IBD and the management of neoplastic polyps in ulcerative and Crohn's colitis. Dr. Friedman has published in peer-reviewed journals including Gastroenterology, Inflammatory Bowel Diseases, and The American Journal of Surgical Pathology. She has published on the risk of colorectal cancer on patients with chronic Crohn's colitis and on the efficacy of intravenous cyclosporine in the treatment of IBD-associated pyoderma gangrenosum. In addition, she has authored book chapters for Harrison's Textbook of Internal Medicine, Gastroenterology Clinics of North America, and Advanced Therapy of Inflammatory Bowel Disease. Dr. Friedman received her bachelor's degree from Stanford University and her medical degree from Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, Connecticut. She completed her clinical gastroenterology training at The Mount Sinai Hospital in New York City.