To kick off Human Para’s 2018 conference, Mycobacterial Implications in Crohn’s and Chronic Inflammatory Diseases, Dr. William Chamberlin provided a brief overview of the history of atypical mycobacteria in human disease, suggestions on how to change the status quo by establishing causality and discussed the challenges going forward.

Dr. William M. Chamberlin is a retired gastroenterologist who is currently conducting research into MAP. He served 20 years in the U.S. Army Medical Corps with his last assignment being at Walter Reed Army Institute of Research, where he studied the immune systems responses to microbial infections before settling into private practice. He has spoken throughout the world on topics such as The Role of Microbes in Crohn’s Disease, MAP, and on Crohn’s Disease as a disorder of autophagy.