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1. Name: Jonathan Markowitz, M.D.
2. Title: Assistant Professor, Department of Pediatrics
The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia
3. Medical Marijuana
Position:		 Con  to the question "Should marijuana be a medical option?"
4. Reasoning:

"I think it's still safe to say that there is no evidence to date that cannabis is an effective treatment for IBD ."  

"Cannabis and IBD: A Fragile Connection"
Crohn's and Colitis Foundation of America Website, CCFA.org
August 4, 2005
                                                                            
5. Credibility
Ranking:		    Key Experts
Physicians [We believe physicians are the "key experts" in the medical marijuana debate because the issue is thought by many to be ultimately based on the medical value and risks of marijuana, and Physicians, with their training and clinical work, should (at least in theory) have the best knowledge of marijuana's medical value and risks.]
6. Involvement:
  • Assistant Professor, Department of Pediatrics, Division of Gastroenterology and Nutrition, The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia
  • Member of the 2006 Inflammatory Bowel Disease Committee of The North American Society for Pediatric Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition (NASPGHAN)
7. Education:
  • M.D., University of South Carolina School of Medicine
  • University of Pennsylvania 
8. Relevant Affiliations/Honors: None Listed
9. Contact Info:
Phone : None Listed Fax : None Listed
E-Mail:jmarkowi@cceb.med.upenn.edu
Web Site:http://www.chop.edu/consumer/pat_care_fam_serv/staff_profile_page.jsp?sid=27704&id=47930
10. Other: Some of his publications include: 

Jacobstein, D., Markowitz, J., et. al., "Premedication and Infusion Reactions with Infliximab: Results from a Pediatric Inflammatory Bowel Disease Consoritum,"  Inflammatory Bowel Diseases, May 2005

Markowitz, J., et. al.  "Patterns of Complementary and Alternative Medicine Use in a Population of Pediatric Patients with Inflammatory Bowel Disease,"  Inflammatory Bowel Diseases, September 2004

Kadivar, K., Ruchelli, E., Markowitz, J. et. al.  "Intestinal Interleukin-13 in Pediatric Inflammatory Bowel Disease Patients,"  Inflammatory Bowel Diseases, September 2004

Mamula, P., Piccoli, D., Peck, S., Markowitz, J., Baldassano, R.  "Total Dose Intravenous Infusion of Iron Dextran for Iron-Deficiency Anemia in Children With Inflammatory Bowel Disease,"  Journal of Pediatric Gastroenterology & Nutrition, March 2002

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