Adam Cheifetz graduated magna cum laude from Brown University before earning his M.D. from Cornell University Medical College. Dr. Cheifetz completed his internship and residency in Internal Medicine at Yale-New Haven Hospital and his fellowship in Gastroenterology at Yale University before serving as the Present-Levinson Fellow in Inflammatory Bowel Disease at the Mount Sinai Medical Center in New York City.

Dr. Cheifetz is currently the Director of the Center for Inflammatory Bowel Disease at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center and Assistant Professor at Harvard Medical School. He specializes in the diagnosis and treatment of Crohn’s disease, ulcerative colitis, and other forms of inflammatory bowel diseases. He has been cited in Boston Magazine as one of Boston’s Top Doctors on numerous occasions. In addition to his clinical work, he is involved in multiple research projects relating to IBD and has published over 50 articles and chapters on the subject. Dr. Cheifetz is an active member of the Crohn's and Colitis Foundation of America (CCFA) and currently serves as the Chairman of the New England chapter medical advisory committee. He is currently a section editor of Inflammatory Bowel Diseases and Contributing Associate Editor in Chief of the World Journal of Gastroenterology. Dr. Cheifetz is also actively involved with teaching and mentoring of medical students, residents, and fellows and runs a monthly inter-departmental Inflammatory Bowel Disease Conference. In addition, he is Director of the Harvard Medical School Gastroenterology Clerkship Elective at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center.